Catch up!

Tomorrow I will be 12 weeks...crazy! Almost out of my first trimester! We have another doctors appointment on Friday for a nuchal sonogram, which measures the back of the baby's neck testing for downs syndrome. I believe they will do a blood test from me as well...we'll see.

Christmas came and went very quickly! It was nice to have a long 4 days off from work to just take it easy. We spent Christmas day with my parents and Stephanie; opening presents first thing in the morning, Michael made his infamous french toast, we went to St Johns to feed the elderly, and then came back home for a nice Christmas dinner. Michael's family came in town the next day. We did "Christmas" on Sunday with them. They were a really big help cleaning out the back room and moving the furniture. We installed new carpeting in our master bedroom and in the nursery - it looks SOO nice!!

Stephanie officially made her way to Italy for 12 months. She will be able to come back for 2 weeks in July, which works out perfectly for the baby! It was really hard for me to say goodbye - since she really won't be here to see any of my pregnancy. She will be able to Skype and email, of course. Its just hard to believe how much different our lives will be when she returns...because I'll be a mom and she'll be an aunt. I'm just hardly showing, and I'll have a BABY in 6 months...insane! Can you tell this is still very hard to believe?? Steph went over with my mom, grandma, Patty, and Christine. My aunt Patty has free text messenging over there, so I got a text from her today saying they were sitting down for lunch and will be heading to the Trevi fountain afterwards to get a tie for Michael (per his request). I'm soo happy for her...I just wish I was able to go with her or at least visit while she is experiencing this!!

Anyways...no real updates as far as the baby goes. Still taking it day by day. My belly gets MUCH bigger as the day progresses and is much smaller when I wake up in the morning. I think my muscles relax and loosen as the day goes?? I don't know...just a thought. See below what I looked like at 11wks, 2 days (which was last week) - just a little bit of a baby bump. Its not enough to tell that I'm pregnant..just enough to think I got carried away with the big meals over the holidays!! haha
More updates to come soon...