I turned 10 weeks today. Since I've lost 125lbs I thought we give it a shot at finding the baby's heart beat. It's been my Christmas wish to hear it for Christmas/by Christmas.
However I wasn't sure I'd be able to find it since I could be 9wks 4 days - 10wks along. I don't know when I conceived at all and I suspect I am not as far along as I think I am and my EDD is actually July 23 and not July 21.
Either way, I had dh pull out the doppler after midnight just to "see" if we could find it and I fully expected we wouldn't and I would just try again around Christmas Day instead.
Well, after a little search we heard it clear as day. Nice, FAST, and strong. I am much more relieved now, but I still don't feel "safe". Maybe once I finally feel baby start moving, LOL
I swear pregnancy is so much more stressful after a miscarriage!
On December 12th we had our Winter Holiday Open House and it was a BIG success. I was actually surprised by how many people came throughout the night. We had a nice steady stream of guests all night long. We had far too many leftovers but they made it to church the next day and that took care of the majority of the leftovers. for us. The kids took care of the rest, LOL
I was also pleasantly surprised to have some high school buds show up to the party. We had a blast catching up a bit.
On December 20th the kids had their holiday play. Rachel and Sariah were some of the main characters and they did the most fantastic job out of everyone! I'm not just saying that either because they are my kids, LOL. The fact is they were the only, ONLY ones who had their lines memorized. Not even the adults had their lines memorized! But Sariah and Rachel and even Mason did!
I worked on some costumes and decorations for the play which turned out well too I think.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and we will be doing our traditions. Church services and then soup social. After that we will be heading to Huckleberry Crossroads Village to drive through and look at the lights and we'll also look at some house lights too on the way home.
Once we get home we will open some family Christmas gifts and then we'll head to bed. Well at least the kids will be, LOL Joe and I will be up LATE putting out all of the Christmas stuff.
So that's the update for now. I'll update again after the holidays!
