We had our first doctor appointment on Friday, October 21, 2005.  Dr. Lacoste is awesome!  She was funny and friendly, and most importantly answered any questions that Tim and I had.  She was very helpful and reassurring.  She even did an ultrasound, because she said she likes to see the baby in the right place and with a beating heart.  Thankfully, both of those are true for us: the baby is in the uterus and we saw the heart beating!!  Dr. L also said that when a heartbeat is seen, there is much less of a chance of miscarriage.  I also had labwork done, you know, all the fun stuff.  There was a poor woman in the lab that was having her 3 hour pregnancy glucose testing done, who apparently got through almost the whole test and then threw up.  We all felt terrible for her!

Morning sickness has been rearing its ugly head for me recently.  I have been vomiting almost daily since October 13.  It's been pretty awful to feel this icky, but Dr. L also says this is a great sign.  So, I am thanking God that I'm getting so ill!  I'm also grateful to my husband for being so wonderfully helpful in doing SO much around the house, and attending to me when I need it.  I'm barely able to keep up on just the laundry. 

We shared our news with my brothers and sister-in-laws last weekend, 10/15/05.  All 4 of them are really excited to be aunts and uncles on this side!  I know our baby will have a cousin (or 2?) on that side that will be pretty close in age too, God willing.  We are praying for you, Mark and Bo!

We also let Pete and Heidi in on our secret on Saturday 10/22/05.  They were on to us, since they knew we were TTC, but they waited patiently for us to inform them.  They got married last week, October 14, 2005 (Congratulations), and were very busy with wedding "stuff", and we certainly did not want to intrude on their special time!   Needless to say, they are very excited to be "Aunt" and "Uncle" too!  Aunt Heidi has already said she's interested in helping decorate the nursery.  She hopes baby is a girl! 

We have yet to tell our small group at church and Tim's brothers and sister-in-laws and nieces.  We are trying to find time when all of us can get together AND I feel well enough to be out for a few hours at a time.  No such luck with both of those items yet!  Soon though...our small group gets together this weekend for our Godson, Brady's, baptism.  Maybe then....

Tim and I are going to see U2 tonight!  I am very excited, and I know Tim has been looking forward to this night for some time now.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that I feel decent enough to enjoy at least most of the concert. 

Okay, I really should get some work done....

Well a lot has happened in the last couple of weeks.  I turned 25, I hit 6 weeks, and morning sickness introduced itself.  I know it's been said many times before, but whoever named it "morning" sickness was totally off - unless they meant it starts in the morning and works its magic until you go to bed at night.  Ugh.  No vomiting yet (there have been a few close calls), maybe I'll be lucky enough to experience that too. 

We told our parents this weekend.  We all (me, Tim, and both sets of our parents) got together for dinner on 10/8/05, and I gave the Moms each a card I'd made with 2 footprints on the front and it said "Ten little fingers, ten little toes", then on the inside it said "See you on (or around) May 31, 2006".  They were very excited!  They jumped up and down, cried, and hugged us and each other.  This will be my parents first grandchild, and Tim's parents' fifth grandchild, so it is very exciting for all!  My mom has been especially glad that I've had the nausea, she says the more symptoms the better~ I am with her on that

I hope no one else is on to our little secret!  Heidi and Pete's wedding is this weekend, and I don't think it's at all appropriate to introduce our newest news during this very exciting time in their lives!  I will say though that they might be on to me, since during all of the festivities, alcoholic drinks have been included.  This past weekend, Heidi had a little party to thank the bridesmaids, and she served Margaritas.  I passed mine up b/c I told her I was trying to fight off the rest of a cold (which wasn't a lie!)  Now I have to make it through rehearsal dinner at a great Italian restaurant, with beer and wine, and then not to mention the wedding with an open bar!  Eeekk!!!  It should be very interesting to say the least.....

I'm 5 weeks today, yeah!  Another day down. 

I feel pretty good, I can't really complain.  I'm tired, hungry, my bbs are still pretty sore (I keep pushing on them, just to be sure), the skin on my face is breaking out a little bit, still urinating more frequently, slightly crampy and ITCHY!  I cannot stop itching every inch of my skin!  Is that being pregnant or just allergies?  I'm not taking an antihistamine right now (I usually take one daily), I guess that could be it....but I've never been so itchy!  Ugghhh!!

Please don't be confused, I am certainly NOT complaining, rather, I am taking into account all of symptoms and noting them as accomplishments~ 

Still, no one knows of our little secret, except me and Tim, and one of my girlfriends.  She has been sworn to secrecy, not even to tell her fiancee or parents!  I know she is probably dying to tell them, but we can definitely trust her with this knowledge.  Keep up the great work, Mol! 

I continue to pray every moment that I can, asking God to help this baby continue to grow, and give me signs that it is.  Thank you, God, fror answering prayer!

Mondays are so difficult.  This weekend was great and especially relaxing (I slept at least 9 hours each night and took several 2 + hour naps!).  Funny how I still feel exhausted after all of that rest! 

I had some cramping this weekend, which made me completely uneasy.  I know it's a normal symptom, and I'm trying to keep reminding myself of that. 

So far, we've not shared our secret with anyone!  It's been fun to share this wonderful secret with just my hubby, and surprisingly, I'm not bursting to tell everyone. 

My first OB appointment is not until October 21st.  It seems like so far away!  I am truly trying to take everything in stride, "one day at a time".  Thank you, God, for each day that you move me further into this pregnancy!!!!