The decorating begins...

Today we hauled out all the Christmas boxes and began the process. Eric and I share in the tree duties as he likes the branches to look a certain way. Really, it is a good partnership. It was fun to decorate realizing that next year on decorating day life would look much different with 6month old around.

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Turkey Day

We spent Turkey Day at Stacie, Ali, and Landon's house. I was really just starting to get over the constant nausea so eating was a bit on the lighter side for me. But, as always Eric participated in the eating festivities with passion.
I did have one odd event occurred that involved ham. You see I don't actually like ham and the idea of honey baked ham usually makes me cringe. But, as all the food was being prepared I began to smell a scent that was so yummy! It didn't take me long to realize that the smell that was inticing me was HONEY BAKED HAM!!! I was shocked. But, not shocked enough to taste it. :)
We spent the night at their house and woke early to get some shopping in.

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Week 14 arrives

We had a basic baby doctor's appointment today. We heard the results of the baby's first ultrasound which were all positive. Heartbeat 140. I like going to the doctor's office so I can indulge in reading all the "pregnancy" magazines out there.

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We go public!

Now that we had seen the baby through the ultrasound we felt confident about going public with the baby news. Despite my nausea I had managed to keep the news from my co-workers. I revealed to my staff first by showing them the ultrasound pictures of my "new friend" and then made the announcement to the whole staff in our large Tuesday morning staff meeting. It was fun to have people be truly shocked. They couldn't believe I had kept the secret for 12 weeks.
Eric also got the joy of calling family and friends to let them know. What fun it was to have the news out of the bag!

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Your first photo shoot!

There were so many emotions on this day. It was probably the greatest combination of excitement and nerves I have felt. We arrived at the doctor's office a bit early. They had told me to come with a full bladder so of course I followed their instructions to a tee. When we arrived I felt as if I was going to burst. But, there we sat in the waiting room....waiting, waiting, and more waiting. I didn't think I was going to make it.
Finally, they called our name. YEAH! The nurses first comments were "my you have a full bladder." I was like "well, you told me to!"
The first images were just incredible. It almost takes your breath away. The ultrasound reader said it was a "beautiful" baby! That makes you smile. The baby was perfectly still and was extremely cooperative. The nurse declared it had to be a boy because girls prove difficult from the start. Once they got all the measurements they needed they switched to 3-d images which were AMAZING. You could really see the little person. Eric and I just wept. We truly could have stood there all day watching the baby.

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