4 Months of Catch Up

Okay... so I tried starting a journal on a different website before, but got lazy and didn't keep it up. I'll try my hardest to keep up this journal weekly to keep everyone updated on what's going on with me, Mark, the dogs :), and, of course, the baby.

So... to get everyone up to speed... WE'RE PREGNANT!! :) Our expected due date is November 7, 2007.

We found out on Friday, March 16 (day before St. Patrick's Day) - the day Carla, Brigitte, Mary Ann and I went to Vegas to pick out landscaping for Carla and Darrell's house. I wanted so much to tell them that weekend, but was proud of myself that I didn't. This has really been the hardest secret I have ever had to keep!!! It was early in the morning, before getting ready for work, when I took the home pregnancy test while Mark was still asleep. He was up late the night before hanging out with some co-workers so I didn't get a chance to tell him I would be taking a test. He was so passed out, but as soon as I told him I was pregnant, his eyes practically bulged out of his head!!! LOL! I think he was still a little hung over from the night before, but boy... did that sober him up quick!!! LOL!!

Archie was the first person I told since he made me promise him that he would be. And it almost slipped out to my mom because Aiden nearly told her that there was "a baby in Ninang's tummy" when they were talking on the phone! Luckily, she didn't notice - phew!

I immediately made an appt with my MD on March 29, and she confirmed my pregnancy. :) :) :) :) I was so elated! She gave me a list of OBs in the area so I called a couple of them and scheduled an appt for April 20.

On April 20, Mark and I met at the OB after work and I had my first vaginal ultrasound (see poster top right). I think it really hit Mark when he saw the baby for the first time on the monitor. He was so excited! We took our first family photo in the doctor's office. :)



The following weekend on April 28, we scheduled dinner with our families to break the news. We told them it would be for Mark's belated birthday (his b-day is April 1). When we got to the restaurant, we told everyone that it was also an early Mother's Day and May b-day dinner (Mother's day on May 13, Tita Med's b-day on May 1, and Papa and Carla's b-day on May 7). We gave everyone cards with the picture of the ultrasound in them (see video of announcement below). Tita Meds cried! :)



The next day (Sunday), we had a bbq with close friends and announced the news to them. What an eventful weekend!! Then, that Tuesday I announced the news at work. I have a co-worker that is also preganant. She is ~1 1/2 months ahead of me, which is nice so I can know where I will be, how I will look and what will be happening in ~1 1/2 months.

Mark and I have also been taking weekly pics of my belly as it grows. I have posted a separate blog of these pics so you can see the transformation http://markandjoy.blogspot.com/2007/06/belly-pics.html.

I am 17 1/2 weeks today and this is what my baby is doing: http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/calendar/week17