Bumpin'

Well, you can guess by the lack of posts that things have been pretty calm on the pregnancy front. I am now 15 weeks along, and feeling great for the most part. I made it through the first trimester with hardly any nausea, whew! My hunger has been more under control lately and I'm eating almost as normally as I was before, with a before bedtime snack usually being snuck in there :)

Last Thursday I had an appointment with my new doctor. I switched practices because I wasn't thrilled with the way the first practice operated. With that practice, you only saw a doctor for an ultrasound, and with all other visits you would only see any of the nurse midwives who were available. With this being my first pregnancy, and me being the somewhat neurotic person that I am, I want to be able to see the same doctor every time, and establish a relationship with that doctor. So anyway, I love my new doctor! The checkup went well. I got to hear the baby's heartbeat again...fast and strong! Everything is progressing as it should, so I'm happy.

Speaking of progressing, I've beeing weighing myself and checking out my tummy every morning (I told you, somewhat neurotic). So far, I've gained about four pounds, but that's not the big news. The big news is that every morning my tummy looks flat and normal. It slowly gets bigger throughout the day, and I definitely look pregnant by the time dinner's over. But TODAY, I had a little bump this morning! No more flat tummy! Baby's definitely growing :)

Ok, that's all I've got for now. I'm counting down the days until we hit 20 weeks so we can find out if it's a boy or a girl!!! Of course I'll post it here when we find out. Hope you're all doing well out there! Oh yea, GO BUCKS...one week from today!!! :)

Wonderful weekend of Friends!

It was a great weekend for me, spent with some of my very best friends. Emilie, Sapna and I met in college, they were both bridesmaids in my wedding, and we have stayed close friends ever since. Emilie lives in Cincinnati with her Husband Kevin and new 3 month old adorable baby Abby. Sapna lives in Connecticut and is quite the traveler, squeezing in time to travel to see her boyfriend Charlie. Sapna was able to fly into Cincinnati this weekend to meet baby Abby and see Emilie, and I drove down to spend time with all three of them!



We took Abby to the zoo Saturday afternoon, which was delightful. Then we went to dinner at a delicious tappas restaurant where the girls surprised me by bringing a bottle of non-alcoholic champagne to the restaurant! Aren't they so thoughtful!? I was touched that they would think to do that. All this water drinking while everyone else is fun drinking is getting old! :) After dinner we went to a bar so Emilie could enjoy her first "night out" after having Abby. We had a blast together and as you can imagine we stayed up until the wee hours of the morning having girl chat like old times. Oh I also got many baby lessons from wonderful mom Emilie :) It was so fun being around baby Abby. Not only is she so cute and expressive and such a good baby, she made me even more excited for our little "Peanut" to arrive!



Sunday morning we went to Findley Market, which is kind of like a famers market but on a bigger scale and not just produce. I got lots of fruit (for those cravings!) and also got to breifly see one of my other best college pals Becky! All in all it was a wonderful weekend and warmed my heart to be with such good friends.



While I was gone, Ryan made some good progress on the basement. We are working to finish it so one of the rooms upstairs can be the nursery! I'm lucky he's such a handy guy and is willing to work so hard for us :)


Ok, on to the baby update. We are now in our 12th week. The baby is about the size of a lime now and is almost 2 inches long! I don't quite have a baby bump yet, but am definitely losing my waistline! I'm still counting my lucky stars that I haven't gotten sick. I guess I'm probably in the clear now. My constant hunger has died down a little bit, thank goodness, and I'm getting a little more energy back. I'm thinking that maybe I should start shopping for maternity clothes? Not sure if it's too early or when I'll start needing them!

Sorry the baby update was kind of brief, but I'm not sure what else there is to update you on! If you have questions, feel free to ask. Hope you all have a wonderful week! :)

P.S. Fellow bloggers...how do I get my pictures to show up at the bottom of my post instead of at the top? Can't figure that one out!