i am now 17 weeks pregnant...yeah! today i had another dr. appt for some blood work to determine if the baby has down syndrome or other diseases/disabilities. the worst part was the weigh in :-) and the best part was hearing the baby's little heartbeat.
i have gained 8 lbs so far and my doctor said she would like me to gain a total of 20!! that means that i should only gain 12 more lbs. throughout the whole entire pregnancy....i'll try. the blood work was an experience because they had to do it 3 different times. they found a vein in each arm but nothing would come out. when the nurse took out the first needle blood squirted everywhere! it was down my arm....on the floor....everywhere! good thing i am a weird person and enjoy getting blood drawn. so finanlly a new "professional" blood taker had to come in and attemp to get my blood. well she opted for my wrist which was very odd but it worked. so now i have 3 bandaids and a slightly bruised wrist.

here are a couple photos of my 17 week belly.

great news to share....we have an appointment for our next ultrasound. we are meeting with a genetic doctor so they can determine the health of our little baby. what is even more exciting is that we will (hopefully) find out the sex of the baby!!! i say hopefully because there is always a chance that the baby's position will hide their girl or boy parts. our appointment is scheduled for April 6th at 1 PM. i will be sure to keep you all posted!!!

i will finally post photos of my pregnant belly. i am now 13 1/2 weeks pregnant and feeling great. no sickness, no more exhaustion.....but still could cry at anything. here i am about a week after i found out i was pregnant......looking sexy right..lol!!



...and here i am today at 13 1/2 weeks.

poor bella had 2 lumps on her back so we had to take her to the vet. we were nervous that they could be tumors but luckily they were only cysts and she got them both removed. she was such a good patient. the vet couldn't say enough kind things about her.

sully was very concerned when he saw his sister for the first time......


here are some photos of bella, post surgery :-( we will be heading back to the vet on friday so they can remove the staples.