why I'm not drinking as much diet dr. pepper these days...

To begin, again, I apologize for being such a terrible blogger.  I really do mean to post more and then life just gets in the way.

That said, I suppose life may be getting in the way even more in the coming months but hopefully I can do better at keeping up with the blog because there will definitely be things I want to remember and share as B and I are expecting!  Yup you heard that correctly, baby Parchem is gestating away and due to grace us with his/her presence in a little over 6 months :-)  The family pharm is about to expand and we couldn't be more excited!

Our little blob at around 7 weeks - so cute and getting cuter :-)

I have been feeling pretty good overall -- some nausea but really nothing too terrible.  On the plus side I have lost 7 lbs since I found out I was pregnant - even without nausea food just hasn't sounded that good.  I have been trying diligently to get enough protein and good stuff though so our little peanut can grow appropriately.  Also, as the title states, I've been limiting my ddp habit to 1-2 cans a day max.  It hasn't been as challenging as I thought it would be but I do miss it sometimes.  Other than the nausea the only other symptom I've had is serious fatigue.  Growing a baby is hard work!  Apparently this will subside once I get to the second trimester.  I hope that is true because getting up to go to work has been quite challenging, especially on the weeks that we round at 6:30...

Today we had our first official OB appointment.  The MD is very nice and seems like a decent match for B and I.  He made jokes with us during the exam and overall made things relatively easy.  The best part of the whole thing was that we got to hear the heart beat which was pretty much the most amazing thing ever. I am looking forward to the next several weeks including our anatomy scan around 18 weeks (when we will find out the baby's gender) and hopefully feeling some little baby flutters in the not too distant future :-)

Well that is about all for now.  I suppose this blog will probably be primarily pregnancy focused in the coming months so if you aren't into that sort of thing check back next May -- Life is good :-)