Well this is officially the first blog from the Swindles. As many of you know-Rob and I are expecting. We found out on June 7th that we were going to be welcoming a little bundle of joy into our lives! It was a surprise to us...but who doesn't like surprises?!?!
Things are going fantastic. As of today, I am 11 weeks. We will be having a Valentine's Baby-due on February 14, 2009. We started going to a new doctor, Dr. Piquard when we found out. She's fabulous. She's very down to earth and laid back--and for any of you that know me well-she's perfect for me because she doesn't let me worry about the little things-and gives it all to me straight--so no need for the extra worries that I tend to have. We are a match made in heaven!
Rob and I were able to see little Bean Swindle on the sonogram that we had on July 9th. Rob decided that he was going to make a snide comment to the sonogram lady when she said 'Dad-can you get the lights'--he responded by saying he wasn't the dad-he was just some random guy. So she got him right back--she looked at the TV screen and said...'Congratulations! There's 3 in there!' Rob turned as white as a ghost-but it serves him right! There Bean was doing the worm across the screen--already taking after his father! They pushed us back a week after the ultrasound. Bean looked great-heart rate was 176--2 cm long. If all goes well-we will go back to get another sonogram at the end of September to find out if it's a girl Bean or a boy Bean.
I've been feeling TONS better. As some of you know-it was pretty rough for me about the first 9 weeks. I was tired, nauseous, bloated, etc. all the time. This week I've felt back to normal-and I'm ready to get back on the tennis court and continue to beat my non-pregnant husband on a regular basis!
Other fun news-we put our house on the market almost 2 weeks ago. We love our house-but we don't feel that it is conducive for a baby. So we're going to try the market right now and see what happens. Also-a big CONGRATS to Matt and Steph Owings on the birth of their beautiful son Ethan Matthew Owings this past Tuesday. I was able to spend the day with them today-and it made me realize how excited I am to meet our Bean. Congratulations guys-he's wonderful.
I'll be updating this blog on a regular basis. As of now-there won't be any belly pics until the baby starts to show through-sorry but belly bloat pictures aren't all that cute. But I'll post other pics of our two fur-babies--because you know Tubs and Addy like to be in the lime light! Our next appointment is August 4th-and I'm thinking that we will hear Bean's heartbeat...but not that sure.
Have a great week!
