1st meeting with the doctor

Bright and early this morning ( 8am on a Saturday to be exact :) lol) Bren and I went in for our first meeting with Dr. Bowden who will be taking care of me during my whole pregnancy. She is a very interesting Lady, but super nice. The appointment lasted 2.5 hours. We had to give the nurse Melissa all our family medical history and we had to answer what seemed like a million questions about ourselves. After all the talking the fun began..... NOT! They drew about 5 vials of blood to test and I had to have a pelvic exam. It wasn't the most fun Saturday morning I have ever had, but it was great to learn that so far at 5weeks and 6 days everything looks perfect! We just need to wait for the blood tests to all come back and then I will be getting a call to go over the results. My next appointment is going to be in a little less then 2 weeks, I am going to have my first ultrasound!! Bren and I are so excited. I have still been having some cramping so we want to make sure the baby is in a good spot in the uterus before we tell everyone the great news of my pregnancy.

Peanuts 1st soccer ball

Tonight we went out to my parents house and Bren cooked us yummmmy steak for dinner. I always love spending time with my mom and dad. My parents had a cute baby bag waiting for Bren and I, it was the first gift we have received for our little peanut. It is the cutest ever baby's 1st soccer ball, its soft and has a rattle inside it. We love it!!! Boy or girl, we pray our child will play soccer =) If we have a boy, he better be good with a name like Beckham Spencer. lol

Take one day at a time....

Today was a hard day... I know I will have my good days and my bad days and today was not a good one. =( I had cramps all day today at work and when I got home I realized I was spotting. Of course the tears started flowing... It really makes me question faith. I don't understand why God took my bestfriend and I won't understand if I miscarry either, I am just going to keep praying that everything is ok. I pray Tara is protecting my little baby and making sure everything is ok inside my belly. I have a doctors appointment this Saturday. I will probably be a wreck until I find out everything is normal. Tonight was also our first night attending a church small group called starting points. I think it will help to tell others what I am going through, but tonight it was hard. Maybe next week I will be able to share more. I know I need to focus on just taking one day at a time.

Mommy's Belly.... oh and Daddy's too!

What better to do on a Tuesday night then to take pictures of mommy's belly? Of course we need the infamous before belly shots;) I figured I would mix it up a little and get a shot of daddy's belly too. When my mom was preganant with me 24 years ago my dad gained lots of weight because my mom would crave random junk food and then not eat it, my dad didn't want it to go to waste so he had no choice but to eat it. lol :) I guess we will see how my pregnancy cravings play out.... and we will keep an eye on daddy's belly too. Below are belly photos at 5 weeks and 2 days.

Teenie Tiny Heart

My sister got me the most wonderful wedding gift ever! A pregnancy journal =) Even though we weren't preganant yet, my sister was sending positive baby vibes our way! I love love love the journal, everyday I get to read how my baby is changing in my belly. Before I left for work this morning I read todays blurg in my pregnany journal just like I have done every single morning since the day I found out we were expecting. Today is week 5 day 2 and guess what happened today according to the journal?! My little babies heart started to beat, maybe I should also tell you that right now my baby is only a little bigger than a seasame seed within a grape sized amniotic sac. How amazing is that? That such a teenie tiny heart has already began to beat inside our little peanut.

Tara Ann Tuchon

If we have a baby girl her name will be Lolanna Tara Noelle.

In memory of Tara Ann Tuchon. She was the most wonderful best friend. This world will not be the same without her in it.

I will ALWAYS love you Tara.

June 18th 1985-October 18th 2009

My 1st ever blog post =)

I am so excited to be starting this blog.... because I always said I would start a blog when I found out I was pregnant =) I took the POSITIVE pregnancy test on October 20th, just two days after my best friend of 10 years Tara Tuchon was killed in a motorcycle accident. It was a complete mixture of happiness and sadness when I saw the plus sign appear. I cried and cried some more. I wanted to call Tara... but I couldn't. I know she was the 1st to know anyways because she could look down from heaven. My sister was the 1st person I called to tell, she was so excited! I wanted to tell my husband and parents in a more "special" way. For my husband I went out and bought him a new book for a daddy to be, I put it in a gift bag and gave it to him when he got home from hunting. He bawled, he was so so so so happy. He kissed my belly and hugged me forever! Brendan was dying to tell someone the news so he went on Skype and told my brother Spencer, he is super excited to be an uncle. I bought my parents 5 little baby books and put them in a gift bag and my husband and I brought the bag out to my parents house and told them we had a present for them. They are so excited to be Papa and Mima or Mema (My mom is too young to be called grandma). It was a great day! We decided to hold off on telling Brendan's family the news or our friends. We plan on waiting until Thanksgiving to tell everyone so I will be a little further along. We are so ready to start this pregnancy adventure! Through all the tears I have cried for Tara the thought of the little baby that is growing in my belly gives me something to smile about =) I am due June 28th. 5 weeks and 1 day preganant today.