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Well, I've now graduated to maternity clothes. It feels much better to not be strangled about the waist (I was down to the last notch on my belt). The pants feel a little too big but I think that's better than too small, I'll grow into them anyways. I feel less queezy than I had been but more tired. I still gag big time on my prenatals...that's so weird. David has been absolutely wonderful about doing the chores so I can rest when I need to. Hopefully the pregnancy exhaustion will ease up a bit so I can get some things done around the house...within reason of course. Here's the link to one of David's passions, the Board Game Geek website. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/342757/page/1 He recently made the announcement to all his online buddies.

Some little David pictures

Here are some little David pictures, I'll post the little Jenny ones later since they take up a lot of room. There's a couple of Uncle Mike too. Now everyone can start theorizing about whom the baby will look like. There's a good shot we'll get a redhead.

Feelin' good and a bit tired

I'm starting to feel a little better, but I still get tired quickly. I'm really noticing that my clothes don't fit anymore so I'll be getting some new clothes by the end of the week. I found my baby book that my mom made for me and found some funny stuff. As an infant I stuck my tongue out a lot. Apparently when I was asked to do something I would say, "No thank you." She kept up with the book pretty well through age 4. I also found some of my baby blankets, clothes and bunny booties that she had given me as well. I've started cleaning out the room that will be the nursery and have a ways to go. It's a good start though and I have a bunch of stuff ready to donate.

Looks like the people are wanting a girl huh? :) We'll see...

Doctor's Appointment Update

I saw my doctor today and everything's going just fine. I got all my questions answered and got to hear the heartbeat. That was pretty cool. The heartrate is 175 for those who would hazard any old wives' tales type of a guess as to what the sex might be. The lab on-site did have to send me to a specialist to do my blood draw though. I have very deep veins and they didn't want to keep sticking me until they struck gold. My doctor is also pregnant and is due in two weeks so my next two appointments will be with her replacement, but that stuff should be fairly routine. She'll be back by the time anything of magnitude goes down.

Gotta go again...and again...and again

I'm really tired today and I'm not talking about pregnancy fatigue. I'm a really light sleeper and I'll wake up if I'm uncomfortable in any way, like if I'm too hot or too cold, if my 20-lb cat thinks it's funny to walk across me while I'm sleeping, or if I have to go to the bathroom. Now I have to go every 1-2 hours so I'm not sleeping too well with that going on. But everything I've read and from personal accounts it seems to be normal. Looks like the boy/girl poll is still neck and neck...neither side doesn't ever seem to get much of a lead. :)

Stockin' Up

I've been grazing a lot more lately, so we picked up extra munchies for me during this week's grocery trip. It's a lot better than going to the corner store in downtown Seattle that can be a little spendy. For the first time since I started working here I'm wishing there was a vending machine on my floor. I'm starting to notice my tummy poking out a little bit. I'm into my 10th week so the baby and the extra stuff is about the size of a grapefruit (with the tyke being the size of a prune) so that's a little bit of displacement. Most of my clothes still fit except for the yoga pants and the drawstring cargo pants. Those I have to keep constantly hike back up into place. I'm thinking I'll need to get some new threads in a couple weeks.

9 weeks 5 days

We're really excited to announce that we're going to be parents. It only took about a year of "letting it happen". I'm still in the morning sickness phase and David has been a tremendous help to me. My best friend Keri is also pregnant. Not only that but we're due the same week in April. How cool is that! They say best friends dress alike but this is a whole new level. Here's the photo from the ultrasound.