Thanks

We cannot say "Thank you" enough to all of our friends and family. You have truly helped us become who we are today. We are so excited to be adding to our family!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We got to spend time with most of all sides of our families. We even already picked up our Christmas tree. We won't set it up until we clean the house a little more, and rearrange the living room yet again.

We hope everyone had a wonderful and memorable Thanksgiving;
- HERE COMES CHRISTMAS!!!

Cold

So, now I have a cold. I was told that I could be congested during the whole pregnancy. But now I have a full-blown cold, and of course, I can not take anything for it.

I tried to eat some seriously spicy queso, but Scout (our dog) decided he needed to try it before I could eat it. Oh well.

I hope this goes away by tomorrow so I can enjoy all the yummy goodness at The Nelsons and then more yummy goodness with dessert at The Jensens!!!!

Ultrasound

We got to see the baby!!!!

We had our ultrasound on Tuesday and it really made everything real!

The baby was 2.81cm long, and it's heartbeat was 167.

As soon as we can scan the pictures, we will post them!

Our updated due date is June 20, 2010! Yep that's Father's Day!
I get so confused about the whole, the first 2 weeks of the pregnancy is when you aren't even pregnant. So whatever, we are 9 weeks 4 days pregnant.

Excitement

We had our first OB appointment on the 9th. The doc says I am a week ahead of what I think I am, so we get to have an early ultrasound for dating.

So, we go in for our first ultrasound tomorrow and I am beyond ecstatic! I know Brian will record the heartbeat and I can't wait to get some pictures! I am pretty sure we will get some pictures, so I will definitely post them. I just can't wait til the appointment is over and I can feel some relief. I will admit there is part of me that feels this isn't real, even though I have been sick as a dog.

I have been feeling a little better lately, but I am still exhausted. I have been trying not to work such long hours, and some days I succeed at that.

Brian has been amazing!!! I am so exhausted and he has done so much! He has put up the Christmas lights already (twice, cause he had to fix some), done almost all of the laundry (trust me it's a lot), put up with my already crazy mood swings, reorganized our new furniture in the bedroom and even bought me some chocolate. So to surprise him, I decided to buy him the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I told him it was time for him to relax and not do anything over the weekend. So, I got out of his hair, went shopping with my mom on Saturday and then had to work Sunday. I think he is really enjoying the game.

Hopefully, I'll post some pictures tomorrow....

Lately

So Halloween was completely uneventful! We didn't even have a single trick-or-treater! We still did a little trick-or-treating of our own, and delivered baby trick-or-treater baskets to 2 of our sisters.
We then sent 5 more baskets to other siblings and friends across the country.

We are slowing telling friends, and cannot wait til we have our first appointment next Monday! We will finally get to figure out how far along we really are. As of right now I think our due date will be anywhere between June 12th and June 26th.

Well, I have tried to enjoy my day off as much as possible, but now I must run errands. O, sleep how I do love you right now!

Exhaustion

I am utterly exhausted. I got 8 hours of sleep last night, but that doesn't compare to the usual 10-13 that I have been getting every night for the past week and a half.

I made it through the day though without a nap.

Brian's parents came over, and we shared the big news with them after they looked at the wedding pictures. They were so happy for us, and of course told us to not get sick and take care of ourselves. I think they really enjoyed their gifts as well.

So, I am taking their advice and I am going to bed; yes at 9:00pm.

Hey - I work in the morning and that will only give me 10 hours of sleep, that's on the low end of the average.

Dang Camera

We forgot to check if our camera had it's memory card in.

It didn't.

We told my dad and step mom tonight, and they are ecstatic. They had somewhat the same reaction of my mom - "I can't believe already! We expected an announcement at Christmas."

My Dad is already referring to me as "the mom".
Lynn, my step mom, is bursting at the seams. She insisted that we tell everyone that we need to tell before she tells the whole world the happy news.

So, we came up with an idea with the help of my brother, Taylor. We are going to send my step-sisters that live out of state a baby pumpkin with an assortment of baby things. Then for our sisters that live in town, we are going to surprise them trick or treating in our Halloween costumes. I think I am going to wear a shirt that says something like Baby with an arrow pointing down. Or just get the "bun in the oven costume". Taylor was joking that Brian should dress up as Michael Phelps, hence the good swimmers joke.