Recent Happenings

Here are some updated events, happenings, and pictures that have taken place since Easter.

I watched Jackson C. a couple of days, which Lindsey thoroughly enjoyed. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure Lindsey out on the 2nd day I watched him because everything I did to take care of him made her become very distraught. She just wanted him to be able to play all day - no eating, no napping - ha! I thought she just didn't understand, but... come to find out she had an ear infection, which made her act very out of character and I took her to the doctor the very next day.

Jacob, finally had his 9th birthday party - many days late. He opted to wait for his brother to be there, which ended up being a long wait - from March 8 to March 29. We went to his birthday party and had a fun time. He got quite rich that day :)

I tried to get a quick picture of Lindsey at home after church this past Sunday. She really wasn't in the mood to cooperate, thus the quite funny faces and poses :)

On Monday (yesterday), Lindsey had her 1st Dentist appointment. I think they normally don't schedule first appointments till a little bit older, but there were some concerns I had and so we took her sooner -rather than later. I chose my old pediatric dentist to take her to. They have moved offices since I last saw him over 10 years ago and it is a state of the art facility. I was very impressed. Dr. Rubin was very happy to see me and my daughter. Unusual, but nice, Jonathan was able to take us, so he got to be there as well. Today was just a lap exam, which is where I hold her and she leans back into the doctors lap on a pillow. I wasn't quite sure how she would do, but she blew every expectation I could have had right out of the water. She was angelic, 100% perfect. She made me extremely proud of her. (sorry, but I have to brag :) She let the doctor probe around, feel around, use the little mirror and yes,.... the pricky little tool. And, just as I had strongly suspected there were 4 cavities. 1 in each of her 4 molars. Not exactly sure of the reason, but none the less, there. It is much better to get them taken care of now, so she goes on May 14 for the procedure. She will have a Conscious Sedation and it will take about an hour. My poor baby :( She also chipped her two front teeth back in December and we aren't sure how, but I wanted the doctor to look at them as well. He said to leave it be, so unfortunately we are stuck with ragged teeth for a few more years :( They would only do repairs if it was effecting a nerve or possible decay, which was not the case.

Since Jonathan was able to come home from work for about 4 hours to take us to the doctor we took advantage of the time and enjoyed being together on this beautiful spring day. We went to lunch and then we took Lindsey to the pet store to see the doggies, bunnies, birds, fish, etc. They got out two of the dogs for her to pet, which she just loved, but more at a distance :) Then we grabbed some ice cream before heading back home and having to tell Daddy good bye, so he could go back to work. Lindsey and I stayed outside for a much longer time. I ended up putting her in some pj/play clothes and let her get muddy and play on her swing set, which she absolutely loved. The day was just perfect and what I would consider the first really nice spring day of the year! YEAH!!

Also, as of today, I am 29 weeks pg - 11 more to go. The picture I am posting was just taken yesterday, but don't let it fool you, I am actually much bigger then what I think the picture shows - ha! Everyday things are starting to get a little (a lot) harder to do and especially sleeping. I know, the next 11 will be the longest of all 40. The worst is yet to come :) I very well remember from Lindsey, but there is a precious miracle at the end of the tunnel and I am soooo excited.

Sorry, I know I've been wordy. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
Click on the picture below for more pictures.

Mar/Apr 2008

Easter Happenings!

Happy Easter!

I wanted to share my Easter pictures, so I have posted all of them in an album below.

I have also posted an updated pg pic of me at almost 27 weeks that was taken yeserday. Yes, 27 weeks means I am now heading into my third trimester. How exciting - 2/3 of the way done :) The baby is probably over 2 lbs by now and over 15 inches long. Wow! How exciting!

Click on the pic below for more pictures.

Easter 3-23-08

Random Update

I havn't posted a good random selection of pictures in a looooongggg time, so here it is. I am posting them in the following picasa album and will put comments below them to explain. I have also included several pg pictures from over the last month to update from the old one. I am now 25 weeks pg and doing great. Hope you enjoy.

Click on the pic below for more pictures.

