Belly Laughs

I couldn't help myself. I had to stop by Babies R Us last night. I knew I couldn't buy anything for the baby yet since we're not quite through the third trimester but I could at least look!! Such cute stuff! I can't WAIT to start shopping! I did make a purchase. Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy. So funny! I was so LOL reading about her hard boiling her baby. Poor Shelly, she wasn't feeling well, queasy after dinner, and was laying on my lap while I rubbed her head and read this book. Couldn't have been very relaxing for her because I kept cracking up.

It's Snowing!

It's snowing! The first storm of the season. It's so windy that it woke both of us up at 4:30 this morning. Of course we can't go back to sleep. The minute we wake up we start thinking baby thoughts! So, I'm up reading email before I get ready for work. Roxi needs to go to the bathroom but won't go off the back porch because it's so wet and windy. She's our big baby.

We bought the $60 pillow! Hopefully it's worth it. I've been reading that the full body pregnancy pillows from Babies R Us are well worth the money. Shelly's having such a hard time sleeping we thought we'd give it a try. Her biggest problem right now is she feels so bloated. It should be here in a couple of days. Hope it helps!

Our friends LB and Erin, Tate's Mom's, are pregnant again and just three weeks behind us. It's pretty neat to be pregnant at the same time. But, LB is so sick this time. She's even doing IV therapy to help get her through it. I feel so bad for her. Plus, Tate's an active two+ year old. I watch how awful Shelly feels and think how hard it would be to be pregnant AND run around after a two year old!

It's going to be a crazy, wet, cold, day. Guess I better get ready and hit the streets before all the other crazy people are on the roads!

Shelly's in BIG trouble!

Shelly is in so much trouble! Yesterday we were talking baby stuff of course and she said to me, "I wish that for one day you could feel the way I feel." It wasn't an hour later that I was almost doubled over with stomach cramps and nausea! I thought I was going to die. I still feel a little queasy today but much better than yesterday. She cursed me! She's the pregnant one for a reason! I'm too much of a baby when I'm sick. She's better at it then me.

I read on another blog today, a couple that used the same donor as us, that they're baby, due in February, starts kicking like crazy whenever they play any type of music. They think the baby's already musically inclined because of this and because the donor is a musician. Maybe our little one will have great musical ability as well! If he or she does I know it won't come from Shelly or I since neither of us are good at singing, dancing, or playing a musical instrument. The good news is Shelly can teach the little one to drawn and I have the responsiblity of teaching him or her to STAMP!

Our first entry!

This is the first for us. We had no idea how to blog but ran across some other blogs of interest and decided to give it a try. We've decided to create this site to share information with our family and friends about our journey into parenthood.

As of today we're 12 weeks and 1 day pregnant. Almost through the first trimester! We can't wait to cross the first major milestone. Shelly's still feeling quite sick (nauseous) and is having lots of back ache today.

This week we have two appointments. One with maternal fetal medicine to do a quad screening. This is a preliminary test to look for any serious problems or chromosomal issues. We keep trying to decide if we even want to do the test because we're having this baby unless there is something seriously wrong that would gravely impact the baby's quality of life. Any thoughts on this?? We'd love to hear from you.

We also have our second OB appointment this week. After a lot of research and searching we've found an OB-GYN that we love!

We've had three ultrasounds so far. Two at the U of U and one with our OB. So far everything looks great. I'll get our pictures scanned in and posted.

Lots of exciting stuff as we get closer to the end of the first trimester. We can't wait to start shopping!!!