1st Official Appointment

ok, so today was just not that exciting for a Dr. Appointment. I met with a nutritionist who basically just told me to eat healthy and not listen to all those wives tales. :) Then I had to do my 1st pee in a cup - which apparantly I get to do EVERY time I go.. ugh. Good thing by the end of talking to her, I actually did have to go.. lol
I also got to talk to the benefits person, and had to fork over some $$ but this is the one and ONLy time I have to.. Whoo hoo.
I read somewhere that I was supposed to be drinking 8-12 oz. glasses of water - so I tried it the next day.. Oh my, that was a horrible thing to have to pee that MANY times in one day. I'm pretty sure I used up a whole roll of TP.. lol. Good thing the nutritionist said only at least 64oz total... That MIGHT be manageable, but still will be hard to focus on doing. I forget during the day when I 'm teaching.. and then to top it off, there is no bathroom anywhere close, so that will be creative as it gets closer to the time..

Oh yeah, the official due date.... I was right...... May 12, 2008

Dan's Promotion

OK, so Dan got a promotion. We are totally excited. It is bringing about changes in the house - now we will be able to buy different furniture for our spare bedroom - the one room that hasn't been totally put together yet. I think we might save for a couple of months before we go hog wild and buy everything we want. You know me and money - gots to make sure it will continue before I "bet" on it. Anyway...
Back to Dan's promotion *And these are his words....
I'm getting promoted from Husband to Daddy. :)
WOW - did I stun you? I know the news actually came as a shock to us as well. We've been hoping and praying for it - but for some reason I just figured it wasn't our time. So now I need some suggestions for the BABY room. :)
How we told our family... Well, Mom we took out to dinner on Thursday night and Dan told her the Promotion story... she almost fell out of her chair in excitement. We just got done telling Amy and Scott - I put a Boyd's Bear at her place setting that said - Bestest Aunt - She was all teary eyed. Dan's mom and dad we had to call and they were sreaming at the other end of the phone. It was all very exciting.. :)
I got a book that says what goes on every day, and today, the baby is the size of a ballpoint pen. By Sunday it will be about the size of a sesame seed. Wow - it's amazing - cuz this little thing already makes me go to the bathroom a WHOLE lot more.... :)
I'm about 5 weeks along. The Dr only did a blood test and so I have to go to an ObGyn to find out the official due date - however, Dan and I are guessing about Late April, or Early May. This will work out perfect for me, as I can take the end of the year off and then also have the summer to be with the baby and not worry about work.
I go on the 25 to talk to the nutritionist. I'm sure they will tell me to not drink cafeine - which I've already stopped - and to eat healthier - which I'm trying... only thing that I'm worried about - is if they don't let me take the drugs for allergies and asthma - the prevention stuff I take... that would be a huge bummer, cuz the spring is my horrible time for that....

So that's the story... and I'm sticking to it.. :)