6 weeks!

Well, today is 6 weeks already! The baby is the size of a sweet pea! Which I love that description b/c that's what Mom calls me :) And now this is MY sweetpea!! Last week (5 weeks), it was the size of an appleseed. Kelly and I kept calling it "the appleseed"... So tiny!

I still feel GREAT! Pretty much no symptoms at all. Some evenings I get tired as soon as I get home...most evenings I just hit a wall about 9:00, but I can live with that. Oh, and I'm drinking water like crazy, which is very unusual for me. Other than that, I'd never know anything was going on in there.

I had my first appointment on April 14, just with a nurse. She filled out a ton of paperwork, and she was really excited b/c I didn't have any risk factors...she said that's really rare. That has to be a good thing! Then they took like all the blood I had in my arm. Ok, so it was like 10-12 vials or something...seemed like a lot at the time! I go back on May 6, and actually get to meet with the doctor this time. I think they'll just go over my bloodwork, do a basic exam...not much else. I asked specifically if we'd see a heartbeat or anything, and the nurse said no, so Kelly's not going to go with me yet. He definitely wants to go when we get to start seeing or hearing anything, which I'm hoping will be the appointment after this one!!

This whole thing is still so surreal to me. Especially since I don't really FEEL anything...but they SAY that the nausea kicks in around week 6...so that could change real quickly! We'll see.

Now if we can just get Mom and Dad to come visit us, so we can TELL them in person...we'll be set. I'm going to keep working on them!! I got the gifts we're going to use to tell both sets of parents yesterday....I think they're going to love them. They're cute and practical for both grandmas!! So I can't wait to give them, and to have someone to share our most exciting news ever with!!!

First Post!

So here's my/our first attempt at a blog! Yeah, the title says its both of us, but let's be realistic. It'll just be me (shellie) writing. But I figure this will be a great way for our families and friends to follow along with the growth of our new little one, even though we're all kind of spread out. Of course at this point, no one even knows about the little one...its just our little secret for a couple more weeks!! When people do find out, they can catch up through what will then be old posts. :)
So here we go on our newest adventure! Because you know, building a farm from the ground up wasn't a big enough adventure for us anymore...we had to make it a little more exciting! :)