Second Trimester!

I've made it through my first trimester and I'm feeling a thousand times better! I feel like I have a ton of energy but it's probably just the same as before I was pregnant and I just forgot what it was like not to be tired. And it's a good thing because we've already started our marathon of weddings this summer. Last weekend we went to Crested Butte, Colorado for Brian and Shana Hood's wedding. Next weekend to New Jersey. Then home for one day and off to Seattle. Then home for one more day and then down to Nashville. Then we have a whole week off before we go up to Wisconsin, for the last wedding and a canoe trip!

I can't believe it was just a week or two ago that I was waiting for a bump. Now it's growing every day. At this rate I'm not going to make it through September! This pic is from last week and I'm way bigger now.

Baby Bump?

I've been walking around for the last few days singing "I want my baby bump, baby bump, baby bump" (to the Chile's tune) and I think it worked. Today I'm pretty there's something there.

Today it was 98 degrees! Right now it's still 85 degrees and it's 10:15pm. I'm still sitting by the fan, like I have been all day.

Sonogram Picture

Here is a picture from the sonogram I had at 7 weeks and 2 days. It doesn't look anything like a baby yet!

This is what a sonogram right now would look like according to babycenter.com. It looks more like something from Star Trek than a baby.

Baby Names

Anyone that's ever heard me talk about baby names knows that I'm really picky and opinionated on the subject, so... now that we have a baby on the way, I get to put all my years of thought and research to use! Since we're not finding out the sex, we won't know what little Baby Swafford's name will be until sometime around Christmas (hopefully not on Christmas day!). So, our top pick right now for a boy is Gary William Swafford. I was pretty set on William Robert Swafford, but Kyle already started calling him Billy Bob, so now I'm not sure about that one. For a girl, I'm thinking Margaret Katherine Swafford, but that changes from week to week. I kind of like Holly, Joy, Carol, and Noelle for a December baby, but Marianne has had Hollyanne Joy reserved for about ten years! And she'll probably only have daughters born in the summer...

Baby Swafford

Well, the main reason for having a blog is so I can post updates on my pregnancy. (Besides that, no one would want to read about our boring lives!)

At my first doctor appointment last month I had a sonogram to figure out the due date since I had absolutely no idea. I had thought I was about 9 weeks then and the due date would be Dec 17 (the day after my birthday), but according to the sonogram I was only 7 weeks and 2 days so the due date is now Dec 29 (poor kid!). Anyway, I got to see the fetus and could see the heart beating which was pretty cool.

So, I am now 11 weeks along and had my second doctor appointment today. The nurse found the baby's heartbeat, which was 160. Even though now I've seen it on the sonogram and heard the heartbeat, I still don't really feel like there's something inside me! I want to get my bump so it seems more real! Some days I think my belly looks bigger, but I'm not sure. Finally the nausea is passing. And today is the first day I feel like I have a normal amount of energy! Yay!

New Blog!

I decided to start a blog to keep our family and friends up to date on our lives here in Hutchinson, KS. I'm not sure how good I'll be at keeping this up to date, but we'll see.