Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Gummy Bear

For those of you who know me well you know that I have a slight addiction to Haribo Gummy Bears.  I have loved these little guys since I was a young child.  Eddie and I recently discovered that Target sells them in a three pound bag.  Watch out!

Anyway, while some refer to their unborn children as peanut, squirt and many other names, we are referring to ours as the "gummy bear".  :)

I was not feeling well this past Sunday so Eddie went to the grocery store by himself.  Guess what he came back with.!?

We go back to the doctor this Friday morning for another ultrasound and hopefully to finally hear the heartbeat.  I expect to be able to post an ultrasound photo of our gummy bear sometime Friday afternoon so stay tuned.  

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Happenings At The White House

1) Our "gummy bear" experienced his/her first wedding Saturday night (9/18/2010).  I wonder if he/she enjoyed the band as much as Mommy and Daddy did.

2) "Gummy Bear" will be attending his/her first concert this upcoming Friday (9/24/2010).  Mommy and Oma (grandmother in German and thus my mom and baby's Oma) are going to see Sugarland in Virginia Beach.  We are really looking forward to a fun mother-daughter evening.  I bought the tickets for my mom's mother's day present months ago.  We are so excited that the time is finally here!

3) My aunt and uncle from Virginia are coming to visit us this week.  They will be staying at Eddie's family's cottage for a night or two.  Aunt Evi is so excited....she purchased my first maternity dress and will be bringing it with her Wednesday.  We do not get to see my Aunt Evi and Uncle Pres as often as we would like so we are definitely looking forward to this time.

4) Daddy (Eddie) went on a cleaning rampage this weekend....it is amazing!  Mind you we do not have a nasty house, but occasionally it is nice to really CLEAN.  As I sit typing this he is on our patio sweeping and spraying weed killer.  He is also hoping to shift things around and make room for outside baby toys (I think he is way ahead of the game on this one).

5) I spoke with my daddy earlier today and he informed me that he and my step mom plan to come for a week when the baby is born.  I'm so excited that they are looking forward to this adventure as much as I am!  My dad lives in Georgia so we do not get to see him as often as we would like.  It is amazing how well he and Eddie get along....I just love watching them!

6) Eddie and I have decided to replace the carpet in our downstairs.  When I first moved to the beach my puppy Bailey refused to potty train.  Evidentally that is common with beagle females.  After that my dalmatian Daisy who was eleven years old started having incontinence issues.  So needless to say the carpet has had its fair share of pup accidents and quite frankly we do not want our child crawling around on it.  We do still have dogs, but they are very much potty trained.  :)  We have our "measure" appointment this upcoming Thursday where we will get the actual quote for the work to be done.  Hopefully it will be in the ballpark of what we were told this morning by the Home Depot associate.

7) Eddie and I will be going to our only football game of the season on October 16th.  We bought the tickets prior to learning that we are pregnant otherwise the budget would not have allowed for such an expenditure.  We have pulled the reigns in pretty tight in anticipation of the little one.  I hope the baby enjoys football and the marching band performance.

8) Our next doctor's appointment is Friday, October 1st.  We will be 9 weeks and 5 days when we go.  The plan is that we are having another viability ultrasound.  I am secretively hoping that we will get to hear the heartbeat this time.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Our First Doctor Appointment

Eddie and I went to our first appointment this morning.  We were initially told (over the phone) that our due date would be April 22, 2011; however during our ultrasound this morning our due date was detemined to be May 1, 2011.  I am thankful that it is more than one week past the end of tax season unlike the original due date.  The new due date just happens to be our wedding anniversary.  :)