Two month check

Well, Emma went for her two month check on Thursday. She is weighing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz and 20 1/2 in. The doctor thinks she will be petite like Eric. She has a very tiny heart murmur which he has never heard before this visit. He says it's nothing to worry about though. Besides that he says she is still perfect. The shots were AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! She had thee total. One of the shots had three vaccines in it.SO she got five vaccines all together. It was the worst thing in the world. I think I cried harder then Emma did. As soon as she got the shots I gave her my boob and she was fine. I continues to cry but eventually stopped. It was the most heart wrenching cry I have ever heard in my entire life. She goes back in two months which I am sure she gets more shots then.

I have to go back to work on Wednesday. My boss said I could go back for 1/2 days for a few weeks if needed. I might have to do that because this is going to be horrific. I hate that I have to go back but we can't afford it any other way. It really sucks. I think maternity leave should be for 6 months and you should get a full paycheck! That's just my opinion and who am I to say.

Anyways, I will keep you posted and AI hope everyone has a safe and happy New Years Eve. I can't believe 2007 is almost over. It blows my mind!

8 weeks already

6 1/2 weeks already

Can someone tell me where the time goes? I can't believe that Emma is 6 1/2 weeks old already! It just amazes me! She has started to smile at you when you talk to her or make silly faces or noices at her. She has slept through the night quite a few times already. She is in her room in her crib which she is loving. She really is a great baby. The only time she is fussy is when she has to poop and won't go. Then she wants to be held all the time. Which is ok with my because there will come a day when she doesn't even want to hug me. Here are some pics we took yesterday. Enjoy!

4 weeks old

I can't believe my peanut is 4 weeks old already! Everyone said the time would fly and boy they were not kidding! These are some pics I just got developed the other day. My favorite is where she is laughing. I will post again soon!

First photo shoot

Here are some pics from Emma's first photo shoot! We had a lot of fun with Kari and Sami!

More about Emma

Nana with her princess
Three generations
My sleeping beauty
She loves her swing

Well, Emma is 1 1/2 weeks old now. I can't even explain how becoming a mother has made me feel. I look at her and my heart is filled with this unconditional love and amazement! She is now the love of our lives and we wouldn't trade anything we went through for her. Here are some more pics.

Emma has arrived!!!

So, as most of you know, miss Emma arrived October 31, 2007. Here is her story.....

We went to the docs on Monday, Oct. 29. Everything was going well until they checked my blood pressure. 157/106. Ouch! So the doc came in and checked me. I was 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced. He decided it would be best to induce me on Tuesday Oct. 30. I wasn't quite sure how to react. I was nervous and scared and so much needed to be finished at home before she got here. Thank god my mom was with me because I'm not sure what I would've done if I was there by myself. So I call Eric and he freaks out of course. But I calm him down and he is nervous and excited and scared as well. So we try and get some sleep Monday night, tough luck with that. We get to the hospital at 7am Tuesday morning. They check me in, do my IV and the doc brakes my water. They then start the pit drip. I was doing really great for a while. I couldn't feel the contractions for the first few hours. Emma was handling everything very well. They slowly increased the pit drip by 2 every 1/2 hour. I slowly moved up to 4cm and 80% effaced. The continue to increase the pit drip. Everything seems to be going fine. I can feel the contractions now and I breathe through them. The doc checks me again and I am 7cm and 100% effaced. Great. I'm thinking this is going great and I will have Emma on the 30th and not Halloween. Then they increase my pit drip to 14. Bad idea! I had constant contractions, absolutely NO brakes. It was horrible. I tried and tried to breathe through them but they were getting worse and worse. It's now 11pm. I've been in labor for 16 or so hours. I haven't eaten in well over 24 hours and I am exhausted. I didn't want an epidural but at this point, 12am, I was so drained that the nurse talked me into it. What a relief! It didn't hurt at all and I finally got some sleep. I woke up at 2am with major pressure in my bottom. I call the nurse in, the one checks me and says it's go time! We got all excited and everyone was ready to meet her. Then another nurse comes in and checks me while I push and says I still have some cervix left so I can't push yet. UGH!! I though we were ready. The pressure in my bottom was almost unbearable. I felt that if I just pushed it would go away. But the nurses wouldn't let me. Then they put something into my epidural and it made the pressure go away and pretty much let me go to sleep. I wake up again at 5am. They check me again and it is really go time now. So the pushing begins at 5:20am. I feel really confident and ready to meet my little girl. We knew she was face up but the doc thought she would turn during delivery, so I believed him. I push and push and push in all different positions and she is not coming down the birth canal. The doc comes in at 8:15. I've been pushing for 3 hours and she says no matter how mush I push this baby is not coming out vaginally. I have to have a C-Section. The words I DID NOT want to hear.! I cried and everyone cried. But we knew it was the best for me and Emma. So they pre-pare me for surgery. Never before have I had surgery. They take us to the OR and Emma was born at 9:02 am Halloween morning. 26 hours of labor and a C-Section later I get to meet my little girl. She is absolutely perfect in every way. I would go through everything all over again for her. She is absolutely beautiful and has everyone wrapped around her little finger already. We couldn't be more in love with her. And, She scored a 10 on her test they do when she was born! I hope you enjoy the pics and I will put up more when I get a chance!

