A Difference In Personality

Dear baby,

As I am sure you will find out one day, Derek and I are very different at dealing with emotions.  I am the person who screams and cries with excitement, and wears my emotions on my sleeve.  Derek is the complete opposite.  He needs time to process his excitement and never shows how excited he is right away but then does something sweet to let you know how he feels.    The events of yesterday were no exception to this difference in emotions.  Getting to see the ultrasound and listen to the heartbeat put a smile on my face for the entire day and made me want to cry.  Derek was quiet, definitely in thinking mode.  Of course, I knew he was excited too, as he called his mom right away to tell her that everything was going well.  But it was not really until today that it finally came out that he was just as excited as I am.  Derek announced to all of his coworkers that we are pregnant.  Here is his message.....

So this is how you know when Derek is excited about this.  This was his way of showing his excitement, and I am very glad to see it.  Maybe someday after you are born, Derek will wear his heart on his sleeve a bit more, but maybe not.  Either way, it doesn't really matter.  It always shows in the ways he does little things that he cares for me and you, baby!  I am sure lucky to have him as a husband and you will be very lucky to have him as your dad.  I know he adores you already!

12 Week Doctor Appointment

Today was a big day in the Johnson house!  First off, thank you to all of the parents who did not bother me last night with their sick children.  I was able to get 7 hours of sleep on call, which is usually unheard of.  Given, it was not the best sleep I have ever had in my life, as I kept checking to make sure I had not missed the phone going off.  But hey, you take what you can get!  Then I got to come home and sleep a few more hours before our doctor appointment.

It is hard to believe we are already at 12 weeks.  So this was the first appointment that Derek and I went to together.  We were excited to hear the baby's heartbeat, but unfortunately Dr. Johnson had a had time finding it with her doppler, so she sent us to have an ultrasound.  This made me a little nervous, but it turned out to be a huge blessing.  Not only did Derek and I get to see the baby in the ultrasound but we also got to hear the heartbeat, so it was a huge 2 for 1!  Also, this was the first time Derek has really seen the baby, so it was amazing!  I can't believe he/she already has fully developed arms and legs with 5 fingers.  It was incredible to see!  Baby is doing well and growing right on track.  All good news!  It seems we are off to a strong and steady start, so hopefully we will keep right on going.

On Call + Dr. Appointment Tomorrow

I have been feeling much better the last several days, so Derek and I have finally gotten a chance to work on the painting that we have been trying to get done in the entryway.  It is not quite finished, but I am surely relieved to have the last of the wallpaper in the house completely gone.  Why people put up wallpaper, I will never understand!  

In other news, today and tomorrow are sure to be absolutely crazy!  Tonight is my first in-hospital call night, meaning I am currently on a full 25 hour shift until tomorrow morning.  I am interested to see how overnight call goes on the peds service, however I am surely not looking forward to being away from home for the night.  This will be the first time away from home without Derek since my wonderful trip to Atlantic City with the girls for our bachelorette weekend.  Im feeling a bit sad about having to sleep in the hospital.  I have been felling like such a home-body lately that I am already having a hard time knowing Derek will not be here and it is only 5 oclock.. :-(  The benefit to this long overnight shift is that I get the day off tomorrow.  Hopefully I will get enough sleep here in the hospital to not be exhausted tomorrow, but I am really looking forward to my big day off. 

First of all, We have our 12 week OB appointment tomorrow at 3PM, which is going to be the first time that Derek and I get to hear the baby's heartbeat.  I am super looking forward to this and can't wait!  It is hard to believe we are already almost out of the first trimester with relatively few problems.  After our appointment, Michael has a district hockey game at 5PM that we will be going to.  Derek (being the should-be-a-coach guy that he is) has been asked to be the extra set of eyes for Michael's coach.  He specifically called him to ask for his help and opinion about how to improve the team.  Huge complement for Derek's coaching ability in the future!  After Michael's game, we are headed back home to watch Matt's hockey game at 7PM.  As you may know, Matt recently got pulled up to the AHL to play with the Texas Stars, so we will be cheering him on and hoping he has a great game.   Long day, huh?  Well, hopefully everything goes as smoothly as planned and I get a good amount of sleep tonight.  Dear Children's hospital parents.... please wait until tomorrow morning to bring your sick kids to the hospital unless absolutely necessary!  haha ;-)

Heck of a few weeks

The last several weeks has been quite a whirlwind.  Derek and I both got sick over the past several weeks, so much of our time has been spent sleeping and sitting on the sofa watching movies.  While this has been nice in terms of catching up on the movies I haven't seen and the TV shows I don't get a chance to watch, it also means that not a lot has gotten done in terms of our projects that need to be finished.  So of course our wallpaper is all down and we are almost ready to paint.... hopefully that will get done this weekend!?

As a side note, it has been one heck of a week for me.  I felt a little "off" this weekend with a bit of a sore throat that I thought was probably just from working in the Peds clinic last week.  Unfortunately, I was wrong.  I started off Monday with a trip to Bloomington to visit with Krissy for a while.  While the visit was awesome, the speeding ticket on the way there was not super awesome!  I spent the rest of the day at home feeling worse by the hour.  By the time I was ready for bed, I thought I was going to die.... my head was pounding, my throat hurt something terrible, and I was nauseated.  Of course, it didn't help that I could only take Tylenol to feel better. :-(   Luckily, Derek took really good care of me all day Tuesday and brought soup home for lunch.  By that night I felt a little better and have been slowly getting better since then.  Luckily I have a light work week so this sickness has come at the right time.   Hopefully things will be back on track this weekend.

With all of this going on, it is hard to believe that we are already almost finished with the 1st trimester.  I still have not had morning sickness, so I don't think there is much to worry about now.  We have an appointment next Wednesday to see how things are going and hear the heartbeat.  I can't wait!  Since I am not showing much or feeling sick, it is sometimes hard to believe I am pregnant!  I am sure that will all be changing soon, but I am glad things are going well so far.   As another side note, grandma Johnson posted  one of our pictures on Facebook last week, so now it is officially public information!   Off to study and maybe get some more sleep! :-)