Heartbeat

On Thursday we had our first appointment with our Doctor. I had met him a few times before, but it was Jason's first time. Jason liked him, so that's good! Our doctor was able to find the baby's heartbeat right away. It registered between 150-160. According to some...that means a girl and according to other's (Jason) that means a boy. Who knows!?! What is important is that everything seems good so far and we heard a strong heartbeat. In order to show us the difference between the baby's heartbeat and mine he had us listen to mine as well. When I asked the doctor to hear the baby's again, while he was searching he says "oops...I got both at the same time". All of a sudden Jason goes "WHAT?! What do you mean BOTH?!?" Both the doctor and I start laughing. Jason thought "both" meant 2 babies, when in fact "both" meant the baby's and mine. It was very funny. Although nothing is confirmed until the ultrasound, the doctor is pretty positive it is just one baby. So all of you that thought twins are most likely incorrect...I just popped really early. :)

As my sister-in-law would say..."I've popped!"

Well, what I used to blame on bloating and would come and go, now is not going away. I think I am officially showing :). It is definitely kind of weird!

My summer vacation ended today. I know those of you who are not in education show no sympathy, but those that are know how it feels. As many of you know I am the Varsity Assistant Volleyball Coach at Bay Port High School. Try-outs started this morning bright and early with 8:00 am conditioning practice. With as tired as I have been, I had been averaging 10+ hours of sleep a night, so to me, this WAS an early morning. Oh well...it will get me ready for work which starts next week Tuesday.

With the doctor's appointment a week from Thursday, we should have another post up by the end of next week.

My Sister Tricia Got Married!

Last weekend Tricia and Jeremy got married. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather...75 and Sunny. Who would have thought they would have the same weather that Jason and I had on October 7, 2006 for our wedding. Here are a few pictures of the wonderful day :).

First Appointment, August 1, 2008

We had our first appointment on Friday August 1, 2008 at 3:00. It felt really weird that they didn't want to see me until about 4 weeks after we had found out, but that is how they do it I guess. I was a little nervous to go, because Jason wasn't sure if he was going to be able to make it to the hour long appointment. Jason had a phone conference at 3:00, but being the wonderful husband that he is, he rushed to the hospital after the conference and made it there by 3:30. The appointment was with the nurse practitioner and consisted mostly of recording family history. It was determined that I was 8 weeks and 6 days along, putting the estimated due date March 7, 2009. After examining me, the nurse made a comment that I was "Clinically Boring!" because everything looked great! :) My next appointment is scheduled for August 28.

We are having a Baby! Ready or Not! (pictures of about 5 weeks prego)

Although we had been trying for a few months to get pregnant and knew that is what we wanted...Jason and I weren't sure how to react when the at home pregnancy test turned postive before even being put back on the counter! (July 7, 2008) Over the next several days, Jason and I felt every single emotion possible. Excited, overwhelmed, scared, thrilled, etc. I think I called the doctor's office about 4 different times those next couple of times with questions. "Is such and such normal?" "Is this ok?"

We decided we wanted to keep the pregnacy quiet for a little while so we could tell both sets of parents in person. Although it was only 2 weeks that we kept it quiet from our parents, it was very difficult. After the 2 weeks we went over to Jason's parents house for dinner. After dinner I told Chris that I was out and about and found a really cute book that they would like. I gave it to her (Grandparents Should Always Have Popsicles). She opened it up to the middle and paged through the book, thinking it was because of her new grandson Collin. After a minute she opened the book to the front cover and started reading the inscription, "Grandma and Grandpa, See you in Marrrrrrrrrr". She didn't finish reading it because at that point she figured out what the book was for. The message stated "Grandma and Grandpa, See you in March! Love, Baby Starke". Both Mark and Chris were estatic!

The next day we traveled to Minocqua. I had rode up early with my sister Tricia, who had been living with us, and Jason came up later. Jason didn't come till 9:30 that night. It was very, very hard to wait for him to get there because I was so anxious to tell my parents. So at 10:00 that Friday night I told my mom that I had found 2 copies of the same book in my classroom. I said that I knew it was one of her favorites so I thought I'd give her the extra copy. I handed my mom the book "I Will Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch and within seconds she knew why I gave it to her. She opened up the front cover and read the message, ""Grandma and Grandpa, See you in March! Love, Baby Starke". She instantly started crying and told my dad to come over and see the message. Again, they were both very excited.

Over the course of the next several weeks we started telling family and friends. The secret is out! :)