Doctor Visit #2

Josh came with me for his visit and I'm glad he did. We got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. I was getting nervous because the nurse couldn't find it at first. The baby is still way below my belly button, but once she found it, it was going strong at 155 beats per minute. A friend of mine said that means it's a girl because boys have a higher heart rate. I'm not buying anything pink yet. I was upset I won't know the sex of the baby in time to tell everyone at Christmas. My next appointment is too early to get another ultra sound, so I'll have to wait until January to find out. The other good thing is that I've only gained one pound in the first trimester! The doctor was very nice and I'm happy it's a woman. I think I'd be embarrassed describing things to a male doctor. She recommended sucking on lemon drop candies to help with my dry mouth. This makes sense since the only thing I've found that helps this is an ice pop that happened to be lemon flavored.

Monday Night Football

So the baby got to go to its first Monday Night Football game at Fed Ex Field. Too bad no one bothered to mention that it had been converted into the Steeler's home field for that game. It was frustrating to watch the Skins get whipped so badly by another team I like. We got home around 1:30 in the morning- thankfully there was a workday on Tuesday. I'm still recovering from the lack of sleep. At least I was warm thanks to bundling up in three layers. See Mom--I wore my hat!!! So here are some of the "highlights". The huddle with Cambell- you can also see Chris Coooooooooooley (47) and Clinton Portis (26). There's Big Ben on the sidelines after his shoulder got hurt and my man Troy Polamalu under all that hair in number 43. So now we have a bi-week before facing Dallas at home.

A Good Idea?

I saw this at Costco really cheap and it looks like a good thing. Any ideas?

It's the Winnie the Pooh Gardin Spin. The only thing I'm worried about is if the baby gets too far forward and falls off the spinner thing.