A New Nest.

We signed the papers today and we are officially heading down the escrow brick road. We got our first place. It's a nice townhouse up in the Burbank hills. Pictures to come soon.

Dear Lord what is that smell!!!!

I have always heard that pregnant women have a greater sense of smell, but I don't think I ever realized exactly what that meant. Now I am fully aware. I never knew that there were so many smells wafting around all the time and lots of them are not so pleasant. I swear I smelled burnt vitamin flavored microwave popcorn walking into work the other day. And I can now tell you what kind of shampoo someone uses just by walking past their open office doorway.

This would be a fascinating new talent if it didn't come accompanied by the new fangled morning sickness which has nothing to do with just the morning. I am hoping it doesn't get much worse, at the moment it is a feeling of nonstop blekiness. Although last night was pretty rough. Of course, I did have a little too much rich food yesterday and I think I paid the price last night. Let's hear it for bland simple food!!!!

The big Announcement

Well, both families have officially been informed. And boy does news travel fast on Brian's side. Uncle Alex calls it the PBS network (Protz broadcasting System) and let me assure you it works fine. We had a pleasant day of congratulations and had lots of happy screams and hugs. I can assure you that this baby will have lots of love from both families. Thanks for all the support. Our little family is very grateful.

By the way, I am keeping a record of everyone who suggests I may be carrying twins (you know who you are) just in case I require extra babysitting now that you have all officially jinxed me.

Wake me in time for Battlestar Gallactica....

OK, today was a new record in sleepiness. I tucked myself into bed for a quick nap around 7 pm, woke up around 8pm, moved to the couch and instantly fell back asleep for another couple of hours. So much for a brief nap. Brian was in charge of waking me up for my 10 o'clock TV commitment. What would I do without him. :) He's a real trooper. It's amazing how much energy the baby takes up. I am sooooo tired all the time.

Symptoms.. Ready or not....

Yes, the joys of early pregnancy are starting to hit me hard. I am super tired all the time, things are sore, my brain is useless and lord help me if I even look at a burritto. I am currently obsessed with wheat thins at the moment. I think they may be the world's most perfect food. Luckily the morning sickness hasn't shown up yet, but I am so tired I can hardly make it through the day and I am usually sound asleep by 8pm, thank goodness for Tivo.

My Tuesday/Thursday hikes are feeling more and more like a death march every day. The fact that it was 75 degrees at 6 am this morning didn't help either. I have given up trying to keep up with the girls and am just concentrating on keeping my feet moving. It is so much harder than I ever expected it to be.

Midwife...or...OB

We are now in week 4 and we are trying to find someone to care for our little one who we have now named Lil' beans. He/she is about the size of a poppy seed right now.

We went to a birth center yesterday that totally freaked me out. It was horrible. The people were nice, but the facility looked like some creepy motel six in the middle of podunk. We couldn't get out of there quick enough.

We have an appointment to check out the Hollywood Birth Center next Wed. The place looks cute and they have been around for 20 years. When I called to schedule a tour they told me that their main midwife was retiring in October and they had no idea who was going to take over. They say the place will stay open, but it is a little bit of a concern for me.

I didn't think it would be such a difficult thing to find a good midwife and birth center in Los Angeles. I may have to bite the bullet and go for the hospital birth if I can't find an alternative soon. I made an appointment with my friends OB for an initial visit in 2 weeks. She sounds great, but I would still have to compromise on my ideal birth.

It's official

We are pregnant. I took the test this morning and it came out with a big fat positive. I had a feeling we might be pregnant so I had decided to wait until this morning to take the test. I didn't sleep a wink. I finally got out of bed at 5:00 am, after having been wide awake since 3 am waiting for the sun to rise, and took the test. To not so much of a surprise for me it was positive. I instantly began to sob with joy. Once I regained control of my brain, I got ready for stage 2, telling Brian.

I had a congratulations card that I wrote We're pregnant and you're going to be a dad in and I placed it on his night stand. I crawled back in bed and found myself again waiting wide awake. I finally gave up (after about 5 minutes) and told him to turn over and check his night stand. He was so excited. No turning back now. Next stop Parenthood.....