2/15 - 3/6 2008

More..... Sickness

We just thought we had, had our fill of sickness for the winter. Jonathan came down with a horrible case of the flu/bronchitis 9 days ago. I ended up taking him to the ER last Tuesday. He has recouped mostly, but still not 100%. I stayed completely away from him in hopes that Lindsey and I would not get the sickness, but it didn't work. I knew if I got the flu that it could be very bad with me being pg and Lindsey being so young. Wednesday night after church I started coughing and... the rest is history. I was miserable by the time I went to bed and I called the doctor first thing on Thursday. I have bronchitis / upper respiratory infection. I was hoping since I started taking antibiotics so quickly that I wouldn't get real bad, but by Saturday I thought I was dieing :( Sunday was still bad, but with a smidge of improvement. Thank goodness that Daddy was home to help take care of Lindsey. Now I am hoping for great improvement since Daddy will be back to work and it's just Lindsey and me. I have coughed more than I care to think about and my head felt like it was going to explode with a near migraine on Friday p.m. and Saturday. And, let's not forget Lindsey, she started running a fever Friday night and into Saturday. She showed no other signs of sickness and didn't act sick much either. She has had a slight runny nose since then, but that's all. So, here's my wish to a week of improved health :)

Me @ 19 1/2 wk PG & A 22 wk update

I definitely have not posted a lot of pics of me PG so far, but I finally had my Mom snap another shot a couple of weeks ago when I was 19 1/2 weeks PG. I think I am showing quite a bit more now at 22 weeks. So, if you like these kind of pics - here you go :) This pic was taken on Feb 1, 2008.


I am now slightly over 22 weeks. I have been feeling really good. I quit having those real light headed / fainty spells around 17 or 18 weeks - for the most part - although I actually had a spell like this on both Monday and Tuesday of this week, but not sure why. I have really been trying to eat a lot better, healthier and more frequent. I started feeling the baby move very slightly around 15 weeks and it has progressed to now it is very strong movements/ rolls / kicks. I think that is one of the greatest things while being PG, is to feel the baby move - how neat. What a great confirmation to let you know everything is still a-ok :)

~Happy 30th Wedding Anniverary~

Well, belated as this posting is, I still want to wish my mother-in-law and father-in-law, Jay & Brinda, a Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary! They were married on January 20th, 1978. The reason for having not posted this sooner is because I was lazy in getting the pictures ready to post with it. We had a small celebration for them that my sister-in-law, Belinda, put together as a surprise. We made a special trip to Indiana in early January for a visit. We told them we were going home and would not see them after church on Sunday night, but... that really wasn't the plans. We went to the LeBarons and surprised them when they arrived after church, which was where we had the party. It was a lot of fun. The cake was made by Aunt Linda and it was absolutely beautiful and I thought Belinda did an excellent with the decorations as well. To my in-laws, I wish you another 30 plus years of wonderful marriage. You are great in-law to have. Thanks for having Jonathan 1 year and 8 days later and giving me a wonderful husband to marry. We love ya'll. Happy Wedding Anniversary!

I took some pics of pics of their wedding album, so enjoy!
Click on the picture below for more pictures!

1-20-08 Jay & Brinda's 30th Wedding Anniversary Celebration

Happy Valentines Day!

Well, it's still Valentine's Day for me, but it does happen to be after midnight so technically the 15th. Belated or not, here's my Valentines posting!

Jonathan, here's a Big ~ I LOVE YOU!

Happy Valentines Day! You're the greatest!

From Lindsey:

Daddy, Happy Valentines Day ~ I love you bunches - x0x0!!

You're the best Daddy ever and I love when we get to play together!

And to the rest of our family ~

Parents ~ Grandparents ~ Aunts & Uncles ~ Cousins ~ Nieces & Nephews!

We Love All of You! Happy Valentines Day!

Life just wouldn't be the same without family, which I am so greatfully thankful for!

The BABY is a...............

Drumroll, Please!!! Announcement!!!

We are the proud and happy parents to announce we will be adding a.........

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To our household come the end of June!

Yes, another girl and we are so happy. It just didn't matter, but now we at least know!
Now on with the rest of the planning that must take place in the "next" 20 weeks!
The ultrasound went great and the baby cooperated. And just in case it might not - I chugged-literally- a 20 oz Mt. Dew on the way to the doctors office. No siree, this baby wasn't crossing it's legs and sleeping during this ultrasound. One time chance and I wasn't taking any chances. The funny thing is, I have 100% stayed off of caffeine drinks because of how it had been making me feel and then to drink that all at once was kind of crazy. I made it, but was jittery for a few hours :) The baby is completely healthy as far as an ultrasound can show, which relieved my thinking. Due to this blogging world I have been reading way too much stuff that a PG person should not read about. I honestly thought it was going to be a boy because the heart rate was so drastic from what it was with Lindsey, but I guess "SHE" proved us wrong. Today the heart beat per the ultrasound was 136. Lindsey's heart rate was always around the 160's. They said our baby girl weighs around 10 oz. It was a fun doctors appointment and of course Jonathan and Lindsey came along as well. Lindsey thought it was absolutely great to "see" the baby. Jonathan said she seemed to be really excited about all of it. I think she understands the whole "baby" thing as much as a 2 year old can. She is very excited. Well, enough rambling from me.

