Weekend so far

I seem to recall having a goal to post a picture, buuuuut you see I uploaded it on Facebook and I recall having difficulty getting pictures from my camera on to my computer. Oops.

My brother and law (and friend) are here for the weekend. I think they're going to galavant about Utah tomorrow, but for tonight they are just chilling in our apartment. Currently they are all playing Halo. Go figure. :-) I worked during lunch, so it sort of feels like a quick day. Though I am super tired... poor husband woke up really early though, so maybe I won't be the only one wanting to go to bed early tonight.

I really thought I had something a bit more meaningful to post (I did discover you can cook those refrigerated pizzas on the cardboard, though, in case someone else is as squeamish as I am... maybe next time I won't get the big ol' 16" ones). Oh well. My computer battery is about to die, and I am too lazy to go get the cord and plug it in. Oh I love being lazy.

Maybe I'll make some cookies or something. Mmmm sugar....

Just chilling

I wonder if posting would be easier or harder if my life were more interesting. Something to think about...

Another fun side note: I can't remember to do anything just now. Example: I need to call my insurance provider to preauthorize an appointment next week. I'm also pretty sure I'm in charge of picking the hymns for church on Sunday, except I keep forgetting to call the organist to confirm that. I partially blame not calling on the fact that no one really told me what to do, they just said "You're the chorister!" Cool.

The bonus is that today is Saturday. Not that it makes a big difference to me, because I don't ever do anything anyway. I could be at work right now... but the thing about Saturdays is that my husband is home! Yay M-F jobs. Not that we have any terribly exciting plans, mind you, but we could do whatever we want. Like I think I'm going to make us some sweet breakfast later today. (Lunch or dinner? I can't decide. But I bought bacon. Mmm...)

My goal for the next post might be embedding a picture. I keep forgetting to take the "baby bump" picture that my friends keep requesting (okay, so two have officially requested it). Not that I'm showing that much - it's only a twenty-week baby bump - I just want to start documenting before I'm at 35 weeks or something without a single picture. Knowing me, it would happen. I meant to take one two or three weeks ago when the first official request came in... never happened. Well, I did sort of try to take one of my stomach, but for the curious, it is strangely difficult to get a good shot of your own stomach profile. I could do the mirror thing, I guess, it's just that it would reflect our messy room, which is also something I'm also constantly neglecting.

Okay, enough with the whining. Today is so beautiful, I'll probably make my husband go out with me somewhere. Maybe even to See's Candies to finally use that gift card I've been carrying since Christmas....

Wait for it...

We had our ultrasound this morning. The baby is doing well, though I do have an appointment with parinatology next week to check out a little thing. It kept moving all over the place. Our nurse was super great and explained all these things she was looking at, measurements she made, and she made sure to point out all the anatomy she was looking at - first bones and then organs. Which brings me to....

It's a girl!

Gary is totally blown away. He was pretty convinced it was a boy. For a while he said he wasn't sure, but at the beginning and these past few weeks he's been pretty confident. We even both agreed on a little boy's name that we really liked. But oh man... I always wanted a little girl. I'm SUPER excited. SO excited. Seriously. She is a mover, though. The nurse mentioned it might have been what I had for breakfast... I'll admit my cereal was a little sugary... maybe it makes her hyperactive? ;-) I don't know what it was though, but after our doctor appointment Monday I swear I've been feeling flutters and what feels like twitches down there, and almost getting concerned. I'd had cramps before, and the doctor called those a "red flag," so I was wondering if maybe they were some sort of funny painless cramp? But the nurse assured me that's my baby moving around that I feel. I wondered, but I wasn't sure if it was too soon. Turns out she is going crazy down there.

Medical drama aside, being pregnant is fun. And, as a note for posterity's sake, the drama is all my fault, since I'm not the best at remembering things... like getting to the health center for my lab tests. The staff at the clinic I go to are really so nice. I'm really glad my neighbor, Serretta, suggested them to us, because I think I'll really like them all. I kind of wish I were seeing the same doctor again on my next appointment, because he was so nice, but I don't doubt this next doctor will also be very nice, and this way I'll get a chance to meet some other doctors so I'll know who is on-call when I deliver. I think that's how it works out, anyway.

Now, I wait for the billing... that will be a(n unpleasant) surprise. Whew.

Just kidding

Okay. So maybe today wasn't the day. Whoops. I had a little misunderstanding (don't worry, it was pretty much me, not the clinic -- they're so nice!), and it turns out they only do ultrasounds at the other location. So we did get to hear the little heartbeat and get all checked up on - so far, so good! - and we have our appointment to find out on Thursday. Maybe we should have waited until next week, but we were kind of impatient, especially because Gary was so excited to find out today. (I was excited, too, don't get me wrong, but I'm currently so relieved that I had a positive, non-dying experience at the doctor that I feel pretty good about waiting.) We're just glad that everything seems to be going normally, and I'm completely relieved that I'm not already being a horrible mother. (It occurred to me yesterday that I don't think I ate a single vegetable... at least I'm taking prenatals, right? :-P) The doctor told me during my third trimester would be the huge emphasis on healthy eating, especially proteins and fiber... but not soy proteins, MEAT and DAIRY. Gary and I exchanged glances about the meat - he's a huge meat lover. Also, I had this steak kick a while back that he joked was the best pregnancy craving I ever had. Hehe.

And, as a side note, chicken cooked with curing sugar is INCREDIBLY delicious. Yumyumyum.

Today's the day

I can't really describe how nervous I am to go to the doctor today. New things just scare me a lot a lot. But at the same time I'm excited because, as long as the baby cooperates, we should find out if we're having a boy or a girl! I can't tell if it's the nervous or the excitement that's killing me, but I had a horrible night last night and my stomach is all in knots. Ugh. It's a good thing this is a good clinic, because I hate going to the doctor. Even when I like my doctor, I don't like going.

There's just a few more hours....

Test run

Don't make fun of me, at least not too much... I've never actually used blogger before. I've always been a livejournal girl myself, back in the day when it was cool. (I think... I don't actually know if it ever was, but my brother had one and he seems like a pretty cool dude.) So basically the point of this post is to see how it looks, how it goes, and I'll probably be too lazy to delete it later. That's just how I roll.