Seriously, apples

Ok, so maybe saying I would only update weekly was a stretch. I want to come out here and talk about this every day just cause I'm so freakin excited, you know? Today I had my nurse's appointment at the office where my OB is now located. They go over things like family history and what I should and shouldn't be eating.....to my surprise I'm actually more strict than they expect me to be, but with all the other issues I need to combat it's probably not a bad thing to walk the cautious side. They also did blood work and I tried to stress that the specialist I had been seeing did most of these tests in September but they didn't seem to care. And the woman taking blood was terrible....both arms were fished and bruises are on their way. They also had me do the glucola test where you drink a sweet beverage, wait an hour and they test for how prone you are to developing gestational diabetes. They don't usually do this test till 28 weeks along but with family health history and whatnot I'm sure it's not a bad thing to tell right away.

All I've wanted to eat today is apples. Applesauce and apples. Luckily I had an apple in the car and it tasted so good I think that's what prompted the further behavior in seeking out apple products. Luckily dearest Christopher had the foresight to help me purchase sensible snacks for my desk so that I could easily avoid vending machine junk. Peach medley applesauce and Granny Smith applesauce from the "healthy harvest" Mott's line....mmmmmm

Seven week ultrasound

Here are the pictures from our ultrasound yesterday. The baby is about .8cm only, but the tech was kind enough to label the blob for us all to oogle.

You can click on the images to view them in a larger window. Chris thinks it's odd to show people pictures of my insides....I keep telling him it's the baby they want to see, not me!

Welcome to the new family page!!

Well, now that we heard the heartbeat yesterday and have some sweet little ultrasound pics, it was time to begin the ever elusive baby-blog. Why a baby blog you ask? Well, since my parents are in KY and there are people all over the country watching for this little one, I figure it's the best forum to just get everything out there so we're all on the same page.

As many of you probably know it's been a significant journey to get to this point and we wouldn't have made it without the love and support from all of you. We are so thankful to have people like you in our lives and look forward to sharing our family with you very soon.

The expected due date of Baby Kaczkowski as of now is September 15th. On one hand this seems like a million years away, but then the part of me that knows there's a TON of work to be done to get ready for little one's arrival, I'm kind of flipped out at how fast it will really come!!

I hope to post weekly so check back for pics, updates, mood-swings and general forays into my pregnant world.

Stay tuned.....