Saturday, September 25, 2010

Indy Trip!

This past weekend, despite being sick and prego, we took a roadtrip to Indianapolis to see the Colts play the Giants. My husband is a HUGE football fan and more than that, a HUGE HUGE Peyton Manning fan. So for his 30th birthday this year, I surprised him with tickets to the football game. It was a big important game because it was the home opener for the Colts and Peyton would be going against his little brother, Eli (the QB of the Giants). Needless to say, Steve was pretty excited. Here's what he looked like when I gave him the tickets.


He was so excited. Pretty cute! :)

Here he is practicing for the game just in case Peyton needs him. LOL

So this weekend we made the trip. Indy is pretty close to St. Louis, only 4 hours on mapquest or 3 hours if Steve is driving....

So we set off on Saturday morning. The game wasn't until Sunday night but we thought we would hang out in Indy for the weekend and check out this city. Here's Steve practicing his safe driving skills....




Here we are passing into Indiana. We really got there in no time at all. I only had to ask him to stop about 2 times to pee. That's pretty good for a sick pregnant lady if you ask me.


I barely caught a glimpse of the sign as we zoomed by..LOL

We used Priceline to get a really great hotel room for super cheap. So that was nice. This was actually in the lobby of our hotel. We stayed at a Marriott downtown about a half mile from the stadium. It was great.
On Sunday we had planned to go to the Indianapolis Zoo but the weather was calling for rain all day and with a $15 entry fee we thought that was a no go. Maybe another time. But we did stumble on the Indy Irish Festival a few blocks from our hotel so we thought we'd check that out.

It was pretty cool. They had some Irish Musicians.


And authentic (I guess) Irish food. It was really weird, although we did try the blackberry cobbler which was awesome. Even Steve wouldn't eat this thing:



And, of course, lots of Irish beer, which made Stevie very happy. :)


I even wore green! (on accident, I mean I planned it :)


So later that night it was time to get ready for the big game!!
Steve was super excited. It was so worth it to see him so happy!



Our hotel was so close we walked to the stadium.

Our seats were super close too...ha ha NOT! They were so expensive. Close seats were about $500 each! Crazy. But Steve did go stand by the field. Look how close he is to Peyton!! So exciting!
It was an awesome game. The stadium is super nice. The fans were so nice too. This one guy in front of us kept giving us high fives LOL. Everyone was very pumped up. It was so loud in there! It was crazy! The Colts played awesome and won!! We had a great time!!





Thursday, September 23, 2010

8 Weeks...8 is not so great

Eight weeks pregnant and lots been going wrong. :( Its been a rough week for me and my pregnant self. First of all we had another doctor's appointment on Friday where he had said he wanted to do my yearly exam and the baseline bloodwork, etc. Well our lovely doctor moved offices last week and it was chaos at his new place. They couldn't find my chart (and never did before I left). Then the nurse had no idea what she was doing or what I was there for. Then we had to wait 45 minutes in that tiny room and Steve was climbing the walls. We never have to wait and that seems like a long time to have to start waiting. So our lovely doctor finally comes in to save the day, but he has no idea what he's doing either! He can't find us in the computer and doesn't have our paper chart. So he does a sonogram and we get to see the baby again, which by the way is growing so quickly! Then he tries to race out of the room and I am like aren't you going to do an exam? He was confused and said, Oh I can't do one now. Well great! Glad we wasted our morning. Geez. Then Steve and I have some questions for him and he's in a hurry. We did manage to ask him one question, "How long should we wait to tell people?" and I couldn't believe his response. He said, "What are you now about 10, 11 weeks?" Um excuse me? Aren't you the doctor? And didn't you just look at my 8 week old fetus??? OMG I almost lost it on him.
So then I went to the lab to get my bloodwork and they had no idea who I was or why I was there. It was just awful. So now we get to come back in a month and try it again. I hope they are more organized this time. They are going to make a pregnant lady go crazy!

Other than that week 8 has been mostly just more tired, nauseous and feeling yucky. I have started to develop that gross taste in my mouth which is awesome. I also caught this nasty virus and have been really sick for the past few days. Its been awful being pregnant (already tired and cranky) and now sick and feeling really yucky all the time. Plus, I've started full throttle throwing up now. It sucks. Let. Me. Tell. You. Ugh. Every time I brush my teeth in the morning its time to gag and vomit. Gross, gross, gross. So this past week hasn't been so glamorous...LOL

Anyways, our little baby is growing like crazy now. Just look at him go!

This week he's been developing his little hands and feet and breathing tubes are developing from his throat to the branches in his lungs. So exciting! You go big guy. I'm trying to eat something and keep it down for you, but its hard this week!

Exciting Moment of the Week: Getting to see you with your little arms and legs waving all over the place at the doctor's appointment. You are starting to really look like a baby now and not just a blob.

