Birthday Bliss

I can't believe I didn't say anything about my birthday last week!!! It...was...awesome!! And it just keeps getting better!

I took a little teasing because this one was the big Three-O, but I say "who cares!!" I'm a girl who loves her birthday whether it is Three-O or Three-O-O.

My husband couldn't quite wait to give me my gifts, so he gave them to me the day before. FUN!!

Then my team at work decided to do it up for me. First was a little prank. When I returned from lunch, everything that usually resides on the right side of my desk was on the left, and vice versa. FUN!! Then were the flowers and balloons delivered to the front desk. FUN!!! Finally was the ice cream cake. FUN!!! FUN!!!!

When I got home, we went to a BBQ at a friend's house. We hadn't hung out with them in a very long time, so I really enjoyed the opportunity. There was hot dogs, cake, kids and video games. You guessed it...FUN!

Today, was the day where we celebrate all June birthdays at work. It was "Christmas in almost July." It was so cool. I have to say that the team in charge of putting the party together did such a good job. There were little Christmas trees with presents for the birthday girls. There were Christmas lights and carols playing. The treats were brownies, Christmas cookies, chex mix, Christmas-y Rice Krispie treats, and punch. It was the coolest.

Overall, this may be the best birthday I've ever had. It's been a really fun week. So far, 30...not too bad!!

Making Progress

We now have a crib and a changing table. "Kiki's Room" is beginning to look legit. It's weird because we are currently in this middle limbo of being very prepared and also pretty far away from needing any of this stuff. On one hand, I feel better knowing that we are gradually collecting things that we will need when Kiki arrives, but at the same time s/he won't need any of it for another 5 months or so!!

With any luck, in less than 2 weeks I can stop writing s/he and we will have a specific gender, along with a specific name. My ultrasound is on July 9. I have been practicing drinking 32 oz of water and holding it for an hour or more. Yeah, I think that we are just going to have to hope that the Ultrasound tech is very skilled and can get a good picture on MUCH less water than that!!

The Kikster stays the course

I had my doctor's appointment. All is well in Kiki's little uterine world. Heartbeat is strong. 1 month until the ultrasound. Yay!! Then we'll finally know if this growing bulge is XX, XY, or as I suspect, BWWW.

I have to say, i find it a bit annoying that the doctor's appointments are so incredibly short at this stage. I'm sure my insurance company shares the sentiment, since those things cost a pretty penny whether they are 5 minutes or 50 minutes. I'm not sure why this is so irritating to me, but it really is.

I'm now beginning week 15 of pregnancy. So far, a fun, if not completely nauseous experience. I have not been lucky enough to have that experience that so many women have told me about. "My morning sickness was so bad on Friday, and then by Monday I felt great!!" Uh, no. That has not happened. I still feel like I got hit by a bus most days, but it's all for a good cause!! I have resigned myself to the fact that I may be sick for awhile. I just found out that my mom had morning sickness for the first 4-5 months of each of her pregnancies. Is that genetic?!?!?!

I am VERY lucky, though. I am married to super-husband, who has been taking VERY good care of me through my lazy/nauseous phase. I suspect super-husband will make a nice transition to super-dad.

At my appointment last month, we heard the baby's heartbeat. It sounded like a steam engine in the distance. A kind of fast shh-shh-shh-shh sound. Really cool. It took a bit to find it cuz mommy has a lot of, um, mass in her belly area to try to hear through.

Slowly but surely we are beginning to amass baby stuff. We got a call yesterday from my in-laws that they bought a great crib/changing table set for us at a garage sale, so I'm pretty excited about that. I suppose we should begin thinking about getting a registry together, as several people have begun asking about it. We have started touring daycare centers as well. I figure, it's probably best to get on a waiting list once we find one that we like and can afford.

Also, we WILL start doing belly shots soon. I promise!!

My next appointment is later this week, so I'll try to do an update soon after. Not sure if there will be anything new and exciting this week, but, hey, isn't it all new and exciting?!