Some 1st Purchases & Good Deals!

Doug and I decided to head out Saturday morning to check out some garage sales in search of some possible baby stuff. After the first 2 sales were total duds, I was ready to give up when Doug said let's try one more. We lucked out finding a street in a new neighbourhood with a bunch of young families with toddlers. There was more than one house selling great baby things in excellent condition. It was hard not to go overboard not knowning what we'll need/want, but I think we ended up finding some great stuff for a great deal.

For $40 we ended up with:

a Graco Swing

a Sesame Street Beginnings Bouncer

a Fisher Price Linkadoos Bouncer/Rocker

a Fisher Price Aquarium

a LeapFrog activity structure

a LeapFrog farm magnet puzzle

a Playskool xylophone

a musical book & some stuffies

No Spiking!

By far my favorite activity is Volleyball. I've been playing in a weekly Rec league with the same friends since the first year that we moved here. So naturally I was keen to continue playing with this fall's volleyball season. I've been feeling great and I figure it's pretty low risk as it is a Rec league! I don't plan to dive for the ball or anything, to which my teammates responded, "Well it's not like you did much of that before anyways"!! Hahaha

Doug is not so happy about my decision to play;) Thinks I should be taking it easy. He has been so wonderful throughout so far and always looking out for me. After my first game this past Thursday I came home and was telling Doug about this awesome spike I had, and how it pulled on my stomach skin. His reaction was priceless. "Spiking! No spiking! You are not to be spiking the ball."

I also mentioned I get the same stretching feeling when I sneeze and I do a lot more of that than spiking :)

For now I'm going to give it a go. Told my team that I'd have to see how it goes, and I might have to quit as soon as it gets uncomfortable or if I start to question whether it is the best thing for the baby.

The team is going to start a pool to guess on which date my stomach will reach the same size as the volleyball! Anyone want to enter??!

First Photo - 15 weeks

Well we figured it was finally time for our first photo. There has definitely been some growth in my tummy and although my clothes all still fit fine, there isn't much hiding it anymore! I have had several comments from people at work mentioning that they have started to notice a change.

We'll take regular photos from now on to show the progression over the 40 weeks. Still feeling great and no real complaints...never any complaints!! We are so happy about having a baby, I could never complain ;)

POP goes the belly!

Thursday night I was complaining of not feeling well, that my tummy was aching a little and then sure enough by Friday morning I swear things had shifted and my belly grew! I'm still not 100% convinced it's not just all the "baby wants a screamer, or a frosty, or chocolate" catching up to me though!!

We did read that for week 14 "Chances are your uterus is too big to fit inside your pelvis now. Can you feel it above your pubic bone? It may feel like a smooth ball. Your uterus will continue to grow up into your abdomen. At this point in your pregnancy, you probably feel like you've lost your waist and gained some weight on your sides, hips and legs."

Pretty soon we'll be ready to post some pictures to document my transformation into a whale!

thump thump thump

This past Thursday we got to hear the baby's heartbeat while having my first real check-up with the doctor. It took a little while for her to find it, making me a bit nervous, but sure enough it came pounding through loud and clear. She counted it at about 144 beats per minute.

Once again the theories have started on whether that means it's a boy or a girl!

We're now in week 13 and happy to finally share the news with all our friends, family, and co-workers.

Waiting now for the tummy to start growing, and eagerly anticipating our 20 week ultrasound.