Week 14 Belly Pic (Last week)

Haven't gotten a belly picture taken for this week yet but here's last week's.

The Apple

This is a pretty interesting funny site about the size of the baby any given week (a couple weeks ago it was a shrimp :) ).

http://www.babycenter.com/slideshow-baby-size#1254085794616_12

The Word is Out!

Appointment

I had my third appointment on the 11th - everything looks good - yea! The best part is that we got to hear the heartbeat (I have been waiting for this!). Jesse came with me (because of course he wanted to hear the heartbeat too). The practitioner said the heartbeat can sometimes be hard to find at this stage and the baby often moves away as soon as you find it. But she found it right away we the baby stayed put for probably 1

0 seconds or so. We could hear it pretty well and it was so amazing! One of my books has described the sound as similar to that of a train which I though was a pretty good description. Jesse though the doppler was almost as cool as the heartbeat itself (he was also very impressed with the ultrasound machine last time).

Having completed my first trimester and had a good checkup on the 11th meant it was time to spill the beans!

Telling Work

I had been worrying about how to tell my boss at work - not really worried about his response as several other women in my department have been (or still are) pregnant and no one has been treated poorly because of it but I am a worrier. Plus I am currently working in the Denver Tech Center and my boss is in Golden which means I have to actually schedule a time to meet. I was also having trouble deciding when to tell, I wanted to have the word out and I felt like work needed to know before it became public knowledge but my year anniversary with the company is at the beginning of October so I kept trying to decide if I could wait that long and announce my pregnancy after my review.

Well, Monday my prayers about when and how to tell were answered. My boss called in the morning offering me the opportunity to work out at the refinery for a year or two. This caused me a moment of panic realizing this would not be a good time for this assignment and I needed to reveal my pregnancy. I told me boss I would like to speak with him in person and he said he would actually be out at the tech center that afternoon (perfect!). When I told him he was congratulatory and agreed now would not be a good time for that assignment and said he will make sure he finds me space on a project back at the Golden office! I think he was as relieved to hear the news as I was to give it since he said he had guessed I was either pregnant or quitting and pregnant was definitely the better one :)

The kids (finally) notice

After work Monday at the gym while the kids are stretching on of the girls (Kelsi - she is 10 I think) tell me she needs to ask me a question. Ok I say - she jumps up and whispers in my ear "are you pregnant?" Maybe I tell her with a smile :) "I knew it!" she says. One of the other girls who was sitting right next to her overhears and says "I knew it too!" By the end of practice I think they had spread the word to all the old team girls and probably most (if not all) of the new girls who just moved up from pre-team. They were quite upset to hear we don't plan to find out the sex of the baby but they are enjoying trying to come up with names. It is pretty cute because they are very excited. I am glad someone finally asked, I was getting worried they were getting too old for those sort of "inappropriate" questions :)

Mass Revealing

Last weekend I started making the posters I needed and we finally got the pictures taken and posted up this slideshow Wednesday evening on Facebook.

http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d54457a4f5455354e7a413d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_instructions_directurl_makeyourown

Comments came flooding in from all my friends

almost immediately - fun to read people's reactions and so nice to have the news out! The few people who already knew (Molly especially) were very happy now that the news is "Facebook appropriate conversation" as one person put it :)

And of course I am behind on pictures as well.

13th week

The peach

The End of the First Trimester

Tomorrow officially marks the end of the first trimester - yea! I think I was blessed to have a pretty easy time of it but I am still looking forward to the "honeymoon" trimester.

I know pics have been requested so here they are (week 12 will go up Monday hopefully).

Week 9 - The strawberry

Still doesn't look like anything but most of my pants already aren't fitting well at this point. Loving the rubber band trick though (hair tie through buttonhole and around the button). Makes a big difference and makes my pants much more comfortable. Also loving my BeBand (by the makers of Bellaband) from Target.

Week 10

Yup - definitely something there now. I definitely look different even in clothes. Very paranoid about what I wear to work everyday - I don't want people suspecting before I actually tell my boss and such. Making sure I wear looser shirts and cardigans to work so it is not so noticeable. Told my boss at the gym this week - tired of trying to find t-shirts to wear and worrying about one of the kids saying something if wore a tight tank top like usual. So far no comments but I doubt I will have long . . .

Week 11 - The small kiwi

Looking forward to being done with the first trimester. I have been pretty lucky - I wouldn't really say I had morning sickness but I would really like to have some energy back - I have definitely felt exhausted for the past few months. Napping has been a lifesaver but so hard to get anything done when you feel like you need a nap!

I know it will happen soon enough but I am ready to look pregnant instead of just fat :) I am not rushing it though - just trying to enjoy the experience.

I have to say - I am still in awe and disbelief that there is actually something happening. It is hard to grasp that I am not just gaining weight and getting out of shape :) Looking forward to my next appointment on the 11th. Hopefully I can hear the heart beat for the first time!