Just a quick update....it's hard to type too terribly long with a little monkey on your back  :o)

We had a check-up last week (at 10 weeks), and we heard the heart beat!!!! :O)   I LOVE my new doctor!!  She reminds me so much of Dr. Micus who was my doctor in Waco and delivered Emma.  I'm soooooooooo glad we made the decision to change doctors!!   Anyway, the doctor found the heart beat right away, like within seconds!! (unlike at the other doctor's office where they kept rolling the doppler ALL around saying "we should be able to hear a heart beat by now..." NOT something you should say to someone who has miscarried, but anyway.....)  

I'll be 11 weeks on Wednesday.....glad to be past that point in which I miscarried last time!!!  When I was pregnant with Emma, I was sick all thru my first trimester (like nauseous ALL day....wishing I could throw up just so I'd feel better for a little while....never actually could though).  Anyway, it's been the same story this time around except I have a 2.5 year old and don't have the luxury of just resting whenever I feel yucky.  Most of the time, I just have to suck it up and keep on keeping on....  So, I'm hoping that this whole "morning sickness" thing will be over in another week!  :o)

Since the monkey that was on my back has now decided to play on the floor beside me, I thought I'd type a bit longer.  Random info for ya'.....There's definitely been some food cravings this time around....pickles, bread with nothing on it, lettuce, sugary cereals (cinnamon toast crunch, lucky charms, frosted flakes, trix, apple jacks, etc......I've only given in to a few of the sugary cereals though! :o)  I'm hoping with all this snacking that I've been doing lately to avoid an empty stomach, that I'm not starting off this pregnancy gaining too much weight (especially since I haven't felt much up for working out lately, UGH!!)  Hoping to start that back up ASAP!!! 

I'd like to know what are some of the cravings you've experienced.....please, do share!! :o)

Well, Emma says I've spent long enough on the computer....guess it's time to quit.  Next time I'll be sure to post some pics....

Here's a late Halloween pic. We went trick or treating around our neighborhood. Piglet was a hit! She had a blast!! (except for the fact that she was scared a couple times by older kids in scary costumes....she didn't realize that they were just kids beneath the costumes). We only stayed out for about 30 minutes or so, then we went back to the house and gave out candy. It was fun!!


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A few random pics...

Check out those curls...

and that cute face!!!

Notice the big girl panties....she's doing GREAT!! Can you tell that she's a bit proud of herself? :o)

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and a few blogworthy Emma stories...

1. She's talking SOOOOOO MUCH nowadays....here's a piece of a conversation her and I had a few mornings ago:
   Emma: mmm.....that's good yogurt!! (big smile and cute expression)
   Me: (having one of those "WOW-moments") whispered... "You're amazing Emma!"
   Emma: I'm a big girl. Yep, I'm a big girl! (very proud smile) Mommy, you are finished with your yogurt? I not finished with my yogurt too. Look! I stirring it round and round!"
   
   
2. Emma and her friend Holly were playing dress-up. Emma was in a Buzz Lightyear costume. I was standing off to the side just observing the two play and I heard Emma say: "It's okay Holly. Don't be scared. I am Buzz Lightyear"
   
   
3. Last night at dinner, Emma bumped her elbow on the table. Apparently she hit her funny bone or something because it bothered her for several minutes. Anybody wanna guess what she was trying to do??? Kiss her elbow!! (it's impossible, in case you didn't know that) She became quite frustrated that she could not kiss her elbow. Usually, it suffices for me to kiss her ouchies, but she was insistent on kissing her own ouchie this time. After trying and trying, she finally gave up and moved onto something else. It still makes me laugh just thinking about the whole thing! She's too cute!! :o)

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Pregnancy Update:
I think things are going well. I'm in the process of changing doctors, so the timing of that kinda stinks. We've just had one too many bad experiences with the one we had been going to. I have my next checkup on Wed. Nov. 12th with the new doctor. I'll be 10 weeks then, which is about the time that I miscarried this past time (at 10.5 weeks)....so we are really looking forward to getting to hear/see the heartbeat! :o) Please pray for us if the Lord brings us to mind!! Thanks!!

Love you all!