15 weeks

Ok. Ok. I know many of you are waiting to see belly pics, so here's the first one. We've taken a couple before this but I didn't feel like the baby was showing much before. I just felt fat and bloated more than anything else. I'm glad to actually start feeling pregnant now and not just fat.
We had another doctor appt. on Friday. We DID actually end up switching doctors and have just moved to the building next door. We weren't able to actually meet with the doctor as she was booked full the day we made the appt. for. I feel much more confident that this one will work out, as she came with many high recommendations. Hopefully we'll be able to meet her at our next appt. Anyway, we heard the heartbeat again...which was nice to hear. I sometimes wonder what's going on in there, so it's nice to know things are still going strong. I can't wait until I can actually start to feel the movements and have the reassurance on a more frequent basis. We also made our appt. for our ultrasound the day before we leave for our trip to Texas. We actually had to beg them to do it a day early! But we're grateful that we'll HOPEFULLY be able to know the sex before going down to Texas.
Randy has also decided that he wants to actually build our crib. It ends up being more expensive, but the fact that it's solid wood and that it's something that can hopefully be passed on, makes it all the more worth it. I've attached a picture of the finished product. Our friends Dan & Katy made the same one and it's really nice. AND...they're gracious enough (and Dan's parents are gracious enough) to help and let Randy use Dan's parents house and equipment to build it. We picked out the wood this weekend, so now we just need to order it all and get started! I'll let you know how it progresses. Randy is not known for his woodworking skills, but hopefully it all works out, otherwise it'll be one expensive lesson!!! No, I'm sure he'll do just fine.....

Until next time,
Leah

Can't wait! The countdown begins!!

Not much new...

Well, there's not much new to report on the home front... but I feel that we haven't blogged for some time, so I figured I'd write a thing or two.

About the baby...we are now about 13 weeks and went in for our another appt. last week. First time meeting the doc, and I admit I was a little scared of her! This is mistake #1...when choosing a doctor, BE SURE TO MEET THEM IN ADVANCE. Do NOT go by the photo on the website, because scarily enough... They can appear one way in a photo and totally different in person. This may just be shallow of me, but I try to choose someone who "appears" to approach things in a way that I would. I want to see eye to eye with my doc. This lady didn't fit the bill...SO, are we going to get another doctor? Possibly. But do I choose another random person based on their picture as well? I'll let you know. :)

Other than that, everything was good. We heard the heartbeat and are finally in the clear to tell people (even though it seems like everyone knows already....oops! We were just too excited to keep it a secret for very long...) I hope every pregnancy is as easy breezy as this one. I feel great, and the worst (well...part of the worst) part is over. I wanted the doctor to tell me that it would be that way for all future pregnancies, but unfortunately that is not the case. Randy is more than excited to find out the sex of the baby and has hounded the doctor for another ultrasound, but they obviously said no way. Hopefully we'll know before going to Texas over Memorial Weekend in May, though. That's the goal.

Randy's job is still going well. He began his first week on his own, and has been keeping up with the route pretty well (even considering the 12" of snow we got yesterday....and it's APRIL!!! Nuts.) I think this job allows him the flexibility and the interaction that really makes him tick.

My job is well into preparations for our company-wide move in May. The office is complete chaos at this point, with everyone cleaning and trashing old files. Our new building will be one of the very first LEED certified buildings in the Twin Cities (which means it was constructed with all "green" materials) so to follow suit, they have not constructed any storage space into the plans, as we are responsible for scanning or thowing all that we cannot fit in the common areas. This means that I am stuck with much of the scanning for our team, since I'm by far the biggest peon on the group. Lucky me.

Anyway, like I said...nothing new.

Till next time,
Leah

The new job

I just started my new job. I have been to the training and now I am doing all of the field training. It is great, the job is a bit different from what I thought it was going to be but that is not a bad thing. I am basically the liaison between the sales reps and the grocery stores. The nice part is that I will have a lot of freedom at work. I work from home so I get to choose my own hours and days that I work, but as long as I get my work done they are happy campers. There are a couple of downfalls like all of the stuff that they are sending me, my new computer, and our new baby's room is turning into a crowded office. Here is a pic. That is right, there are 4 computers in our household ( the other pic I thought was just funny. It is from our last vacation. It is real. I promise.) The one on the far left is General Mill's, next to the right and on top of the other computer is my personal, next on the bottom is Leah's old nanny boss' computer that she is doing her website on, and the last is Leah's mac. It is a bit tight. On top of that, we had to get a new storage space to store all of the display stuff that GM is giving me.

This next Monday is our 3 month appointment with the doctor. I am pretty excited I think that we are going to have another ultrasound and hopefully our baby is an early bloomer and we will be able to see the proof and all of you negative people out there will know that I am right.

This weekend we are going down to Leah's mom and dad's house for Easter. We are excited. We have not been home since Christmas and both Leah and I are itching for that relaxed feeling when you go out there. If you have ever been out to Steve and Karen's you will know what I am talking about. Leah and I love going home. Plus it has been way to long since we have seen Willy and Blue (bear)

My turn

Contrary to popular belief, it is a BOY. Let's just keep thinking positively. No, I will be just as happy with a girl. It feels like this pregnancy is just crawling by. I am ready for the first trimester to be over. I just want to make it through the clear with this whole morning sickness thing. I will be a very happy man if Leah keeps going like she is now. I do need to keep shoving veggies down her throat because she has a hard time chewing and swallowing them on her own, but she likes fruit at least... that is better than pickles and curly fries.

I am pretty excited to start my new job. I am getting a bit bored just trying to find stuff to my occupy my time. I am getting pretty good at this family indexing thing. Yeah, other than that I am trying to keep my Weblos boys in line and keep them from killing each other. They have this new thing now that they have divided themselves between the "Nerds and Jocks" and they are proud of the group that they are in. Weird I know, but I am just trying to keep the peace.

PREGO!!

So Randy and I thought that by now our pregnancy isn't so much a "secret" anymore to those we're closest with and figured that we'd create a blog to post pictures and the latest info on our little peanut since we don't live exactly "close" to a lot of our family and friends.  So yes, we are prego.  And no, I don't think we're having a boy like Randy likes to convince himself of....  :)  I've been feeling amazingly well, which I was most scared of at first, since throwing up is literally the worst I get.  I feel nauseous only sometimes, which is good cuz I've been craving Arby's curly fries and pickles like crazy (although I try to limit my consumption of sodium, and I've been doing good...considering.)  

Today we had an appointment with the sonographer and got our first look at our little gummy bear.  There really isn't any better explanation for the way "he" looks (by the way, I only say "he" so it doesn't sound like some foreign object that is just an "it."  Plus, it fuels Randy's conviction that we're having a boy....but in my opinion, he's going to be so surprised when we find out it's really a girl!) The sonographer told us the heartbeat sounded good and everything looks like it's coming along fine.  She said we're about 9 weeks and are due October 10!  In case you're wondering, the top 2 ultrasounds are the traditional kind that just look like a big blob.  The one below is the 4-D ultrasound which allows us to actually see the baby as we do in an actual photograph.  The photo is looking at him head on.  You can see the dips where the eyes will be and the leg and arm buds.  Randy and I are hoping he gets a little cuter as he gets bigger, as he's a little homely now....  :)

Our next appt. is in a couple of weeks when we meet our doctor for the first time.  Can't wait!