37 weeks and 3 days

Well, a lot has happened in the last few weeks.

I posted some shower pics which was on October 14. What an amazing day! This little girl has more stuff than I could have ever imagined. It's amazing to know that sooo many people are here to support her and watch her grow. I truly can't thank everyone enough. I didn't even cry until he very end of the shower when I opened my gift from my father. He made us a cradle! It is absolutely beautiful! My family has done soo much for us words can not describe the gratitude that I have for them. They are truly a blessing and Eric and I would be lost without them. Thank you!

On Friday, October 19th we went in for an ultrasound to check Emma's weight as she was little last time. Little did I know we were in for a whirlwind! She is now weighing in at 5 pounds 8 ounces. This is still small but it's ok because she is healthy and has enough amniotic fluid which is good. So we are done with the appointment and they go to check my blood pressure..... 152/92. Outrageous! I tell them I was at a funeral/wake/reception for my great aunt all day which I"m sure attributed to the high blood pressure. They decide to do a stress test on her to make sure she can handle the pressure. During the test a baby is suppose to have 2 "peaks" in twenty minutes. Well, miss Emma had about six. They said I should clone her she is soo perfect. Then the nurse practitioner comes back in. She says her and they doctor consulted and they have decided to take me out of work as of that day! I was shocked! There was so much I had left at work to do before leave. But then I realized that Emma is more important and work will survive without me. Then they give me a script for blood work and I have to go to Albany Memorial to get it done. I think the blood work was to check for toxemia, my kidneys, liver, and a whole lot of other stuff. They said worse case scenario I would have to be admitted to the hospital for "observation". Well, that did NOT make me happy. I got a call Monday morning and the nurse said the blood work came back fine. What a relief! So, until she arrives I am home being bored and waiting for her to come! I go back to the docs today. They are going to do another ultrasound and another stress test. My mom is coming with me because Eric is working and she didn't want me to have to go by myself. I will keep you posted on this.

As for Eric and I. The house is coming along. They did they roof this weekend. It looks really great. We are still deciding what to do about the septic lines. We just haven't had the time lately. Thanksgiving will be at our house this year, as long as Emma cooperates! I think it will be a lot of fun! Eric will be done with Owen's Corning on Thursday. He starts Mangoine's on Friday. I can't wait for him to have normal hours... 8-5 Monday- Friday and 8-12 every other Saturday! Not sure what we are going to do with each other. He's really excited and with the plant getting ready to lay him off anyways it was perfect timing.

Well, i guess that's it for now. I will post tomorrow to let you know how the docs went.