Now for the ultrasound pictures :)
There are a total of 8 -different- pictures.

(Yes, I posted everyone they gave me -

because there is family that would like to see these that do not live near us.)

The first four are different shots of the face.


The picture below is of her arms bent up towards her face and her hands covering her face. The elbows are to the left and the hands are to the right

The picture below is of her feet to the left and her legs and you can see the break for the knee area.

The picture below is of her feet - looking at the bottom of them.

And this one - It's a GIRL!

So, now you ALL know and so do we and that makes ME very Happy!

Now I can go with the flow and start acting on my plans because I had different plans for their rooms, etc. Now we don't have to move bedrooms, paint, decorate another bedroom and no new bedding. We will buy a toddler bed for Lindsey since that will fit better into the room for now instead of a twin bed and another chester drawers and we will keep them both in the same room together for now. Of course, if you know me, the baby will be in our room for probably 6 months (at least) until she's too big for the cradle.

PINK IT IS!!

Sick Days

Well, I havn't posted abou it, but this has definitely been a sick house. Here's the details, if you feel like reading them and if not, well that's all we have been up too.

I got sick over 2 weeks ago. On Friday 2 weeks ago I finally went to the doctor and was diagnosed with severe Strep Throat. So, I was prescribed an antibiotic that I could take while PG. Wow, medicine does wonders and started helping immediately. Then on Wednesday of the next week, which was last week,- Lindsey came down with a verrrry bad runny nose. I hoped that is all it would be, but that was not the case. I guess she turned 2 and said "Now I'll be sick". On Friday night a week ago she started a cough. Last Saturday was her birthday party and she did surprisingly well and she did great. Sunday was BAD and she was very lethargic. Monday was decent till the evening and then her cough started getting WAY worse. Off to the doctor we went on Tuesday. She was diagnosed with a respiratory infection and a right ear infection. Then...I have been very sick all week with probably the same cold Lindsey has and have been absolutely "miserable". Even though Lindsey is still coughing some and still has a runny nose, I honestly think she is feeling better than me. Hopefully we will both get better - real soon.

There's the summary of the "sick house".

Lindsey's 2 year Portrait Pictures

I try to be very faithful in the dates when pictures are taken. Thus, her 2 year picture was taken on her actual 2 year birthday, which was last Tuesday 1-22-08. I finally received the link to download the pictures and I can now share them with you. She did an incredible job and was very cooperative. This made the choosing verrry hard.

My little doll baby has grown up - Where did the baby go? Already a big 2 years old.

To view the entire photo shoot / album - click on the picture below.

The first 13 pictures are the enhanced pics and are duplicates of the ones below them.

The remaining 28 are the original basic pictures.

p.s. - We didn't actually go planning on a family pic, but I thought it would be neat to at least capture the moment. To me, there is nothing like pictures. Love them!

1/22/08 Lindsey's 2 yr JCP pics

Happy 29th Birthday ~ Dear Hubby!

Wow, I am verrry belated in my wishes - sorry, honey! Jonathan's birthday was 2 days ago on Monday 1/28. I hope you have a great last year in your 20's decade before the BIG 30 - haha! Thank you so much for being a great providing husband and father. Lindsey and I appreciate the opportunity of having been able to stay at home for 2 years now. I can't imagine having to leave my "baby". Although, I would and will if I ever have too. I love to spend time with you and don't like it when it's not an option with you unfortunate long hours. I look forward to the weekends when the hours with you are longer. You're the greatest and I could never live without you. I love you sweetheart, I truly do! I hope you have a great year and many more to come. Happy 29th Birthday! Lindsey also wants to say, she loves you bunches and thinks you're an extra special Daddy - a.k.a. dada. Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Baby Update

