Somebody Loves Me!

After the ear/sinus infection from hell, I am finally starting to feel better! Although I still can't hear anything in my left ear...odd! Today I was feeling pretty malaise and wanted to just go back to bed after going to yoga this morning when all of the sudden I heard the doorbell ring! I opened the door to a beautiful flower arrangement and a very sweet note from Mom and Jim hoping that I feel better soon! Thanks guys! I love you bunches! :)

On another note, can you believe that Thanksgiving is only a week from tomorrow. I am so very excited! I do not play around when it comes to hosting Thanksgiving dinner, so I have been diligently coupon-clipping and shopping for about 2 weeks now. Chris was making fun of my 'Thanksgiving 2008' Excel workbook complete with shopping list, guest list, menu, gameplan, etc... What? Doesn't everyone make an Excel workbook for events that they are hosting?

Homegrown Fruit Salad...

Sorry it's been a while since we have updated; it has been crazy over here at the Allison casa!
First off, we had a check-up with our midwife on Friday. Everything is looking peachy. Speaking of peachy, Chris and I noticed a funny coincidence in all pregnancy-related books, magazines, websites, etc... Anytime you read about a certain week or month of pregnancy, you will ALWAYS find that they compare the size of the baby to a piece of fruit. Example, we are currently just over 17 weeks and have read that our baby is the size of a small pomegranate this week. We have been through the grape, cherry, plum, and peach stages already! We got to wondering, who the heck decided to compare your baby's size to fruit! We ultimately decided that a baby the size of a cheeto puff or small soft taco just didn't have the same ring.
Anyway, we got to hear a nice strong heartbeat (155bpm), and the midwife taught me how to feel where the top of my uterus starts (which is currently about 1.5 inches below my belly button! Pretty cool!) My uterus is measuring right on track, but the midwife told me to be sure that I was eating enough because I have only gained 2 pounds so far. After Chris picked himself off the floor from laughter, he quickly explained that I frequently out-eat him at restaurants! Once we convinced her that I was eating enough, she agreed, but said that she wanted to see me gain another 1.5-2 lbs. by my next check-up (Dec. 5th).
At the December 5th appointment we will also be having our 20 week ultrasound done to ensure that everything is going okay, and we will also be able to find out if we will be having a boy or a girl! YAY! Right now we have a pretty even spread of predictions!
I am currently getting over a pretty severe ear/sinus infection that popped up over the weekend. The doctor laughed when he looked in my ear, saying "Oh yeah! You definitely have an ear infection!" Seriously, I feel like I have a knife stuck through my head right now! Chris will stay home tomorrow to take care of me, then he will be off to Morgan City, LA for the rest of the week for work. I will be flying to New Orleans on Friday to meet him for a short weekend vacation. I think I will definitely catch up on missed calories while in New Orleans!
Cheers!

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes (a la David Bowie)

I have finally collected a few belly pictures that are actually worth posting. When this started I had intended to take a picture every week, blah, blah, blah, but it turns out that we suck at remembering to take pictures as well! Not to mention, my blossoming belly really only made noteworthy changes the past two weeks or so. So here we go; this first shot was taken at about 5 weeks. I took this picture about a week after we found out that we were pregnant.

This second picture was taken at 12 weeks 4 days. Here my jeans had definitely started to tighten a little, and I was feeling more bloated than anything!

This last picture was taken tonight, and I am currently 15 weeks 2 days. My belly is starting to look more pregnant and less "I just ate too much today."

Overall, I am feeling wonderful! I am absolutely loving being pregnant so far! I have remained active and started taking yoga classes a few weeks ago. That deserves a post all itself; yoga is fantastic, and I wish I would have started much sooner!
Hopefully this weekend Chris and I will finish setting up the new guest room so that I can post pictures. For those of you who have been to the house, the pepto-pink room is officially gone! YAY!