12 1/2 Weeks

I had my blood drawn today to check my Thyroid levels as well as my TSI. Please be praying that my Thyroid levels are lower and that I do not have TSI in my blood. I will not get the results for a couple of days, but I will update when I do. Dr. Krishna increased my BetaBlocker today since I am still tachycardic. Instead of 10mg, I am now taking 20mg. I am hoping that my Thyroid levels are lower so that he doesn't have to increase my Thyroid drug as well. Once my Thyroid is in check, I won't even have to take the BetaBlocker anymore. So that's the goal. =)

My Perinatalogist appointment is this coming Monday! I am so excited! I am pretty sure he is going to do an ultrasound. But as I already told Jess, if he doesn't plan on it, I will insist until one is done! I am so excited to see how much this little one has grown!

So I have had some new symptoms the past couple of days. I have had some cramping in my belly/uterus that felt like muscle cramping, or like I had pulled a muscle. Since I am the google queen, I googled to see what it could be. The best results said uterine stretching and or round ligament pain. Making room for baby!  Although it is early, I felt some fluttering a couple of days ago while sitting on the couch with Dan. It was very brief, but I felt it! I am hoping that was the baby, but who knows it could have been gas.

We are gearing up for Thanksgiving! We are very excited to be able to go home to Michigan and visit our family. It is coming up so soon. We are still decorating the outside for Christmas, but I wanted you all to see the progress thus far. So here are the pictures as promised.

Our beautiful Christmas tree! The same one Dan and Jess used as kids. Dan will not even talk about getting a new Christmas tree. It's just not Christmas without this one I guess.

Our Christmas puppies in front of the tree. =)

The outside so far! There's a lot more to do, we will definitely post another picture when it is done.

I gave in and took some belly shots. We had many MANY takes. I pretty much hate every single one. I have most of them saved on my computer, I will not post all of them. I will only post one that is half way decent, BUT AS I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THERE'S NOT MUCH TO SEE. Maybe once the baby is showing more, I'll be brave enough to post some of the others. But this is it for now.

Unfortunately, you couldn't see very much of this baby from the side, so the next day we decided to take pics from some different angles. We got some more accurate representations!  So this is the belly straight on. Looks WAY bigger to me! AND I'm a little wider. : /

This is the belly from my perspective.  Dan was quick to point out that you can't see my feet. :P

YAY BABY BELLY!!!