2 Weeks Worth of Updates and Pictures!

So it is time for me to update again!  Long post- but I've included pictures!  It is just so hard for me to get to a computer lately, and my phone definitely doesn't make it easy to post from!

Anyways, 14 weeks and 4 days pregnant today... the anxiety is slowly going away, but I still feel like this is too good to be true... I have yet to believe this is really happening still (besides the fact my clothes don't really fit)... I did end up getting a doppler.  I will admit, I was totally OBSESSED with it at first... but my obsession has calmed down.  I check it about daily, or every other day- and I didn't even bring it on our weekend trip to New York this past weekend!  I had my second OB appointment this past Thursday.  I peed in a cup, got my vitals done, got called back, met with the OB (who I have to say was absolutely beautiful), she asked me if I had any concerns, and then found the babies heartbeat with the doppler.  Then said, alright, I'll see ya next time... I was like uhhh.... whaaat!?  I walked out and by the time I got to my car was thinking to myself... that doesn't seem right.  I tried to call them back, but since I was the last appointment that day they were closed, so I called on Friday.  I asked to speak to the nurse (I think she would understand a little bit more) but of course the doctor called me back... I was just like- uh- the appointment just seemed a little "quick." I was under the impression that we needed to check more "stuff?" She was like, there really isn't that much to assess before you are 20 weeks, so they just listen for the heartbeat and thats that.  Oh well.  I guess I'm going to have to get used to that.  Next appointment is October 13 (litterally like 4hrs before going to Spain!)

As I said in the previous post, we had our NT scan at 12.5 weeks done.  Took forever to receive the official results, but I was able to access the ultrasound results. It said we were measuring a week ahead and that everything from the ultrasound perspective looked normal.  Once I got the offiicial results- the doctors said everything with the blood test and ultrasound looks normal. 



Definitely doesn't show how bad
it was!  If you can see the mini-
cooper car at the top- it was stuck
and its owner was having to push



The day that I had my NT scan happened to be the day that a tropical depression or something was sitting over the state of Maryland.  After my scan, my husband called and was like don't leave, there is flooding everywhere, its really unsafe, blah blah.  It hardly raining that hard where I was, and I always thought people who got stuck in flash floods were stupid people who drove through standing water... SOOOO... I didn't listen to my husband and drove to meet two of my girlfriends at Panera for lunch.  It had just started pouring when I reached Panera, so rushed inside, met my friends, ordered food and sat down.  Well, within about ten minutes of sitting down, we saw water literally rushing into the parking lot.  We were confused, because we couldn't see where all that water was coming from.  Well..... it turns out that the street that Panera is off of was flooding/ed and everytime a car went through it water would rush into the parking lot.  We hurried, went to the bathroom, gathered our things and decided to leave.  By the time we were leaving water was coming into the Panera and cars on the road where the flooding was- were stuck.  All I could think was- my husband is going to kill me!!!! Luckly- there was another road out of the Panera- because if the flooding was just a little furthur up- I would have been stuck!



This is from inside the Panera looking at the street- the water was
up past the tires on this oversized truck.  It was one of the last cars that
was able to make it through the water before it got too deep.  By the
time we left, water was up to the window that I was looking out of!



I've started exercising again.... well just walking.  On my days off work I have been going walking and have been doing five miles on those days.  I don't exercise on the days that I do work, because 12hr shifts are draining all the energy out of me.  I usually get home from those around 8:15pm and I'm asleep on the couch after dinner by 9:15pm... my husband just loves that. :)

One MAJOR frustration is my clothing situation.  By the time we had started my second IVF, I was already the heaviest that I had ever been.... But it was summer time and I could get away with wearing shorts/tshirts, comfy dressess most of the time.  Well, not anymore.  Most of my jeans are just not that comfortable - even with the belly band- and then I feel like it just looks all lumpy where the buttons are.  Plus... my shirts have always been nice and tight and fitted (I used to have a flat stomach!).  Well, I can't wear those anymore.  Even if the shirts weren't as tight, my boobs are seriously like three times bigger than they ever have been and just don't fit into my normal clothes.  Definitely going to get into maternity pants this week, but once it gets cooler- I'll be able to wear my sweaters/cardigans for a while.  I'll just have to get new shirts for under them.



This is from like 13.5 weeks!  Yikes!

We have gotten a couple of baby things... When we were in Tenne.ssee after we told my sisters and brother the good news, the next day my sister suprised us with little Unive.rsity of Tenne.ssee booties and hat.  They look awfully small.  I really hope the baby can fit in it! (My mom had large babies for all four of her kids- I was 8lbs and then my husband was almost 10lbs).  Uh oh!  Then we went to a college reunion for my husband at his college- so we had to get something for the baby there too (well a couple of things- one for newborn and one for  a little bit bigger!)...

My mother-in-law also gave us a little "starter kit" with some newborn diapers, wipes, a picture frame and some little white tshirt kinda things...

I am definitely nervous of dealing with my mother-in-law.  I see how she acts with my husbands step-sister's kids.  I call her a baby snatcher.  As soon as you walk through the door- she snatches the kid and carries it around the whole time until it is time for you to leave.  Now I dunno, maybe at a certain point you are happy to give your kids up, but for some reason, I don't feel like I'm going to be one of those people.  I just feel like she is a little bossy/demanding about stuff.  I dunno.  I'm sure everyone has issues, and I'm sure that I might even have some issues with my mom's behaviors too... but we'll see.  I have another 6months to prepare myself! LOL.

The biggest news of all though.... The hubby and I have decided to put our house up for sale!!!  We (well I) have been unofficially looking at houses for a while now.  My husband reworked the budget- and decided if there is a chance that I might stay out of work for longer that my scheduled maternity leave or even longer... than the houses we had been looking at are way too expensive.  That kind of sucked, since the DC suburbs are SUPER expensive.  I started looking at some cheaper options- and I found a few that are in good locations (for my husband's commute to DC- there is no such thing as a good location, but there are some very BAD locations) and are reasonablely priced.  Of course they need some updating- but at that price range we could easily do (especially while I'm still working).  I sent a few to my hubby and he got excited- so called up our realator and decided to put the house up for sale.  So we'll see where that goes!

So that is a lot of information, but that should make up for the last two weeks of not posting right!? :)

Hope everyone is having a good week!

Oh, also- we are leaving for Spain two and a half weeks!  -- but I'll save that for another post...