12 week appt.

The whole family got to hear the heartbeat at the doctor's office today. Kari thought it was pretty cool. She is already talking about our family as "the five of us."

Showing so soon

We are now 12 weeks along, and here is the photo to go along with it. Kari wanted to be in the picture with me. Can you tell?

I showed pretty early with both Kari and Joel, so I guess that's what my body likes to do. Oh well! I am pregnant. I may as well look it!

In the last week I started feeling a lot more nauseous a lot more of the time--morning, afternoon, evening. Such a bummer. I remember this happening with Joel, too. I felt really sick for about 3 weeks starting at 12 weeks. Hopefully it won't last long, both for my sake and the sake of my husband and family. Hopefully Baby Moffat is doing well, even if I'm not feeling so great. It's worth it.

Stinky Beach

I do love the beach, but I've never noticed before how smelly it is. The first trimester is not the best time to be at the coast. I'm not sick all the time, by any means, but various smells (even normally yummy ones) can get to me at any time. Crab smell is definitely one that got to me. :) The guys had a great time crabbing all week. I really am glad they enjoyed it so much, but I'm also glad I don't have to smell it anymore. :) I have yet to actually throw up this time around but have come close. I don't usually throw up when I'm pregnant, just feel nauseous at times. I'm very thankful for that. (I don't know how you survive your pregnancies, Karina.)

So, how am I feeling? Fine! I have to take a nap pretty much every afternoon while the kids rest, and I'm constantly aware of food--food that sounds really good and food that sounds very bad--but really, I'm doing just fine. (Oh, and Jane, you'll be happy to know that yes, Joe's Donuts is one of the places I've been.) We visited the Tillamook Cheese Factory three times on our trip. I have a new favorite ice cream flavor--German chocolate cake. Too bad they don't sell it in the stores, or maybe that's a good thing.

Not too much exciting to report on this pregnancy yet, for which I'm am thankful. Just getting fatter! I can't post a photo yet because I'm not even 11 weeks and you're not supposed to show at this point, but I've got quite a pooch going already (especially after dinner). I'll wait a few more weeks until I'm "supposed" to look pregnant.

Self-Indulgence

So far, I've eaten at three of the establishments listed in the previous post. They each satisfied my particular cravings for those days. Yumm!

Food, Food, Food

Why is it that when I'm pregnant, every restaurant in town sounds so good? We hardly ever go out to eat, but I'm going to have to give in soon. But how do I decide where to go? Olive Garden (mmm..breadsticks), Roadhouse, Red Robin, Calamity Janes, Szechwans Kitchen, Applebees, breakfast at Central Cafe (rasberry french toast...mmm), Joe's Donuts, or maybe Tollgate Inn for an omlette? Oh, the decisions. The crazy thing is I just ate breakfast.

Due end of Feb/beginning of March

I am almost 9 weeks along and just saw the heartbeat today. Everything looks good, and we're so thankful. There won't be much of interest on this blog for a while, I'm guessing. Should be fun, though--for me at least. =)