First Ultrasound!

Baby Beaty

Today we had our first Ultrasound. What an absolutely wonderful experience and one of our most memorable. It's amazing how clear we could see the details of baby Beaty. We are so blessed that everything looked good.

When we first saw the screen, we thought the baby was waving at us! We could see it's tiny hand moving back and forth. What an amazing though! It continued to be super active during the appointment. At one point Geoff commented that it was already in training, running on a treadmill, as it's legs were going back and forth. The technician also commented the baby was very photogenic. :) We got some great pictures of the baby.
Stats:

• Size: 7 cm long
• Extended size: 9 cm if legs were straight
• Heart Beat: 150 BPM
• Active: very
• My Timeline: 13 weeks & 3 days today (a week early then I thought)
• Conclusion: All is good so far
  

Baby Beaty Close-up

Second Trimester is Here

Here is the end of week 14. The nauseousness is hitting me with a vengeance, hopefully with the thought of leaving soon. I'm getting a little bit bigger, but no one would guess I'm pregnant if they saw me on the street. Just a gal with a bit of weight around her belly. ;)

I can't believe it, we are heading off on our vacation in just over 2 weeks! I have barely thought about it since we finished planning it. I have decide to forgo learning Spanish in such a short amount of time and instead stay with my Anatomy and Physiology class. It's going to be a ton of work, and I am already a week behind since I was going to drop the class. So wish me luck!!

I started my women's bible study at church last week. We are reading 'The Pursuit of GOD' by A.W Tozer. What an amazing book. What he wrote decades ago, still holds true today. I wanted to share a verse from the study that struck me this morning as being so true.

What good is it for man to gain the whole world; yet forfeit his soul? Mark 8:36

It is so easy to get caught up in all the things this world has to offer. Money, higher education, winning, power, recognition... But none of it worth it. Our focus should be on God and not the things of this world. It's a hard thing to learn and do, I will forever be working on it. I had a hard time giving up my IT work, as I know i had some identity with it. But in the end it is more then worth it!

Maternity Clothes

I have officially moved into maternity clothes for pants and fitted tops. In my regular clothes my belly was feeling squished when I sat down. Then when I would stand my belly would peek out from under my fitted shirts and low riding jeans. So I made the plunge yesterday. It took quite the shopping but I eventually hit the jackpot and found some great stuff at Maternity Gap that fit really well (and were a great deal too!). Three trip and many hours later here's the loot...

I got khaki's and jeans that have an expandable waist, each around 70% off. A tank top from Gap and red shirt from limited, both for 6 dollars!




Got a great pair of brown pants and everyday white tank. Then of course what pregnancy wouldn't be complete without a maternity matching jumpsuit!




The jeans and khakis do not have a high waist band of fabric like most maternity clothing. Instead they have a cord around the waist that expands as you get bigger. What a fantastic idea!

Week 13

The picture is from the last day of week 13. I couldn't find the same pants so I wore my carpi's. (Yikes, I think my ass looks as big as my belly.)

I had a very busy weekend, so I am attempting to rest up today. On Saturday Geoff & I coached TNT (run clinic, 90min bike, brunch). Then showered and headed out for a second lunch with Cheryl and Ken. It was great to see both of them. I miss my training friends now that I have to go slow. Quick run home, grabbed a 30 min nap to try and get a hold of the nauseousness, then off to dinner with Molly and Chip. The boys split a bottle of wine while us girls sipped on our ice water as Molly is pregnant too. 36 weeks along so gave me lots of great advice. Thanks Molly!

Somehow Sunday morning I was still motivated and got up for a 10 mile run with the Reston Runners. It is my longest run pregnant. I'm training for the National 1/2 Marathon at the end of March. Geoff was off on a bike ride with the boys, so I headed over there my myself and meet some great people during the run. There was over 50 of us! Then off to Natalie's, our niece, birthday party for the afternoon. We left at 4pm, stopping at the mall to find maternity pants (with no luck) so my belly wasn't being squished. Then on to a TriCat's meeting at Panara for 2 hours.

