8 weeks

Dear Baby, so far we are 8 weeks along! I'm not going to lie, it feels like it is going so slow!

I went for my first Doctors appointment on Wednesday, I was very nervous for some reason. But everything went fine. I had to have 5 viles of blood drawn! The doctor tried to find your heart beat but it was nowhere to be found. It made me a little sad and kind of scared me even though before hand she had told me we might not be able to hear anything since it was so early. Hopefully next time we get to hear it!


Here is what is happening so far...


Baby:

•  By now your head is proportionally larger than the rest of your body
• your ears and eyelids are starting to develope
• Your fingers and toes are developing from the arm and leg buds, which now have distinguished wrists and elbows that can flex
• your heart beat is around 150 beats per minute

Mommy:

• I have had very little morning sickness, unless I get the dreaded migraines, then it all goes down hill from there. I will be sick for days with migraines and throwing up. I can't eat anything! I need to find a way to get rid of those stupid migraines!
•  So far I haven't had too many weird cravings. Lately the only things that sound good to me have been applesauce, steak, chips and salsa, and orange juice.

• I have been so Exhausted lately! No matter how much sleep I get I still feel extremely tired. I feel as if I could sleep all day! Unfortunately that's not an option since I have to work and go to school!

Your Grandma (my mom) and I decided that it would be fun to take progressive "Baby Bump" pics to see how much my belly grows. 

Here are the pics at 8 weeks...

Family Announcement

Today was Daddy's Birthday and we decided it would be a fun time to tell our families the news about YOU!
We wanted to be creative so we invited everyone over for cake and ice cream. Before they got there I made a shirt that said "Happy Birthday Daddy" on it and put it on for the night.

When everyone started to arrive we just waited it out to see how long it would take and to see how they would react when they saw the shirt on their own time. The first one to notice was my little sister, your Aunt Savannah. She glanced at the shirt and said "oh that's cute" but then she did a double take to see if she read it correctly. When she reread it she started freaking out and told me to stand up so she could see the whole shirt, after reading it again, for probably the third time she gave me a big hug and was saying how she excited she was.

Of course after Savannah started making a commotion everyone else was trying to figure out what was going on, so I turned around to let everyone else see the shirt. Everyone was so excited to hear the news! There were some family members that could not make it to the party so we took a picture of me in the shirt and sent a picture message to everyone else.

Both our families are so excited to have a new little one on the way and they can't wait to meet you just like your Daddy and Mommy!

Pregnancy test

Dear Baby,

Today I went to the Doctors for an "official" pregnancy test. Well the home tests didn't lie! I am indeed pregnant with you! The doctor told me your,  estimated due date is October 7th, 2011! 

I can't wait til then!