Sorry for the lack of updating...

It's the holidays, what do you expect?!?! :) Christmas was great. I am currently enjoying my winter break from work. I don't have to go back until January 5th so I'm getting quite used to sleeping in and lounging around!

We are also currently suffering through our time without Carter. He's in North Carolina with my family. I could have went with them, but I didn't feel like making that long drive for my break again.

As far as the pregnancy goes, I'm doing great. I'm starting to pudge out and am officially in all maternity pants. Luckily, that's pretty much what my parents got me for Christmas, so it's cool. I'm not quite as tired, but that could also be just because I've been getting much more sleep. I have been getting headaches all the time. Of course most women have their headaches dissipate a bit during pregnancy, but not me! I think it's a mixture of the pregnancy and the lessened intake of caffeine. I try to have a little everyday. Today, I haven't had any. Blah.

I go to the doctor again on the 31st. Hopefully I will remember to go. Not sitting at work with the appointment staring at me on the calendar may be bad.

That's about it. I'll post more after the appointment. Happy New Year to everyone! Party hard and have a glass of champagne for me!!

Ughh!!

Pregnancy hormones suck. Especially when they decide to hit me all at once. Today, not a good day. So much so that I'm debating going home so people don't come into the office and see my splotchy face all day.

Don't mess with a hungry Mama!!

Wow, suddenly, whenever I'm hungry, if I do not eat something right away, I am an EVIL person! This has happened several times but today was pretty bad. A co-worker offered to go to Panera to pick up lunch so I asked her to get me some Chicken and Wild Rice soup in a bread bowl. MMMM! But right before she got here with it, I decided I was hungry and needed something NOW! When she walked in the office, I just about pounced on her! Not good! I should start carrying around some snacks in case this happens when I'm not around quickly accessable food!

But other than being a monster at eating time, things have been going great! I lasted an excersion out to New York City this past weekend. We didn't do too much because Danielle, Chris' friend who lives in Hoboken, is seven months pregnant so of course she can't do too much walking around. We had fun and so did Carter. I swear, he's such a good kid! He may rake my nerves at times, but overall, he's a very well behaved child! Let's hope that runs in the genes and number two comes out the same way! :)

Picture!!

My first Belly Shot. Carter seems pretty excited so far!

My little Thumper!

We had our second appointment this morning. Chris was able to just make it since he had to launch a plane this morning. I waited in the parking lot for him. Everything looks good. I haven't gained anything even though pants are definitely not fitting right! I have resorted to the rubber band trick on my regular pants while wearing the one pair of maternity khakis to work and jeans and lounge pants when not at work. But, my blood pressure as usual was very normal. I think she said 180/60? Whatever it was it sounded normal and good. I have always had slightly low to normal bp so that's good.

But the best thing about today and what finally gives me a bit more of a feeling of relief, we got to hear the heartbeat. The NP warned us that babies didn't like her and she tended to scare them away. But she found the heartbeat fairly quickly and we got to listen for a good minute or so. I think she said its count was about 160 or so. So that is great. I had this horrible thought while waiting to go in that we would hear an abnormality or something. I think this came about because I knew we were checking the heart today. Last time, I had no clue.

So, it's even more official. I have my newest piece of my heart growing and I have now heard said heart. Let's hope that things continue to go smoothly!