Round and round we go

St. Patty’s day weekend was very eventful for this pregnant lady. Surprising, right? Well, friends were visiting in Orlando and I was so excited to spend some time with them and share the news that we were expecting. We spent a relaxing day at the pool, followed by a fun amusement park day at Universal’s Islands of adventure. Considering that I had my first trip to Disney at the age of 24, this little baby inside of me is already way ahead of me. (By the way, I know it must seem weird that I am referring to my unborn child as “baby” already but I have no idea how to keep an appropriate pregnancy blog so this is what we are all stuck with-it’s weird for me too!) Anyway, baby’s first amusement park ride was appropriately on the Dr. Seuss land merry go round otherwise known as the “Caro-Seuss-el”. This was pretty much the only pregnancy approved ride so I was happy when Moncho, Jackie, Lindsey, and Mike hopped on with me. We decided on the merry-go-round only after realizing that our first pick; the “High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride!” was marked unsafe for pregnant women. Bummer. Considering that this slow moving children’s train ride was not safe, I probably should have put some more thought into my decision to fling myself down the hotel pool’s waterslide the day before. Pregnancy is full of teachable moments. Surprisingly, I was not the only sober person among our group during our St. Patty day trip to the amusement park. I was however the only person not hung-over from the night before. Pregnancy does have its perks!

baby's first amusement park ride.

This upcoming weekend is also baby’s first wedding a.k.a mommy’s first dry wedding. I love weddings, but let’s see how fun they are when you can’t take advantage of champagne toasts and open bar. I’ll let you know. To be honest though, the only beverage I’ve missed is my morning coffee but even that has been a pretty easy habit to kick.

And finally, the next big event is finding out the sex of the baby. This is going to happen on Monday, April 2nd. I’m not sure I’m ready for it, to tell you the truth. I can’t wait to know, but that means that we will finally have no more reason to hold off on starting to plan things. Moncho, on the other hand is feeling nothing but pure excitement! I just asked him and that’s what he told me. Any official guesses? I think girl and Moncho thinks boy!

17 Weeks and Counting!

I've decided to keep a pregnancy blog so that everyone I love can stay up to date with the latest news of my growing belly. A few things have been growing in the past few weeks including spicy cravings and awareness that-yes, I'm actually going to be a mom. It's not typical for me to do this kind of thing but it's also not typical that I have a human life growing inside of me. So, at the suggestion of a dear friend I am going to try this pregnancy blog thing out.

Today I had my 3rd doctor appointment and was able to hear the baby's heartbeat for the second time. Although my stomach is starting to show signs that I'm pregnant I still sometimes have a hard time believing that this is real. Hearing the heartbeat is a happy reminder that everything is going well.  I also steal little glances at the  ultrasound picture taken on February 27th. That was really the first time I had any idea of what was going on inside of me. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced to see live images of my baby moving around (a lot)  on the projected sonogram image. I hadn't even expected to have an ultrasound done that day, so it was a huge surprise. Unfortunately, Moncho was not at that appointment, but he was so excited to see the pictures the that nurse printed off for us when he met up with my later to meet our doctor.

As excited as Moncho was to see the first pictures of our baby, nobody was more excited than my mother. We text messaged the picture to both grandma's and by the end of the day my mom was excitedly insisting that I "facetime" with her. Why? Well, she had something very important to show me. Within a few hours she transferred the text messaged picture to her computer, saved the image on a USB, printed the picture at Walgreens, purchased a beautiful (gender neutral) picture frame, and had baby's first picture proudly displayed on the mantel. Meanwhile my pictures we loving folded, yet slightly crumpled, in my bag. I think it is safe to say we have an excited first-time grandma on the loose, one from whom I can STILL learn a few tricks (like how to properly display baby pictures). Technically he or she was still a fetus at that point, so I have a few more months to master that skill.

I probably look better on grandma's mantel but here I am at 13 weeks.