What I am Missing this Week: Sleep!! Big time! Its so hard to sleep when you are sick and stuffy nose, etc, etc. I stayed home from work to try to get better but I guess its harder to get better with this baby and not taking any medications. I'm hoping to rest this weekend and get back to normal soon!

Symptoms this Week: Like I said lots of barfing and nasty mouth stuff going on. Still having the soreness of the boobs and all that other jazz but this week the nausea has definitely stepped it up. :(

Obsessions this Week: Just trying to survive, honestly. I haven't had much time to think or do anything so staying alive and trying to keep some food down has been my goal.

Message to Our New Baby: We are so excited to meet you! We hope you are doing ok, even though I can't seem to keep anything down for you lately. I hope you aren't feeling as yucky and sick as I am. We love you!!

Monday, September 13, 2010

More about the Dogs

So I suppose this blog has turned more into baby crazy than dog crazy! I guess I should at least introduce you guys to the rest of the pack! Yes, we are loco and have 4 doggies. I guess thats what happens with two silly people (with not much self-control, we are working on it, thank you :) get married and love, love, love dogs. Zeus is our oldest, a miniature pincher. But, I've already said enough about him!! We also have 2 puggles, Zora and Zander. They are 2 and adorable. Zora is our only girl and she is the biggest dog (30lbs! big girl!). She is sort of the leader of the pack I think just by her size. She is definitely a woman who knows what she wants! She loves meal time and really anything else that involves eating. She's so cuddly and cute sometimes though. The funniest thing she does is bark at dogs on TV. It is pretty hilarious. Here's her as a puppy:



So cute!



Here she is with 2 of her brothers! Such a big girl now!


Zander looks so handsome in his grey sweater, don't you think? He's 2 also and honestly for a long time he was kind of a loner. He just stayed to himself and didn't ask for much attention. But he has been much more interested in hanging out witheveryone else lately. He loves to be outside and will stay out for hours and hours sometimes by himself. (What does he do out there?) He also loves walks and exploring his surroundings. We take him to the park and he goes bonkers. He's a sweetie. Here he is acting all debonaire!



(No paparazzi! LOL)


Our baby is Freckles, a mini daschund. He's 1 going to turn 2 in December. When we got him they said he would probably max out around 5 to 7 lbs. Finally! The tiny little lap dog I have always wanted....Well now he's 14lbs. So much for that! But he's so sweet I can look past that. ha ha! Freckles is very affectionate. He is all kisses and love all the time. How could you not absolutely LOVE that face!?!

So that is our family for now...Steve and I love to play with our dogs and give them tons of love. Not totally sure what we will do when the baby comes but I guess we have plenty of time to figure that out!

7 Week Update

I am officially 7 weeks pregnant! I sort of don't feel very pregnant at the moment but I keep reminding myself that I am. Its sort of weird to be in your same body and think that a little person is growing inside of you. According to BabyCenter.com, hands and feet are emerging this week from the arms and legs that grew last week. Our little bean is also forming eyelids a nose and tiny veins this week. How exciting! Here's what the little guy looks like this week:



Last week was tough as far as nausea and just feeling generally yucky. Oh and the super duper tiredness. Without caffeine to help, I struggle to stay awake at work and when I get home at 5:30pm I barely can force myself to fix some food and zone out on the couch for a few hours before crawling into bed. I have heard that the tiredness will go away after the first trimester, but it is in full force now that's for sure!

We told our parents last week and they were both super excited! My parents took it much better than I expected them to and that is great! We spent some time with other family this weekend too but just felt like it was too early to tell anyone else. We want to find the right time for the big announcement. Plus we were celebrating other occasions and I really don't want to take the focus off of anyone else's day.

I dragged Steve to a consignment sale on Friday. When I was a nanny, I had always heard about these awesome sales that only come around a few times a year where you can get great bargains for cheap. I always kind of heard they are secretive and hard to get into. I found one on a site on thebump.com and signed up to go to the "New Mom's" Presale. I was super excited and with my ticket in hand Steve and I showed up around 5pm on Friday. Well the presale started at 4pm and I learned my lesson with this one. We should have been there at 3:45pm! By the time we got there there weren't that many people (or stuff) there but everything good had already been taken and stacked in a neat pile to the side to gloat at me. I saw tons of good stuff that I would have loved to grab if we had only been an hour earlier! Plus, since we don't know the sex of the baby yet, it was really hard to buy most things as they were obviously tailored for a boy or a girl. We did have our eyes on one electronic swing (that vibrated and played music) in a cute brown pattern but a lady had already put a hold on it. It was only $15 bucks! Can you believe that amazing deal? We did manage to score some gender neutral things for cheap but I was left feeling a little cheated looking at all the good deals I could have had! Oh well. Here are some pictures of our finds:

This thing is a scooter/walker combo. It converts for when they start to walk. I think it was 15 bucks!
A diaper pad with 2 covers for $5, not too shabby!

