Soooo Tiiiired!!!

This is how I feel today ...



UGH!

I hate to complain. Honestly. I'm so grateful to be "in the family way", as they say. But the fatigue is kickin my arse!!

Plus our new place is about to open this weekend and hubby is so preoccupied that he's not sleeping very well either.

Just to put it into perspective, we hit the hay about 11:30 pm last night. By 1:30 am I was up for the first of many trips to the loo. By 3:30 am, hubby was wide awake & fidgeting and, though I was exhausted and ready to nod off, I couldn't as long as he couldn't.

So, long story short, I got out of bed at 7:20 am (very late!) after really only having slept for about an hour or so.


Yes, my eyes really do look like this. I'm posting a closeup to drive the point home.

Anyway, to say I'm strugglin' to stay awake is an understatement. Seriously, I could lapse into a coma any second.

Ok, off to "do some work".

Hope the rest of you are having a better time of it today.

Claiming It!

We heard the heartbeat!!

It was a good strong 125 bpm and we're right on track, measuring at 6 weeks, 4 days as of last Friday. So that puts us at 7 weeks exactly today!

I think I must have truly been convinced that something was wrong because when we heard the heartbeat, I literally lost it. I was nervous to begin with but as soon as I heard it, I started bawling right there on the table. It was so incredible and completely overwhelming.

Hubby, on the other hand, was so calm and cool as the tech did her thing. He was just looking at the monitor, taking it all in. As soon as I heard the thump, thump, thump, I knew it was the baby's, but it wasn't until she said, "there's your baby," that hubby caught on. As I mentioned, I was bawling but I was able to see his eyes go wide through the tears, which, of course, only made me cry harder. It was magical.

Unfortunately I can't post the pics that the tech gave us since our scanner's busted, but I have added a baby widget to the blog so you folks at home can follow along. ")

Thanks so much for all the words of encouragement and good will. They mean so much and have really helped me keep things in perspective.

Today I am pregnant and I claim this baby!!

xoxo