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.

i am still very new to this blogging thing. i wanted to post a photo of our other puppy sully in the same spot baby bella is in....oh well. here is a photo of our two puppies. bella marie is on the left and sully is on the right. we rescued sully from the boxer rescue shelter in LA in august. he has been such a delight to have. now beautiful bella has a best friend :-) our little family is almost complete.

i am now 11 weeks pregnant and our baby is just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig. the baby's hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under their gums. the baby is already busy kicking and stretching. i won't feel the baby's movements for another month or two — nor will i notice the hiccupping that may be happening now that their diaphragm is forming.

Our beautiful Bella Marie at about 2 months old....what a cutie pie. I will post a photo of Sully soon!!

this is baby currier at 8 weeks. the baby is at the bottom of the dark circle with their head is on the left and feet on the right. the light spot in the middle is the little heartbeat. fun isn't it!!

Yes...we are now blogging

hi all....we are finally here!! we figured since half our friends and family live 3,000 miles away we should start updating them on our life. as you may or may not know we are having a baby!! we had our first ultrasound yesterday and it was so exciting. i am about 8 weeks pregnant now and we got to see the little hearbeat of baby currier. the baby is due around September 2nd and we both can't wait. so it's our first post so i will update it more this weekend. just wanted to scratch one of the things off my "to do" list.