Falling in love with the monkey...

10w3d

Feeling good, just tired. We had the first OB appointment last Tuesday. It was great. I love the nurse practitioner. We had to wait over an hour to see her, but it was definitely worth the wait. She was with us an hour and fifteen minutes. She did an ultrasound and spent plenty of time talking. I think it is a blessing that she also works at my RE's office. She totally gets it. I realize that technically this pregnancy is now just like any other ( you know, the ones where pregnancy is actually a result of having sex) but emotionally, I'm not there yet. Slowly, we are getting there. This week we are starting to get excited and are starting to believe that there is a very good chance that we will be having a baby come Sept 2.

My advice to my mother to curb her enthusiasm has gone right out the window. She cooperated for the first 8 weeks - that is over. My parents live in OH. They are coming to visit in about 5 weeks ( I'll be 15 weeks when they come) Since we don't see them that often it will be necessary to fit 6 months of mother/daughter bonding into 5 days. She wants to register. This would not be my choice of timing, but since I don't know when we will see them again - 15 weeks it is. She wants to buy us the crib, dresser, stroller and a glider (YA!!!!) She was asking me the other day if I had looked at these things and if I knew what I wanted. No, not exactly. I am not complaining, we are thrilled that they want to be a part of planning for the baby and helping us out by buying some of the big stuff...but it seems odd that in a month we will own a crib.

Last week at work I discovered that the dopplers that we use to listen to patients pulses in their feet are also very effective in listening to the heart. I don't listen long, maybe 10 seconds a couple times a week...but it is the best 10 seconds of the day. At the ultrasound last week we could see the begining of facial features and it was moving all around. I think it looks like a monkey. So until proven otherwise, we are assuming we are having a monkey and that is what we call it. I am so in love with the monkey.

Not much else happening in my life. This coming weekend is the last quiet weekend before a storm of company over the next 6 weeks. T's mom and husband, my parents, T's dad and wife, some friends...so I am enjoying doing nothing at the moment. Today we go to have our taxes done. This morning I added up the total of medical bills for the year...$36,528 (this is all IF, we do have health insurance) Yes, the Lexus that I've been wanting is in my uterus. We have our fingers crossed for a big refund!