It's a.... PEACH!

I am now 13 weeks pregnant - meaning I'm now officially into my 2nd Trimester! And Baby is now the size of a peach!

Jonathan and I went to my doctor's appointment on Monday.  I absolutely love that he is able to be there for me all along the way - we just schedule my visits for in the afternoon and then he takes off work a little early that day.  We are very blessed that he has the ability to do this! Once we got into the exam room, the doctor pulled out a funny little machine (I was desperately hoping she wasn't going to do an pelvic exam with that thing).  Much to our surprise she had me lay back and placed the handle of the machine on my belly.  She moved it around for a few seconds and found the heartbeat!!!! It was the most amazing sound!  Both Jonathan and I just stared at each other, listening to our baby's strong heartbeat, with big goofy grins on our faces.  I wish we'd had a video camera to capture that moment - I've been looking online for a good deal ever since!

My heart was so full of joy leaving that appointment.  I will always remember the moment when we heard our baby's heartbeat for the first time!  Of course, being the loving husband he is, Jonathan took me out for frozen yogurt after we left. 

Pomegranate yogurt with fresh blackberries from Red Mango!

In a short seven weeks I will be having the sonogram that will determine whether we're having a boy or a girl! Once we know the baby's gender, I think I'm going to throw a party in Baby's honor for our immediate families.  It's time to start celebrating this little peach's life!

Good-bye First Trimester!

It's been almost a month since my last post!

On June 27, Jonathan accompanied me to my first doctor appointment.  We both really liked my doctor and I'm so happy I was referred to her!  We set up an appointment for a couple of days later to have my first ultrasound.  It was so exciting to be able to see our baby on the screen.  Baby even did a flip! It was amazing and we were so grateful to be able to get a print out of our little one to take home.  This picture was taken at 9 weeks - Baby is about an inch long at this point!

The 4th of July was a super busy weekend for the Baileys - we played Mud Volleyball in Hannibal Friday night and Saturday.  It was so much fun and we definitely plan on playing again next year with Alexis and Joe.

On Sunday we drove to Quincy for the Holtschlag family reunion, then drove to Ewing to hang out with my family at the farm, and then finally made the 2 hour drive home that night.  Sadly we did not make it to even one fireworks show this year but we made up for it by watching Macy's show on TV... we were just too pooped to leave the house!

Jonathan spent last week in New Orleans and I cried like a baby having to be home for a night without him.  Can you say hormones???

For the most part, I've been feeling great lately! Although I've lost a couple of pounds according to the scale, my pants seem to be fitting a little more snug this week than they did last week.  I'm 12 weeks pregnant, so next week I will officially be in my 2nd Trimester... WOOHOO! After my doctors appointment next Monday I just might be ready to announce it to the world that I'm pregnant.  It's not that I've been hiding the fact or telling people not to tell... I just haven't been really forthcoming about my pregnancy for some reason.  I think maybe that fear of losing the baby made me keep my lips pretty much zipped - BUT everything I've read said you're basically in the clear of having a miscarriage once you reach 12 weeks so I'm getting very excited.  Another good thing about the 2nd Trimester is that I'm supposed to be regaining my energy again!  The last couple of months have been draining so I'm so happy to know more energy is on the horizon.

CRAVINGS:
McDonalds Cheeseburger - this one is weird for me. I haven't had a McDonalds Cheeseburger since I was probably 10 years old and in the past I've always hated McDonalds sandwiches (except for the "McChicken with only tartar sauce and lettuce" - what I loved to eat in college after a night of drinking).  I've only let myself have one cheeseburger so far, and immediately swore off fast food for the next two weeks because of it haha although I just can't stop thinking about how good they are...
Tomatoes - I've always loved them, but I literally can not get enough these days.  I go through a container of cherry tomatoes every week while I'm at work and then I go through 6-8 sliced tomatoes every week while I'm at home.  I read up on it, and apparently it's pretty common to crave tomatoes during pregnancy! The only draw-back is that my mouth hurts a little bit from all of the acid.