Yesterday marked the 10 week mark for Baby Aguilar!  Time is moving right along, yet at times it seems to be going so slow!

We have our 2nd doctor's appointment next Tuesday, January 8th.  We'll get to see Baby Aguilar again and hopefully we'll get to hear the heartbeat!

I still worry that we'll get to the doctor and they won't hear/see a heartbeat but since I'm still feeling the oh-so-lovely side effects of being pregnant, I'm pretty sure things are normal!

Nothing much has changed for me.  I still don't really look pregnant.  I'm still tired most of the time and I'm still feeling a bit queasy off and on throughout the day.  It's definitely not debilitating, but I'm ready to move past the nausea!  I can't eat as much as I used to...something I'm still having a hard time with!  I love food and I tend to forget that I can't eat as much as I used to!  So...this results in lots and lots of tummy aches!

Sean's biggest complaint right now is how finicky my eating habits are...my food mood changes pretty rapidly.  We'll be on our way to a restaurant and then I'll suddenly decide I am in the mood for something else.  I've tried explaining that I'm not purposely trying to be difficult...it's just that sometimes a certain food will suddenly make me feel ill!

So...that's about it for now.  We are just trucking along.  I can't wait to see our baby again next week!  And I'm most excited about making it out of the first trimester in only 2 more weeks! YAY!!

Happy 2008 everyone!

Yesterday was a FANTASTIC day!  Sean and I had our first doctor's appointment and we got to see our little "bean" for the very first time!  WOW!!!!  It was amazing!  Even though it's only 5mm in length right now, we got to see its little heart beating.  Seeing that little flutter on the screen was all the confirmation I needed to know that being pregnant is truly a gift from God!

According to the doctor, my pregnancy is a "textbook pregnancy" so far!  She said everything looked good!  The heartbeat was good (121 bpm) and all signs are pointing to a healthy pregnancy.

As for me...I've finally started to experience this wonderful thing called morning sickness!  FUN (not!).  I'm pretty much queasy 24-7 these days...I am able to eat and keep food down, but I just feel nauseaus pretty much all day.  I just keep telling myself that it'll be over soon and that it will all be worth it in the end, but it's hard to be happy about this when I'm feeling like I'm going to throw up!

Our next doctor's visit is on January 8th.  We should be able to see our baby on that visit, too, and the doctor says it will be amazing to see how much its changed in just 4 weeks!  I can't wait to see our little bean again!  I'm already so in love with our little one and it's only the size of a grain of rice!!!!

Getting closer to being able to tell the rest of the family which is very exciting.  I think thats going to be the best part about Christmas this year -- getting to call everyone and tell them the good news!

So Sean and I decided many moons ago that we would kick off our "trying to conceive" on our anniversary trip.  So...as luck would have it, I was ovulating the week of our anniversary.  I guess we had beginner's luck because as you all now know, we are expecting!!

About a week after I ovulated, I started to feel "different".  I would talk to my mom about these odd feelings I was having, only to hear her say, "Oh Tina...you're just imagining all of this."  But I just knew that something was different.  I had odd pulling sensations in my tummy.  I started to get very tired.  I noticed other changes, too, that I won't elaborate about on this blog...but let's just say that my body started to change!  But I started to believe that I really was imagining all of this.

My cycle was not due until November 24th.  I decided that I would not test until my cycle was late...but I gave in 5 days before it was due.  Not sure why I decided to stop at Walgreens on my way home on November 19th, but I did, and in doing so I walked out with a 3-pack of digital pregnancy tests.

When I got home, I decided to take a test.  Sean wasn't at home -- he was at the gym, so I was all alone which was good because I didn't want him to know that I was testing. (After all -- who tests 5 days before their missed cycle?!).  I did the deed, and walked away, leaving the test to work its magic.  When I walked back into the bathroom after 3 minutes, and looked down at the test (I had left it on the bathroom rug), I could hardly believe my eyes: PREGNANT.

So here I was...home alone and FREAKING OUT!  I couldn't believe it.  I immediately went online to do research on how common false positives were.  The more I read, the more I realized that they just weren't all that common.  So...I wrapped the test up in a box, gift wrap and all, and patiently (okay -- who are we kidding -- NOT SO PATIENTLY) waiting for Sean to get home.

He gets home, sees the box, and asks what it is. I tell him to just open it. He does and at first I don't think he knew what the stick was.  Then he realizes what it says, and turns to me and says, "Is this for real?".  I shake my head yes...and we just stand there looking at each other, realizing our life is forever changed.  Of course we hug, kiss, blah blah blah...then I go back to fixing dinner.    Romantic, huh?

After the first positive test result, I took about 15 more tests (no, that's not a type...I said FIFTEEN TESTS!). What can I say?  I'm an obsessive girl!

Okay, well that's not entirely true.  My mom, sis and dad know...as does my boss.  And a few of Sean's family members know...but most of the rest of the world has no idea why I have this silly grin on my face 24-7.

It's an odd feeling -- we're pregnant but I don't look any different (except for the "joey pouch", aka bloat I've got going on right now), and I don't feel different.  Yet deep inside of me there is a life growing and taking hold!

I want to scream it from the mountaintops - "We're having a baby!", but I know it's best to wait until the first trimester is safely behind us to let everyone know.  Even as I type this first journal entry, I know that most of you won't read this until we are almost through the first 3 months.

So just know that I WANT to tell you all.  I want to share our news with you, but I have to sit on this big secret for just a little bit longer!