For Mandy (among others)

November 29th- Day we found out, barely 4 weeks

 

December 1st, 4 weeks

December 11th, 5.5 weeks

December 19th, 6.5 weeks

 January 11th, almost 10 weeks

  

February 4th, 13 weeks

February 17th, 15 weeks

Why No Belly Pictures?

For a few reasons:

1) Our desktop crashed and that's where the pics are. Luckily I'm sleeping with a guy who works for Apple so it's (recently) been fixed.
2) I've been so dang busy/sick I can barely remember to eat and do my JOB, let alone post pics.
3) I don't have a belly :( Seriously, I am not showing at all. I guess I thought that by week (almost) 15 I'd have some sort of a puff, but really, it just looks like I maybe ate one too many donuts on any given day.

However, I promise that I will update with pics this Wednesday when I officially hit Week 15.

Stand by...

Tales of Pregnant DipSh*t

So today, I get through my morning and decide to drive though Starbucks because the baby needed a sandwhich. I place my order and I'm three cars back, so I go to grab my wallet. You know, which lives in my purse. Which I forgot at home. It took me more than 3 hours and actually placing my order to realize this.

In true P-Lady form I start crying, not sure if I should just pull away leaving the Sbux people to wonder if they halucinated the order I placed, pull up and see if I can leave an IOU (?!?!?), or at least just apologize. At lease I had 3 cars in front of me, giving me time to not be able to make up my mind but to try and get it together.

I pull up to the window and just loose it. "I'm so-soo-soo sorry... I ju-just realized I left my pu-purse at home". Im not sure if it was pity, apathy, or an act of God, but the sweet lady at the window just said, "Don't worry about it, we already made everything. Try to have a better day!" and gave it to me for free.
I then proceeded to bawl about how kind she was and how I didn't deserve her sweetness.

And I still dont have my purse because, well, I'm in Naperville and sure as heck ain't going back home to get it.

I think this is God's way of trying to teach me I'm on the verge of total and utter lack of control... start embracing it now...

B-A-B-Y spells hormones.

I'm pretty sure I'm a moody bitch. I don't mean to be, and in my "moodiness", I just wish someone would explain to Ben that I'm not a psycho, horrible wife... just... pregnant.
Ugh.
In happier news, we told our family over Christmas with a cute little card using these pictures. (Thanks to my BF Liz for taking them!)

 

 

 

SPELLLLLSSSSS....

!!!

Baby Greeno is on its way!!!

I'm so excited to announce that we are expecting our first (human :-) baby August 11, 2010!

Yes we were trying, and it happend on the first try. Seriously. Just call me Fertile Myrtle.

Right now, I'm basically "seasick"- crazy nauseaous but not really throwing up... and TIRED. So, so tired.

Additionally, I have the weirdest food cravingings. Not that the food is weird, it's just a lot of food I MUST HAVE IMMEDIATELY. For example, the other day after I'd gotten home from work, I NEEDED grilled cheese. But not just any grilled cheese sandwhich- I needed DELI American Cheese (mind you, I don't really EAT American Cheese) on TEXAS TOAST or ITALIAN BREAD. Either was fine, it just had to be thick, white, bad-for-you bread (and, of course, I never eat that either).

Also, I will want something so bad for a couple days (peanut butter was a culprit recently), and then a few days later, the sight of it makes me want to vomit profusely and violently.

And the cravings will change without notice- I went to lunch with my friend Mandy and as we were deciding the night before where to go, I HAD to have California Pizza Kitchen. I woke up the next morning and just the thought of the letters "CPK" sent me into comic-like convulsions.

Entertaining at best, but none the less I am GRATEFUL because these symptoms mean I AM PREGNANT. So for now, I'll take 'em.

Please enjoy a pic from my first ultrasound, when they were checking to make sure there was only one in there... apparenty my HCG levels were tripple what they 'should' have been, so my Doc wanted to verify.

Yes, it's a dot. But I can tell you this much- I've never loved a little dot with so much passion and emotion as I do this one. :)

Yes Please...

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Ups and Downs

Strange how life can give so many ups and downs so quickly, and with such deep emotions on either side.

I'm choosing to be thankful for what I've done, what I'm doing, and what I will do...

Choosing to trust the reasoning behind any and everything that I'm given and any and everything that's taken away.

Life is a gift... I will anxiously await with HOPE and ANTICIPATION.