We went for our November doctor's appointment on Tuesday. Ricky got off work for the appointment. We got to hear the heartbeat, very cool! The baby's heartbeat is 148, so we'll see what that means. I haven't gained any weight since my last visit, my doctor said that's normal. She said I'll be gaining about 20-25 pounds throughout the entire pregnancy. I'm sure with the holidays and parties coming up, I'll start gaining in no time. :) I'm not sick any more, just get tired more quickly and find myself hungry all the time. Guess I'd better get use to it. I did get my flu shot while I was there, fun times. And I had blood drawn to be tested for Downs Syndrome and two others I don't remember. We'll get those results in a week.
Granny and Mom came up a few weeks ago while I was unemployed and we went shopping at Kohl's and we got the baby some non-gender outfits. We had to keep counting the months to see how old the baby will be around the fall time and summer months. We were trying to buy near the right size for long sleeve and short sleeve.
I'm looking forward to feeling the baby move and kick. I know it does since I saw it on the first unofficial ultrasound.
At our December appointment we'll get to find out whether we get to name our baby Eva Caroline or Daniel Benjamin. My great aunt was Eva and Caroline is a form of both our mother's names, Carol. Daniel is Ricky's brother's middle name and Benjamin is my brother's first name, but he goes by his middle name, Chase. It will definitely be easier to buy stuff for the nursery and buying adorable outfits.
I can't believe I'll be 4 months along during Thanksgiving week! Time has really flown by. We just calculated that in 2 1/2 weeks we'll be half way to meeting the little one!
I did find a great job. It's a brand new company only about 3 or 4 weeks old. It's called Foxwood Sports and is going to be doing exactly the same thing as AWA was doing. I really like the guys I work with. We don't have titles so it's more of a laid back environment and we all have a say in things and can lay our ideas on the table. I'm currently the graphic designer and have already designed a logo, mock posters and schedule cards and magnets, a fax cover letter, letterhead, an information sheet for athletic directors, a price sheet for clients of the ad sizes and cost. We have a few schools that are close to signing up with us. So when they do then I'll be put to work and soon be designing posters. I'm excited to get into the creative mode again.
I would post pictures, but both of our digital cameras are "sick" and we're trying to get them fixed or shopping for a new and better one. We hope to get one soon so we can take "Beer Belly" shots soon when I start showing. It's kind of hard for me to tell if my "gut" is mostly me or some of the baby. I'm guessing it's mostly me. :)
We'll keep you updated! Love you all!
