My First Entry

Dear Little Peanut,

So, this might be the one and only time that I praise your Granny McCrazy (Daddy's mom) because she can be really crazy, but her initial idea was good. Apparently, when Granny was pregnant with your daddy she decided that she was going to write letters to him. Daddy and I thought this was a neat idea and he has been asking me for a few weeks now if I was going to do it. At first I thought, yea right, when will I have the time to do that, BUT then I thought, maybe if I did it in a blog and typed it, it might be a little bit faster and easier to squish into my day. (I'm wondering if you can print blogs because I don't know if I will be able to show you this years from now.) Oh well, something for me to put on my to do list to look into!

Alright little peanut, according to The Bump.com at 9 weeks and 2 days you are the size of a green olive. Mommy hasn't been feeling sick or bad at all. Once in a while I don't want to eat dinner with daddy because I'm feeling full or not quite hungry, and once in a while my tummy starts to cramp a little bit, BUT everyone says that's normal and it's nothing to worry about. I have to admit, I have not been eating very healthy. All I want is fried food! Chicken is my favorite and french fries...YUM! The doctors and nurses say I need to eat healthy for you, but those things don't sound good to me right now. I tried to be healthly last night with fried broccoli and cheese bites...hahaha I'm pretty sure the fried and cheese negated the broccoli altogether.

Mom and Dad spent the weekend at the beach with the neighbors. We had lots of fun playing on the beach and in the ocean. Saturday night we went to this place called Medevil Times and watched a show and ate dinner. It was yummmy and fun! The kids really liked it and it made me think that Dad and I will need to take you there when you get bigger. I hope you love the beach as much as your dad and I do. We try to go as much as we can, and we love to travel just about anywhere with a beach. Although, we are definitely going to need to buy you the best protective swimming gear (swim shirts, and hats) and the highest SPF sunscreen they have on the market because your daddy has the most Irish skin in the world and burns no matter what he puts on!

Dad and I are trying to think of boy names if you are a boy. We picked out two (in case you were going to have a twin brother) BUT there is only one of you and the two names we picked just don't sound right without the other one. So, I'm trying to think of some other names, but your dad doesn't like any of the names I pick. He can be a pain sometimes. If you are a girl we also have two names picked out, and I like how they sound singularly so I'll just choose when we find out what you are.

I am so excited to have you in my belly right now! I've always wanted to be a mommy and I finally am going to be very shortly! I can't wait to hold you and take care of you! I know it's going to be tough, BUT I know that this is one of those things that I was BORN to do.

I have a doctor's appointment this week and I have no idea what he is going to do this time but I do know that I will get to hear your little heartbeat again! I was so surprised and excited that Dad and I got to hear it at the very first appointment when we saw you! Sometimes, at 7 weeks, it is too early to hear it, but we saw it and heard it! Lucky us! I don't know if I will get to see you this time, but if not I will set up an appointment to see you in a couple more weeks.

I'm going to try my hand at adding pictures to this blog also. Not sure how well I will be able to do that, but right now I have your first ultrasound and I'm going to try to take baby bump pictures to post also. I am at work right now (it's been slow lately so I'm not slacking..don't worry..Mom is a hard worker!) but I am going to sign off for now.

I love you little peanut!

Love,
Mommy