12 Weeks

June 27, 2014
12 Weeks

Time is moving by very quickly and very slowly.  For example, every day my pants are just a tiny bit tighter.  It is just like a Roald Dahl book.  I finally gave up and ordered maternity pants. I got tired of being scared that my unbuttoned pants would fall down (haha- TMI)!  At the same time, Critter has leapfrogged to the size of a lime, and we already got our Harmony tests back. Thankfully, they said the results are "within normal limits." I called back to ask if they would leave me a voicemail with Critter's gender. They said no problem, and now I have an 11 second voicemail from them! Tom and I want to find out the information together, so I know the rest of the day is going to crawl by soooooo slowly.  Also, I'm a little worried they might not have left the gender on the voicemail (given that it is only 11 seconds long).  I've tried to think of other information that could be conveyed in 11 seconds - meeting times, phone numbers, happy birthday wishes?  It seems like 11 seconds is too short for a message of this great a level of importance.

I'm not sure if we'll tell other people the baby's gender - maybe it'd be nice for other people to be surprised! My mom says if we can find out the gender, we should. "Why do you need more surprises? The baby comes with surprises already!"

Love,
Betty

Wearing a dress underneath - so perhaps that is cheating a little bit!

Eleven weeks!

June 21, 2014

11 Weeks!

Wow! The weeks are flying by! Tom and I both think I'm starting to show. Not sure when I will tell people at work, but I may not be able to hide out much longer. I went shopping for new pants today, because my current pants feel tight. But Loft and Ann Taylor didn't have any maternity clothes. Ended up buying a belly band because I leave for a conference in Colorado tomorrow. I will have to dress a little frumpy, but oh well!

We are waiting on our genetic testing results. They can isolate the baby's DNA from a sample of my blood. Crazytown! We also tried a new game today- ticket to ride. It's pretty fun! Good strategy involved in the game. 

Much love,

B

10 weeks- and in our new house!

June 17, 2014

10 weeks!

We are living in our new house! It's awesome! We are going swimming every day, which makes me feel much less tired, counterintuitively.  I got a blood test this week, and they took six vials of blood. I've been feeling super tired ever since. I came home today and laid on the floor! Haha. 

The baby is the size of a green olive- it really feels like a miracle. How does all of this happen without us even doing anything? Thank goodness for sonograms- I probably wouldn't believe so much was going on without it! My dad says the baby "looks healthy with a strong heartbeat."  We hope so.

Much love,

B

Starting to show a tiny bit - my mom said she was showing at 3 months. Also - I am in my favorite monkey pants. I think I will wear these a lot now that I'm preggo!

Nine weeks!

June 7, 2014!

Nine Weeks

We just bought a house! We love it! And just in time to get ready for Critter. We are BBQing today with the Harvels. We met our neighbors yesterday- literally all of them! They came by to say hello, and Tom and I are thrilled they are so nice. Also, they all have really young kids- so that is perfect!

So happy- could not ask for more out of life right now. :)

B

Nine weeks - feeling yucky, but can't complain!

Little critter!!

June 16, 2014
Week 9, 5 days

Wow! We had our first sonogram this week. It was amazing! I was so worried about it - I kept reading on the baby boards that people find out at this appointment that they've had a miscarriage or that there's something wrong with the baby.

 

But, we went in and had a great sonogram tech. She said she's been doing sonograms since 1979.  Anyhow, this is our first picture of Critter! Critter is the cutest! We heard Critter's heartbeat, saw a video of critter, and got measurements. Critter is growing right on track. I am so happy. It just did not feel real before seeing the pictures.

 

Tom also got to meet our Dr - Dr. Combs. AND - the best part is we got to tell Tom's family about Critter! We wanted to do it over Skype, since we couldn't do it in person. Tom had the genius idea that we should tell them we wanted to show them the house! We showed Tom's parents a tour of the top floor - then Tom panned to the nursery, and said, "This is the nursery... ...which we need because Betty is pregnant!"  They were both very excited and said, "Congratulations to you guys! And to us!!!" Hahha. So exciting - they are coming to visit on July 4th!

Week Nine!

June 4, 2014

Weeks 8/9

Baby critter and I are at a multi-level modeling workshop in Chapel Hill. I got to see my grad school friends: Radha, MB, and Rebecca! Rebecca is moving to Louisville next week- so I am thrilled I got to see her. However, got the scare of my life yesterday. She told me she pays $1200/week for daycare!!!!! Babies are so expensive! Who knew! I called Tom in a panic, but you know he is always very calm. He said not to worry we will figure it out. We are still stressed about closing on our house. We were supposed to close on Monday, but USAA is soooooooo slow. We don't know if we will be able to close before our deadline (Monday next week- ack!!!!!).  So happy we found this place, as we found it right before we found out about Critter, but I would feel better if this would work out quickly! Keeping my fingers crossed.

Otherwise, we found out we get to see Critter's heartbeat and sonogram pic on Tuesday next week. I am so happy, but a bit worried. I just hope everything is ok with Critter, so I can't wait for our appointment. 

I'm off to get ready for the workshop! 9 hours of stats lectures- tiring, but fun to just sit and listen!

B

Seven and eight weeks!

In front of Big Ben.

Afternoon tea with Tom in London!

June 4, 2014!

Belated posts for weeks 7 and 8! Tom and I went to Vienna and London! We had the absolute best time. So happy we went, as it may be our last chance to travel internationally for many, many years. We got to meet Linda's husband Gene, and we met up with Kelly, her friend Stephanie, mom, and Frances. 

I was worried my symptoms might kick into high gear, but I continue to be pretty lucky. I feel nauseous once in a while, especially if I have an empty stomach. The cure is eating a lot (haha- I am going to look like a pregnant Jessica Simpson). Little Critter loves spaghetti and hates Mediterranean- weird, no? I am also tired, but I was able to go to a yoga class on Monday. It gave me a pounding headache, though, so I will stick to prenatal classes from now on. 

Anyways, we had a great time- we saw catacombs in Vienna, which Frances, Tom, and I agreed was scary and amazing. We also went to great cafés and saw the Schonbrunn palace.  The Hapsburgs were nutty.  In London, Tom and I went to high tea! I've always wanted to have high tea in London. We also saw Westminster Abbey and the Crown Jewels. 

7 weeks!

In Vienna!

8 weeks!