We have a baby!

I went to the doctor this morning and had my ultrasound and immediately saw a heartbeat!!! I was so relieved, excited, emotional, ect. I had been so nervous. I didn't hardly sleep at all last night.

The heart rate was a healthy 113 and the due date is December 14th. I guess we will be having fall birthday parties b/c December is going to kick out butts financially!

I just wanted to say how blessed I am that I have such wonderful friends and family. Thank you all so much for the prayers and good thoughts. They have meant the world to me. Thank you guys so so so much!!!

doctor update

My blood tests came back ok. My hormone levels are rising but they said they are still concerned b/c they should have seen more on the ultrasound. I have another ultrasound Monday morning. All we can do right now is hope and pray that the baby grows a lot this week and that they are able to find a heartbeat. If not, at least it happened early on.

We are still doing good. I'm just super tired and nauseated. I just thought I'd update everyone, even though it's not much different than yesterday.

Hopefully, I'll have some good news or at least something funny on here soon. I don't like having a depressing blog.

Doctor visit

I went in this morning to get more blood work done but when I got there, they decided to go ahead and do a second ultrasound. This time they did see something in the uterus but didn't detect a heartbeat. The ultrasound technician said that it could be because I was too early (I'm about 5 weeks and a day) or that the pregnancy had stopped itself. I have to go back in next Monday for another ultrasound. They went ahead with the blood work afterwards. I probably won't get the results until tomorrow morning. Even when the results come in, they won't know 100% sure what is going on until the next ultrasound.

I'm doing fine. I'm hopeful but realistic, too. I know that whatever happens, it is for a reason. I'm just relieved that I don't have to worry about an ectopic pregnancy now. I was afraid my tube was going to rupture and then I would have lost a baby and have more fertility problems. I'll keep updating as I get news. Thank you all for the prayers and encouragement.

By the way, nausea has set in. Fun!

A little bit of this...a little bit of that.

Thank you for all of the 'congratulations'. We are very excited. I went to the doctor yesterday and they gave me an ultrasound to determine how far along I am. I'm about 4 weeks and 5 days but they couldn't see anything in the uterus. We were told that this can be normal for someone as early as I am but I have to go in on Monday for a blood test to make sure I don't have an ectopic pregnancy. This means that the egg could have implanted outside the uterus, often in the fallopian tubes. We will, hopefully, have the results back that afternoon. I have faith that no matter what happens, everything will be ok. It's just a long way until Monday.

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Dylan love Pauls Harvey. If we are in the car and I pass a radio station with his show on, we have to listen to it. Weird.

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Today was baby Bo's funeral. It was a nice and simple funeral. Anthony and Kelli seem to be holding together pretty well. Bless his heart, this afternoon during our severe weather, he called to check on us because one of the storms seemed to be on top of us. It was, but it didn't produce a tornado. It's too bad we had to have tornado warnings today of all days.

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Smokey C's is still coming along. Casey is up there now painting. We are still continuing to be blessed. It's just been amazing.

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Back to the pregnancy for a minutes. It's kicking my butt! I have had zero energy but so far no morning sickness. The good news is, I've been losing weight. I've lost a total of 15 lbs since November. I've been taking a yoga class and aerobics class this semester. Also, I must have so many minutes in the gym for another class. I'm sure, however, that I will be gaining the weight back very soon.

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Oh my goodness! I just checked my email and I won 2 tickets to see Bon Jovi and Daughtry in concert on April 24th! I can't believe it, I never win anything! I've loved Bon Jovi since I was little bitty. I can't wait. This is the pick me up I needed!

It's preggie Meggie time!

Yep, it's true... well, I'm 99.9999999% sure. The pregnancy test came back positive Friday night and my body is beginning to tell me something is up. I haven't gone to the doctor to confirm it yet but I figured I'd tell anyway. We are, of course, super excited. I'd pretty much given up for a little while since we were starting a new business and I thought I was going to need medicine to help but God had other plans. Honestly, I'm still kind of stunned. Since I have always been irregular, it's not uncommon for me to take a pregnancy test just in case. I didn't expect it to be positive but it was. Dylan is pretty excited too. He says it will be a boy and he's pretty adamant about that. We'll take anything! I figure I'm about 5-6 weeks along and it will be born about a week or two after DT's b-day. I'll post the due date and all of that when I get in to see the doctor.

Ok Jen, you can say something now. :)

Oh Boy George!

I was just listening to some music and dancing with Dylan, which is something we both love to do. Anyway, the song was beginning to end so I went to start a new one. As I was walking to the computer, I was sorta dancing and passed a mirror. To my horror, I saw that I was dancing like Boy George in the "Do you really want to hurt me" video. This is why I only dance in the privacy of my house.


Speaking of the totally awesome 80's, NKOTB will be performing on The Today Show tomorrow. I am looking forward to seeing how they do. I was, of course, a huge fan. I just knew, at the age of five, that I was going to marry Joey.

Sleep, Smokey C's and Baby Bo

I'm sure most could tell by my last post that I was kinda crabby and obviously didn't get to sleep in. Sleep is one of my favorite past times. I guess I was just, in a way, venting but thanks for answering back. I think guys just don't realize how much noise they make.

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Smokey C's is going along pretty good right now. It probably won't be until closer to May when we open. The handicap bathroom is finished or just about and I believe we have most of our equipment.

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I got an update on baby Bo tonight. Things aren't looking good at all, again. Talk about a roller coaster ride. They are now saying that he does have the rare genetic disorder that affects the liver. They are going to take a piece of liver, skin and muscle tomorrow and make a portal(?) but the doctors are giving him very little hope. 1 in 250,000 babies have this disease. The other baby that has come through the hospital where Bo is, only lived to be 8 months. If he does make it, he will most likely have severe mental retardation. I know I don't have to ask but just pray for this family. It is such a heartbreaking story.