I almost forgot!

Last night I felt some flutters!  I haven't felt any since then.  Today is my 17 week mark.  Hoping for more flutters or some big kicks sometime soon!

Happy New Year! (Almost)

It's New Year's Eve today.  Paul has a stomach bug and I have a cold.  We are kind of camping out and watching movies.  I ordered pizza and he's just trying to keep water down.  Poor guy!

It has been a great year!  It was fun visiting all of our family and extended family periodically throughout the year.  The Alaska trip was a once in a lifetime trip that I will never forget.  Graduating with the MBA in December was perfect timing with the baby on the way in June.  Lots to be thankful for as usual.

I had a Dr. appt this week and they said my blood pressure is perfect, 115/75 and my iron went up because I changed my diet!  Woohoo, no iron supplements for me!  I haven't had many side effects.  I remember when all of my sickness disappeared around 9 weeks and I was like, that is strange!  It was off and on before then.  Every time it disappeared I would freak out.  Now I'm happy to not be sick.  I hope I don't catch Paul's bug!  I can't imagine having a cold AND a stomach bug, eeek.

So now, all I have is itchy skin and I'm tired all the time.  Time to go reapply moisturizer!  Happy New Year - sparking grape juice, here I come!

Christmas Break!

It was nice to have a few weeks off of work.  I went on a cruise to the Bahamas with my mom.  That was a good time.  Then we spend Christmas at our house in Raleigh and we had a huge snow storm.   We ended up with 8" of snow and mom was stranded for a few days.  All flights were canceled.  Oooh well!

Today I had a prenatal appointment with the OB (Dr. Gunter).  Everything was fine!  Heart rate was around 144.  I gave them a little blood sample for some screening test and was on my way.  I made the gender determination appointment for the 21st of Jan!  Can't wait for that appointment!!!!! I had to negotiate with him on the date... :)

Today is 16 weeks and 5 days.  I'm feeling pretty good!  I've been a little tired and I can't sleep well at night.  Also, I'm starting to get itchy.  I have gained almost 7 pounds so far, so I need to watch what I eat!

Last week appointment and announcements!

On 07 Dec 2010, I had my next prenatal appointment.  Dr. Placide was very nice!  We have met him in the past.   He listened to the baby's heart beat and said everything sounded perfect.  The only downer was that my iron is low.  I have to eat more meats and beans and broccoli and less dairy.  I was eating cereal for almost every meal and I think it was inhibiting iron absorption.

Anyway, this past weekend, we announced to family, friends, work, and facebook!  Extended family was first, of course, then work.  I made my announcement at The Pit for our holiday party.  It was fun!  Then I put it on facebook over the weekend.  The comments and notes were flying in!  I loved it.  :)  In 24 hours I had 47 messages!  Crazy!!!!

Anyway, I'm pretty tuckered and I have to finish a final exam.  THEN NO MORE SCHOOL!!!  WOOHOOOOOOO!!!  That's all for now!

Neato dream!

I had a cute dream last night that I had a nice big baby boy with big chubby cheeks!!!  hahahaha.  Loved it!