Thumbs Up Mom & Dad!

In this first ultrasound the baby's head is on the left side, you can see its big belly and the feet are on the right hand side!!! The baby is posing picture perfect!

The 2nd picture is looking down onto the baby's head on the right hand side, on the left hand side, the baby is literally giving a thumbs up sign! The baby is saying "Everything's ok in here mom and dad!!!"

The doctor put two ultrasounds side by side in amazement....In the ultrasound on the right hand side, the baby is making fun of me! I was watching the whole thing with my head propped up by my hand and my elbow up in the air....on the right hand side ultrasound, we literally watched the baby put its hand behind its head and prop itself up----what a little bugger!!! The doctor was amazed!

I don't want to be one of those moms that thinks there baby is the best in the world, but come on, the kid is giving a thumbs up sign!!! It definitely has a personality already; a combination of Sean and I. I know both sets of grandparents are laughing because we were both handfuls when we were little....this little one knows exactly what's going on! When I am talking about the baby, the baby tends to kick to remind me its right there with me....when I put my computer on my belly two weeks ago the baby made it known it doesn't like hot radiation on its head! And the baby's favorite food seems to be beef as it drains all the iron out of my body! This baby is a character but I would expect nothing less! I accidently found out the sex of the baby at this appointment so I am leaving that out because Sean would like to be surprised....for those that know what the baby is please don't comment on the sex on this blog just in case he reads it...I know that snooping Sean is going to try to figure out like a little kid on xmas eve but I doing my best not to spill the beans!!!!

Future Soccer Player at Iron Mountain

He/She is def. going to be a soccer player! The baby knows that something is going on...I haven't been exercising like I use to or for that matter at all so my days have been short covered with exhaustion and going to bed early. I decided this weekend that things would change and I would allow myself to have the easiest delivery of all if I picked back up and started exercising. I considered it a favor to myself and only the best for the baby!

I had veered away from my workouts being discouraged from the Olympic Trials but decided that was an excuse that had runnout by November 1st. So I rolled out of bed on Sunday, consumed some fantastic fruit and headed out toward my big literal obstacle~ Iron Mountain. Iron Mountain was something I couldn't even do when I was in shape! So conqueoring this would be a fanstasical start to getting back into the swing of things. It just so happened this was the one day a year it rains in San Diego! Lucky for me, since otherwise the tempature and feel of the mountain would resemble a desert since we happened to live in the desert and I would often forget. It would just be silly to do it on a normal day. Today, temps were cool with a cool mist- perfect!

I set out and at first didn't think I was going to make it. The first part of the hike was strictly uphill and exhausting on me since my normal oxgyen is reduced and shared with the little guy. Halfway through, I smiled as I passed a bunch of boy scouts! heeheehee! I reached the top and sat down with a Nutri Grain bar, a big bottle of water and a journal I've been writing in to give to our baby when they turn 18. I shared all of my hopes and happiness overlooking beautiful San Diego and then headed back down to complete my 6 mile hike for the day!

We reached the bottom just in time for the rain to start coming down and for me to hit the living room and curl up and rest from the exercise. I felt energized and ready to attack the week. And the baby, well.....she/he was fluttering all over the place- so she/he loved it!

I woke up, rolled out of bed on a gloomy Monday morning to do it all over again and hit the weight room, just baby and I hanging out and gettin' in shape. I took it much slower than the training in my past but enjoyed every second of it. I know baby had to as well!

Ok the baby's first picture-is finally scanned and uploaded! I think the baby looks more like me at this point but I'm sure will take on Sean's features soon! If you're confused, the baby's head is to the right! My next doctor's appointment is in 8 days so all the girls over here are counting down! More Soon!

The First Time on TV!

So today was my first appointment at the doctor's! I met Dr. Eastman who was very nice, but stern, a little East Coastish but won me over when she told me I could eat sushi! She made very logical sense when concluding that Asian women do not stop eating fish and Greek and Italian women do not limit themselves on feta and certain types of cheeses!

We first listened to the heartbeat. Kristie, one of my best friends, came along for support. As soon as we heard it we just looked at each other in astonishment! The heart was beating at 160 beat per minute! Doc said it was normal. Then baby made the first TV appearance of his/her career!

We saw the little tyke on the ultrasound TV and he/she wasn't shy. I started laughing, my nervous way of crying, and with each laugh the baby moved in delight! We saw its head, arms, legs and body, mainly its skeleton! The doc said everything looked normal, the length, measurements, head, spine was great, and the abs. That was a big relief. When poking around at different angles, baby did not like that and turned its back on us!!! Can you believe it- only 15 weeks old and sporting a 'tude! That sounds like Sean and Beth's kid!

Baby turned back around for us, and gave us one last wink. I got to see the heart beating and it seemed like a small miracle---I don't know how anyone actually thinks at one time this was never a life form. My hear melted seeing its heart beat....I raced off to Trader Joe's and bought some organic vegetable and chicken and cooked up a healthily meal for baby and me. There was no longer a need or desire for fast food or gross packaged food- I was back to my training days for the Olympics- although this time something much better was at the end of the training....

Baby Marks!