Baby news

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I am 14 weeks along. And yesterday we heard the heartbeat. My health is great so far and both of us are right on schedule.

Well Done!

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This past weekend I went to the Trimble County Middle School for a 4H competition. My Niece Zoe competed giving a speech about Guide Dogs. Zoe won in her age group again and will be going to the state competition this summer. She did a wonderful job and I am very proud of her.

The Florida Food Tour

Since we have been home from our trip to Florida. We have been refering to it as The Florida Food Tour. Each morning I would wake up and say "honey, I'm hungry, I am going downstairs to breakfast. Do you want to go?" Some mornings he said yes some no. Then at around 11:30 "Honey, I'm hungry." And off to lunch we would go. Then six rolls around "Honey, I'm hungry." And off to dinner we would go. This is how most days on our trip went. Plus the snacks we purchased to keep in the room for me to nibble on.

Now you would think that I gained weight with all that eating wouldn't you. Well no actually. I lost two pounds. My husband however gained five. He thinks this is terribly unfair.

But let me explain further. When we go eat these days I am only able to eat about 1/2 to 1/3 of a meal. Then about an hour or two later I am ready for a snack. So I am eating more often. But I am not going to less food. I guess the baby and I are using more calories than I take in.

Unlike my co-worker Dana I didn't take any pictures of my meals but I did take lots pictures while we were in Florida. They are out there on my flickr.

Home

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We arrived home yesterday to cold cloudy weather. I already miss Florida. It was great to look out the window and see the ocean and the boats and know that it was nice and warm out there. Back to reality now.

We were thrilled to get back home to the dog. We both missed her terribly. But I am already ready to go back to Florida since I hate the cold weather.

Vacation

Well we can say for the most part our vacation has been sunny. But it has been chilly. Not as cold as it is at home. But too cool to be on the beach for me. I have had one beach afternoon so far. Looks like it will warm up for tomorrow.

We had our first anniversary yesterday. It was a good day for us. We went to the Clearwater aquarium and had a really good dinner. The first good meal I have had down here.

Tonight we are going to Belleair Beach and meeting my aunt, cousin and her son for dinner and a reunion of sorts.

Tomorrow we go to Seminole and see my brother-in-law and his kido's for dinner at their place down here.

We are having a nice relaxing time down here. Just ready for that northern wind to change to a southern wind.

I have to do what???

Yesterday I went to a Maternal Fetal Specialist just to be sure with my history of blood clots and my sisters problems when she was pregnant that I wouldn't have any similar issues.

The appointment went well. Everything seems to be moving along smoothly at this point the baby had a heart beat of 187 which is normal.

The Specialist did say that due to my history that she would like to see me taking Heprin or Lovanox for the remainder of the pregancy.

So say that do you know what I have to do now twice a day??? I have to inject myself in the belly...

I did also get another ultrasound done yesterday but the one picture I got is worse than the one I got 3 weeks ago. So I guess everyone will have to wait until the 20 weeks ultrasound to see another picture. And then we will know what gender the baby will be.

Also the news with the first ultrasound changed my due date to September 27th. Which means today I am 8 weeks and 4 days.

New Chapter

As most of you know my father did pass away on August 5th. Which is why I have not been blogging. I have been trying to close that chapter of my life and begin a new.

I have been given good reason to do that in the past several days. On Friday January 18 I discovered I was pregnant with our first child. I have since been to see the Doctor and found out that I am now 5 weeks pregnant (as of January 22) which means our little bundle of joy should arrive around September 24th.

So far I have only been very fatigued, had several headaches and heartburn. But that is much better than having morning sickness.

I will be having my first ultrasound on February 4th and I will share those pictures as soon as I can.