Baby Shower.... 36 weeks

It's been almost a week and a half and my house is finally starting to get organized.

It was teh best shower a mom to be could ever ask for. Thank you EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

34 WEEKS!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone! I know it's been a while but it has been VERY busy in the Rodford household.

We bought a house so we have been very busy working on that. We are all moved in except for a few little things left at the apartment which Eric will be getting tonight and then we just need to clean it a little and that's all set. The house on the other hand in another story. We had the city come look at sewer pipe yesterday and come to find out there is a huge problem with it that he previous owner neglected to tell us about. The city says the entire system needs to be replaced which will cost a few thousand dollars. The owner signed a statement saying there was nothing wrong with the sewer system but the city has been to the house many times and has many documents to prove it. So we called our lawyer and he said we need to get an estimate of how much it will take to fix it and then bring the previous owner to small claims court. Just what we needed right now. We don't even know who to call to get an estimate from. Eric's asking people at work so we'll see.

As for Emma..... We went to the doctors yesterday and had an ultrasound done. She is in the head down position and has enough amniotic fluid so that's all good. Apparently she is underweight and only in the 22% range. She weighs 4 pounds 9 ounces at this time. If she gains 1/2 pound every weeks like she should that would put her around 7 pounds 9 ounces. I thought this was normal but the doctors might want to do another ultrasound in a few more weeks to check her weight. I am going every week now. My blood pressure was super high yesterday, 150/90,when the nurse first took it but we think it was because she used a very small cuff. When they took it at the end of the appointment it was my normal 118/72. So they want to keep and eye on that just to be safe. Not that I haven't been stressed out or anything lately between the house and work crap I wouldn't be surprised if my pressure was a little high. So since yesterday I have been attempting to "relax". Although I am currently at work so that's hard to do.

There are no new pictures yet. I don't have Internet at the new house yet. They are coming on Monday so I will try and get some new ones up ASAP. Once I get vacation pics developed I will post them too.

I guess that's the update for now. If anything changes I will let you know as soon as I can.

31 and 1/2 weeks!!!

Hello everyone! I know it's been a while but I was on vacation. I am not at 31 and a 1/2 weeks so let me catch you up.

Good news first.... We bought a house! We got the keys teh day before we left for vacation! It is a 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath house. It has a LR, DR, Kitchen and a play room ( which Eric had taken over as his bar room). We have a two car garage out back but the sided over the doors so it's now a huge shed. A nice back yard and most importantly it's ours!It's in Lansingburgh but it seems like a really quiet part of town. We are working on getting it ready, painting and cleaning that is. We don't have to be out of our apartment until Oct. 1st so we have a few weeks to get everything done and moved.

Vacation was WONDERFUL and I didn't want to come home. It was so relaxing and carefree. We can't wait to go back next year.

The baby shower invitations are in the mail. I can't believe it's only a month away. It's so exciting. Which means Emma will be with us before you know it. This pregnancy has gone by soooooo fast I can't believe it. Everything is still going wonderful. I start going every two weeks as of Friday. She is moving all around these days. She doesn't really like people to feel her though. She'll let you watch but as soon as you put a hand on my belly she stops moving. It's weird.

Bad news................... Eric might be getting layed off. He will find out definitely tonight. Perfect timing huh...new house new baby. Keep us in your prayers that if he does get layed off that he can find a new job quickly! I'll keep you all posted.

That's it for now.

Glucose Test Results

Well, we had the gestational diabetes test done on August 11 and I just couldn't wait any longer to get the results. I called my doctors office yesterday. I told them I had an appointment set up for next week but if possible, could they give me the results. They called me back and let my know that my results were normal! Yay!!! no diabetes for us! Anyways, just thought I would let everyone know.

27 weeks and 1 day

Well, here are some belly shots from today, 27 weeks and 1 day. As you see, I'm getting huge. I've gained 19 pounds. That should be fun to try and get off.