Finally some of our first real baby stuff. Like I said there wasn't much in the way of things that were unisex but we couldn't pass up these cute little tennis shoes for $2 each, the onesies that were 3 for $1 and that little porcupine guy! We didn't get much but we also didn't spend much so I guess that is a good thing!


We are going to see the doctor again on Friday so we are both looking forward to any new developments or advice he will have for us. I'm going to try to post developments and milestones and also a message to our new baby each week. (An idea I got from an awesome blog I've recently discovered: http://julia-transition.blogspot.com/)

Exciting Moment of the Week: Telling our Parents for sure. My mom almost cried which was so sweet. Steve's mom started yelling at the top of her lungs in the middle of a restaurant. (Which really isn't that unusual for her but it was still sweet:)

What I am Missing this Week: Definitely Caffeine. My morning coffee is surely missed as well as my afternoon tea/soda and evening caffeinated drink. I am so tired during the day and getting an extra kick from a caffeinated drink would be just amazing right about now. But I know its not good for the baby. I actually ready somewhere that large amounts of caffeine in the first trimester can contribute to miscarriage, so that settles it. Although I have been indulging in a piece of chocolate here and there because I just Cannot. Live. Without. It!

Symptoms this Week: Still super tired and kind of cranky. I'm still feeling generally nauseated and not able to eat a complete meal without getting sick to my stomach halfway through. This hasn't turned into full fledged vomiting, yet. So I'm still thanking my lucky stars. Also, I'm much more sappy and emotional lately. I suppose this is normal but crying at any commercials that involve a baby is a little excessive don't you think hormones!

Obsessions this Week: Baby Stuff! What else? I swear I picture our nursery about 25 times a day and have looked online at cribs and other nursery related things at least an hour a day. I am so excited to get the space ready for the new baby! We will definitely have to save up money for those things, but I'm having a ton of fun picturing them!

Message to our New Baby: We can't wait to meet you, baby! We hope you are enjoying yourself in there and momma is trying to be as healthy as can be for you! Keep growing! We are looking forward to seeing your grey blooby self again at the doctor this week! Everytime I think about hearing your heartbeat for the first time it makes me cry. :)

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

6 Weeks Prego!

So we went to the OB last Friday in order to make it "official". And he agrees...we are definitely pregnant! He said he would normally run blood tests but he wanted to try a sonogram just in case. And there he was, our little peanut! Right there on the screen! The doctor even turned on the sound and we heard his little heartbeat! I can't believe it. I think both Steve and my jaws dropped. We were both like, "No way!". Dr. Forsetter is so sweet, he was just as excited as we are. He said I am 6 weeks pregnant and everything looks great. How exciting!!!

We even got to take home a picture of our little bambino! Can you believe it??

Since we had the official confirmation from the doctor, we decided to tell our parents. Its so hard to not scream it at the top of your lungs! But we wanted to wait to tell extended family, friends, etc. just in case. It was so heartbreaking last time to go through the excitement of telling people to the dissapointment of having to tell them we lost the baby just a few days later. So this time we are playing it safe. And praying like crazy! Its so funny how something you just discovered you had can become the most important thing in your life. The doctor said everything looks great and the baby, so far, is healthy. He also reassured us that the chances of miscarriage after hearing a heartbeat are greatly reduced. I just hope he is right!

So this week I am feeling like crud. I am so tired during the day and have an upset stomach most of the day. I am nausceous all the time and have to keep eating constantly to keep the nausea at bay. I haven't had to take the plunge to full throwing up...yet. I did have a close call this weekend while driving with Steve. Driving in the car seems to be the worst for getting me feeling all yucky and pukey. Food is also staring to take on a life of its own. I can be super hungry, get started on cooking something and be completely excited about it but by the time I'm done it makes me want to barf to think about eating some. It really sucks. Especially since eating seems to be the only thing that makes my tummy feel a little better. Just thinking about some foods gets my gag reflex going. Like this weekend, we went to 2 different barbeques and all that food that I used to love to eat makes me want to run for the bathroom now! I tried to choke down a hot dog at my cousin's engagement shower so no one would be suspicious. I did have to turn down beer/wine about 3 times so I'm sure they are all suspicious already.

This past weekend was Labor Day weekend and man, was I greatful for the extra down time. We had a wedding and a family bbq but other than that I pretty much laid on the counch or slept the entire weekend. I didn't go to 2 other bbqs because I was feeling so tired and run down. I slept about 9 hours each night and take a 2 to 3 hour nap each day! This baby is wearing me out! And he's not even born yet!!