It's A Baby!

It's official, we're having a baby!  According to my 7 week ultrasound it looks like we will be having just one baby this time around, due at the end of February.  Apparently baby is already measuring big (6 days ahead!), so we don't quite have a firm due date yet.  My plan is to post in a bit more detail later how things have been going.  But this explains my absence around here, the pregnancy exhaustion has hit me big time.  I've had very little energy, it's been pretty much work, home, then bed as soon as the kiddos do.  Here is a picture of our little blob, aka baby =)

 

It took what felt like forever for it to finally sink in that I am pregnant.  It took us so long to have the boys, that when it didn't this time, I had a bit of a hard time wrapping my head around it.  It wasn't until after I had the ultrasound that it really started to sink in.  Thankfully I haven't had much in the way of morning sickness *knock on wood*, just the sheer exhaustion that comes with pregnancy.  Things are looking good so far, and we are wicked excited to welcome our new little addition in just 7 short months!    

   

Ultrasound and DMV Fun

This morning I had my ultrasound for my gallbladder.  My Dr. ordered an abdominal ultrasound which took a little more than half an hour.  They looked at a surprising number of internal organs during the ultrasound.  It was neat seeing my organs, but definitely not as much fun as having one done when you're pregnant.  I had to be at the hospital really early this morning for it too. 

After my ultrasound I swung by the DMV because we needed to renew the car registration before the end of the month.  I was worried that I would be in line forever since it is the end of the month.  Thankfully they weren't busy yet and well staffed for the inevitable rush.  I walked right up to the counter with no waiting.  Awesome!

The only other big thing on my to do list today is to go to the store to pick up some groceries.  I was hoping to hear from my Dr. this afternoon with my test results.  I'm sure once I decide to go to the store, that's when I'll get the phone call.  Oh well.  Happy Wednesday!

It's been a LONG week

I am so glad it's the weekend!  It's been a long stressful week.  After dealing with some extra super nasty acid reflux problems over the weekend and some not so fun motion sickness, John pretty much told me I had to go see the Dr.  Well that and the fact that I have been having to take way more Phenergan than normal.  Phenergan is awesome, it makes my stomach feel so much better and is great for motion sickness, but it makes me so tired and out of it.  John needed a follow up too because he is still dizzy and it's been about a month now.  So I scheduled us for a Wednesday evening appointment; I love that our Dr has a late day.  I got my shift changed at work, so I worked from 8:30-5 then got home as fast as possible, grabbed John and the kids, then rushed off to Omaha to see the Dr. at 6:15pm.  I was expecting the Dr to give John something to help his dizziness more and tell me that there wasn't much they could do and maybe try a new acid reflux medication.  Well boy was I wrong!  John has labyrinth-itis and has to let it run its course.  As for me, the Dr thinks that most of my problems stem from my gallbladder and maybe I should get it out.  Well angry four letter words...I don't want another surgery, but it would be soooooo nice not to have a stomach that hurts all the time and no more pain in my back.  Our Dr also said that there is a good chance that if I have it out it could help my motion sickness, which would be amazing!    Right now I am getting car sick way too often and I HATE it.  To me being nauseous and vomiting is like the worst thing in the world.  I avoid it at all possible costs.  Now I have to get up way early on Wednesday morning and head to the hospital to have an abdominal ultrasound.  They are checking for gallstones and I guess whatever else they can find or might be wrong in there.  So now I am all stressed, blech.

This morning I managed to get a lot done before work this afternoon!
- I dragged my butt out of bed early
- Talked to my Dr's office and scheduled my ultrasound
- Showered
- Worked on our budget
- Got the boys up, dressed, fed, and took the sheets off Oliver's bed because he wet through
- Took them to the grocery store to do some shopping including picking up something for dinner (yay me for thinking ahead)

I am pretty worn out now.  Work wasn't too bad though, we got new registers installed and I am excited about that ( I am such a dork!)  But they are so much better than our ancient systems were.  They are all touch screen and can do so much more, and are a lot faster.

This weekend should be lots of fun! Tomorrow is errand day, and I think we are going to take the boys to get haircuts.  It will be Owynn's first and Oliver's second.  I also need to do some grocery shopping and laundry.  Sunday though we are heading over to P&W's for a giant poker tournament.  I am super excited about that, plus we have a friend who is in town for the week from St. Louis!  It's going to be a lot of fun.  Well I suppose I should be off to bed, I have a long couple of days ahead of me.  I don't get the benefit of a long weekend, Monday is my holiday to work.  Which is ok, I volunteered for it, and it means I don't have to work 4th of July or Labor Day.  Oh no, Oliver woke up, night!