Boo!!!

Trick or Treat! Smell My Feet! Gimme Something Good to Eat!!!

Ok... what gives??? It's 7pm on Halloween, it's dark, and not one trick or treater has knocked at my door! Are they scared of my pumpkin??? It's not THAT scary of a pumpkin! Geez! Although Peter did pick a good one... it looks all worty and we carved ghosts into it.

Well time to say G'bye to October and HELLO NOVEMBER! November starts out great because the first (yes, that's tomorrow!) is Peter's 30th Birthday!! YAHOO! And it just keeps on going good because the 7th is our ultrasound. Shortly thereafter is Thanksgiving with all the yummy food.... and the day after Thanksgiving I am done with the first trimester oogies! YAY!

OK - time to watch some TV. =) Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Birth Experience Prediction

This was the answer I got from an online quiz that's supposed to tell you about your birth experience!
It'll be interesting to see if it's correct!

The day you deliver, outside will be sunny. Your baby will arrive in wee hours of the morning .

After a labor lasting approximately 10 hours, your child, a girl, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and will be 18 inches long. This child will have dark brown eyes and dark hair.

This quiz is at: http://pregnancyandbaby.com/read/articles/736.htm

Eight Weeks!

The last couple of days have been a little better. I can actually hold down some food now! WooHoo! I just can't get this yucky taste out of my mouth... it's horrible.

We're heading to the store in a few minutes so I can get supplies to make stew tonight and cheese because I MUST have cheese. And some mints. =)

I can't believe how exhausted I am. I can't imagine working full-time right now - so I definitely have tons of respect for any woman who goes through this working full-time. I couldn't do it. All I want to do is nap the day away.

It's just over a week until our first ultrasound and I can't wait! I just want to see Pepper on the screen and know that he/she/they is in there and doing well.

Hapai-O-Meter

Peanut Butter & Pickles ?!?!?!?!

Well I've officially had morning sickness for about a week now and I'm really sick of it. I'm scared that Pepper isn't getting all it's nutrients because I can't hold anything down, but all the books and stuff say it's normal. I also feel like such a blob because I don't go anywhere cause I throw up all the time. Argh.

Pretty much the only things I can eat are: toast, english muffins, chicken broth, and juice. Those are the regular things. The other day I ate a pickle and then had some peanut butter and my mom was like, "Did you know you just ate Pickles and Peanut Butter?" And she was laughing hysterically. I was like, "OHMIGOSH.... that's so gross" - but I did eat it! *LOL*

I must say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my mom MARISSA!!!! It's her birthday today.

I think we're going to Kobe tonight and I hope I do good and can eat some food because I really like going to Kobe's. It's yummy.

My nephew Landon should be coming anytime... I can't wait to meet the lil guy. I hope Lisa doesn't give birth when we're on Oahu on 11/7! I told her she's not allowed. hahaha

Peter's turning 30 on the first - I wish I could give him a meaningful gift, but he just got the STI (which is his bday gift - he's very spoiled). I'll probably think of something small.

Anyhoo.... that's all for now. I'm sure I have piles of email to go through since I haven't been on the 'puter in a couple of days...

*Happy Dance* 7 Weeks!

I've been doing the happy dance all day long - we made it to 7 weeks! Yahoo!

Can't Win 'Em All!

I had a portrait session scheduled for sunset today at Baby Beach in Lahaina, by the Jodo mission. Anywho, I waited and waited and the people didn't show up. So I went home.

I called them up, and they were somewhere else and very mad that I wasn't there! But I specifically said by the Jodo Mission... so I'm frustrated and a little upset because I could have totally used a little extra money - that 45 minutes I waited was for nothing.

Ah well, I guess ya can't win em all!

I Spoke Too Soon...

I was having such a great day yesterday. But halfway through my pedicure I started not feelin so hot. The entire rest of the day went down the toilet [literally!].

Today it's been off and on. I'm just trying to keep at least a little food in my stomach so it's not so upset. It's tough!

Smashed Potatoes

I got my blood numbers from yesterday's blood test - 19,588 which puts me AHEAD of the average - YAHOO!!! Ok this is starting to feel real now.

The hard part is waiting the next three weeks to go to Oahu for our ultrasound. I can't wait to see the pepper in their and hear it's heartbeat. That will be amazing.

I also can't wait for Thanksgiving. It seams like that's the only food I'm craving. Mashed Potatoes and Stuffing, and Green Bean Casserole would just make my day! I bought some mashed potatoes today from KFC and ate it for lunch - no chicken, no cole slaw or buscuits, just the taters! *LOL* I'm such a dork.

I don't feel sick today - which is great. So I'm going to get a pedicure this afternoon. Yay!

What a great day...

Glowing

Although morning sickness started settling in yesterday *ugh* and I feel like I have the flu, Peter said the nicest thing this morning - it made my day! He said "although you don't feel good today, you are glowing." Wow! That made me feel so beautiful. No wonder I love him so much!

