Brandon The Fish!!!

So I am going to try the video download thing. This is Brandon taking his swimming test at swimming lessons. I can't believe he is doing it all by himself!!

It is time......

As much as I hate to admit it......I need to brake out the maternity clothes already! I can hardly believe it. I have just grown so fast this time. I was expecting to get big faster but this is ridiculous! Oh well, I have decided to not worry about it and just be comfortable. I am sure I will be much happier now that I have decided to wear them. I just don't think I am ready! I mean I didn't have to wear them until almost 6 months last time, and we aren't even to 3 months this time. I like to round up and say 3 so it doesn't sound so bad. But really I am sitting pretty at almost 10 weeks. It is crazy that it could be that much different! I guess I can't expect everything to be the same as the last time I was "with child".

More Detail!

So I decided that I would tell you all the story of how we found out we were going to be bringing another wonderful child to the world.
Well, I had been working with my doctor for about a year trying to get my body back to normal and he had me taking glucophage, well that didn't work so we decided on February 11th to start taking the fertility drug Clomid. Well, I took those for the 5 days I was supposed to and then I went in again to my docotor on March 3rd to get an ultrasound to see if the Clomid had "done its thing" in my doctors words. Well, he came to the conlusion that it hadn't worked and we needed to double the dosage. So here I was waiting until March 25th to take a pregnancy test which we had all figured would be negative, but I took one anyway. And as we all thought it said negative. On to the next month, so here I was taking Provera to help move things along, since my body doesn't like to do that on its own. For 2 weeks I waited and waited and waited. Meantime getting very frustrated at the whole situation just wanting to get started on the Clomid and see if it was going "to do its thing" this month. At the end of 2 weeks I called my doctors office and asked what I was supposed to do now. He informed me that he wanted me to go home and take another pregnancy test and if it was negative then I was to take the Provera for 10 days instead of the normal 5 and things should get moving by then. So I came home that night and really didn't want to go get more tests I had seen enough negatives in my time and really didn't want to see anymore. But I went and got a 2 pack figuring that I would need the other one at the end of 35 days anyway. So I came home and took the test and low and behold it said POSITIVE!! Well, Andy was wondering what was taking me so long and so he came into the bathroom and saw the look of suprise on my face and took a gander himself. He soon had the same look I did on his face.It was at that moment that I decided to let all of my emotions out and didn't want to look again for fear it might have changed. But it didn't!! So just to make sure I decided to take the other one the next morning and sure enough it came out POSITIVE too! I called my doctor and informed him of the news and here we are. So that is a little story of the second most exciting day in my life. Of course getting a yes with Brandon would be my first! This one was definetly more "unbelieveable".

We Did It!

For those of you who may not know yet.......We are proud to announce that we are going to be having another baby after 2 1/2 years of tears and frustration. We found out just over 3 weeks ago and have not been able to keep it a secret. I had my first appointment last friday (25th) and everything looks great! The baby had a very strong heartbeat and looked good. We are so excited! So my due date was moved back to December 13th. We had originally thought it would be Thanksgiving but not anymore. So that puts me at 8 weeks! I must say, this pregnancy has already been different from the first. I wasn't very sick with Brandon but this time around I feel a little nauseated in the mornings and sometimes in the evenings, nothing too bad though. So we will see how that goes.
Brandon is way excited too! We decided to tell him last weekend and we showed him the pictures of the ultrasound and explained to him that mommy has a baby in her tummy. He asked us how it was going to get out......OH out of the mouth of a 4 year old! We told him we go to the hospital and the doctor takes it out. He seemed satisfied with that answer. He was so excited that he carried around the pictures and told everyone that it was his brother or sister. He hasn't said much since then but when he sees the picture he remembers. He also informed everyone that it wasn't going to be here until Christmas because "it has to grow big like me" I sure hope "it" doesn't grow that big by Christmas. :) I hope he stays that excited as it grows closer. He has been an only child for a while now. So I will keep you all informed as to the goings on. But the next few appointments won't be that exciting, just listen to the heartbeat and that is about it. But I am sure I will have something to say as the weeks go on....afterall....there are a lot left.