Anyways, I went and had the glucose screening done yesterday. I had a choice between orange or fruit punch. I opted for the fruit punch. It was too bad at first. Then it was pretty gross. And when I burped it was even worse. But we all have to go through it. I go back to the doctors on 8/22 and they will have the results then. Hopefully everything is fine.

No word on the house yet. We are still waiting for a definite closing date. Hopefully they let us know soon. I think I might call the lawyer tomorrow to see what's going on.

Well, I"m headed to the pool. Talk to you all soon.

Love ya,

Jamie

25 weeks and counting...

Well, I went to the doctors on Thursday. It was the first time they measured my belly. We measured at 25 weeks which is exactly where we want to be. I have gained a total of 19 pounds so far. They said this was good. Sometimes my feet are a little swollen and I had to take my rings off so I asked them if I should be concerned about this. The doc said absolutely not. He said it's summer and almost everyone gets puffy and I am pregnant so I have two things working against me. He said as long as my blood pressure is good I will be fine. Which it is always 118/70's. Emma's heartbeat was in the 160's which was good. The week before vacation I have to go and get gestational diabetes blood work done. My next appointment is the week we leave. I guess that's it for now.

The lawyers are working on getting the title for the house so hopefully we will close as scheduled. We'll see. I'll keep you posted.

Sad day :(

Well, last night was a sad night when I got home. My fingers are a little puffy and my wedding band and engagement ring couldn't budge on my finger. They were even starting to hurt my finger sometimes. So I had to take them off. As I'm sitting there crying my eyes out because I had to take them off, Eric is trying to console me by saying they are just a piece of jewelry and they don't mean I love him any less. Which is true, I don't love him any less because they are not on. I guess they were more important to me then I thought. Maybe it's the hormones or something but I never thought I would cry that much after having to take my rings off. Now I feel naked and I just home that after Emma is born I can get them back on. If not, off to the jeweler to get them sized!

We registered Today!

Well, we spent our morning registering for "everything" we need. We are registered at
Baby's-R-Us and Target. Eric had a blast. I couldn't even keep up with him!

We are doing well. We are in the process of trying to buy a house in Lansingburgh. It's a very cute 3 bedroom 1 & 1/2 bath house with a yard. We are just waiting for the mortgage company to ok it. Our projected closing date is August 21. Which leaves us with a very busy few months. We have to get everything packed between now and then because we leave for vacation August 24 and come back September 9th. We will be moving the weekend after we come back. Then the shower is October 14 and Emma is due in November. So we will be busy busy busy. Keep your fingers crossed!

Well, here are some 22 weeks and 1 day belly shots. Emma just keeps growing. I am starting to feel her every once in a while now. I can't wait until other people can feel her too! I can't believe 22 weeks has gone by already. Wow how the time goes by sooo fast!

3D ultrasound in detail

Well, let's see. I got to the docs at 3:05pm for my 3:15pm appointment, which I had to have a FULL bladder for. Normally they take me in right away. So we are sitting there and waiting for what feels like forever because of course I have to pee like CRAZY! So finally an hour passed and they still haven't taken me in. I went to the desk and what was going on because I couldn't hold my pee anymore. They told me I could go pee. Of course they take me immediately after I go pee. So she starts with the normal ultrasound. She's measuring everything and telling us what everything is and different parts of the brain. The baby didn't want us to know what it was at first because she had her legs crossed for quite a while.... what a lady. Finally she stretched out and the nurse told us she was a girl. We were excited, although it wouldn't of mattered either way. Then we went and got my mom, mother in law and my sister so the nurse could do the 3D ultrasound. It was completely amazing! Her profile looks like Eric's, it was crazy! She is moving around SO much but I can't feel her yet, partly because the placenta is on top which is just another layer for the feeling to go through. She was moving around so much that part of the video is blurry because the ultrasound machine couldn't keep us with her. So, it was an amazing experience! We go back in four weeks, like normal. I promise to get some pics up soon!

