10.5 weeks
Well, I've had my first official prenatal visit, and I am 10 1/2 weeks along in this pregnancy. Matthew wants to know how many more we have to go. Though we weren't able to hear the heartbeat yet, it looks like everything is going well, and we will be able to have this baby at home, just like we did with Jacob. It really was the most amazing experience, and, while I would never try to talk anyone into doing it, we thought it was a very special opportunity, and something the we really enjoyed.
I hope to be out of the morning sickness phase of pregnancy pretty soon. It has been bad this time around, but it is getting better...most days. It has been stressful trying to get everything done, though, especially over the holidays.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Years, which you can probably tell since I didn't post ANY during that whole time! Here are a couple of special milestones:
- FIRST Thanksgiving at home without Mom & Dad. (They went to Leanne's. I'm glad they got to go, but it was really weird without them here.)
- Jacob's third Christmas, but the first one where he really KNEW what was going on. He very much enjoyed it when it was HIS TURN to open a present.
- Matthew got a DSi, which I really enjoy playing. :) We also had to tell him "the truth" about Santa because of some attitude issues we were getting into. It marks kind of a sad milestone - he's growing up.
- Annie got her ears pierced for her birthday, so all she wanted was to get earrings for Christmas. It is the highlight of her day when she gets to change earrings. :)
- Andrew got a scooter for Christmas. It wasn't burnt orange, like he requested (evidently they don't MAKE burnt orange scooters), but evidently it still rides pretty well, and he enjoys it.
- New Years was spent with my Mom's family - my cousins, aunt, and grand-mother were here. Dad made tacos (yeah!), and we all had a really great time. It was very special to have all of us together to bring in the New Year. Matthew was very disappointed when his only "boy cousin" (his age) had to go home. I think he'd move to GA if we let him.
Those are just a few of the special things that happened over the past few months. What about your holidays? What are some of the things that stand out to you as special memories?
