Gummy Bear

We were telling our friends that the Dr. said the baby was the size of a gummy bear. They asked us if we'd seen the gummy bear song on youtube so I brought it up today...this is an ode to baby b!

Graduation!

Today was our 8 week ultrasound and our last day at the fertility clinic! I was actually a bit nervous today and I couldn't believe that in the two weeks since we last took a peek in there, the baby has become, well, a baby! It has arms and legs, and a head (of course) and a spinal chord, all very attractive too, I might add. This little one has it's fathers unabashed good looks but is shy like him too. It kept turning around every time we wanted to look at it. Maybe it didn't like the prodding (I know I don't). Anyway, you can see where the head and body and appendenges are and there's one of the heart rate too. Enjoy!

Puppy Love

Karyn came in on her birthday and she brought ME a present, crazy girl. Have you ever seen a cuter pup? Well, besides Scooter (and Vespa aka Scooter Jr.). At this rate, Karyn will have the baby surrounded by stuffed pups nine months from now. As for me, I've felt better, I've been really nauseaus but no puking. It's insane...I gag and dry heave regularly but no vomit...Whatever! Tim has been working tons of overtime so at least I have all these cute little furry friends to keep me company!

A Sweet Surprise

This morning we had the surprise arrival of this adorable arrangement! Tim thought I sent them to him and I thought he sent them to me...Nope! My friend (and former partner in crime), Lorrie Langlois, from JR Roberts sent it to us! She is such a sweetie. I'm having a yucky day so this was a real pick-me-upper! Thanks Miss Lorr...MUAH!

Baby B's First Photos

For those of you hoping for twins (like EVERYONE), we only have one lil guy (or girl) in there, and I use the word only very loosley. The first photo is the heartbeat, 119 bpm, about as fast as mine most of the time. The second is measurement. To tell you the truth, I'm thrilled. Yes, it would have been fun to be the mom of twins, but it would have presented many challenges too. I feel so blessed that The Lord has given us this gift and the fact that two embryos were implanted and one "took" makes me even more thankful because it could have turned out very differently. The statistics were not in our favor so to actually see a little heartbeat on the screen was surreal to say the least. On a less serious note, when we gave the news to dad (Garth) today, his response was "Only one?" He's bought enough diapers for quads. Then he proceded to ask "is there, is there, ya know...a weenie?" To which I responded "It's only the size of a grain of rice" and to which Tim added "and so is it's penis". So the gender war is on. I have great hand-me-downs if it's a girl and Tim has a name and big plans if it's a boy. Of course I guess a boy can wear Baby Juicy Couture until he's old enough to tell me "NO!". hehe.

Cheeky...

So my dear friend and neighbor Kace was galavanting around "The Fountains" in Roseville (the new chi chi place to shop...LUV IT) and whilst at Sur Le Table, she found me these little numbers. She's so clever. Ironically, I haven't really had much of a sweet tooth the last few weeks, coincidence? hmmmm...Too bad I can't have any cocktails with which to use these napkins. Maybe a virgin Vodka Tonic with Lime...yeah, I know that's just tonic. Duh.

On an unrelated note, Tim is sure that we are having two, possibley three boys because my hair is ridiculously dry. He's seen "Baby Mama" too many times...if you have too, then you'll appreciate these little tidbits that I've quoted: "Who is going to be selfish and request and epidural? Woo-Ooh! Right here" and, the ever popular "I'm not trying to be dramatic, but I would rather shoot myself in the face than eat that". I used that one last night when Tim made heat and eat polenta....G-Ross! To his credit though, he's an amazing cook, that was a fluke.

So...This Is Pregnancy

This is pretty much how you can find me most of the time. For those of you who know me, I love to lounge around but this is RIDICULOUS, even for me! I feel like I have mono. Tim snapped this (without permission) last week. It pretty well exemplifies my life right now. Rather than nap between things I have to get done, I try to get things done between naps! Tim's great. He just makes sure I'm eating enough (no problem there, I'm gaining a ton of weight already) and that I'm not stressing out (easier said than done). I'm a bit neurotic so Tim probably relishes the time I'm unconcious! Sidenote: Please notice the chew hole in the pillowcase, this is one of many made by the cat...poor guy has no clue that he's got one paw out the door. I have no doubt he could eat a small child.

I Love My Miss Gail!!

Today I saw Gail and she brought us the most BEAUTIFUL blanket! I'm so lucky to have her in my life and look forward to talking her ear off the next few months! Since I don't have much family out here, it's nice to know that there are still some surrogate "anties" around here:)

It's Now Officially Official

So yesterday we had our third of 3 pregnancy tests and, thank goodness, we're still pregnant...whew. Our initial test showed my HCG levels were at 18, three days later the count was 75... time has passed and when I gave blood yesterday, the nurse said she was looking for a number close to 1000. I got the call later in the day and the number was 3639! Needless to say, the nurse booked us for an ultrasound next Friday to see how many babies are in there...dum de dum dum! Inc celebration of the high numbers, Tim got me flowers, he likes me to feel like I actually have something to do with our blessed great fortune. He refers to the numbers as Metachlorian Levels. For those of you who don't know, high Metachlorian Levels indicate that someone is a Jedi (i.e. Luke Skywalker). I sometimes refer to the embryos as Luke & Leia, the force is strong with them! We'll see what happens this next week but as of today I'm 5 weeks and 1 day and we keep praying all the time for continued success!

Baby's First Concert-Technically...

For my birthday last July, Brandon & Farrah got the family tix to see So You Think You Can Dance (or SYTYCD for those in the know) Live! It was last night and the whole fam damily went. We had a great time and before the event started, Tim, of all people, spotted Dominic Sandoval, one of the top 20 this season, he's from Sactown...big ups! Farrah and I got our pix with him and in front of the stage, we were 7 rows from the front. It was so much fun to see all of my favorite dances in real life! I think the baby/ies liked it too cuz my heart rate was high the whole time :)!

Fun With Kace & Lulu

Yesterday Scooter, BabyB(s?) and I went to the park with Kace Schwarm and baby Lulu. Kace and I are trying to get some excercise so we walk the park while Scooter explores and Lulu sleeps. She gets to impart her new mommy knowledge on me as a fledgling. I love picking her brain. She's a great mom!

Thanks Grant & Katy!

We had the Smith's over for dinner last night and they brought me these along with some pomegranite lemonade (an homage to our pom-lemonade martinis) which I drank with dinner while everyone else had a nice merlot. I followed it up with some OJ, which I don't usually drink but Tim made a DEELISHUS dinner of monterey chicken, brocolli and loaded mashed potatoes which had bacon bits so I had to counteract the nitrates with citric acid. CRAZY! The book is so clever and the cocoa butter (for those of you who live under rocks) is for stretch marks...yuck.