13 weeks

We had our 10 year reunion this past Saturday...that mixed with the holiday is why i'm so late in posting so i apologize! The reunion was so so and honestly kind of lame...but i attached a picture of Todd and i before hand anyway...no pictures from the real event. So as far as this week goes...its been an ok one. Nothing too big to report, a few little things here or there but nothing to get into details about here. The belly is actually starting to look like a belly as opposed to a beer gut so that's fun. I definitely look bigger than i actually am in this picture i think cause of the way the shirt is (haha...totally making excuses). Here you go...

12 Weeks

3 MONTHS!!!! Well actually who knows...all this pregnancy counting i have no idea what weeks really represent to be honest with you...but yeah...12 weeks i'm counting as 3 months so THERE! The bump is DEFINITELY there now. Still not super noticeable to others depending on what i'm wearing to work, but this past week in particular i definitley got a few comments on a couple of the shirts i had on because they were a little snug. I'm starting to get my appetite back so thats great. Still falling asleep at 8 every night, but I'm ok with that too. I realize that will be a distant memory in about 7 months or so...so I'll take it while i can. I'm just happy to be hungry a little again. I have also noticed i've gained about 3 lbs (Obviously not the official weigh that the doc does, but just using our scale) since our last visit...which i guess means about 4 lbs from the beginning since at the last appt i had actually lost a lb. Anyway...here you go. Enjoy!

Visit to Md and Va..

Well we finally made it to the weekend where we were telling the rest of the family, all of my family basically! So I got to kick off the festivities on Friday by telling Mom. I had been holding off til i could tell her in person and it seemed like it was taking forever! So i met her at Aunt Pat's to pick up the kids cause we were taking them to Md with us. I stole her outside for a few minutes and finally got to let her in on our secret. She's of course THRILLED for us and cant wait for next summer. I felt so much better once i finally got to tell her...been a long time coming.
Then it was on to the long road trip to Maryland to tell Dad, the Curry gang, Grandma Curry, Dina and Grandma Curran.

We arrive to Dad's around 7, hang out for a little, then decide its time to do gifts and birthday cake. We all gather around him at the table and he opens his presents. Worked out that he ended up opening ours last. The card read "Happy Birthday Grandpa - love Todd, Aimee and Baby ?" Of course Dad goes on the first thought thinking i'm making fun of his age so he reads the card outloud as "Happy Birthday Old Fart". Lovely. so then he gets to where i signed it and it finally catches on. Then everyone got it and everyone was happy and started asking all the questions. One big sigh of relief. Off to bed to get up for our big group shot in the morning with all the kids that i've been waiting for for years. Here's how that one turned out btw...

Saturday after the pictures we were off to Virginia to visit the rest of the fam. We show up around 3 or so. Get settled then i start to tell Grandma and Dina about the last time we were at Kel's and how she sent Justin in to change Taylor and she came out with a little shirt on that said I'm the big sister! so they both of course got real excited for her and asked when she was due. I said "a couple weeks after me" and i turned around to get something out of my purse. Grandma says 'what do you mean after you?' and Dina says 'after her birthday'. So then i just start laughing to myself thinking NO ONE GETS IT THIS WEEKEND and its just pretty funny. So then Grandma says 'oh let me show you this plaque i just bought for my kitchen' and Dina is in the background freaking out going 'wait wait...so are you being serious or no??' I said Yes...I am being serious, I am due 2 weeks before Kelly. She continues to say "No you're not" for about 3 minutes straight. I asked if i needed to get the sonogram to prove it to her and of course she said yes. So i had to run out to the car, get the sonogram and show it to her. Cracked me up. So again of course they were both very thrilled and spent the next few hours asking questions and going over ideas and thoughts and all that fun stuff...here is a picture from that night:

All in all a great weekend of course. We got back home Sunday night just in time for half time, went to visit Aunt Pat and Uncle Vince on Monday night to complete the end of our cycle of people we were telling in person so all is done and now its time to relax and just let the word spread!

11 Weeks

It's getting there! The belly is starting to actually harden a little which is the weirdest thing. It's starting to actually form somewhat of a rounder bump too as opposed to the little gut at the bottom...so that's always nice to get closer to ending the 'bloated' stage and approach the 'pregnant' stage. So here you go...and at my sweet Mother In Law's request I have been asked (aka slightly threatened) to start including my face in pictures...so against my will here you go!

2nd appt

We had our second appointment today and all went well. Not too much to report. I actually lost a pound because of my lack of appetite. Blood pressure is good though at 112/60 and baby's heart rate is about 167 bpm, so all was well. We got to hear the little heart beat, and then i laughed so we lost it again...but it was good for the short time it lasted, haha. That was about it...our next appt is December 9th and we'll be in our SECOND TRIMESTER ALREADY! crazy. Our next sonogram won't be til week 18, so I'm hoping at that point we have a little more than a slim jim in there !

10 Weeks

Well it's here...I'm finally in the double digits...and believe it or not there actually IS a little bump there now! Nothin really too new...still falling asleep at any given point in the day, still fighting a bad appetite, but all in all so far its been a smooth ride. We bought paint for the nursery today (something Todd's been dying to do since months before we even got pregnant) so that will be his little project here in the near future. Gotta admit he's been a trooper so far...I always knew he'd be good with this whole process and it did take him a couple weeks to get adjusted but he's got his game face on now. He's successfully made it through a few uncontrollable tears, has accepted the fate of carrying every thing in, out, and around the house, and has finally started to understand that no matter how hungry I am for something right now I can't guarantee I won't turn green at the sight of it by the time I actually get to eat it.

I think my biggest adjustment has really been the lack of energy. I've never really had a big appetite ever and have already spent the last 10 years giving Todd the left overs on my plates because I NEVER finish a meal...but never in my life have I been short of breath walking up a flight of stairs, or been exhausted after a visit to one store, or wanted nothing more than to just put pj's on and lay on the couch with my blanket and remote waiting to just fade off for a few minutes here and there. It's definitely been a huge change and something I'm still not completely adjusted to.

I think this is the first week that you can actually see a little bump in the picture...very little at that, but there...and Todd and I were also kind of entertained earlier at the fact that parts of my belly are a little firm...not entirely, but definitely not the mush it was a few months ago! Hopefully that means that the physical changes will be coming soon so I can start associating all these internal changes with something I can see in the mirror!

2nd prenatal appt is on Monday so we'll have another update then!

9 weeks

Not much of a change here. It kills me when i take these pictures because people have to think i'm nuts when i'm saying i definitely feel like i have a little belly now...TOdd and I notice...but then i look at the pictures I take and NUTHIN. I know it's mostly cause of the tight pants and what not...but hopefully something will actually start to be noticeable so i dont feel like i'm losing my mind.

Nothing too exciting this week. Pretty crappy week at work and lots going on so the next two weeks are going to be pretty stressful, i'll just have to make sure i keep my head on straight and take one day at a time. We met up with April and Mike this week and told them the exciting news and discussed her wedding next June...2.5 weeks after our due date. That should be a fun little challenge. We also stopped by to see Grandma Seitz and tell her...Todd called/emailed the Ohio fam so pretty much where we stand all of Todd's family knows, most of our friends know, and NONE of my family knows. Its the flippin long distance that kills it. Just not something I want to share with them over the phone so i have to wait til we make our trip down to Maryland in a couple weeks (Nov 14th)...it cant come soon enough!