3D Ultrasound!

Well everyone who hasn't already gotten a call from my mother, we are having a little girl. We are very excited. The 3D ultrasound was amazing! Sorry but I have to go to work now so I will post again later.

20 WEEKS!!!

Well, we are at the halfway point! I can't believe it's half over already. It has gone by sooo fast and I have LOVED every minute of it. I have had a wonderful experience, so far, with being pregnant! I lucked out and had not one ounce of morning sickness, I feel energized and healthy. I know the hardest is yet to come but I am so excited to have a wonderful little miracle growing inside me!

I think I can feel the baby move every once in a while but nothing that anyone else would be able to feel. I want Eric and my family and me to be able to see the baby kick. I know it will come soon but I'm just wondering when!

We go on Thursday the 28Th to meet out little miracle face to face with a 3D ultrasound. We can't wait. We also get to find out of we are having Cody or Emma. We will be happy about either so it doesn't really matter.

Eric is halfway done with the nursery, painting it that is. He's been working nights so it's hard to get it done. I think he might finish it on Sunday because he only works a half a day. I told him I could help paint and he told me it was his job to paint the nursery. So I just let him go. We have to go pick up the crib from Mike and Mary once he's done painting. The color of the nursery is soft jade and white. All the walls are soft jade and the trim and ceiling are white.

Work news, I have applied for a new position with-in Unity House. It is at our TAS department. It's a lot of the things I am already doing but I would work 9-5 Monday thru Friday, NO WEEKENDS, and I would still get a beeper but it's just for consumers and they only use it it emergency cases. The people I have talked to say they only get 1-2 calls a weeks normally. Mu interview will be for sometime next week. I can't wait. I really hope I get this. It's time for a little change. If I don't get it, I will be staying where I currently am. Which isn't a bad thing it would just be nice to have all my weekends back, with a new baby and all.

Anyways, I guess I have blabbed on enough for now. Sorry I am at work and there is nothing to do.

18 Weeks

Well. We were 18 weeks on Saturday. I went tot he doctors Friday and they said everything is fine. The baby's heartbeat is still a strong 160. They said I should start feeling the baby move soon. I can't wait. Everyone keeps asking me if I felt the baby yet and I have to keep telling them no. I cna't wait till I can say, Yup, wanna feel. Eric is soo excited. We have decided on both a girls and a boys names already....... Girl: Emma Rose Boy: Cody James Eric came out of the blue one day with Cody James. We always liked Emma Rose. We go for our 3D ultrasound on hte 28th I can't wait. Mom is coming with us so she's all excited. I guess that's it for not. Not too much to tell, I feel wonderful.


Until Next time,
Jamie

17 Weeks and a scare last week.

Hello all. Well, we are 17 weeks today. It's going by so fast. I am still feeling really good. On Tuesday we had to go to the doctors because one of the consumers at work decided it would be fun to push me, very hard, in the stomach. Of course, I freaked. We went to the docs and they checked me all out and said everything looks just fine. They said our baby is very well protected right now. The doc said it would be the same as if I had a 2-3 year old at home and they pushed at my stomach. They were very happy that I didn't fall. Apparently if I fell things could've been different. Of course Eric didn't want me to go back to work, ever. I explained to him we had no choice. But I am feeling great, like I said earlier. I am currently at work. Everyone is sleeping. I'm just counting the minutes until 4pm. Then I am going to our bowling picnic. Anyways, I guess that's it for now. Just wanted to update everyone.



Jamie

15 Weeks shot

So the doctor tells me I haven't gained any weight. In fact they tell me I lost three pounds. I guess the camera just wasn't agreeing with me this day. Hey, I'm pregnant, I'm still beautiful! And Eric tells me that every day. What a wonderful husband!!!

One Year Anniversary!!!!!

