Been Awhile...

Since I last posted on here. Been kinda busy with work plus not a lot has happened recently.

I had my second prenatal visit on October 16th. Nothing exciting. I didn't get to meet with my doctor because she was across the way at the hospital delivering. I just met with the assistant and she did the basic stuff - pee in a cup (always fun!), blood pressure, weight and we listened to the heartbeat. Everything came back normal. The heartbeat was average around 158 bpm (beats per minute), which is normal. We will find out the sex of the baby in November, assuming the baby coooperates. I can't wait to find out.

Tomorrow I will be 17 weeks pregnant!!! I am starting to show a little in my work clothes, but not really in my lounging around clothes - t-shirts! This week has been pretty bad. I had three nights in a row where I didn't sleep well. I slept very well last night. Yeay!! You know you sleep well when you get your weird pregnancy dreams back! Apparently it is very common to have weird dreams while you are pregnant, and boy have I had my weird ones. I can't even begin to describe last nights dream..it involved my high school reunion, however, we weren't humans but creatures with supernatural powers...that is all I can remember right now. It was definetly strange.

Last weekend I got to meet Mike's boss and coworkers at a get together as his boss's house. Mike (and his non athletic abilities) decided to go throw a nerf football with his boss's son (around 12). I was laughing so hard. He was throwing sooooo bad. I decided to throw a few, granted I wasn't too much better, but all of his male coworkers said I was pretty good and actually threw better than Mike. They were giving him so a hard time. I hope the baby gets my athletic abilities :P

Officially One Year!!

Finally, I can post pictures. Yeay! In honor of our one year anniversary I have posted wedding pictures.

Week 14

This is what babycenter.com says....

How your baby's growing: Head to bottom, your baby's 3 1/2 inches long — about the length of a lemon — and weighs about 1 1/2 ounces. Her body's growing faster than her head, which now sits upon a more well-defined neck. By the end of this week, her arms will have lengthened and will be in proportion to the rest of her body. (Her legs still have some growing to do, though.) She's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair all over her body (called lanugo). Her liver starts secreting bile this week, a sign that it's already functioning properly, and her spleen starts contributing to the production of red blood cells. She's also producing and discharging urine into the amniotic fluid, a normal process that she'll keep up until birth. You still can't feel your baby's movements, but her hands and feet (which are now half an inch long) are more flexible and active. Thanks to brain impulses, her little facial muscles are getting a workout as she squints, frowns, and grimaces. She can grasp now, too, and she may be able to suck her thumb.

Note: Every baby develops a little differently — even in the womb. Our information is designed to give you a general idea of your baby's development.

How your life's changing:

As early discomforts (nausea, fatigue, breast tenderness) begin to fade, you may start to regain some energy and feel more comfortable with how your body's changing. (Although the top of your uterus is only a bit above your pelvic bone, that growth may be enough to push your tummy out a bit.) Starting to show is an exciting pregnancy milestone and it will likely give you and your partner the visible evidence of a baby that you've been waiting for. Take some time to plan, daydream, and enjoy this amazing time. It's normal to worry a bit now and then, but you can also breathe a little sigh of relief knowing that with the start of this trimester your risk of miscarriage has dropped significantly. Now try to focus on taking care of yourself and your baby and having faith that you're well equipped for what's ahead

One Year Wedding Anniversary!!!

We celebrated our first anniversary this past weekend (October 10th is the anniversary date). Mike had a few things lined up for us to do. First we started off at 3 Forks (www.3forks.com). Beautiful place excellent food and great service. I would defintely go there again!!




This is the dining room we ate in. This place was great!! Can you tell that I really enjoyed this place?!!










Next, we went to watch a musical "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", which was sooo funny. If it is coming to a town near you I would highly recommend watching this musical now. The actor that plays Steve Martin's character in the movie is excellent. He makes the show. Unfortunately, after this tour is over he is quitting Broadway. You must see this show.

I won't go into the details about the trouble we had parking for this musical. It was at the State Fair after the Texas/OU game..need I say more?!!

We had a good time. Afterwards, Mike asked how it felt to be married for a year. I responded, "Ask me in 3 days on our anniversary!!!" :)

Here are some wedding pictures. Just thought I would post them for the heck of it. Or not. Blogger is acting up right now while uploading pictures. I will have to try another post.

Second Trimester Begins!!!

Tomorrow - October 7th, 2006!! This is suppost to be the best trimester. We will see. I am seeing some relief though. I will write more later!!

Oh, and sorry there aren't any belly pictures. Kinda forgot!

Kelly's Bday!!!

So, I turned 29 on October 3rd, which makes me sad to know I only have one more year left in my 20s. Where did all the time go? I remember growing up I always wanted time to move faster because I was ready to move out of the house and be on my own making my own money. Well, then college hit and I never wanted to leave. I wanted time to slow down...way down. I tried to drag out the college years as much as I could...5 years (j/k parents). I guess I should have asked the decade students how they did it and copy them.

The day of my bday, Mike asked "So, how does it feel to be older?" I said "Okay. At least I am not as old as you!" Thats a little running joke we have. He jokes that he is robbing the craddle eventhough he is only older by two years! Next year I will be able to drink liquor so I think some margaritas are in order!



As the true romantic that Mike is, these lovely gerber daisies were sent to my office. This is how we celelbrated my bday - and this was all my choice. For lunch we went to Whataburger because I have been craving a whataburger like no other - I paid for it. Didn't even dawn on me that he might like to pay. "So where did Mike take you on your bday?" "Well, we went to Whataburger for lunch and I paid." "Oh, what a truly romantic man he is!!!!"

For dinner I wanted greasy pizza so we went to this little italian place about 5 minutes from the house and order a large greasy pepporoni pizza. Mike paid this time!!






When I got home from work these pretty flowers had just arrived at the house. They are from Mike's parents. They are still all in one piece because the cats haven't discovered them yet!!

All in all, it was a good bday!

Bryan's Wedding

This past weekend (September 29-30,2006) we were busy going to wedding functions for Bryan's wedding here in the Dallas area.

Friday night the wedding rehersal was held at the Bride's church - Richardson Methodist Church with the wedding dinner at Blue Mesa Grill. My pregnancy taste buds did not enjoy the food at Blue Mesa Grill.

Saturday night the wedding was at 6pm. The reception was at Scottish Rite Catherdral (Mason) with real beautiful ceiling and column carvings (see below pictures).

The above picture are the "husbands" who were all a part of the Texas A&M Band Corp. Usually there are about 20 plus but with there being a home Aggie football game (we lost to Texas Tech in the last 30 seconds) and people starting families the number has dwindled down.



Mike was one of the groomsmen. Yes, I am wearing his tuxedo jacket..I am not that big yet. Geessh!!

Bryan Wedding Pictures