I went to the doc on Friday afternoon after not being able to keep anything down for over 24 hours. This is in part due to the cold that I've been battling. Being pregnant and getting sick is not my favorite thing. Unfortunately my body is working in overdrive to get the infection out which triggers other problems. Doc told me to take vitamin B-6 and gave me a prescription for nausea to try and help with that problem. I was actually able to eat dinner on Friday night without any problems! So other than the insane nausea and subsequent dehydration (that hopefully will not make another appearance!) things are looking very good! Baby is swimming around and waved at me on the ultrasound. It's too early for the chromosome tests, but we'll do that at the next appt. I got a referral for a level 2 ultrasound which will let us know the gender in about 6 weeks! Yay! So things are looking up with the little peanut, who is actually about the size of a shrimp now! 

I told my students on Friday since I was so insanely sick last week and I left early on Friday for the doc. Mixed results, but for the best, I hope. They were much happier when they found out that I wasn't leaving to have the baby until after the school year is over. The rest of the day was spent with one telling me I couldn't eat cookies because I was pregnant and another threatening anyone who walked into the room to not upset me so that I won't have a miscarriage (his mom lost a baby a few months ago). They also wanted to know if I was having a boy/girl or twins.  It was cute.

In other life news, Ed and I received an interesting proposition from his mother last weekend while we were in Jersey. She invited us to move into her house when baby arrives giving Ed the opportunity to work in Jersey politics and me the opportunity to stay home for a year with baby. After a week of back and forth, pros and cons, we haven't made a final decision yet, but we're pretty sure that we're going to move. It makes sense and I think would give us the best options for giving our child everything that we want to. Of course the biggest problem is that we just bought a house in MD a year ago. Selling our house is not on the top of our pre-baby to do list, but I think that it may be worth the hassle in the long run. Everyone we've talked to is really supportive of the idea. Mostly because we'd be moving closer to both of our families and they are all upset that we live so far away with baby on the way. What can I say, we are popular with the families! We're meeting with our real estate agent this week to talk and we have a few other possibilities to consider. So stay tuned for the final decision.  

In thinking about moving, my mind of course has been racing with decor ideas for the nursery. I played around on Babies R Us today trying to make some decisions about furniture. I probably won't pick the detailed things until after we know if it's Anthony or Isabella playing around in my tummy. I think I'll enlist the assistance of the god-mother-to-be to help with registering in a few weeks. Ed's not into decorating and really not into registering. And not to sound bitchy but let's be honest, it's really what I want anyway

So much to do and 6 months to go...

So yesterday I started to feel like I was getting a cold during the day. By the end of the day I felt horrible and my chest was very congested. Normally I would have gone home, enjoyed a good dose of Nyquil and called it a night. Unfortunately that was not an option... :( I picked up some Vicks and crawled into bed for what turned out to be a very long night. Fortunately since Ed came home early from his trip to San Diego I was able to sleep in and come into work late.

It's been snowing all day and I'm praying for a 2 hour delay tomorrow. Seeing as the forcast is 45 and sunny I think a snow day is not happening. Boo!

Next week we go back to the doctor for the end of the first trimester check up. I'm sooo excited that we're almost over this hurdle. I'm ready for the fun part of being pregnant.

I buckled down and bought some maternity pants yesterday since I haven't been able to button my pants in a few weeks. Funny thing is that since the maternity pants are a little looser than the pants that I normally wear (and incredibly comfortable!) on eof my coworkers said that I look like I'm getting smaller! And to think that what everyone normally shoots for! She was very excited to hear that it was not weight loss, but maternity clothes :)

I think I'm going to have to tell my students sooner rather than later. With their emotional issues and aggression, it's a very dangerous situation for me to be in there when they are off. We're hoping that they will settle down a little bit if they know that they have to. Fortunately they are very protective of me anyway so I'm hoping to use this to my advantage in the coming months.

1. american idol starts tonight (guilty pleasure, sorry)

2. i officially have a master degree

3. i haven't gotten sick in over 24 hours

4. ed is coming back early from a business trip

5. it's after 8pm and i'm still awake

I've decided that I could really do without the first trimester. I know that all of this nausea and vomitting is all "worth it" because in a few months we're going to have a beautiful baby boy/girl, but right now I am focused on the misery. I had to call in sick today because I was up sick for most of the night. This is really no fun. I can keep down liquids, but solids forget about it. I tried some ginger tea and Ed is going to get some jello on his way home.

Fortunately, because I'm home sick today I got a chance to call the MVA to figure out the tags for my car. This has been the most obnoxious thing ever. First of all, we bought "Big Papi" in October and still have not received our tags. After at least a dozen messages and phone calls to the dealership and an inquiry from the MVA about the insurance of my old car I finally got some answers today. Apparently the incompetent individual who was unable to issue us tags in October did issue tags (although they are MIA because I don't have them and the person who actually does titles doesn't have them either) and then proceeded to void the tags. This meant that the person who was then supposed to get the tags didn't know that it needed to be done. GRR! And today when I finally got through to the person at the dealership she couldn't process new tags because the MVA had issued an insurance inquiry on the car we traded in 3 months ago. So, after several phone calls today it's being taken care of.  

Sorry to vent, but I've felt horrible for the past week... I'll be much more excited when I can eat and not lose it!