I failed to let you know, those of you who care, that I did go to MY doctor for the baby "finally". This was almost two weeks ago at 17 weeks. Everything is fine and the doctor wasn't worried about me at all. She said the whole breathing thing is normal and gave me lots of explanations...... The exciting part of the trip was hearing the heart beat "really good" for the first time. The heart rate was 140. My bets are in that it is a boy, but I don't care. I know that you CANNOT go by the heart rate to determine boy or girl, but in general boys are lower and girls are higher. Lindsey never had a heart rate that low. Hers was always in the high 150's to 160's. So, ~~ DRUM ROLL PLEASE ~~ my ultrasound for 20 weeks has been scheduled for 2/4, next Monday, and the guessing game will be over - hopefully! I will drink my Dr. Pepper or Mt. Dew as I did with Lindsey while on the way to the doctors and hopefully the baby will be in the mood to "move"!!!! I will definitely be back to update you all on the news - no secrets here :) I am very excited and anxious. 1 more week to the half way point!

Baby Eviction Letters - Very Cute!

Dear Baby,

Tenant has 56 days in which she can either gather her belongings and vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After which she will be physically removed from the property. She is being evicted due to a breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the front of the property, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back of the property were also made. Remodeling and gutting the property was never approved, nor was changing the initial layout and base structure. And due to property damage, there are now leaks in both upper and lower levels of the property. Also, late night parties have been discovered on the property and are not greatly appreciated! Any further problems will result in immediate removal!

Sincerely,

Landlady (your momma)

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Dear Landlady,

I'm sorry for any disturbance I have caused. When I originally signed the contract, I was unaware of the enormous task of growing. I will try to control the late night partying, but please know I expect you to join the party come June, per the Feeding Clause in the contract. While destruction of property and leaking seem to be the major cause of complaint, I fear they will only get worse in the weeks to come. I understand that this was not the original intent of my residence, but at this time we may need to revisit the terms of my lease.

I fear that eviction at this time is not advisable as i still have more developing to do.

In the Unconditional Love Clause in the contract, I'm sorry to inform you that you are indeed stuck with me as a resident of your body and home for a long time!

Thank you for your time and your body as housing!

Baby Tenant

P.S. When I originally signed the contract, I was underage and the contract is not legal.

!! Happy 2nd Birthday Lindsey !!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my beautiful "Miracle" ~ Lindsey Ann Morgan Pitcher!

Mommy and Daddy Love You Very Much! And we could never imagine life without you. You are now a BIG "2 YEARS OLD". What a change two years has made in us and in you! I look forward to many, many more birthdays with you! You are sweet, precious, smart, cute, ornery, a "piece of work", a big "mess", loving, caring! You are everything and more that we could have ever asked for in our baby girl! I hope you have a "GREAT" 2nd Birthday!

In this 1st picture she is 0 days old - just born a few hours before! 1-22-06

This was her 1st Birthday party!

Now almost 2 years old in this picture.

I have made a trip down memory lane and came up with a heap of pictures over the last 2 years. I have placed them in the order of date from youngest to oldest. (Enjoy, if you look at them - there's a bunch!) Click on the picture below to view the album - down memory lane.

Lindsey's 2 yr Memory Lane

!! BARGAIN !!

I feel great about my bargain. No wonder everyone tells about their bargains on their blogs. Now I want to do the same. Only one problem, the deal is over. It ended tonight and I would have shared sooner except I didn't get my bargain until 30 minutes before the store was closing for the evening and I wasn't sure how well it would work.

My thankfulness goes out to my dear friend Suzanne and http://www.moneysavingmom.com/.

I went to Target with 8 printed coupons in my pocket for $3 off of any 2 Huggies products. I had my Dad with me in case I needed him to do some purchasing as well, because I wasn't sure how they would handle that many coupons. I ended up not needing my Dad and was able to use 7 at one time and then found the 8th coupon that I didn't realize I had and went back and purchased 2 more. I couldn't believe they let me use them all at once and... in the same transaction.

What I got:

16 tubs of 72 ct. Huggies Wipes. They are originally $2.39 a piece at Target. Paying the original amount would have been $38.24. Then I saved $24 with my 8 - $3 coupons and only paid $14.24. Wow!

Now if you know me at all I did my math before I purchased. I wasn't concerned about what I paid out of pocket, but I wanted the most for money. So, I did the per wipe division with the large packets of 208 ct and then travel size of 34 ct and came up with the difference that the tubs were the actual better deal per wipe - costing $0.012361 per wipe :)

(p.s. I think I have enough wipes for a while :)

Christmas Posting

Here it is - Finally! My posting for all of our Christmas celebrations! There are LOTS of pics, so hope you enjoy. I broke it down into albums for each event, so hope it's not too cumbersome of a posting.

