Introducing....

Hope that works!!!

I dont havwe too much to share.... well, thats not true. I have plenty to share, only Im far too tired to tell it all to you, so Ill make this quick and short.....

Went to the dr yesterday. This little lady ismeasuring right on for her age. She weighed in at 11 oz and her heart rate was 144 bpm. She wasnt cooperating to get good ultrasound pics. She already doesnt listen!!!

2 nights ago I was rubbing belly butter on my tummy and felt this lump on my right side. I poked it and it went away. I rubbed more on it reappeared! The u/s tech agreed it was probably her foot. My little stretcher!!!

Im feeling some weird things in there... prettu sure its her. :)

And the biggest news of all..... her name.....

Love it, right?!?!?!?!

Indeed.

Big Day!!!

First off.... We made it to 18 weeks today!!! YAY NEMO!!!!!!!

So... its been an eventful day.

Last night when I got home from work I was STARVING and ready to eat my steering wheel if I didnt get out of my car soon. I came in, turned on the stove with a pot of water and went in the bedroom to watch The Biggest Loser while I waited for it to boil.

After about 10 min I smelled something weird. I went to the kitchen and the whole house was filled with smoke. FILLED. I accidently turned on the wrong burner and instead of boiling water I burnt oil in a pan. As I ran outside to breathe, Joe took the pan outside to dump the hot oil. I started to walk back inside and slipped on some oil that spilled on the floor.

I woke up today with an ache on my left side so I talked to my drs office and they wanted me to go to the hospital and get an ultrasound.

We went in and first off, that freaking hospital is FAR from our house. Im not really looking forward to the long ass drive when Im screaming in pain. The hospital is gorgeous!! It feels very "homey" and the people (except for the ultrasound tech who basically ignored me) were SUPER nice and helpful. Plus I love how they pamper the new moms there :)

So the actual ultrasound was good. I heard if you drank a little bit of juice that it gets the baby more active. BOY was that right! This little one was going crazy in there and wouldnt stay still long at all. I was glad everything looked good.

At the end we asked to find out if it was a boy or a girl.

OK.... Ive been feeling like this was a boy for the longest time. Everyone was expecting a boy, including me. We had the perfect name picked out and everything.

Well, way to throw us for a loop. This is what we saw....

This is the little booty and legs from the bottom view. Imagine if the baby was sitting on a table. This is the tables view.

Its a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

No doubt there, nothing hanging out between the legs!!!!

Im so excited. Ive wanted a little girl ever since I was little. Dont get me wrong, I wanted a little boy, too. But a little girl has always been my dream. And my Mom and I were always so close.... I want that with my little girl. And now I have her!!!!

My precious daughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im on cloud 9. My little girl is perfect and we'll get to see her again on Nov 10. Im blessed. She has made my day life so much better from here on out.

I cant wait to meet her!!!

Moody Mary

Ok, Im not holding anything back in this blog, and Im gonna be blunt. Be prepared.

So... Im pregnant, right? Therefore I feel like it should be understood if Im a little moody every now and then. Right? I mean, if you were growing a person, not getting any good sleep and was constantly crampy and constipated- Id understand if you werent chipper 24/7/365 too. Id cut you some slack because, hey- its not easy.

So heres my point: I get moody. And I may get hormonal. And I may take things personally and get my feelings hurt easily... but YOU should understand and cut me some slack, too. Dont expect me to take your attitude or snide comments and be happy about them. It doesnt take much these days to upset me, but that should be expected.

I dont think I deserve "special treatment", but dont be surprised if I get mad or upset or hurt by some crazy crap that flies out of your mouth.

Oh- and heres a tip: Never, ever, EVER tell me Im being hormonal. That will only piss me off.

Kapiche?

Big Things!

So, Im gonna make this short. After eating a plate of chili nachos with jalepenos (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) this heartburn is CRAZY bad.And I feel horrible. SO- real quick.....

I felt baby Nemo dancing tonight at the Saffire show!!!! I felt it in the lower left side of my belly- the same place they picked up the heartbeat at todays dr appt.

Ill go on more about the appt later, but just wanted to say the big ultrasound where we find out the gender and get to see all the organs and stuff is scheduled for November 10. YAY!!!!

We decided we'll tell everyone what were having but keep the names a sexret, so dont think Im gonna tell you!!!!!!!! ;)

Anyway, just wanted to say I felt Nemo rocking out and the big u/s is scheduled.

YAY!!

Guess baby Nemos Stats!!!!

I remember doing this for some of my friends when they had thier babys. Please go do a guess for Beby Nemo. It is GREATLY appreciated!!!! You dont need to register or anything, just go to the page and enter your guess!!!

Thanks everyone!!!

Oh!

I also signed up for 2 classes already!!!

Theres a 2 week Laor and Birth class and a breastfeeding class.im so excited andcant wait to learn all of the important things. Probably most of all Im excited to get a tour of the hospital.

Holy cow Im 16 weeks now. 4 months... REALLY?!?

When did that happen?!?

I spoke too soon...

I ended up with another day of HORRIBLE sickness this week. I knew it was too good to be true!!! I guess some just have to work harder at this pregnancy thing, huh??

Everything else seems to be good in the Reuter/March household. We move in 2 weeks!!! YAY!! I like it here, but its time for a change. I want to start over fresh in a place of our own, one that feels like my place and thats fresh and clean. I dont know, Im overly excited. :)

Im SOOO excited for Christmas this year!!! Im listening to Christmad=s music in my car already!!! Macey and I were singing Feliz Navidad in the car on the way home tonight. I think... THINK... she might have the words down pat. I love that song!

Im also feeling very homesick.... for my family in PA and my Indiana family in Kendallville. If they only knew how much I missed them and thought of them. I wish they were here with me thru all of this. ANYONE. It sucks to feel so loved and everything but still feel like Im going this alone.

My emotions are DEFINATLY getting the best of me tonight. I better stop here and get my ass to bed.

I didnt get sick today! YAY!