6w5d

Wow. A week has passed since my last post. What has happened since then...

I scheduled my first appointment. We are meeting with Dr. David on Tuesday, April 13th at 3:15 PM. She said it was ok for me to continue taking Tylenol Sinus and Tylenol PM if I need them, but in moderation. The sinus medicine is down to one dose a day...which is a major reduction. Between finding out I was pregnant and talking to Dr. David...I probably only took them twice.

This was a bad workout week. Between getting our drivers licenses renewed on Monday and then the Birthday food fest Tuesday and Wednesday, the gym was not a priority.

Tuesday night Gretchen, Dawn and I went out to dinner at Max & Erma's in Solon. I got there 15-minutes early so that I could get a NA Beer. We were celebrating my birthday, and I thought it would be a dead give away if I didn't have a beer. The bartender was the first person I told :) She looked at me really funny when I asked about NA beer. I laughed and explained wow and she totally understood. She was so nice and sent over a yummy piece of cheesecake for desert! I was even more excited that Gretchen was drinking water. I am always hoping and praying that Gretchen will have a healthy pregnancy soon. I can not think of a person who would be a better mother.

Wednesday night we went to Trattoria's for my birthday with my parents. Yum. I had the lemon picatta. Very good. Then for desert we went to Presti's. During dinner, I made a dumb comment about how Gretchen was drinking water the night before and how excited I was. My mom then noticed that I was only drinking water and asked me if I was pregnant. Fortunately, it was really funny, so I just said "No". That was hard. I know how excited she would have been. Dave and I had talked a little bit about telling our parents on my birthday if we had seen the doctor first. But because our first appointment was almost another two weeks away, we didn't want to jinx it. So, I ended up ordering a beer and pretending to drink it. Dave was a good sport and drank it for me :)

Friday night, Dave made salmon for dinner and it smelled so fishy! It tasted good, but I couldn't eat all of it. The one thing I have noticed is that I am very sensitive to smells. Or, I'll be hungry, then eat a little and feel REALLY FULL. After dinner, we laid down for a bit and I fell asleep for the night....AT 6:30 PM! I was out until 8:30 AM.

Tomorrow we are having Dave's family over for pizza and cake. I'm not sure how we'll work around the beer thing. Dave said he would make me vodka cranberries minus the vodka. That could work as long as no one sees :) Trying to work around the alcohol makes me feel like I drink all the time socially :) I know I'm definitely one to have a beer at a party or dinner.

There is only so much water a human can drink. I miss my Diet Coke the most. I LOVE my Diet Coke! Damn that aspartame!

So far I've felt GREAT. I've been a bit tired, but every day I'm loving being pregnant! I can't wait until we get to see our first picture. Tonight I was on BOTB brain and read a post about a girl pregnant with triplets! I burst out laughing and told Dave. He just said "Oh $hit!". I think I would love the idea of twins...but if we had triplets, we would be done!

Tonight at dinner we talked about baby names :) I think we've agreed that we'll be *those* people that don't tell their names until the baby is born. That way, no one can share their opinions.

This week, our baby is the size of a lentil bean :)