This is us on our ONE year Anniversary, May 20,2007. I honestly can't believe it has been one entire year already. I guess time does fly when you are having fun!! And I must say... He's just so handsome!

This is the "Brides Cake" from our wedding, one year later. It actually tasted really really good and we will continue to eat it until it is gone!!!

A few months late....

So this is a little late but this was the second pregnany test we took. We actually found out we were pregnant on March 9, 2006

A Little Scare.....

Well, we had a little scare last Monday. I came home sick from work thinking I had too much sun on Sunday at Eric's god-son's birthday party. So I go see my mom and she says it's definitly not sun poisening and we think I'm just tired from a busy weekend. So I go home and try to get some sleep. But I can't becasue I keep having chills, again, I thought this was related to the sun burn. So it's now 5pm and I finally decide to check my temperature just to see. Turns out my temp is 100.7. Not too bad but I call mom anyways. She says to call my OB. So I page them. They tell me to come in to the office. I get there at 5:30. My temp is now 102 and I tell the nurse practitioner that I have lower back pain. She asks all sorts of questions and then I remember that I had the same problem when I was 16 and it was a kidney infection. So I tell them. The NP says she has to page the doctor to see what she wants, the baby's heart-rate was a little high too due to the fever. Anyways, by the time the doctor calls back it's 6:45p. They want me to go to Albany Med. Of course I went to the docs by myself because I thought I was overreacting. So I have to page Eric who is at work working overtime. He finally calls back in a panic of course and I tell him I need to go to the hospital. What should've taken him 30 minutes to get to me took him 15 tops. He's freaking out and I try to tell him the baby and I will be alright as tears are pooring down my face. I then tell him that he is suppose to be strong for me and we laugh. We fly to Albany Med. I am a "direct admitt" to the 6th floor, labor and delivery. I get put in a room at 7:30pm not a soul cam in to my room to check anything until at least 9:30pm. How crazy!!!!!! Anyways, they finally come in and check my temp, which went down a little, and my blodd-pressure and oxygen which were a little high. They then decide they need bloodwork and to put an IV in. Of course I hate needles so I let the nurse know I normally pass out. She puts the IV in and takes some blood and then has to take the IV out because my vein collapsed. There was blood all over the place. During all this instead of passing out my body decided to puke this time. So they leave. Hours later they come in and say they have to get more blood because 2 out of 3 tubes clotted from the last draw. They did get my white blood count done. WBC is suppose to be between 10 and 11,000 and mine was 19,000 which definitly meant I had an infection. So anyways, now she does the IV in my forearm this time, gets some more blood. They come back in to check my bloodpressure and such and it's low because of the IV and taking my blood, although I was proud and did not pass out. Some more hours pass and they come in to get more blood and to tell me I need to have a cathater put in to get a clean catch of urine. This time they need a "clean catch" of blood so they have to take the same amount from each hand. I found this strange but whatever. So they do that. Some more hours pass and it's now 3am. They tell Eric he can no longer stay in the room with me and he either needs to go home or go to the waiting room. I tell him to just go home and get some rest and as he goes to leave I again burst in to tears. He decides to stay in the lounge. So he leaves and they come and do the catheter...... not fun ladies, not fun at all!! I fall in and out of sleep in between the nurses comeing in. The doctor came in and did an ultrasound and told me I would have an ultrasound of my kidney's tomorrow morning, but I got to see the baby. It was putting it's hands together and kicking it's feet. I still can't feel anything yet though. I just kept wishing Eric was there to see it. So Eric returns at 5:30a and decides to go home and shower and bring me some clothes and my blanket and will be back. Some guy comes and takes more blood at 6:30. These people are like vampires! Eric comes back at 7am. The doctor comes in and tells me as long as I promise to take my anti-biotics four times a day then she will let me go home. Of course I promise to do that, I want to go the hell home. So a few hours later some guy comes to bring me to ultrasound and Eric comes with me. We get the ultrasound of the kidneys and he said they had to do one of the bladder. As they guy is looking for my bladder, there the baby was! So the guy stayed on the baby a little while because Eric didn't get to see the one the night before. This time, the baby was bouncing around. It made us really happy!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways I get back to my room, they give me more antibiotics via IV. They come in a little later and Eric mentions that the doctor earlier said I could go home today. They go and check my chart and come to find out I could've gone home many hours ago!!! SO they take out the IV and I get my paperwork and we leave. We get my script filled and we are home at 2pm. After we are home safe and sound Eric decides to tell me that everytime they came to do the IV or bloodwork they were reading directions as they were doing it. This made me feel good. Anyways, I had a kidney infection and am now almost doen with my anti-biotics and I feel much better. The doctor had me out of work for a week so all I did was rest and sleep and Eric and my mom took care of me. Thankfully the baby is ok because they checked it when we went to our follow up appointment of Friday, and I lost 3 pounds. I will keep you posted.