I feel like crap right now and food smells are driving me insane. Peter was nice enough to go to Wal-Mart and buy me Sky Flakes because they're the only crackers that I want.

I'm having a hard time drinking enough fluids because my tummy gets upset, but I'm doing my best!!

I went in for another blood test this morning - I'll get the results tomorrow or Wednesday. Hopefully those HCG numbers just keep getting higher!!

6 Week Milestone

Hooray! We're 6 Weeks Along!

What a Difference A Number Can Make!

I slept terrible last night. I just couldn't get comfortable no matter how I tried. I thought this was all over. My doctor is on the mainland right now and the fact that the nurse called him to tell him my low number scared me. It was horrible.

But that was yesterday - this is today. Although I only slept for four and a half hours, I woke up to a 9am phone call (on the dot) and Peter told me it was Erin, my nurse. OK - my heart was pumping fast, my adrenaline went up - I had to prepare myself for what she was going to say.

She said, "There's been a terrible mistake! Damn Kaiser! They didn't fax over your lab paperwork so I called them to find out your number from Tuesday and they said 529. She missed an entire number because its five-THOUSAND-two-hundred-ninety-one!!!! This puts me right where I should be and we're still in the running for twins. A HUGE sigh of relief to know that the little "pepper" is doing ok and growing as he/she should.

I have another blood test on October 17th (at Kaiser) and then we have our first ultrasound appointment scheduled for November 7th on Oahu at Dr. Vu's office where we'll get to hear the heartbeat for the first time. =) Exciting.

Oh my.... what a difference a day makes!

Need Your Prayers

We need everyone's prayers! I just spoke to my nurse again and she said that Doctor is very concerned with our beta numbers. He was expecting them to be in the thousands and they are well below that (529).

I go in for another blood test on Friday so we can check the numbers again. Let's hope that they go up significantly!!!

A Little Worried

I had my third HCG Beta test yesterday morning. I had to wait until this morning for the results. I was expecting numbers in the thousands...

According to sources on the Internet, the average beta number for my date is 2,637. 540 is the lowest number. Mine came in at 529. I'm not exactly sure what this means. I asked my nurse if it was good and she kinda hesitated before she said yes. So that scares me a bit.

Peter sais not to worry - that the number went up and that's a good thing. I know where he's coming from, but I don't understand why my beta numbers aren't higher. I'm trying not to worry too much because I know that stress isn't good. I'm waiting to hear back from doc's office to find out when I need to make an appointment for an ultrasound.

Yikes! Scary!!

I did it...

Well I did it... I had three days in a row with vow renewals, portraits, and weddings and I got through it! I am definitely sore (and very tired) but glad that it's done. I don't think I'll be scheduling anything back to back for a while! Now I have LOTS of editing to do!

I had a really nice snuggly day with Chico and Dexter today. Peter worked 1-9 so luckily he didn't come home too late in the evening. I wish we could go out to dinner or something, like a date night. We haven't gone anywhere to celebrate yet. =(

On another note, we're planning on putting the condo on the market in December/January and then we're moving to Haiku. We'll stay in my parents old house while we're building our dream home. It's so exciting!

Anyhoo, that's all for now.

Our Scooby

5 Weeks - yahoo!

Today I make 5 weeks! Only 35 more to go! =) The lil one is about the size of a raisin according to the internet calendar I found.

Peter was so nice to clean the bathroom this morning so I wouldn't have to smell any fumes from the cleaners. Now it's sparkling!

I started doing photography again yesterday. I had a portrait session that was an hour long and boy was I tired afterward! I have a small vow renewal tonight and then a medium sized wedding tomorrow night. I think I'm going to have to limit myself to small events because I don't think I can handle the four to eight hour weddings right now! haha

Did I really just say that?....

I had to go to the dentist yesterday for my routine teeth cleaning. When I got there, I had to tell them no xrays because I'm pregnant. Then it dawned on me - did I really just say that?? It didn't quite feel real until I said it out loud. It was such a trip.

I'm still feeling normal for the most part. I am still exhausted and I don't know whether to blame that on my shots (progesterone) or on pregnancy hormones. I'm having issues with food - being hungry but not having a desire to eat anything. Also the strong smells are making appearances througout the day. Other than that, not really feeling too queazy or anything. *knock on wood*

I'm still a little scared because I'm still so early. People keep telling me about their miscarriages - so I'm just hoping for the very best that this little peanut sticks!

Oh yeah... that's its name until we find out if it's a boy or girl. hehehe

I had bad dreams last night so I woke up and took another preggo test. This time, the second line came out REALLY dark so that just reassured me that the hormones are getting stronger. What a relief.

Peter went and picked up the new car from the harbor this morning. I'll post a pic separately. I can't wait to try to drive it - It looks like fun!

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