Yesterday wasn't much better, so needless to say I am wiped and my nauseousness is hitting extra hard. I am suppose to be starting my Online Anatomy and Phy's class today, but I am thinking of dropping the class. I am worried I am going to be one of those unlucky feel who are sick until the end. There is no way I can study and memorize when I am like this. So instead I thinking of focusing on learning Spanish for my trip and if I want starting some studying for the GRE. Both of which don't have a timeline and grade associated with it. Well that's the latest here...

Babymoon Trip is Planned!

For some silly reason Geoff and I never took a honeymoon. We had such exotic ideas of where we wanted to go but could never decide on a location. So there we sat, 8 months into our marriage, still wanting to take a honeymoon, but knowing an adorable baby was on the way in 9 months. Then came the idea of a babymoon! A honeymoon type trip before the baby came.

Thus the planning was underway, with a urgency like never before. I wanted to go when I was in the middle of the second trimester. Hopefully when the nauseousness is gone and before I got too uncomfortable.

Location of our resort, The Luna Runtun

We have finally completed the plans. We are going to be heading to Banos, Ecuador for two weeks. It is located in the mountains between the gateway to the Amazon rainforest and the Llanganates National Park. We will be staying at an Luna Runtun Adventure Spa, where there is daily adventure trips and spa treatments to pick from. Here are some pictures from the resorts website, all credit is given to them.

This is one of the builds on the property. It is likely where we will be staying. The resort has 310 acres to explore, with their own lush gardens, birds and exotic plants.



The resort has an amazing view! This is a picture of part of their 4 pools and jacuzzi of natural Volcanic water. They also have SPA building where I hope to get some massages and mud baths, and volcanic ash and salt exfoliation.







A close by waterfall. There are many hikes, mountain biking, canoing, and rafting trips to go on. I am excited to hike the smugglers trail and the Inca trail. I also want to go check out the active volcano and Amazon rainforest.

End of First Trimester

So here I sit in Geoff's jacket, with a spoon and a carton of vanilla ice cream and post to anyone who cares to read, I have just completed the First Trimester of my pregnancy! I am 3 months along. Ah, the joys of pregnancy. Now only if this nauseousness will go away...

Here is what I eat pretty much everyday this week. (Everything else is gross and wants to make me hurl):

• Amy's little pizza pita pockets
• Whole containers of strawberries in one sitting
• Strawberry gatorade
• Nectarines
• Grape nut flakes cereal with tons of milk.
  
• Breyer's Natural Vanilla ice cream
• And then eat whatever Geoff trys to cook me at night. He made a wonderful BBQ chicken and grilled veggies last night that I successfully ate.
  

Week 12 Photo

First doc Appt

Geoff and I had our first doctors appointment for the baby! Since it was our first appointment we spend most of the time talking about baby stuff and family history. I was reminded of what I should and shouldn't be eating and doing. The big excitement for the day is we heard the babies heart beat for the first time! I was amazed by the sound. It was more of a swooshing sound then a heart beat. But the doc reassured us that was it! It's all real! Our baby has a heart beat and is growing bigger everyday!

I also got a recommendation for the nauseousness. Boy was I excited! So right after we headed to the food store with a list of medications (I have a nasty cold too) and nauseous recommendations. The two suggestions she game for nauseousness was Vitamin B6 and Sonigramm. That evening at dinner I took the B6 and then before bed the other. What a long night. I should know to never take sleeping medication as that's what it was. I was up most of the night with muscle spasms and extreme drowsiness. I think I got about 2 hours of sleep before I had to get up and coach TNT that morning with Geoff.

Gail is Here!

Here is a picture of my girlfriend Gail and me at Geoff's parents house on Christmas Day. It was so nice outside! Gail is spending Christmas and New Years with us. She'll be here for around 3 weeks. It's great to have her here. I'm a bit sad I can't do as much as I would like given my nauseousness, but it seems she's enjoying the downtime too. Today we headed to DC and looked did some biking around Hains Point then headed to some museums.