To a well-trained eye...

.... there is a little alien in these pictures.



I am 10 weeks 3 days today. I went to my doctor appointment this morning. All looks good, but as expected, he tried to use the doppler to find the heart beat and wasn't able to. Yes, I was going to ask him not to, but I thought "maybe if I can hear something, it will make me feel better." Instead, he couldn't hear anything, decided to send us to ultrasound and I spent some time crying in the waiting room, as I prepared myself for having a DNC tomorrow and getting my tubes tied. God LOVE my husband - who, instead of telling me I was overreacting, just put his arm around me and let me cry on his shoulder. He was there last time when that little lifeless fetus appeared on the screen and I had to confirm there was no heartbeat. So he knows, I am not just freaking out for no reason.

But today, our little mars man (or woman) had a strong heartbeat (170 BPM) and is developing right on track. I tried to figure out if the heartbeat was a little quick to see if I could get an early guess on what we are having, but the sonographer said they are all about 160-180 at this point (just my luck, right in the middle).

We go back for our next appointment on July 31st. Nothing big will happen at this one, but we will schedule the "normal" ultrasound. That is the one where you can possibly find out what you are having. And that should be around the 28th of August. I just can't believe how quickly it is going.

And it is not going to slow down anytime soon. We have something big happening every month from now until January. Xavier has scout camp next week and then school camp the last two weeks of July (and Jim's birthday). My birthday is the beginning of August, Xavier starts school and scouts start back. And I have a concert to go to. September we are going to see the circus and popcorn sales start. October is the Taylor Swift concert and then Halloween. Thanksgiving is next, then Christmas and in about 3 weeks after that, Emma's birthday and the baby. Holy Moley! It is going to be a fun ride! (right?)

And I am ready for the fireworks to be over... got it neighbors?