Starting Week 10

To our little one...you are starting to make me feel heavier than normal. Oh well, I guess I need to get adjusted to that. You brought us good luck at the Bama vs. TN game yesterday. We had such a scare, and thankfully pulled out a close win. I can't wait until November 12th when we get to see you again! After that, i think it will be time to start buying your Bama gear. I haven't felt as sick as last week...so maybe we're on the way to better days. Derrick says I can fall asleep anywhere and everywhere. There was a point in the 3rd quarter that I thought I could sleep at the game:) I just read that you can now bend your arms and legs and you already should be getting nails. I can't believe how quickly God has brought you together. I look forward to the next few weeks and pray you continue to develop properly. I'm starting to be curious ...should I be thinking pink or blue?

ONLY 7 Months to GO!

What an eventful week! Our baby now has arms and legs...according to this week's u/s. I have experienced some of those not so exciting pregnancy symptoms this week, but that's okay as long as our little one is as healthy as can be. I can't wait to post all the new pics..(I plan to do so tomorrow). I can't wait until next week when we officially carry him or her to the Alabama/TN football game! I was actually carrying you at the Arkansas game, but I don't count it since your little heart wasn't beating yet...It's definitely beating now. Wednesday it was 172 and today 179!! I just found out today that (now I will start writing my posts to the baby by the way...since it actually feels real!) I will be taking you on an airplane ride in November for work! Everyone start praying the sickness is gone by then. lol. That could be an interesting ride:( Nevertheless, I'm praying that your little body is perfect as can be.

I heard the heartbeat!

I made the tech play it twice. It was awesome music to my ears ...140bpm to be exact! On the ultrasound you can actually see our little peanut's head and body starting to form! I'm so thankful. God could only make something as awesome as this. Between last week and this week, it went from looking like a dot to this! As you can tell, I'm amazed.

The sickness begins:(

I'm not complaining..Okay maybe just a little...wow feeling nauseous all day long isn't fun. Besides having a very keen sense of smell, and feeling sick off and on all day- I'm okay. The not so funny thought that keeps crossing my mind is hoping that I won't get really sick during a lunch with my doctors. Today, I recall sitting there and thinking is this food coming back up or staying down. Sorry too much information. On a better note, Derrick cooked chicken tonight- he's a wonderful husband. Speaking of feeling sick, my baby (the one I have now- my dog) is not doing well. He has some type of degenerative back disease. He had to go to the vet today and they gave him morphine. He's so confused...I'm so sad. We are making changes to try to eliminate stress on his back...blocking off steps, shutting doors, and purchasing small in-house steps to help Brady climb on the sofa and bed. To think, one day we'll be doing all this for a child- except much more!

Confirmation of Pregnancy

I must do a quick recap to catch up on the past three weeks. On September 14th, I went in for my 1st blood test and the doctor said it should be above 20- It was 49, two days later I came back in to see if the number doubled and it was 132, and the following week my blood test came back over 2000! At that point, he said you're definitely expecting! Last Wednesday, September 30th we had our first ultrasound and we could see the little heart flutter. Our baby looks like a peanut at this point. We could finally stop holding our breath, our little peanut has a heartbeat! I plan on posting the ultrasounds as we go along.

We Are Pregnant!

On September 13th 2009, Derrick and I found out we were expecting! I immediately fell to the floor and thanked God for answering our prayer. We couldn't be more excited and I'm thrilled to be able to share this experience with family and friends. Thank you for your prayers and please continue...Our projected due date is May 27th 2010.