Happy Halloween everyone! My mom got a couple hats for the puppies:

Presley as a warlock (even though I think it is for a witch):

Elsie as a pumpkin (she doesn't sit as well for pictures):

The only way she keeps it on is if she can chew the strings, not very lady like!:

I have been putting it around her neck, usually she will ignore it, not as cute as on her head, but still cute!

Okay. On to the doctor's appointment yesterday. Here is a bit of advice, if you know you have to pee in a cup, don't go to the bathroom before you go, no matter how much you think you will be able to go when you get there! I went before we left, thinking it wouldn't be a problem, I ALWAYS have to pee. Well we get there, and she said I have to get the "midstream" pee in the cup, well, I totally misjudged when midstream was! I felt so dumb coming out saying I didn't think I peed enough in the cup!

Then we went to hear the heartbeat, which I was SO nervous about, it was so disappointing last time when we didn't get to hear it. The doctor said that I lost a pound, and asked me if I "felt" pregnant, which I really don't, I just feel tired! Then he got the doppler out and couldn't find anything because he said it was too staticy, so he got a different one, and it still seemed to take a long time, I was having a private coronary! Then he finally found it, it wasn't as fast as I expected, but he said that is sounded strong, so that is good news. Then I started nervous laughing because I was so happy, which made him lose the heartbeat, and then he said I laughed the baby into a different position, so he had to find it again, and I couldn't stop laughing, I felt like such a moron!

The doctor also said I haven't "popped" yet, I thought I wasn't supposed to be showing yet though! He said I may not show until Thanksgiving or maybe even 20 weeks! I kinda hope it doesn't take that long! I know I will regret that when I look like a whale, but still, I would like to show by Christmas! Speaking of Christmas, we scheduled our big ultrasound, it will be December 18, so I am excited we will know by Christmas if it is a boy or girl, but a little nervous because it is 19 weeks and I hope we will be able to tell!

Joel and I went to look at a car last night, and they sold if before we got there! We have the worst luck! We drove a hour to Ionia, for nothing! I may take this afternoon off to go look for something, it is like the only time we have for like 2 weeks.

Okay, I have one more bonus pic because it is so cute...

Elsie loves to chew on ice, so sometimes we will put it in her water bowl, and this is what we get:

Hope everyone has a great day!

Birthday

I really wanted to go out to see a movie tonight (well actually I just really love movie theater popcorn) and I looked and there is like nothing good out right now :( That stinks. So I don't know what we are going to do tonight now, maybe we can just go get popcorn and eat it at home, The Office is on so that will be fun to watch. I hope Joel gets me a Bill Knapps cake!

Oh! I just thought of one more thing! My dad sent me a "happy birthday" email, that was all it said. It may not sound like a big deal, but my dad usually pretends he doesn't remember our birthdays, and only says something if my mom makes him, I don't know why he thinks it is funny. Anyways, that already made my day because it was so unexpected, so I guess I can't be mad that they all went to Florida without me.

Not a good picture, but how cute was I? Seriously! My mom always says I was her cutest newborn because my first sister was a cone head and my other sister was super early, and just not cute, and I was a month early c-section, so I was the cutest! Ahhh, I have to bask in my newborn cuteness :)

Have a great day everyone!

Kids are so funny!

So my 4 year old nephew just came up to me and said "Can you name the baby Ella?" Which is his sister's name. I said "No, we already have an Ella" He didn't get that, so we went back and forth for a few minutes, me trying to explain why we couldn't pick Ella. Then he says, "Can you name the baby Presley" My mom's dogs name! Again, I tried explaining we couldn't do that. Then he looks at me and says "Well, why don't you just name the baby!" And sits there looking at me. I told him I couldn't yet, blah blah, he was ignoring me. Then he sat and looked at me for a few minutes waiting for me to come up with a name, then he said, "I am going to name the baby Ella" and walked away. That little stinker! I just had to share with someone! Sorry, it is probably boring to most, and I am sorry for not being a good story teller! Hope everyone has a great day!

Bummer!

Well, I had my first doctor's appointment today, well actually the second, but the first was just for confirmation. Anyways, I expected it to be short because Julie said hers was short, boy was I wrong! It took about two and a half hours, most of the time waiting! First we had to go through all these questions that I already answered, then she told me a bunch of stuff I knew, then we had to wait for the doctor, who went over most of the stuff the nurse said! I guess they are thorough.

It was taking so long Joel had to leave to go to work, so I had to call my mom to pick me up. The doctor tried to find the heartbeat, but said it was 50/50 and couldn't find it, which I expected. Then during the pelvic he said that my uterus is tilted backwards so that is probably part of the reason he couldn't get the heartbeat. Oh well, we should hear it next time.
Anyways, I got a bonus mole biopsy and a flu shot! Lucky me!

Oh! And he said my due date is May 15, so that is nice to know. I wish I hadn't been charting, the doctor said if I hadn't I would have been able to get an early ultrasound :( That's what I get! Oh well I guess.

Hope everyone has a great week!