On track

Everything seems to be going well so far. Tonight at La Maria there was a baby at the table next to ours and we asked Thomas if he would like to have a little baby like that one. He said yes and when we asked him what he would name the little baby, he said Rex. That's his go-to name for everything and all babies, girl or boy.

Bloodwork

So last week I had blood drawn twice and then I had to go back this week to give more. I just got my results back and all my levels are increasing as they should. The bloodwork is showing that I am between 5 and 6 weeks along, which matches all my figuring. No more blood will be taken for a while, thank goodness! Thomas has now witnessed me being stuck with several needles and he always asks the nurse for a cool bandaid for my "bleed."
The plan is to tell the family after my next appointment (August 10). We have come up with a cute way to share the news and are excited to put it in action! I'm not planning on telling work until I'm 12 weeks, but I have a feeling that my friends at school will probably guess my secret before then. :)
I haven't been feeling too bad lately, just really tired. Like going to bed at 9pm tired. I can't imagine how I'm going to find the strength to go back to work in a couple of weeks...or maybe that's just me not wanting summer to end. :)

Freakin' Lying and Bleh!

Okay, so I HATE lying to Mom. I swear she knows something but I thoroughly checked her computer to see if she had by chance come across our blog, and there was no evidence of it. Also, I don't think she even knows what a blog is. But still, she seems suspicious to me. Maybe that's just because I hate lying to her and not telling her.
I have been feeling very bleh this week. I don't feel like eating because most foods sound pretty gross to me. I didn't go through this with Thomas (no matter what Brian says) so I'm not sure how long the bleh feeling will last.

Busy Day

Today Brian had a dentist appointment and I had an ob-gyn appointment. Brian found out at his appt. that he has to have all 4 of his impacted wisdom teeth cut out. Yea! At my appointment I found out that I am, in fact, pregnant.
Thomas was a complete angel at the appt. He had a little notebook and drew me a dozen pictures while I was talking to the nurse. Everyone kept remarking on how GOOD he was. We were there for an hour and a half including the lab time and he didn't get rowdy at all! When they drew my blood he asked the lady if I could have cool bandaid, so I got a Garfield one. :)
My next appt. is on Brian's birthday.

Dad's Take...

Kim will never admit to it, but I called it almost a week before the pregnancy test. Kim underwent certain changes that she did during her first pregnancy such as change of appetite. I think I actually asked her at one point after she made a comment about being sick, "Kim, are you pregnant!?".

Anyway, I had no idea that she was actually going to take a pregnancy test. I had been dealing with some wisdom teeth pains, so I was actually heavily medicated and laying on the couch when she came in with the good news. I remember searching my brain for something to say, but all I could do was give her a hug.

We've always talked about just having two kids: a boy and a girl. I'm not sure what will be given to us, but I'm excited yet scared. I'm scared that this is it. This will be the end of little feet, the ultrasounds, the exhilirating feeling you get feeling the baby kick. I'm also afraid of how Thomas will feel about it and how can I make enough time for both him and the baby?

While I don't know all of the answers right now, you can bet that I'm going to enjoy this exciting moment as if it is the last. But, you never know...

A little disappointment...

So I called to make a doctor appointment today and found out that my ob/gyn is moving to the women's hospital which is VERY far from me. So I decided to choose another doctor instead of following him over there. He was my doctor all through my pregnancy with Thomas, but he was out of town when I actually had Thomas, so I saw another doctor for my last appointment and that same doctor was the one that delivered Mr. T.
I decided to go with that doctor, Dr. Chen. Dr. Chen is an old Asian man with a hearing problem that causes him to talk VERY LOUDLY. However, he is very nice and a good doctor and I am completely comfortable having him deliver this baby as well. I'll just have to prepare myself for the LOUD talking before each appointment. :)
I go tomorrow morning for my first appointment. It's with his nurse to get all my paperwork done. I'm having to take Thomas with me since we're not telling anyone about the pregnancy yet and I would have to lie to get Mom to babysit him. Hopefully he'll behave himself. :)

A New Moon is Coming!

I took a pregnancy test at 5:15 this morning to confirm what I have known for almost 2 weeks, we're pregnant! I woke Brian up to share the good news, then we both went back to sleep. :) We're 2 weeks along, with a due date on March 22. Tomorrow's to-do list includes making a doctor appointment. We're keeping our news quiet for now...we have to think of a cool way to tell everyone.