Meet the Sea Monkey

Today was our first ultrasound. Here's the little guy's profile. He didn't want to get in the right postion to be measured but we think we finally got a good measurment of about 40mm. Based on his size they changed the due date to June 2. We won't know for 7 more weeks what the sex is so for now it's a sea monkey :)

Hubby Tag

I don't normally respond to tags but this one might actually help some of you get to know Mike since he doesn't post on here. Thanks Jamie for sending it along!

5 Things Mike Loves
Me!
Scuba Diving
Boating
Rock Climbing
His Job

5 Things On His To Do List
Remodel baby's room
Build new equipment for work
Climb the 7 summits
Create his own TV show
Make more money

5 Foods He Enjoys
Mike is really picky so this is challenging
Filet mignon
Cherry Garcia ice cream
Pizza
Avocado eggrolls (cheesecake factory)
Really spicy food (if he has no taste buds left at the end it was just right)

5 Things You Might Not Know About Him
He's OCD about certain things
He never finished college
He can talk a customer service person into anything
Heck, he can talk anybody into anything and make them glad they did it
He's the easiest going person you'll ever meet

5 Places He's Lived
Miami
Redondo Beach
Los Angeles
San Diego
Connecticut

5 Quirky Things About Him
He likes to wrestle on the floor with our dogs
He has to have the best car out of all his co-workers
He has no sense of fashion
He giggles when he's nervous (it's weird, but cute)
He gets obsessed with one hobby at a time

Oh the Exhaustion

I haven't posted in a couple weeks because I'm just so tired... I do have a lot to write about though. My little belly is sticking out enough that my pants don't button. I'm trying to hold out buying the maternity clothes as long as possible though. At least until my mom and mom-in-law come to visit and go shopping anyway :) I've been really queasy and moderately pukey so that's not fun. I finally completed 6 weeks of working 60 hour weeks in an effort to help save some money and pay off the porsche (sigh).
In our family it has been a rough week. Mike's dad has been in the hospital for over a week with a kidney infection that went septic. He was critical for a while so Mike spent last Thursday to Monday with him. I think Mike was able to distract him some and help the hospital staff with all his care (Big Mike is a large stubborn man when feeling well so with kidneys failing he was even larger and grumpier.) We hope he will be able to recover but he will be in the hospital for the next several weeks.
On Halloween I only had 3 groups of trick-or-treaters come to the house. I had 2 huge bags of candy all ready :( What I really find ironic is that a neighbor came to the house on Monday selling candy bars for a school fundraiser. This same neighbor did not visit us on Halloween. So my money is good enough for them but they don't trust my candy? Hmmm.
I did go vote last week in early voting. I had to wait 2 1/2 hours but I think it is worth it to have my say. I'm pleased that our candidate won :)
Hopefully working less this month I can keep this up to date a little better. Or maybe I'll just take more naps :)

A Bun In The Oven

Luckily we weren't planning to keep it secret (j/k Jamie). Today I had my first doctor's appointment for my pregnancy. I'm about 9 weeks along with a due date of May 27. Needless to say we are very excited! And apparently the blood tests aren't always right since I got pregnant that same month :) The first ultrasound won't be for 3 weeks and it will be quite some time before we know the sex. I'll keep everyone posted with belly pictures :) I always said I wanted to be pregnant before 30 (even if it was only by 9 weeks)! Happy birthday to me!

I Love Books

As you all know, I love books. The picture of my first baby steps shows me carrying a giant picture book with a grin from ear to ear. When Brett was a baby I used to "read"to him from those picture books. I won every year in elementary school for most books read in the year. Everyone has things they are passionate about and mine is books.

I currently belong to 2 book clubs down here in Miami. Last month a girl in one of them asked if we would like to participate in a book club chain letter she'd recieved. Once I read through it I was excited. Everyone sent the letter to 6 of their friends and 1 book to the person 2 levels behind them. I eagerly sent off my letters and my book. I figured $2 to send a book that I enjoyed but wouldn't read twice was a great deal. My mom and mom-in-law called as soon as they recieved their letters. They were also excited.

So here's the best part. Today I recieved my first book! It was one I had seen and thought about in the book store. I can't wait!

Time to start my garden season

Contrary to most of you, it is now time to start my new gardening season. Last week I got a big bag of Miracle Grow and started my new seeds. I start a lot of the plants in pots before moving them to the garden. The actually garden will get tilled under this month and then replanted with all the new stuff.

I Just Need To Vent...

I've been sick with a nasty cold all week so I haven't been doing anything exciting but work has had me in a tizzy. I guess it's just the nature of my field but there are some clients that I love to see and others who make me shudder whenever I see their name on the appointment list. The latest drama at work involves one of those. This woman is extremely high maintenance and her cat is not a happy kitty. That alone would be enough to make things difficult. Last month said kitty decided to go into acute renal failure. We had him hospitalized for a weekend trying to get his kidneys working again. This kitty is grumpy enough that we had to sedate hime each time we checked him. So his owner wasn't happy about that... She also wasn't happy that she couldn't sit next to his cage 24 hours a day in our ICU... Nobody at work enjoyed that weekend. After 3 days of no urine formation (yes, you saw that right) I told the woman there was nothing else I could do to start his kidneys going. I recommended she take him home to die rather than he be miserable for his last couple days at the clinic. After he had been home for 2 days he started urinating again. Rather than be grateful for her miracle (I'm a doctor, not God, I'm glad he made it against the odds), she has decided we tried to kill her cat. Really?! On Friday she got a local station to listen to her and come film about our bad clinic. Needless to say I am not feeling nicely towards this woman.
The plus side of this is the outpouring from many of our clients that are outraged. One client is a local humane society director and she actually called me to say how mad she was at the station and that we should sue them for liable. An employee at the station who is a long term client also called to say she would help us fight this. And 3 seperate clients who were thrilled with how their pets current treatments were going brought us snacks.
It's just so frustrasting that a miserable person who likes to make everyone around them miserable can have so much influence in your life. AAAARRRGH!!!!!