The celebrations started when we travelled to Indiana to be with Jonathan's family the Saturday before Christmas. That evening there was about 37 of us that got together from my MIL Brinda's side of the family. There were lots of aunts and uncles and cousins and we had a great time.

Cheatham Family Christmas 12-22-07

The following few pictures were taken on Sunday, the 23rd, while we were in Indiana at Jonathan's parents as well. I thought it was cute of the two cousins by the tree. They are exactly 4 months apart, with Lindsey's birthday in January and Noah's in May.

Christmas Sunday 12-23-07 Indiana

We had our immediate Pitcher side of the family Christmas on Christmas Eve morning with Jonathan's parents and his sister and family. I failed to take pictures but we had a very lovely, holiday meal in the afternoon before we headed to Grandma Pitcher's house. We had a great time and all the kids loved their gifts as well as us big kids. Fun was had by all! Thanks for the great time in-laws! :)

Christmas w/ Jonathan's family 12-24-07

Christmas Eve evening we travelled to Grandma Pitcher's - my FIL Jay's, Mom. There we had Jay's siblings as well and had a great get together with cousins and aunts and uncles. We had another meal and everything was great. Thanks for the fun time Grandma - We Love You!

Christmas w/ Grandma Cheatham 12-24-07

We travelled back to Ohio on Christmas Eve night after leaving Grandma Pitcher's and got home a little after midnight. We then had our little family Christmas on Christmas morning before going to my parents for the day. This was a first for us because last year we were at Jonathan's parents for Christmas morning. Lindsey loved all of her gifts, with the biggest being her baby doll Graco stroller and car seat.

Our Family Christmas Morning 12-25-07

We arrived at my parents a little after 2 and had a great meal around 3. It was a feast and Mom put on an excellent holiday meal as always. She SURPRISED me with noodles in the turkey gravy. I felt like my Grandma Zimmerman was back with us. That has to be a must in the line of traditions. They were great. She also made another Grandma Z. tradition of homemade cinnamon rolls and we ALL scarfed them up very quickly. We stayed up into the wee hours and around 2:30 a.m. Lindsey did something she's NEVER done before. I guess she saw that most of the other kids had conked out somewhere around the house and she went and picked out her own couch and crawled up on it and went to sleep - all by herself. WOW! Is all I could say. Since then her sleeping routine has changed and what a big girl she is becoming. You might have also noticed in all the pictures that she got MANY dolls for Christmas. And it's none to many for this girl. She LOVES them ALL! She is a baby doll girl just like her Aunt Belinda was, because she sure didn't get it from me. I had some, but was never into them as much as she is. I think she got a total of 6 and then lots of paraphernalia that goes with them. And, she has no favorites. Each time we leavethe house she seems to always pick a different one to take with her.

Snelling Family Christmas 12-25-07

The following pics were taken on the 27th and 28th. The first pic I just thought was cute! The rest were taken when Katrin and Jenn E. came over for the evening to lounge around at Mom and Dad's. The kids had a lot of fun playing together and the big boys had fun giving the girls piggy back rides.

12 27 & 28 2007

We spent New Year's Eve with my side of the family. It was a little family party with no one else there. We had a good time and went and yelled and screamed on the back porch at midnight. It startled Lindsey quite a bit because she didn't understand what was going on and... she was tired. We snapped a family pic of the three of us right after midnight. It was another late night and we left around 3 or 4 a.m. We all had a good sleep in and then we all got back together and went out to eat on New Year's Day evening. We always eat Mexican food on New Year's Day, so we went to Abuelo's, which is an incredible restaurant. They definitely have the best chips and salsa.

New Years at M&D's 2007-2008

Wow, I do believe that actually completes the holiday festivities. What a BUSY time. Hope this wasn't too long, but I didn't see the reason in breaking it all up into different posts since I was finally taking the time to actually sit down and post all of the events. One BIG posting is what you get!

Have a Great 2008! I think we sure will - with lots of exciting events planned for our house.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

The Pitchers

~ Jonathan, Leanna, Lindsey, & Baby ~

Happy New Year!

I have a lot of blog posting to do of our Christmas with both sides of the family. In the meantime, I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year from the Pitchers!

I am really looking forward to the new year with lots of exciting things to happen. Not only will our 1 year old become 2 in a few short days, but we will also have another member join our family in June and how exciting all of it will be!

