Baby Hamilton ultrasound

This is the ultrasound picture from this morning. I was really surprised at how much they were moving. I guess because I cant feel it yet, I dont think of them as moving around much. This kid was jumping and dancing all over the place, it was so cute.
We wont know the gender until the middle of December.

We are having two baby showers, one here and one in Pa. The one in Pa is going to be earlier than usual because we didnt think it was safe to drive down there when the bad weather starts, and in the spring I will be too big.

The one in Pa will probably be the end of November, but the date isnt definite yet. Keep an eye out for invitations in the meantime.

The Hamilton clan is growing!

We are expecting a new addition to our family on May 2nd, 2010.
I think we have pretty much told everyone at this point, so this is just the official post on the blog.

I have been very, very ill... The first trimester has been a real nightmare. Every week I am getting better, though. I got to the point where I could not even talk to people on the phone. It was terrible. I have bionic smelling.. not so bad now as it was, but oh my god. Im driving poor Dan crazy. It seems to be more soap type smells than anything else. I had to get rid of all the soap and buy unscented everything- and that was still really bad.
Pretty much the smell of the entire house made me sick.. hopefully that will completely go away soon.

Everything seems to be going well and in a healthy manner. Nothing unusual, and the dr tells me sickness means a healthy baby. I have an ultrasound on October 16, so will post that pic when we get it. Hopefully it will be more recognizable as a baby than the one done at 7 weeks. I think the next dr visit on October 28 we get to hear the heartbeat for the first time.
We got to see the heartbeat on the first ultrasound. It was a little blob with a really blinky blink in the center. It reminded me of a christmas light thats about to burn out- and blinks really fast.
I was surprised how fast it beats.

We will find out what the gender is as soon as possible. I am not sure yet when that will be.

Everything else is going well for us. Dans cousin kindly offered her nursery furniture set to us to use for the baby, so that will be a really big help. We're starting to get my office cleaned out and ready to turn into babys room. Slow going, but going at any rate. Most days now I feel ok, but still have my moments, and still very tired.

Thanksgiving is this weekend and Im really looking forward to that. Im making cherry pie to bring, and Ive never made a pie before so hoping it turns out.

I will at some point be making an actual baby blog but need to decide if Im using blogger or word press. Everyone wants belly pictures, but I dont actually have a belly yet. A little bit of rounding, but not much to speak of. The baby blog will be for news about the baby and also belly pictures for family far away who wants to see me get fat.

It looks at this point as though there will be two showers, but not definite yet. The one here will probably be in February, and the one in Pa (if we decide to do that) will probably be early December. We just arent very into driving that far when the weather gets bad.

Will write again soon.