Update

I am long overdue for a blog update so here goes:

Last week Andy and I were in Indiana for a wedding and to visit friends and family. It was a great week! A very busy week but great non the less! I was in one of my best friends wedding who I have known since I was 10. I was so happy to be part of that day with her! We also spent a few days up in northern Michigan at a lake cottage with my parents, my Aunt Trina, Uncle Mike and cousin Riley and my brother and my 2 nephews. We got some great beach time and it was nice to relax. We also celebrated Andy's parents 40th Anniversary! It was a really special time of lunch and good stories.

I must mention however, some very sad news. Yesterday my mom's brother suddenly past away. It is a shock to us all. I unfortunately did not know him at all ( long story) and I blame largely myself for that. I know that is very difficult for my mom and her siblings as well as my grandmother, so again I ask for your prayers. My mom was supposed to go visit him next month for the first time in MANY years.

Just so you all are not worried, all went well at my 12 week appointment. The test for downs came out fine. They said I had a one in 900 something chance before the test and after it went up to one in 10 thousand, which is the best you can get I guess. Andy came with me to the ultrasound and got to see the baby for the first time. It was truely amazing. I could not believe how much you could actually see at just 3 months. I really don't see how you could question when life begins after seeing that. The baby is growing and developing perfectly and the heartbeat was a good 160 bpm. Not sure if that means boy or girl yet? We have our appointment to find out the sex of the baby on October 14th!! I cannot wait!!! I will be 20 weeks then, boy it is going fast! I am officially out of the first trimester! Thank you Lord! It was I must say the easiest first trimester, not that I have anything to compare it to, but I felt pretty great the entire time. No sickness, weight gain, ok maybe a little moodiness but really it was a blessing. At this rate I might just have 10 babies! Ok just kidding! I know the hardest part is yet to come and I am looking forward to it.

Here is a picture of little "blueberry" on the ultrasound. This is a nickname that stuck! The first time I told Andy how big the baby was it was about the size of a blueberry- so from that day forward Andy refers to our baby as "blueberry" so I decided to just go with it. I don't have a scanner so I had to do the best I could and take a picture of it.

We have a lime!

I am 12 weeks today and this is how big baby is! Wow! That's all I can say. I hope to get a belly pic up later today if I can get a good one! Tommorrow I go in for my 12 week appointment and they are doing the NT Scan, which test for your risk of Down's. I am not nervous about that, but I am very anxious to see the baby on the ultrasound and see that everything is ok, so please say a prayer for me.

Current Cravings:

Our Apartment

Since most of you have not been to our place and some only saw our apartment in Brooklyn, I thought you all might want to take a peek at where we are. It really is not as small as it comes out to look in the pictures and to us it is huge. It is actaully twice the size of our apartment in Brooklyn, which was a mere 400 sf. It's pretty basic but it's all we could ever need or want.

Living room/Dining room. The second picture is looking into the kitchen and you can see the stairs which is the entrance to our apartment. You have to walk in and go downstairs, but actually it is ground level.

Bedroom and looking a bedroom from door. ( Note: I did not pic this wall color out! It was there when we moved in)

Bathroom

The reason we chose this apartment! The deck and the view of the river from the deck. We love being outside and this was worth the hour and 15 minute commute to work for us. At our old place in the city the only place to go outside was to climb up the fire escape to the roof, which never felt safe. I am SO thankful for this apartment you have no idea! It has a washer/dryer, dishwasher and CLOSETS! All were lacking in the city. Here is a pic. of our place in Park Slope, Brooklyn. This is supposed to be a very nice area, I promise! We had the third floor.

First Gift

I actually received these a few weeks ago, but they were too cute I had to share. Andy's brother Jim and my wonderful sister-in-law Lisa sent them to us when they heard of our news along with some music and some great artwork from the kiddies. Notice how there is an "A" and a "G" on the blanket? Our annitials, pretty neat :)

Feelin' Good....

It is six in the morning and I am up on a day I don't have to go to work writing in my blog. Perhaps this gives some insight into how pregnancy has been going. As I write this Andy and Amos sleep peacefully next to me before the morning light creeps in and another day begins. Sleeping has become a little restless. I am going to bed super early but find my self waking up constantly. You may be thinking it is too early for me to be uncomfortable sleeping, but as a devoted stomach sleeper it already is causing some discomfort, so I have resorted to trying to sleep on my side. This has caused much tossing and turning of the night. Apparently the best sleep position for circulation, and I think this goes for everyone, is on your left side with a pillow between your legs. Yeah, tried it, not loving it. I end up getting really hot or it ends up some odd place on the bed. I guess I just better get used to it though- lack of sleep that is.

In spite of all that overall I am feeling wonderful! I cannot tell you how much I am loving being pregnant! At 10 weeks and 4 days I have not had any morning sickness to date! So I am counting my blessings :) Besides being tired and hungry all the time that is about the only sypmtoms I am feeling- well for the most part. The hunger part is mostly my fault though. I am constantly thinking about food and what am I going to eat next? On the days that I work I pack a lunch to take with me and I never seem to have enough to get me through 8 hours. By the time I get home I feel sick and want to eat anything I can. My typical lunch before I got pregnant consisted of: turkey sandwich, yougurt, and usually pretzels. Well, the lunch meat is out, can't eat that when your pregnant and my yogurt had aspartame in it, another no-no. As a result I have been eating PB & J and a yogurt w/ out the aspartame. This is NOT enough to hold me over people! Any ideas on what I can take to work? No tuna, no sushi, no FETA!!?(one of my faves) I really don't care what I can or can't eat, it is worth it all for a healthy baby. When Andy and I went camping last weekend he got me some spakling cider so I could feel like I was drinking something fun while he was enjoying his real drink. Isn't that sweet? It was really good, I might just have to keep some of that around.