THANKS BRYNN!!!

So after the doc's appointment, well more like later that evening, my totally awesomely amazing sister decided to grace us with her presence (just kidding Brynn :) ). As she walked in I could tell she was really excited about something. I had told her about the doctor appointment already so I knew it had nothing to do with that. But she comes running up the stairs looking for me and telling me to close my eyes. I'm just thinking... "oh no, what did she do?". She got Daniel and me to close our eyes so she could 'set it up'. I'm thinking it was a cute blanket maybe that she wanted us to see. Finally we can open our eyes and sitting in front of us is a Heart to Heat monitor/machine thing! I CAN HEAR MY BABY'S HEARTBEAT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO THE DOC! Oh I got so excited! I'm getting all excited again just thinking about it haha! It is the coolest thing. So immediately I open it up and set everything and try to find my baby again so Brynn could hear. It's pretty nifty because you can hook two sets of headphones into it and both can listen at the same time. The only sad news is that my the baby is just a little too small still. You can barely hear it in the background. But you can bet I'll be listening for it to get stronger.

To the doc we go!

So our first doctors appointment was today at 11:00. I really liked the doc. The whole office was really nice actually, the people, the place and everything. So we didn't quite know what to expect for our first appointment... "will we get an ultrasound?" "will we be able to hear the heart??" "will he tell us we need to be doing something differently?".
Well I definitely had to deal with something uncomfortable that I was NOT in any way thinking might happen. Apparently they need to do a swab. So out came the stirrups and down went the pants. Oh awkward! Thank goodness he said it was the only time it should be happening. But then I got to thinking that this guy is going to be delivering my child. He's gonna be doing/seeing a lot more later on... might as well get comfortable with him! haha.
But anyway as the appointment went on, he did a Q&A kind of thing for us. He answered any questions we had and brought up a few points that we missed asking about. Then he moved on to the exciting part. He said I should be far enough along that the heartbeat should be strong enough to hear! So right away I lay back and I'm really excited. But then he was moving the thing all over and couldn't find anything. "Oh crap!" was the first thing that went through my mind. "I know I'm pregnant, where is it????" "Did something happen to it???" Then... there it was!!
Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! The most emotional, amazing thing I've ever experienced in my life! I can't even begin to explain what it was like. The doctor said it sounded nice and strong. Everything is good and healthy so far! I'm getting more and more excited the more things happen. This just made it seem so much more real than I realized before. I mean, I knew I was pregnant, but there is something about hearing the heartbeat, or I'm sure seeing the ultrasound that makes it more amazing.
But anyway I'm kinda rambling now. My next appointment is in 4 weeks, then he said another 4 weeks after that we can find out what I'm having. Crazy!!!
Oh, and I meant to tell you... did I say I'm getting past the nausea?? Ya, apparently I'm not. Ugh, we can add one more puke fest (sorry, for the graffic phrase haha) to the tally. I've been getting nauseous later in the day. Evening sickness, instead of morning sickness. Oh the joys haha!

Jan 20 pic

Okay, now if you couldn't see it before, there it is! You can't tell me you can't see it haha. I am getting past the feeling exhausted all the time and nausea. Still feel sick sometimes. But up til today (1/23/10) I've only thrown up twice! I'm pretty proud of that haha. Especially considering all the other things that have been changing. I usually have a pretty good stomach, but lately I get sick eating certain foods. I have always lived off of junk food... oh yum. But no, not anymore. I just don't want it anymore. I haven't for almost three months now! Oh it's so strange. And just silly other things that are changing. It's pretty fun, totally weird, but fun.

So totally strange. I'm set that it's going to be a boy. I keep having all these dreams that it is a boy, or that I have a little boy. Then Brynn... who was set that it's a Virginia... said that it could be a boy because the Chinese birth chart says that it will be. Laugh if you want but those things are scarily accurate. Either way, I'm still just excited to find out what it is.

Jan 5 pic

If you can see it, I have a little bump. A lot of people say they can't see it yet, but I sure feel like it is there! If I ever get to trying to count the weeks I'll update all of this and tell you what week I'm on. But as of right now... still not much of a difference.

So my father in law thinks it's going to be a boy. Everyone keeps asking me if I want a girl or boy. I honestly don't really care. Not in a bad way, I just am happy either way. There's always something good about having either one first. Daniel and I decided we will find out when that time comes though to save a bit of stress.

Dec. 23 pic

This pic was taken about a week after my first test. Daniel just had to take the 'baby bump' pictures. If you can see, I'm not exactly showing yet. My stomach is pretty flat. In a few more weeks I'm sure you'll see more. Or you may not, but I will haha.
OH! I almost forgot also... Brynn decided to name the baby Virginia, then Brad said if it's a boy then it will be Virgil. So that's where the name of the blog came from. No offense to either of them, but when the baby comes it's not keeping either of those names! haha.