continuation...

...I took a week break from that last post so here's the continuation.

Wade met me at Dr. Irvin's office and the second I got there, I started to cry and I couldn't stop! I ended up seeing Kimberly, Dr. Irvin's nurse practitioner. She decided to do a quick ultrasound just to make sure everything was okay. She's new to the office so she hadn't quite mastered the ultrasound machine. But she was able to show us the heart beat and that was good enough for us! The next day, the nausea returned but that's all that came back. Now it's been 2 weeks since that incident and I'm feeling good for the most part. I'm still tired and I do get bouts of nausea in the evenings but I don't complain.

The weather is starting to turn hot (finally) and I'm ready for a tan! We have a busy weekend planned- 3 birthday parties on Saturday, although we're only going to be able to attend 2 but I'll drop the gift off at the 3rd party. I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I've had such a busy week at work- but I like it because it makes the days go by fast. I was actually afraid that this week would drag because we have an ultrasound scheduled on Monday to see you and I'm anxious for it to get here. We're doing what is called a "first screen" sonogram to make sure you are growing okay. Hopefully we'll get a picture of you to take home!!!

My office started a weight loss competition 2 weeks ago and I'm currently involved in that competition. We're split up into teams and every week, we weigh in. So far, I've actually lost like 3 pounds. Not on purpose, believe me, but I think the evening nausea has contributed to the loss. Anyway, I'll tell my office next week about you after we make sure everything is okay with your sonogram. I think I'll tell them I've been disqualified from the competition because I have a bun in the oven and that it isn't recommended that pregnant people purposely try to lose weight. I think they'll be excited. When we started this competition, we had more people on one team (conveniently I'm the extra person on one team) because I knew I would have to drop out. I'll still weigh in and try to eat as healthy as possible. But right now, I'm craving sour candy (Sour Patch Kids, Sour Straws) and cheeseburgers. I'm really only acting on the sour candy because the guilt would kill me for the cheeseburgers.

Anyway, we're trucking along and I'm very happy. I can't wait to see you on Monday so you keep growing good in Mommy's belly!