Baby Belly - 10 weeks

Baby is now the size of a Kumquat! With bones and cartilage starting to form and vital organs beginning to function, baby is making major progress. Body length will almost double in the next three weeks, and arm joints are now working. (Soon legs will too).

I am still very low on energy and fighting nausea...but it sounds like there is an end in sight! And as of my doctor appt yesterday I have not gained any weight, but the nurse said I will be making up for that in a couple of weeks. I'm sure a trip to Disneyland will help in that department!

Remi got pooped on!

Travis and I went to see Angels and Demons last night. When we returned home to rescue Remi from boredom in the backyard we discovered that while we were gone he was pooped on! Direct shot on the head by a pigeon. Click on this picture for a better look. I tried to explain to Remi that this meant good luck but he just looked at me mortified.

Saturday, May 30th @ 10am

We heard the heartbeat!! We may not know if its a little boy or girl growing in there, but we do know that we have a strong and perfect little heartbeat!

And all future Uncles and Aunties have finally been notified! They are all off to a celebratory dinner tonight...without Travis and I...that just doesn't seem fair...

CONGRATS

My lady Bri Iversen just got engaged approx 30 minutes ago!! Congrats Bri & Johnson! Johnson planned a surprise trip to Dallas this weekend and snuck into Bri's house while she was at work. Bri came home to a ring, roses, and J on one knee!!

I heart Watermelon

The way to my heart these days...buy me a watermelon! Or strawberries and bananas...but mainly I will love you forever if you buy me watermelon, haha = )

My Sweet Husband

Travis' shirt today...huge on him. Travis' watches...all need to be resized. I commented that I wish I had to get my entire wardrobe resized and his response was 'You will soon'.

Not quite the direction I was going for = )

I am so excited about tomorrow's Dr. Appt! I can't wait to meet our new Doctor, Midwife, and hospital! And if everything goes well I finally get to tell Michael, Shae, Danny, and Staci = ) The torture of keeping a secret is almost over!

Belated Post

Happy Birthday to Gramma Hinck! I was traveling on your actual big day so today the Olive and I are wishing you an extra special Happy Birthday!

Love,
Travis, Beth, baby, and Remi = )

Today's Craving

We'll see who knows me best by who is most shocked by today's craving...

I MUST BE PREGNANT! Or sick...

Tuesday, May 26th

Thank goodness I booked my return flight to ABQ on a free ticket! I was able to change my flight from Wednesday to today. I fly out of Minneapolis at 6pm and get back into ABQ at 9:20. I miss my hubs and the pup so I'm sooo excited to come home after being gone so long! Maria, Vanessa and I are going to spend the day at the Convention Center watching the awesome Open teams battle it out and then I'll make my way to the light rail and Minneapolis Airport = )

Olive and I are on our way home!

Monday, May 25th

Happy Memorial Day! Well today started out fantastic with one of our best games yet. We won our first challenge game and then went straight into a first place challenge game. We lost the second challenge game which put us into the Silver Tournament bracket. I'll keep the sad information short and sweet...we lost our first Silver tournament game...single elimination...I'll let you do the math = ( We consoled ourselves with burgers and chips at Brits Pub (and possibly a delicious chocolate dessert) and are at least excited to watch some great volleyball tomorrow morning.

Pool Play

Vanessa, Beth, Maria, Staci. We ended up taking second in our pool play. Tournament begins tomorrow! More updates to come = )

Sunday, May 24th

Vanessa, Maria, and I took the light rail to the Mall of America...aka...my new happiest place on Earth = ) Sorry Disneyland!

Baby Belly - 9 weeks

Baby is now the size of a Green Olive! Our little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Hopefully we will be able to hear the heart beat by the end of this week! With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like...a baby!

Friday, May 22nd

This post is sent to you from the LAX Southwest terminal...a very popular place to be this Memorial Day weekend! In my desperate attempt to catch an earlier flight I arrived here 4 hours early which of course means I still sit here until those 4 hours have passed and I am on my way to Minneapolis. And yes, 4 hours is a bit extreme but tackling the 101 and the 405 on the first travel day of Memorial Day weekend is daunting in itself. Southwest was very compliant today...willing to put me on an earlier flight for the small sum of $215. Almost worth it with morning sickness...but I could never pay that much for a flight change!

Denning sent me off with a new book to read, Love the One You're With. So I have a fantastic book to read, emails to check, and occassionally a few orders to process = ) Wish me luck...this will be one long day for me and the raspberry!