Just Hanging Out

I got a wonderful surprise yesterday morning! Sarah sent me a package with gifts for Baby and for me and Kort. It was great. The baby stuff is so cute! I can't wait to get the pictures up. Kort fell in love with the Winnie the Pooh blanket. I am particularly fond of the Cocoa Butter stretch marks preventor, lol. And Kort will be too in a few more months. Thanks Klaners!

Kort and I went to his sister Tracie's house last night and it was a lot of fun. It was kind of a birthday dinner get together. I was feeling awful all day and finally started to feel better around 7pm. We went to Walmart to get stuff for dinner and it was so bad I had to take a tomato out of the bag and hold the bag just in case my stomach gave out. That's pretty bad. But dinner was amazing and we stayed up until midnight playing Rummie. I've never played before and it was pretty interesting. Of course Tracie won and Kort was in second place. I have never been great at any games but I always enjoy myself. I just wanted to enjoy the night because I knew in the morning I would be miserable again. And sure enough, miserable again I was. Puking stinks. I hate it. I didn't go to school because I didn't stop throwing up until 2pm and then I was so exhausted I took a nap. Blah.

We took some awesome pictures, but I have yet to post them. I'll have to figure out how to work the camera and I'll get them on here.

Getting Better ... I think?

I think I might be getting better! At least I feel better today. I was really getting awful and then last night was the worst night I think I've had in a very very long time. I had the dry heaves all night and couldn't sleep and was spinning. But this morning I woke up, and I felt good. I ate a bowl of cereal and then threw up, but then again, felt good. Went to the dentist and still felt good. I had lunch with Kort and no sickness. I kept all the food down! It's almost 4pm and I'm just now feeling a little bit queasy, but probably because I need some carrots or something. If I start to feel as good as I did this morning, I think this pregnancy thing might not be so bad.

So Kort and I are having a little bit of a tough time finding things to do around the house. I feel awful confining him, but I just haven't felt well enough to go out and do anything. He says it doesn't matter and that he's fine, but I really feel like I'm imprisoning him. He wanted to go bowling the other night and I didn't feel well enough to do anything so I told him no. I keep telling him to go out with his friends and have fun, because for the next month, I'm not going to feel up to doing anything. Of course we go on our daily walks for exercise and we love watching movies together, but it is getting kind of crappy being in the house all the time. Any suggestions?? Stuff that won't make me puke my guts out, again. Other than that little dilemma everything else is going great. My brother and sister in law came by last weekend and dropped off the bassinet they are letting me borrow. I was so excited! It's beautiful and I think the baby will love it (when I'm not cradling him/her in my arms). We are going to visit our pup Buddy this weekend, permitting I feel good, and I'm really excited. He's so adorable and apparently is behaving really good at his Uncle J's house. We went over to visit Kort's Mom on Sunday and she was really nice and gave us this cinnamon bread that she made. I haven't been able to eat much of it, but it is soooooo good! I've talked to my sisters and my parents a couple of times this week which has been really nice. I've talked to all of my friends this week too. Everyone is being so great at keeping in touch with me because I suck at it. Well, I think I've been long winded enough for one day. See ya'll!

Today Sucked

Today I felt the worse that I have felt thus far. It was awful! I know what feeling motion sickness feels like and this was so much worse. I never stopped spinning and feeling like I was moments away from letting out everything in my stomach (which was nothing because I couldn't even think about putting anything in my stomach). I finally had a little veggie tray from Walmart and some cantaloupe and gatorade and felt a tiny bit better. Until it all came to meet the concrete. Geez! I really hate this. I was so sick and so tired that I couldn't even leave school to come home. I felt that if I got in a car I would really lose control. What a crappy day. Damn Baby - you're lucky I love you. :)

First Doctor's Appointment

We had our first doctors appointment today. I was told my the nurse to not eat or drink anything after midnight and to not use the bathroom until I get there, so they could get the first morning urine sample and blood work. Well all night I woke up, each hour, with dreams that I was using the restroom! I would wake up in a panic and then realize that I still had a full bladder. Well, needless to say, at about 5am and a very full tummy, I couldn't sleep, I was uncomfortable and even if I could sleep the dreams just continued, so...I went the the bathroom. My goodness it felt good! So I went to my 8:30am doctor's appointment without a full bladder. Luckily, the nurse was really nice and I had to pee again anyway by 9:30am so it wasn't a problem. We went over how much the baby was going to cost and it was about what I'd expected. Around $14K. Yikes! I'm so thankful we have great insurance and it's only going to cost us out of pocket $2K. Geez, babies are expensive! And they make you sick to your stomach all the time, and ridiculously tired. Baby is doing great if my emotions are any idea. I get all weepy watching dumb shows, and I get crazy mad at the drop of a hat. My stomach is still cramping and the peeing is getting more frequent. It just shouldn't all start already. I thought it would somehow get a little better and not be too bad until my third trimester? Ahhhhhhhh, what if it does get worse my third trimester?? I think we might just be having this one baby, lol. :) The nurse said Baby is about 7 1/2 weeks along based on the date of my last period. I have another appointment for the ultrasound and to hear the heartbeat in April, so I'm really excited about that! They are going to measure Baby and see how far along he is gestationally. Kort was kind of awake through all of this. I think what really woke him up was the nurse asking our medical history both personal and family. We had it all written down prior, but my list seemed to never end, lol. The billing associate took a picture for our file and it was adorable. Kort and I look really tired but happy in it. Amazing day.

Hi! We're the Haws family. Kort, Marbella (Bella for short) and our soon to be little one, Baby (unnamed as of yet). A lot of my friends have blogs that really help me keep up with everyone's busy life, so we decided to get one to make it easier for you all! What can I say, I'm just that considerate :) lol.

There is so much going on in our lives right now. I'm in beauty school, Kort works full time to support me (yay!) and I work part-time to support our fast food addiction. We have a little baby on the way and we're so excited. I found out about a week ago and have really been eating well and doing everything my book says to make sure Baby is comfy and healthy. By the way, I refer to my book a lot! It is "What to Expect When You're Expecting," latest edition. It's so wonderful to have it. My awesome friend Sarah gave it to me and I love her all the more for it! My first doctors appointment is on Wednesday, March 11th. I can't wait! I have so much that I want to ask my doctor, even though the nurse has already received a few calls, hahaha. My doctors office is so helpful and everyone there has been nothing but wonderful to me.

A little about me and Kort. Kort is an excellent musician and avid videogamer. He likes all that dorky stuff. But he looks so cute playing his video games. His passion is the guitar and is fantastic at it. He's a music and movie buff, too. And so hot. Man I lucked out. :) I like to read and watch movies and hang out with friends and do hair and makeup. I am in beauty school about 1/3 of the way through and loving what I do. The whole Paul Mitchell system is awesome. I like the energy of our school but some of the people make me want to stay home, a lot. But you get that everywhere you go, right? That's me being half pessimistic and half optimistic!

As far as baby is concerned, there isn't much news there except what you would expect. Baby makes me crazy! I have sporadic morning sickness, but when it hits, it hits HARD. I feel like my breasts are going to explode from being so tender and swollen. My stomach feels like I've done a million sit ups and I am sore the next day. My sense of smell is all out of whack. I have always loved tuna and lately, I can't even smell it or think about it. Just one sniff of the stuff and everything that I'd had to eat was instantly on the floor. Not a good thing. I have had cramping, a little more than I thought I would, but my nurse said it was normal. It was a good sign that the baby is in there getting acquainted with my insides :). All in all, Baby just likes to wreak havoc on my emotions and senses...guess it must be mine. (wink, wink)

Well, that's us. We're so blessed and so happy.