Sunday, March 23, 2008

11 (or 12) weeks and counting ;-)

Well, we're in week 11, or 12, I don't really know for sure. I've got different pregnancy calendars telling me different things, so I don't know. lol. I'm feeling pretty good these days, but I had a serious bout of morning sickness a few days ago. I'm also starting to show a little. My normal clothes are now having trouble fitting, which is sobering in itself.

My next doctor's appointment isn't until a couple weeks still, but I'm nervous and hope that everything turns out okay once all the test results get back. I don't see why they wouldn't but I can't help but worry.

I'm so in love with this baby, even with how small he/she is. I just hope that the next 6 months go smoothly.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Productive day :)

Today was good.. It was very productive, which made me feel a little better about the coming months :). We got tickets to Mike's graduation banquet, got Rich's mess dress for graduation, dropped off my library books that were due tomorrow (and they call Rich if they're not back on time) and tried to drop his uniform off for altering, but the lady wasn't there, so that will be done tomorrow.

Right now I'm feeling crampy. I think it might be gas (lol). I really need to start eating better (more fruits and veggies). Like I said yesterday, I have a sweet tooth when it comes to my cravings.

The dogs are driving me crazy and it makes me moody because these days I don't really feel like dealing with them since most of the time I'm not feeling well.

Rich has been AMAZING. I honestly don't know what I'd do without him. I swear, nothing would get done around here. I'm ready for my second trimester to start - considering that supposedly you stop feeling so exhausted during the 2nd trimester. Not to mention that I can stop worrying so much about miscarriage.

The countdown to drop is on.. about 6 weeks now. I can't wait to find out what's coming up next :)

That's enough for now ;-)

Monday, March 17, 2008

It's been awhile




So it's been awhile since I updated and I'm sorry for that (for the like.. maybe 2 of you that actually read this ;))




Here's an update -


Life in Texas is good, actually it's great. Finally being in the same house with Rich is unbelievable and never really thought it was possible to love somebody so much.




We have 2 dogs - Pipsqueak and Minnie. They're adorable, even if they annoy the crap out of me somedays




I'm working as a substitute teacher at the local high school here in Del Rio. It's okay most days, but the kids here are different and don't really care about how well they do in school. I don't remember feeling that way when I was in school, but I don't know.




Currently, Rich is running around the duplex riling up the dogs. Hopefully he won't fall and hurt himself. lol




Rich is doing well in pilot training. T-1 was definitely the way to go for him. He "drops" (which is when we find out where we're going next and what plane he'll be flying) on May 2nd and graduates either on or around May 15th.




March 3rd - Rich and I found out that I'm pregnant with our first child. It was a big surprise but we're both really excited. Here's the story:




The Thursday before we found out, I starting feeling nauseous. I thought that maybe it was something I had eaten or that I had caught some kind of flu bug while working at the high school since a few weeks before I had taken a pregnancy test - which had shown as negative, so being pregnant didn't really seem like a possibility - but I later figured out that I took it at the wrong time of day (you're supposed to take it in the morning, I didn't know that and took it in the evening and nothing showed)




Anyway, Finally after 3 days of consistently feeling nauseous and having food aversions, Rich convinces me to go pick up a pregnancy test. I pick one up Sunday night - don't sleep at all on Sunday night and get up at 5:45am on Monday to take the test.




I take it - and face the wall for a couple minutes to try and calm myself - then turn back to expect to see "Not pregnant" and it says "pregnant"!




I then ran into the bedroom to tell Rich - who ended up being really excited.




I'm now 10 weeks along and feeling pretty good. My morning sickness is better than it was last week. The only thing that really bothers me these days is having to pee every 5 minutes (at least it feels like it) and the feeling tired all the time.




My food cravings mainly consist of anything sweet. I'm trying to stay fit but finding the energy to exercise is hard these days. I'm trying to work up the courage to try doing the hatha yoga class here on base. Rich is doing his best to keep up with my cravings, exhaustion and mood swings.




Here's to the next 6 1/2 months!