Like a little kid!!

I'm reminded of how SLOW Christmas arrived when I was little - and for this reason....

The end of my first trimester is on Christmas Day - so that is one thing that I am SO looking forward to! Also, my next doctor's appointment is the 29th - so in about two weeks. I'm anxious to hear the heartbeat again, and I can't believe it's still so far away! I go every month though - so it's not like the appointments are that spread out!

Anyhow, the days seem to go by slowly, and I'm just so looking forward to these days! Probably much like kids can't WAIT for Christmas morning!

It's still pretty amazing that there is a baby growing inside of me - I love it!

And to all of the family I'll see over the holidays - I don't really have a baby bump yet - just so you know :)

Love you!

Happy days! :)

To Ian, Happy Anniversary!! Today is our 4th anniversary, and I am just so blessed to have Ian as my husband! I could go into all sorts of mushy stuff, but I'll spare you the details :) Let's just say I love him a ton!

To our babe, Cletus, Happy 11 weeks! We're so blessed to have you growing inside me!! What a miracle! I told the teachers at school about you yesterday - they were excited! Which was fun!! A lot asked me how I was feeling, so I had to be honest babe, and let them know you're still making me tired and nauseous! But it's worth it - we already love you!

To all our family members and friends, thanks so much for your thoughts, emails, and for being excited for us too! We are happy to share this with you - We love you!

Have a great day, everyone :)

Baby... What do you like??

Hey all :)

I was reading today that sometime around this week the babe will start getting its nutrients from the umbilical cord - instead of the yolk sac. What a huge responsibility!! I feel like I should be eating whole grain everything and not even thinking about empty sugars!! :)

It is a mystery figuring out what to eat though - I'm in a stage where I'm hungry, but nothing really sounds good - not the most fun!!! I wish I was at the stage where EVERYTHING sounded good!

There is one food item that I am needing to have some self-control with though - and that is pineapple. I am LOVING pineapple! I think for the past 5 weeks I have been eating one whole pineapple a week... Anyhow! I would eat one whole one everyday, but I pace myself so it last for a few days... and then I go back to the grocery store and pick up another one!

So Dad and Linda... I was thinking... I would totally pay big bucks for some fresh pineapple from your Hawaii trip :) I bet that would be HEAVEN!! :)
Maybe it's not worth it though....

On a husband note, Ian has been such an awesome Dad-to-be lately! I honestly couldn't ask for a more supportive husband - Plus, he surprised me last Thursday on the way home from my grad class by putting Christmas candles in all of our windows - it looks beautiful!! It's nice to be pregnant when I can share it with my awesome husband! :)

Anyhow! Not too exciting of a post - if anyone has any ideas for food that might be good on a nauseous stomach, please feel free to let me know! I'm tiring of pretzels and crackers :(

Love you all!
Laura

Fun pictures

Hi everyone! :)
This morning my mom emailed some pictures of herself when she was pregnant, and I thought they were so much fun! How amazing that in this first picture, I'm the little baby, and now I'm having my own!

I'm feeling better lately - not as nauseous - just tired! Thank goodness for the weekends!!

Thanks for sharing these pictures, Mom!

Mom with Laura

Mom with Mary

Mom with John :) I also love how Mary and I look in this picture!

Double Digits!

Happy 10 weeks Baby Bally!! Three more weeks until the end of my 1st trimester - and I'm so happy!!! That day will officially be on Christmas - so what a nice present that will be! And wow - I can't believe that Christmas is in 3 weeks either!!

I've been reading that I'll get some energy back at that time, so that would be really nice as I'm so tired at about 7:30/8pm every night!

Last night was the first time I tried to suck in my stomach and just wasn't able to - nothing moved! Kind of a weird sensation, but I suppose that's just the way things go :)

Anyhow - 10 weeks! Yay!!! Hope everyone is doing well!
Love
Laura

First baby picture!

We saw a picture of our little baby today!!! It was amazing - so awesome!!! Ian and I were able to see the heart beating, and at first Cletus wasn't moving, but then Ian saw his foot move.... asked "Did the foot just move?" and then Cletus started moving and wiggling about like crazy! Definitely putting on a show with his/her arms and legs for Mom and Dad!!! The doctor said the baby looks great, and he put us at 9 weeks and 4 days - which means we're up for a July 2nd due date :)

To decode the picture a little bit - babe's head is at the top, then you can see an arm poking out, then the legs are near the bottom of the body :) Sounds silly, but it may help a little! Cletus is 2.84 cm long today - just over an inch tall :)

Just too exciting!!!!

One of the few....

Well... pretty much every district around us has canceled school - but Peoria 150 is still in session! At the time, I'm KIND of wishing we had a snow day, but really, I know I would much rather be going to school today than in June!!

Have a great day everyone!
Love
Laura