First Photo

We have arrived at the second trimester! WhaWhooooooo! My "afternoon sickness" is beginning to deplete and I am reclaiming my evenings. 2 weeks ago we had our first ultrasound. The docs at the perinatal office mean business: We were led to the exam room, the doc turned the lights off, told Dan where to sit, asked me to hop up on the "recliner" and verify my information on the flat-screen mounted to the ceiling. Then, in the next moment, we were looking at our future baby... arms and legs moving around and laying in perfect profile (the doctors said our baby was very cooperative). It took me a minute to catch-up with the fact that the tiny human we were looking at on the screen was inside me. The only word I can use to describe how I felt was- beaming...no other word for it! After multiple snapshots were taken, we were handed the baby's first photos and sent to schedule our next appointment (when we will find out if we are having a boy or girl). What do you think baby Lynch will be?

We're Pregnant!

YES! We are expecting an addition to our family on June 30th and are absolutely thrilled! (Yes that is the day that 'Eclipse' is out in theaters...so we'll see what happens). I haven't been updating my blog at all because every afternoon, I'm nauseated. Luckily I teach art in the morning at an elementary school while I'm not sick... it's the coming home part that really gets to me. I eat lunch and then lie on the sofa while watching Martha Stewart. Then the count-down until the nausea begins. UGH! It's all worth it I'm sure... although somedays it can really drag you down(I have a deep respect for people who live with a chronic illness). The above picture is a napkin Dan found for me at Sur La Table (I added the part about not listening). We both laughed very heartily at it! At my last prenatal appointment, Dan and I were able to hear the baby's heartbeat. How exciting and strange is that! It was so interesting to consider that there is actually another heartbeat inside me and I'm growing a human! Dan wants me to say "The fetus and I need to eat" and his absolute favorite that I haven't been able to commit to is saying "We (in an alien-body-snatcheresque manner) need to eat." He is like a kid on Christmas morning about telling everyone we're pregnant...and I suppose the body-snatcher thing is his male way of bonding with the idea. It's cute. So, I've heard that the nausea can possibly subside around the 14th week...I'm 2 seconds away from week 12... so we'll see what happens around the corner!