This baby is growing!

So I was getting dressed for work yesterday morning and I noticed that my cute little size 4 long work slacks don't exactly fit the same way they did even last week.  I also can not button the top button or it cuts into the cute little roll thingy I have going on now.  When I say "cute little" I mean the opposite.  I had a full on melt down about this yesterday and even tried to suck in to see if that might be more comfortable that carrying this cute little roll thingy around all day.  I can no longer suck in either.  It's the weirdest feeling.  I wish that it didn't leave me feeling this way, but THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS when you're pregnant!!  I need to just get over this and move on.  Today for breakfast I had my usual raisin English muffin and some apple juice.  For lunch I had a salad (had one for dinner last night too), trail mix, and a huge apple.  I'm not trying to starve this baby out, but I have been craving fruits and veggies like CRAZY lately.  I would totally take a yummy wedge salad from Barnaby's over a steak these days. 

I read in my daily emails that I get about my little monkey that it's a little over an inch long today!  Crazy that it started off the size of a poppy seed just weeks ago.  I don't think it's all the way hit me that I'm actually carrying a baby around in my "cute little roll thingy" and I know for a fact it hasn't hit Scott yet.  Our next appointment is February 1 at 10:10 am and I'm kind of excited to find out how everything is going.  It feels like it's going ok.  What I'm not excited about is the fact that they're going to drain me of my blood that day!  I'm absolutely terrified of needles and I'm not at all looking forward to them having to draw blood.  It is usually a big fiasco in the doctor's office for me when this has to take place.  We shall see how this goes.  I know they have to do it to run the necessary tests to make sure all is good, but that doesn't change how much it makes me cringe.

Until next time.....

We're having a baby!

Well, the last time I blogged, I knew I was pregnant but really wanted to wait to confirm it.  Since my cycle never came in late Nov/early Dec and then again in December on top of the fact that I took all these pregnancy tests, I can announce it!  We went to the doctor yesterday for the first time and everything turned out perfectly!  The doctor said that the baby is growing well, measuring 16.7 mm and is about the size and shape of a gummy bear.  I had all of my normal exams and poor Scott was a little uneasy, but he knew I needed to be checked since I'm housing his little one. 

We got through the holidays in one piece and told our families about the upcoming arrival of our special delivery!  Of course since this is the first grandbaby on my side of the family, my parents and siblings were especially excited!!  I started a journal in which I write letters to the baby every few days.  I have another journal that I can write what I physically feeling that day and all the emotions finally find a home in that book!  I have never been this emotional or sensitive, but I know it's because my hormones are wacky!  I like writing in those books and reading in my informational books so I know what's coming around the corner!  We are 8 weeks pregnant this week and our baby really is the most loved baby and we haven't even met him/her yet!

We can't wait to meet you little one!!