This is the Christmas Card that we had made!

A Visit to Santa Clause

Thursday evening I dressed Lindsey all up in her little Santa dress in hopes for a visit and good pic with Santa Clause at the mall. She briefly sat on his lap right after Thanksgiving and was not happy about it at all, crying, etc. It wasn't the official visit though, so once the time came, I wasn't sure how it was going to go and if we would be able to get a good picture. While we were in line to see Santa I was prepping her and she about squeezed my neck off. I asked her if she wanted to see Santa and she very emphatically told me "NO". Right before we were to see him, I told her she could have a piece of candy if she would sit on his lap and let us take her picture. I gave her the candy before she sat on his lap and she did great. Bribing works - wow! She wasn't the happiest at first, but we were able to get a good smile out of her and Mommy was proud of her and happy. So, another picture with Santa was taken to put in the book so we can go down memories lane for years to come. I hope to do it every year till my children get to "old".

Growing up, I never actually believed in Santa, but the whole idea was a fun thing. We knew "all" presents came from Mommy and Daddy. I really don't care if they believe or not, because that is definitely not the reason for the season, but the picture taking is fun anyways.

To all my bloggers Have a Holly Jolly Merry Christmas - HO-HO-HO!!

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Tuesday evening was Jonathan's work Christmas party and I was able to go as well. We left Lindsey with my Mom and Dad for a few hours, which we have only done 2 other times since she was born in order for us to just go out. We have both not been without her at the same time, but for other reasons and still not very often. The reason being is Jonathan and I just can't stand to do anything without her. I want her to be included in everything and to make fun memories as a family. It was an enjoyable time. We went to the Manchester Inn in Middletown, OH. I was finally able to put a face to many of the names that I hear about all the time from Jonathan's work.

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On another note, I think we finished our Christmas shopping and now the joy of getting to wrap them all. We didn't have a big list this year, but I always no matter what am usually buying the bulk of the gifts the week before Christmas.

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Enjoy the pics! Click on the pic below for more picture!

Misc Christmas Pics

Doctor's Visit Report

YEAH!! As of yesterday I have now actually seen the doctor and everything looks great.

And..... drum roll please..... YES, we heard the heartbeat and it is a normal fast baby heartbeat. But, all be it, it was a brief hearing. Jonathan was not able to go with me to the doctor this time and so I had my cell phone on speaker in hopes that he would get to hear the heartbeat. I think he ended up hearing it better than me. I was so worried about making sure he heard it that when they finally picked it up on the doppler for a brief few seconds I was trying to make sure the phone was where he could hear it. They only found it once and only for a few seconds. They said the baby was moving around too much and with it still being so early that it was hard to find. It satisfied me in the sense that I know it's a good, fast, normal heartbeat, but not in the sense of really getting to listen to that heartbeat. I still just may have to end up visiting my sister-in-law at L&D after all because 1/16/08 seems like a long ways away to wait and see the doctor again.

In other doctor news, I explained to them how I was having such a horrible time with my breathing and being extra abnormally out of breath. I remember being out of breath some with Lindsey, but I'm not sure that it was this early in my pregnancy. The problem started this time about the same time I started getting sick. I have been slowly improving on the nausea, but my breathing is getting continually worse. I can't do anything without being labored in breathing. Just talking for an extended time or bending over and helping Lindsey with something is just horrible, and to go to sleep is even worse. In years gone by I have had very minor signs of exercise induced asthma, and the doctor is thinking that my pregnancy is making it worse. I was given a peak flow meter to measure the strength of my lungs and I am suppose to track it to make sure that it remains in the same area.

There you have it, there's the report.

ME PG 12w 5d

Here is my first "bump" picture for all my blogger friends.

This was taken at 12 weeks and 5 days.

I still have my very nauseated moments, but they are not quite 24/7 like they were. A lot of the time right now I just seem to be short of breath and weak, with not a lot of energy. When I was carrying Lindsey I was able to have caffeine within the proper moderation limits, but not this time. I have had caffeine in a fairly strong quantity on 2 separate occasions and I was totally miserable both times. The first being a glass of tea, when I didn't realize it wasn't caffeine free and the 2nd being a nice Starbucks coffee that was given to me or I would have ordered it de-caf. So... no caffeine for me, except for the chocolate, of course. Hopefully, we'll hear that heartbeat Tuesday morning. As long as I remember the correct appointment time - haha!