10 weeks

Today i ran by my doctors office to grab an OB consent form to take to the university in a week or two for my ultrasound the students will give me and ended up having an appointment in addition to it.  I have been feeling really puny this pregnancy and overly exausted and neaseated more so than with my previous two pregnancies.  So when i told my nurse that she said she had a cancelation and asked if i wanted to see the Dr. today and get my labs out of the way, i was like HELL yeah! 

So i had my labs, got to hear my baby's precious heartbeat(a galloping horse), and got a home remedy from him to hopefully help my symptoms until we get an answer if there is anything to see.  He is testing my vitamin levels and my thyroid on top of all the other first OB apt. labs. 

Before my appointment i took Grant to the Ear, nose, and throat Dr. and got his 18 mth check-up since he has had tubes...and they both fell out since the last appointment.  It is a double edged sword.  If he has outgrown this we are in good shape and then no more ear infections= no more specialist! If he hasn't outgrown it then most likely with winter afoot then Grant will end up very sick again with a never ending ear infection and will be stuck with a repeat surgery for tubes again...which i am praying won't happen...but Hailey was five when she had her tubes placed so i am not optimistic :(

In other news, we just got back from a gorgeous wedding in Iowa of a dear family friend and it was absolutely perfect.  The drive down and back was long and tiring but very much worth it! I will try to post pics soon but i haven't even turned my camera on in the four days we have been home.  Exaustion set in and today is the first day i feel like i might be back to the world of the living...but a nap is coming on soon!

I have been trying to plan out how we will set up the baby once he/she is born and i just can't decide what to do.  Do we put the nursery in our room where there is plenty of space(our room used to be two bedrooms previously) and get rid of all our privacy again but it will allow me to be close for breastfeeding!  OR do we have the baby share a room with Grant and try to squeeze in a crib and twin size bed into a room already extremely full of a billion toys but technically plenty room for two kiddos.  If it is a girl is that fair to him and/or the baby to share a room and how will i decorate with two opposite sexes in one room? It has been making me crazy and i just can't decide what the best answer is as of yet, but i need to decide soon because i would like to have the bedding picked out and bought by Christmas and Grant switched over tho the big boy bed so we don't have any problems with the baby having his bed...what do you think?

8 weeks

Well i have been useless for the past month.  I can't believe how drained this pregnancy has made me.  Normally i am a little more tired and nauseated but this time i am just puny! I feel bad because i have all these responsibiliities and i have barely been staying on top of them.  Then again i have been doing them just not always the best of my ability.  I keep hoping in a few weeks this will all start to lift and i can get my old crazy Erin energy back...some of my ADHD would be great right now!  We are right at the 8 week mark and next Tuesday we have our second ultrasound.  I am so excited for it and can't wait to see our little peanut.  We are still concerned about the possibility of twins but i have been trying to put it on the back of my mind until the ultrasound, no point in getting worked up over it if it isn't true.  I know we can handle two but we just didn't have it in the plans...lol...then again God works in mysterious ways, right?

Other than my utter exaustion we have been super busy.  I am now a Girl Scout Brownie Troop Leader for my daughter's troop and it has been alot of work to get started but it is reallly fun.  I know every week our meetings will be a new experience where the girls can learn how to be better little citizens.  It is exciting!  This week we are letting the girls learn more about what it means to be a girl scout, set goals for what they want to do this year, and hailey is going to show them how to make origami.  My goal is to have one girl show of something they can do or a special gift they have every week! I think it will be a great way to help with public speaking and to build confidence in each girl!

Other than that we are just getting ready for the holidays and all the weddings we have in October.  I am super excited about my best friend kim's wedding this Sunday, 10-10-10.  I am thrilled for her happiness and can't wait for them to start making babies..lol.  I am her maid of honor and i am over the moon to spend this day with her and her soon to be husband!  Also this month i am honored to make another trip to Iowa for a wedding with my mom and the kiddos for an old family friends wedding.  I get to spend a short amount of time visiting my family and see a gorgeous wedding.  I can't wait!

I am sure i will write again next week after our ultrasound but for now i need to get working on my lessons for girl scouts then get ready for Fall Festival time...the best time of the year, lots of fried foods and carni rides.  Yum-yum!