Jamie

Baby's Heartbeat

Well, we went to the doctors today. All of my bloodwork came back fine, which is good. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time today. They said it sounded really really good. I haven't gained any weight yet which I find odd because I feel like I have and my once smaller waist has become much larger. But, according to the scale, same as last month. The doctor said I looked really good and I told her how wonderful I felt. She couldn't believe I didn't have any morning sickness or nausiousness. I go back in four weeks and in eight weeks we get the 3D ultrasound done. I can't wait. Everything else is quiet. I will keep everyone posted.

11 Weeks

Well, we are now 11 weeks pregnant. Still feeling really great. Kari gave us her doppler machine. We tried to use it a few weeks ago, Aunt Hope gave us a HUGE bottle of gel, but it was too early. Now we can't get it to turn on. We go to the doctors on Tuesday to hear the heartbeat. We can't wait. We had our first ultrasound done at our first office visit. It's on our fridge. At 20 weeks we will be having the 3D ultrasound done. I can bring in a VHS and the docotor can tape it for me so I will always have it. Which is really cool. We are still house hunting. We really like one we looked at the other day. We are still deciding whether or not to bid on it. None of my pre-pregnancy pants fit anymore and the shirts are all too short. Apparently I am going to be like my mother was . I have got to get some pictures on here so you can see as I get bigger and bigger. Maybe I will do that tomorrow....soon I promise. Everything else is going great. No cravings lately. I'll keep you posted.

Hello Everyone. It's been a while and I figured I should update everyone. We've been busy. We are now 10 weeks pregnant. The first tri-mester is almost over. I still feel really good. Eating lots of fruit. My first craving was sprite with cherries.... wierd because I dont' like white soda. Anyways, we are still looking for a house, or debating whether or not we are going to hold off and stay here for a little while. We are not sure. Eric is still nervous about the baby. He's stressed cus he says there is just too much to do before the baby get's here. I tried to explain to him that we have plenty of time but he just doesn't get it. He says it will be here before we know it. I"m sure it will go fast but there is really nothing to do except get the baby's room together and move Tara downstairs. I don't know. All in all everything is going well.

Until Nest Time,
Jamie

Here we go.

Well, This is my first attempt at having a blog. It's kind of exciting. To catch everyone up.... We found out we were pregnant on March 9, 2006. I called the doctors right away and they said we were 5 weeks, according to the date of my last period. We went to our first doctors appointment on Monday, March 26. It was quite interesting. They didn't do a pregnancy test. They had me pee in a cup and then they did an ultrasound. We got to see the baby's heartbeat, which was 145. The nurse said that was good. Then the doctor came in and talked to us and gave us a whole bunch of papers and scripts for me to go have bloodwork done. Our official due date in November 14, 2006. We are sooooo excited. So far I feel really really good. I have had no nausea or vomitting, I really haven' been tired and I actually feel really really good. The only thing I can't stand the smell of is popcorn. But besides that, anything goes.
I"m still trying to figure out how to set this up so bare with me while I get started.