I'm so awesome at keeping secrets!

I didn't even tell you guys.  You should be very proud.  Anyways, here's the big secret.  Mike got a new computer!  As a surprise from some friends of his.  A surprise from some online friends. They got him a new computer.  ::jaw drops on floor::  

A bit of background:  My husband is a computer geek.  Big time.  And he plays tons of games on the computer.  He has been very sad recently (well, for about a year) that our computer is becoming obsolete and he can't play any of the new games coming out.  We just haven't been able to afford a new computer for him though. So, he's been saving money here and there to be able to get himself the stuff he wants.  By our calculations, he'd probably have enough by Christmas.  (By which point we'd probably need the money for something baby related).

Anyways, Mike plays a game called CounterStrike.  It's an online war game thingy (that's a technical term).  It's played with other people.  Mike's been playing with the same group of guys for about two years.  All of those guys live in the middle of the country and work at a big computer store.  They keep Mike updated on sales and other cool computer geek stuff that they have and they know that Mike's been saving.

Mike's birthday is coming up and so the guys said they were going to send him a picture of themselves as a present (this is something that doesn't come across as strange if you know the guys).  About a week ago, I had a message from a strange man with an Australian accent on my cell (long story as to how they had my number).  The message says basically "hey, this is the guys from the game your husband plays online.  We all got together and are sending him a new computer for his birthday (a quote "because we figured - why the hell not").  It'll be at your house next week.  Keep it a secret."  WHAT?!  Are you frickin' kidding me?! I was at a complete loss for words and was glad that it was a message.  I probably would have passed out if I had heard the news AND had to react in a coherent manner.  But I now had to keep a HUGE secret from Mike for a week.  How the heck was I going to do that?  And to make it worse, the guys kept talking to him online about how much he had saved and the things he wanted for his new computer.  Knowing the whole time that a new one was on the way.  

To make as already very long story a bit shorter, the computer came today.  And I kept the secret!  Allow me to show you the utter happiness of my husband.

Happy birthday honey.  No one deserves it more.  

OH MY GOD, IT'S A..........

GIRL! She had everyone but Mike fooled. You should have seen the huge smile on his face the whole afternoon. Even the ultrasound tech before looking for the sex said "I'm thinking boy for you." The poor girl has apparently been blessed with her daddy's big hands and feet already. Let's all hope she grows into them.

Everything is looking great according to the tech. HB 141 and she was wiggling around all over the place. It's amazing that I can't feel it yet. On the screen the baby looked HUGE. She's measuring right at 19 weeks (which is where I originally thought I should be according to ovulation time and all that) so I'm happy. We'll see if the doctor changes the EDD when I go in for my appointment on Thursday. I have another u/s set up for February 13th. The tech couldn't get as many angles of the heart as she wanted so she wants me to go in again. Dang. You mean I have to see my baby AGAIN?! Alright, twist my arm some more. HAhaha.

I'm going to try to get the pictures scanned soon so I can show you how cute she is already. I'm so excited!

It's all good!

We have a "blob" as Mike is now referring to the baby. Heartbeat 170 bpm. It was just beating away. Measuring 9w1d. So we've got a quick little grower in there! Official edd is May 29, 2009. Yaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Sing along now everyone. :)

My day started out with this:


It came up really quick, too. So that made me feel better.


The drive to work produced this BEAUTIFUL sunrise. (Don't worry, I wasn't driving)

At school my kids were great. We even got to start our Air and Weather science unit. Here's a pic I took of the kids experimenting.

Notice the blue circled feather. The kids were having a blast trying to keep them up in the air. Also, I have highlighted the kid in the corner. He was AMAZED that he could blow a cotton ball across his desk with a straw. :D

The sun was setting as we drove home. Again, it was beautiful. I took this one out the car window.

And I made Mike pull the car over so we could get this one at the end of our street.

Aaaaaand, I heard back from the nurse. On Friday (3w6d pg), my HCG was 81 and my progesterone was 16.4. I *think* those are decent numbers for early pregnancy. She had me come in for another blood test today to check that the numbers are doubling correctly. (Yes, I know it's supposed t be a 48 hour test, but again, my office is stupid.) I can just tell you that I will be happy if the numbers are around 300 from this one. And I hope my progesterone goes up.

So, all in all, it was a very good day. And now I'm off to have sweet potato fries and a BLT with avocado. Yuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm!

Do you see what I see?

So, I tested this morning. Lookie what I got.....


Yes internet, that IS a plus in the first window. And a plus means PREGNANT!!! Isn't that a beautiful sight? After 18 months of trying and one miscarrige, I'm finally pregnant again. I am scared, and excited, and scared, and nervous, and hopeful, and oh, did I mention scared? Terrified even? But soooooo happy. Ecstatic. Joyful.

I haven't technically missed my period yet though. I think at least one of those scared feelings will go away if I make it through the weekend with no AF showing up. I have the feeling of cramps that I get before AF shows. But absolutely no spotting which is a very good thing.

I went and got blood work done today. I should have beta and progesterone results on Monday. ::fingers crossed:: that everything is normal and that we have our baby in our arms at this time next year.

So internet, sorry to keep you waiting (as if you're all just so interested in my fertility status). You now know as much as me. :)

Now Katie needs to get her BFP. The CBEFM train needs to complete it's rounds. :D