13 WEEKS!! Sorry this is so long, we all know I'm long winded.

So, sorry my posts are all late!! We have had a busy couple of weeks here. We all know how the Holidays are. Anyhow I have been hearing about it from everyone, so while here at work with some time on my hands, I decided to play catch up. =)

I have been feeling surprisingly well. I have been nauseous, but not all day. I am also only throwing up about every 3 days on average!  WOOHOO! Still plagued with heartburn and indigestion, but happy to be preggo! I am also able to eat more than just carbohydrates. Adding other things into my diet has been a very welcome change. =) I feel like I look a little pregnant now. At least from my perspective. Others may think I just have a gut, but it's a baby people.

So we had an appointment with Dr. Reiter my Perinatalogist on Monday November 23rd. IT WAS AMAZING!!!! Since I am here at work, I am unable to post pictures, but I will add them later. Baby has changed SO much!! From the moment the ultrasound started that baby was moving all over the place in there! I couldn't feel anything, sadly, but soon enough I know I will. ;) Baby looked like a baby and was moving all over!  The baby bent and kicked him(her)self in the head!  Dan and I were laughing so hard just watching. At one point I laughed so much I knocked the Ultrasound scanner right off my belly. I apologized and tried to calm down.

Dan and I were really REALLY hoping that we would be able to find out the sex of the baby. Jessica had found out days earlier that she and John would be expecting a bouncing baby boy! Since she had found out so early we had really high hopes that we would be able to find out as well. So during the ultrasound Dan and I were glued to the ultrasound monitor looking for any "clues". I could have sworn I saw what the baby was, and come to find out later Dan felt the same way. At the end of the ultrasound Dr. Reiter froze the screen on a picture that looked like the baby was sitting on top of a zerox copier. Now, mind you, there are multiple screens throughout the room displaying the ultrasound. So Dan and I were literally surrounded by this image. Dr. Reiter was talking to me about hyperthyroidism, my medications, etc, etc. He was ignoring the picture that Dan and I were just STARING at the entire time he was talking. I remember thinking, "Ok, ok, Is that what I think it is?? Tell me, JUST TELL ME!!!!!" Finally, like he does this everyday ;) he casually stops and says point blank, "gender?" Dan and I answered YES immediately, he shrugged his shoulders and said "boy".  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOY! BOY! BOY! BOY! BOY! BOY! BOY! BOY! BOY! BOY!

I could write it a thousand times and that would not capture how excited Dan and I were at that moment! I would have been thrilled regardless, but  A BABY BOY! wOoT! Dan and I both guessed that it was a boy, we could see his little Christmas package during the ultrasound. This boy was not shy. He was spread eagle for the world to see. We have a picture of it, but Dan is not so sure he wants the world wide web seeing his son's package. :) So you may not get to view that one. WE ARE ECSTATIC! We couldn't wait to share with family and friends. So a few people got some calls, we waited til we were in Michigan to tell my parents. We wanted to share that in person, since we had to share all of our previous news over the phone.

So there it is, it was a big day for us. The baby looks great and is measuring well! We are still measuring a few days behind, but the Dr. said this early it really doesn't matter. My blood results were back as well. Praise the Lord, my TSI was normal, which is what we wanted. That means that TSI isn't circulating around in the baby's blood, causing his Thyoid levels to be all out of whack. My Thyroid levels have also dropped, but haven't completely gone back to normal. The biggest thing right now is my heartrate. Once that gets back to normal I will be able to stop taking the betablocker. This would be great to happen now because this medication is the one that can cause the baby to grow slower and be smaller than normal. So please be praying that my heartrate slows down and becomes normal. Thank you for all of your prayers thus far! God is faithful!

Dr. Reiter told us the same thing that Jess got, we know it's a boy, but wait til your big scan to start buying baby boy things. This is no easy task my friends. Everytime we go anywhere baby, I am always perusing the aisles.  Dan is very good at holding back, so we still do not own anything blue.  Although I also know a certain momo has been out shopping already...

After our appointment, we had dinner.  Most of which was spent talking about the baby together and with others via phone or text. It was a great day. I went to work that night elated. The very next morning Dan picked me up and we started our journey to Michigan to spend Thanksgiving with the family.

This is best I could do! It's really hard to capture a great picture of the Ultrasound pictures. But here's our baby boy! He's much bigger than last time! Can't wait for our next scan!