Happy Holidays

Well today is the 15 week mark! I cannot believe how fast time is flying by. In the next 3 weeks we will be finding out what the sex is of our little one (assuming he or she cooperates a little bit better than the last appointment) Jerrod and I have very different thoughts about what the gender is of the baby growing inside my belly, and with the bet we made one of us will be eating very well for the week to follow after the big reveal at the appointment.

We had a fabulous Christmas at home. We were

able to pick Jess up at the train station in White Plains and drive straight through to Dover to hit up the Smith side first. We spent 2 days there including a giant extended family lunch on Christmas Eve provided by his gram. I cannot believe how big my two nieces Averie and Cayleigh have gotten! It is always so nice to see them when ever we can, I wish we lived closer so we could see them more than just twice a year. Cayleigh has the most beautiful curly mop of hair, ringlets just flow down her back, she is so beautiful and Averie has quite the personality of her own.

We then made our way to Bailey Island to spend our Christmas Eve night and Christmas with my family. We were once again lucky and fortunate to have had my brother, his wife Theresa and my other niece Journey Lynn stay the night at my parents house where we were able to all wake up and enjoy Christmas morning together just like we did growing up. It was Journeys first Christmas so it was so nice being able to share that with her. It was so exciting knowing that in a year me and Jerrod will be getting to start and make tradition for our little one and sharing with a new baby the joys and importance of my favorite time of year.

We were so fortunate to have been able to make it home and spend time with both families and it reminds us once again of how lucky we are to have such supporting and caring people in our lives. We have both sets of parents, 2 siblings each and 3 beautiful healthy nieces and we cant wait to bring our little one into our family and have them be loved and supported as we have been growing up. No matter where we go or move to Maine will always be our home and I get excited each time we make that trip over the bridge saying "welcome to Maine"because to me that is my home.

Greetings From Baby!

Today we had our 12 1/2 week checkup with our high risk Dr. We FINALLY got to see our baby :) The last picture we had was at 4 weeks and it was just a blinking dot. Baby has fingers and toes and is very very active. Infact he or she was so active it took more than one specialist to try and get some good pictures and over 40 minutes... We had to laugh because baby just didn't want to to sit still. We got to hear the heart beat too... it was such a wonderful and exciting experience, by far the best day so far! AND the Dr says everything looks wonderful and no need for worry, but we will continue to see him every month.

Baby waves 'Hi ' Can't wait to meet you all!!

Finally, a bit of relief ..

Atlast I can be in the same room as FISH! One of my favorite foods turned against me in the early weeks made me leave the room, and sometimes building with the lingering smell of cooked fish and just the sight of it raw made me run past the fish counter at the market. My Dr said i should be eating salmon up to once a week to help with key brain development of the baby. I decided this week I would suck it up and attempt to make a dinner that I was sure to make me want to hurl. Me and Jerrod sat down to a baked rosemary salmon and balsamic steamed spinach dinner and I ate the whole thing! Oh the relief i felt knowing i could eat one of my favorite foods again!

This morning I thought I would try branching out again..this time it was eggs. I have found myself repulsed by even the thought of eating a cooked egg. I started out small just by making a ham and cheese egg white omelet. Mmmm. SO GOOD. This week has been amazing!

This week has also been a week of the 'cravings'. You know how they say you should never go grocery shopping when your hungry? Well I think they should say you should never let a pregnant women go grocery shopping alone. Those of my family members who know me know I can devour a tray of pickles and olives at family functions. But When I got home from

the store I think I even put Snooki and her pickle craze to shame. I sat down to watch my Christmas movies and started to get hungry and knew right away what I wanted. I got right up and ran to grab my new jar of baby dills i HAD to have at the store. I sat down and before i knew it sadly the jar only had 2 left :( i quickly hid it in the back of the fridge so Jerrod wouldn't see what i had done...

Well less than a week left of the 1st trimester, i cant believe how quickly the weeks are flying by!

I decided to take my first Baby Bump picture so here it is...not that big yet, but big enough to for people to wonder is she gaining weight or could she be knocked up? Hmmm

Baby on its way!

Well, it is official...come june 23rd 2012 me and jerrod will be parents to a beautiful new baby smith! We couldn't be more excited! It was a rough start with many ER trips and hospital stays, but things seem to be moving along much more smoothly now and the Drs dont seem as concerned. Infact my regular OB says that i am right where i should be although we will continue to see the high risk specialist every month to make sure there are no more bumps in the road. I don't mind because that just means i will be getting to have pictures of my little one taken every month, where as my normal insurance would have only covered 2 during the whole pregnancy.

This past week has been a wonderful week of firsts

I survived my first trip into a restaurant and was actually able to enjoy my lunch without needing to rush off to the bathroom mid meal...on top of that i had my first salad in months! just looking at a vegetable up until this point made me want to puke. It tasted so

good and was amazing! It filled me up so much i didn't even have room for the ice cream that i had been craving all day and the main reason we went into the restaurant in the first place (Jerrod made me order food before dessert...booo)

We found out Jerrod will be able to take some time off for Christmas so we will be heading to Maine to spend a few days in Dover with the Smiths and then a few days on the Islands with the Johnson's. We are so excited to be able to make it to both family Christmas Parties and see EVERYONE! Jerrod's sister Jess will even be driving with us :)

The tree is up and we are decorating it tonight. It's starting to feel like the Holiday Season and i couldn't be happier...Arizona was such a drag this time of year...wearing shorts in December and no snow is not Christmas spirit for me (sorry arizonians) so im so thankful to be back on the east coast and closer to family.

Here is babies first picture...it was taken at 4 weeks.. We will have a new one in 2 weeks at babies 14 week mark :)