9 weeks

This past Wednesday I had my 2nd doctor's appointment. It was only 2 weeks from my 1st, but I noticed a HUGE difference in the sonograms. On my first one, it was a tiny dot. On this one I could actually tell it was a little person! It was doing a head stand in this picture. At one point it looked like it was waving it's little hand. The doctor didn't say anything, but I noticed I gained 2 lbs since last time, which means 1 lb a week. I'm hoping it's just my normal fluctuating weight. Although every time I look at my stomach in the mirror I just look bloated. Lately I've still been feeling bad with the occasional throw up. I just got a nausea prescription filled today, so hopefully that will balance things out. Other than that, things look good!

Thieves

I worked from home today & when I went downstairs to get my laptop out of the car this is what I found. I actually went to the passenger door first to get my folder of notes & when I looked up I noticed the other window. That's when I realized that the laptop was gone. Some bleepedy bleep scoundrels took it! And it happened during the day! They had to have had some balls to do that, especially since there was no car blocking people's view. When he swiped it, he had to see all of my American Heart Association stuff. I can't believe he didn't even feel bad!

Here's the damage from a distance. Our car has never been broken into, so I was pretty surprised. Well I guess I've learned my lesson. Yes I know it was stupid to leave it in the car, but it was hidden. And he's more stupid than I am because he didn't even take my wallet out of the console. That would have been a way better deal for him. Oh well, sucker!

Camping

We went camping with Brian, Christina & Dominic last night at Brazos Bend State Park. It's known for its Alligators, as you can see above. Of course this was the one & only alligator we saw & we didn't even find it. Some nice people pointed it out to us.

Lane & Brian got a nice camp fire going. It was so nice & warm! Brian was nice enough to serenade us with his guitar.

My favorite part about camping is of course the smores! I actually only ate one & then I just stuck to the marshmallows. It got pretty chilly once the fire died down.

This raccoon was the highlight of the night. He was so sneaky coming around & opening the box where we kept the food. Then Lane started feeding him & he definitely wasn't going anywhere. In fact, he brought his posse along! Pretty soon we were surrounded by 3-4 raccoons. While I was sleeping I was woken up by them! Although I heard a different kind of sound which made me wonder if the alligators had wandered out of their swamp.

The next day we went on another trail in hopes to find some more gators, but no such luck! I think the weather was too cool for them to sunbathe. Thanks Brian, Christina & Dominic for roughing it with us in the woods!

Seattle

We went to Seattle for part of the holidays to visit my brother & his wife Jaymie. We had a fabulous time with them! I probably ate my weight in food, but I evened things out with all the yacking I did. Yes my body decided to give me my 1st dose of morning sickness pretty much the entire trip. We still managed to go anywhere a photo op presented itself. This time of year Seattle is cold & windy which did not mix with us. We would literally drive somewhere, run out to take a picture & then hop back into the car. Jaymie & Justin probably thought we were lame because every time they suggested we do something outdoors we were like "no thanks". This proves I could never live anywhere up north. One disclaimer about the pictures...We took about 70, but it was ridiculous how bad we looked in them, so I only came up with these.

This is a giant concrete troll that's located under a bridge. Jaymie says it was in the movie "10 Things I Hate About You".

Here I am on this awesome suspension bridge in Vancouver Canada! From it you can see this beautiful waterfall.

We all got to go skiing. It was so much fun. But I have to say I'm getting older because after 3 runs we went to eat lunch & I was completely fine with not going back out. However we wanted to get our moneys worth, so we went back for 2 more runs. I was exhausted!

Baby Doc

Today was my 1st appointment. I'll be 7 weeks tomorrow. They went ahead & took a sonogram & you could see a little flickering light (the heartbeat). Other than her pointing it out, I couldn't tell what anything was. They took tons of blood and as a result my arm still hurts. She did say I have some fluid around my right ovary, but it's nothing to worry about. Someone is supposed to call me to set up a screening for that. But things look good! I have an appointment in 2 weeks for a reason I can't remember, then after that it will be monthly. I was going to post the cute little sonogram, but it didn't come out well with me taking a picture of a picture. Maybe as time goes on, I'll figure that out.