More Squirmy Peanut Than Monkey

So even though it was supposed to be another week until my first ultrasound, I got a call on Wednesday from the doctor's office asking me if I could come in today and of course, I did. The hubby and I arrived only slightly early for our 10 o'clock appointment and it was all very, very, very informative. Too informative? Maybe. I'm not sure that I remember half of what the nurse/doctor said. I'm glad that I wasn't alone for the visit. Although it was completely unobtrusive, I don't think that my brain could process everything that happened today, so it's good to have a back up copy!





The doctor (who recently skied off a cliff in Whistler and was so sadly broken in a number of places) talked to us for a while and then cracked out the goo and showed us our baby. It was clear and easy to see, but looked more like a squirmy peanut than a little monkey -- maybe it's because I couldn't stop giggling, but that thing sure was moving around a lot!



In any case, it's nice to finally have some tangible proof of life. We saw the picture, we heard the heartbeat and was it ever cool! I'm looking forward already to the next time we get to see the baby. Sadly (or not) even though I've been pregnant for over 11 weeks, there's just no real evidence that I'm not the only occupant of this vessel, so it was nice to get to spend some time actually looking at the baby.





And I think that the rest of the family is starting to get excited too. My mother has been relentlessly cleaning my house for the past two days and calling to check in on me more than she did when I was a stupid teenager (and she checked in on me A LOT). My father-in-law came by yesterday with two baby name books, which I thought was very thoughtful. It's strange, with the Internet so readily available, how nice it is to actually pick up and read through a book.

With all of this stuff going on I must admit, it is very difficult to remain focused on my school work. With things drawing to an end at work I can't afford to dawdle any longer...so I guess I'm off!

Truely A Monkey In Progress

So it has obviously been an embarrassingly long time since I've posted and mostly it's because it feels like things have been happening at such a break-neck speed lately that I just haven't had time to absorb it all, much less write about it.



Yes, there have been many, many run-ins with The Harpy, none of which I'm going to bother writing about since they're all passed now and because I feel that I need to record much more important news than random bitchings about her.



My husband and I are expecting our own little monkey this winter. I am approximately 10 weeks pregnant and am feeling, well, not that great. However, we are very happy about our new addition as we had been working on it for about 4 or 5 months and I was starting to get to the point where I was wondering if there might be something to worry about, but no. So far so good. Got my first obstetrician appointment in two weeks and I'm looking forward to it. Not only will it help to make the whole thing a little more real (not that the nausea and other side effects haven't done that) but it will also mark the almost end of the school year and so I should start my second trimester on vacation! So lovely!




Anyway, I won't blather on any longer, but thought I should probably make mention of our new monkey in progress before it, say, arrived. While I have been woefully neglectful of my blog, I suspect that it will be much easier to find the time to write once summer begins, and so until then...