Well, we have our first appointment tomorrow afternoon and I can't wait. I have a ton of questions especially about the morning sickness. I'm hoping she can give some magic cure to make it go away. I'm sick of feeling sick! Anyway. They're going to do an ultrasound and we may get to hear the heartbeat. Pretty exciting! I will have a full report tomorrow.
I thought this was cute!
Pretty poopy again today. Seems to be my everyday theme. The house is still not clean. I think that one day the fuzzy tumbleweeds are going to take over and carry us all away to some far away place where we will drown in dog and cat fur. Nasty! I just want to snap my fingers (Mary Poppins style) and get everything done. That would be the best ever! Until that happens, I'll have to wade through the filth. It will get done but it'll be one room at a time. I won't let it get the best of me. Darn it!
My days have been getting better as far as the morning sickness goes. However, today has not been good. I feel yucky! I'm looking forward to being 100% normal (whatever that is). Yesterday I had a great day and I even went for a walk with my neighbor Amanda. Good idea but I payed for it later. I was hungrier than I ever have been before. I feel like a monster roaming around saying "must have food!" I guess I didn't think that I would be burning anything and everything in my body. I'm not doing that for awhile. I felt horrible last night. I couldn't get enough food and the thought of food made me feel nauseous. I seem to feel worse at night and I'm not sure why. I can't wait for this sick feeling to go away.
I called Eric last night before he got home from work asking him what he wanted to do for dinner after I had already had dinner and a couple of snacks. I was still hungry. He mentioned a few things that sounded nasty. He went to Sonic last night and brought me home a vanilla shake with oreos in it. At first I thought that I was going to put in the garbage but I ate some and actually enjoyed it as well as a couple bites of his burger. Yum! My appetite is slowly coming back!
On December 16, 2007, Eric and I discovered that we were going to have a baby. I was pretty freaked out since we weren't planning on getting pregnant this soon. Oh well! We are both excited and of course clueless with this new experience but I'm sure we will get through it.
Most of my days have been spent on the couch hoping the morning sickness goes away. It's not just morning sickness. It's in the afternoon and/or at night. It is absolutely the worst feeling ever. Eating and food is no fun. I have no appetite but yet I'm constantly hungry with no idea what I want to eat. I hate it! I have never been so hungry in my entire life. Some days are better than others and I'm able to get some things done around the house. However, there are fuzzy tumble weeds floating around the house and our bathroom is disgusting. Too bad! It's just going to have to wait.
Eric has been really helpful. He goes to the grocery store because for me to go and surround myself with food makes me feel nauseous. I have plenty of snacks to help with the hunger but it doesn't stop there. I have had a couple of dreams that involve food and I am so excited about the food in my dreams. Crazy! I just can't get enough and I'm looking forward to eating normal again!
I was in our bedroom watching T.V. while Abigail sat beside me. All of a sudden there was a noise at the one of the windows and she took off and immediately went nuts. I look outside and there was a squirrel on the fence right outside our window. Then, there was another noise at one of the other windows. Abbey runs over there where there is another squirrel on the window ledge. Abbey is trying to attack the squirrel through the window and the squirrel is running from one window to the next. It looked like they were playing with each other and the squirrel was enjoying himself. It was crazy! Poor Abigail tried her hardest to get it but had no luck (of course). The squirrel did everything but stick it's tongue out and say "nanny nanny boo boo." I think the squirrel was purposely taunting her like the squirrels from the Geico commercial that causes the car to run off the road. He probably went back and told all of his friends about the stupid cat in window. Who knows? Maybe he'll be back.
Christmas was pretty mellow around here. Eric and I stayed local so we could spend X-mas in our new house. We didn't exchange any gifts because we had just bought the gas logs for the fireplace so that was our gift to each other. Eric had Monday and Tuesday off so we had a nice relaxing time together. Of course Eric did some things around here. He can't sit still for very long so he finds little projects around the house to do. New Year's was basically the spent the same way except we went out and bought a bookcase for the office. We have been in need for one and now we finally have it. We found it at an unfinished wood place and Eric starting staining it. It will be nice to get all of Eric's books unpacked and put them away.
Today I took down all the decorations. It was definitely more fun putting them up. Now the house needs a good cleaning but that's NOT happening today. I'm exhausted!
We had some snow flurries last night and it was really cold this morning. No snow on the ground but it was still exciting to see some flurries. I hope we get more this winter.
Happy New Year!
We had a great time in the Dominican. Beautiful weather, good food and good company. We basically floated in the ocean and relaxed near or in the pool. There was a bar in the middle of the pool that you could swim up to and sit on stools (in the pool) and order drinks. Pretty neat!
On Tuesday, Eric and I woke up to a mouse in our room. I swear he started out in our bed because I felt some weird movement in one of the pillows. However, I saw him under the bed and that's when the hunt began. I was freaked out! We tried to chase him out but he was too quick and he ran under the couch never to be seen again. Eric called him Shifty. I'm not sure why but it was a funny name so whenever we heard something strange we would say "Shifty's back." Not exactly the best part of our trip.
We had a little bit of rain from the storm Olga but nothing serious. We were still able to enjoy the day.
On Wednesday, we all went into La Romona and shopped at a few markets and had lunch. It was definitely interesting to see how people lived and it was a little scary driving around town. There were motor scooters all over and people going where they wanted. The horn was used quite a bit by our driver. That's how you get people out of your way or you just go when you want. Honk! Honk! I sat in the front seat and I kept trying to use the break that I kept looking for. No luck of course. After driving around, we were taken to another part of the town that was more secluded. It was really pretty. We walked around there, took some pictures and then headed back to the resort.
The rest of the trip was pretty much more floating and relaxing. The guys played soccer a few times and also played water polo. Sue and I did water aerobics one morning but that was the end of our activity.
Over all, it was an awesome time especially doing nothing. We would definitely do it again. Here are some pics from the trip.
Well, early tomorrow morning, we leave for the Dominican. We are really excited and looking forward to doing nothing but maybe having a fruity, umbrella drink every now and then. It's gonna be a fun trip. We'll be gone for a week and I will bring back bunches of pictures. Ta Ta for now!
I bought Abbey a kitty bed hoping she would use it. At first, she turned her nose up at it like all cats would do. And then, when nobody was looking, she got into it and I think she likes it. She doesn't get in it all the time but she has been it a few times. One night I caught her in it and got a picture of her enjoying her new bed.
Last night, Eric and I went over to the mall here in Noogan Town. As we got off the interstate and turned onto a busy street that surrounds the mall, there was a car dead in the middle of the road. Not an ideal spot to be stuck. We went around the car and turned around to see if they needed any help. Eric pulls up behind them and turns on his hazards. He gets out, walks up to the car and the driver opens the door. Eric asks, "Hey man, do you need a push?" Only the driver was not a man. It was a woman that had similar features of a man (and a mullet). Another car stops and a man and his son get out and all three push the car into a parking lot. Eric was glad to help and to have two other people push the car. It's not easy to push a car in general but to push it up a small hill while the driver has the BRAKES ON makes it a little more difficult. Eric gets into the truck and we drive off and that's when he tells me what he first said to the driver. He felt so bad that he said "hey man" to a woman. I told him not worry about it. I'm sure it happens often up here.
Later that night, he would randomly say "hey man, do you need a push?" and we both just laughed.
