Baby Bump Part II

Until this morning we hadn't updated in a while, so sorry about that. I'm sure most of you know things have been a little crazy lately around the Myers household. Everything is fine with Baby Myers, but as I mentioned before things with work have not gone well. To make a long story short, my work is being taken over by the Independence School District and they have decided to terminate the therapy department. They are, however still going to let us into the building to continue seeing our kids there at this time so that is good. So, last Friday I started my own business, Jamie Myers Occupational Therapy, LLC, and will begin seeing kids independently through Missouri First Steps and hopefully through Missouri Medicaid in the near future as well. I'm not sure how well this will work out, but if it does it would allow me to work 3 days a week, which would be wonderful when the baby is born. But, if it doesn't then that just means God has another plan for us and we will try to take things as they come.

As for the baby, you can see I have begun to get a baby bump which seems to keep growing, esp. in the last week! We are still waiting to feel the baby move, but that probably won't happen for another month or 2. And again still waiting for Dec. 8th when we find out if Baby Myers is a boy or a girl!!! We've had some opinions, but of course nobody is for sure yet:) Can't wait to post those pics!!

Baby Bump

Just took this picture of Jamie before she left for work. A slight baby bump is becoming apparent.

Nothing new to discuss other than the K-State Wildcats are currently in first place in the North. That's pretty exciting to the two of us!!

Next Dr. checkup is November 10th, so we'll let you know of anything after we have that appointment.

-Daniel

14 weeks

It's been a while since we've posted, but we've had a lot going on lately. Unfortunately my job has been super stressful lately. It's been back and forth for a couple months about whether or not we are closing due to financial difficulty and we have recenlty found out that the administration and therapy staff will most likely be cut as of November 1st. As for me, I plan to continue seeing the kids I can independently through Missouri's birth to 3 program. We are just praying that this will work out for us.

Baby Myers is doing just fine. We had a doctor's appointment last Friday where I was able to get the flu shot. The doctor strongly recommended I get the H1N1 shot as well, but it's not available yet so I have a little more time to think about it. We were able to hear the baby's heart beat with the little machine this time, which was really cool! Heart rate is still in the 170's:) I've been feeling much better lately and am slowly have more difficulty comfortably fitting into my pants. Other than that we are just thankful that the baby seems to be healthy for now. We will hopefully be updating soon!!

9 weeks 5 days

We had our 2nd monthly checkup today. As Daniel put up, we have a new picture of Baby Myers!! It was probably the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life to see this little one squirming around so much on the sonogram! It was absolutely amazing. We could see the hearbeat, which is a healthy 180 bpm, and could make out a leg and a hand. It's so crazy that all of this is already there and the baby is only 10 weeks!! We got an official due date of April 15th, awesome, tax day:) Easy to remember. The doctor said everything from the sonogram and my blood test look really good so that was reassuring. We also have an official date to find out if Baby Myers is a boy or a girl. We will find this out on December 8th! Then the real planning begins and we will start on our nursery. Other than this, I am still tired most of the time, but am feeling much better and getting bouts of energy here and there so things are going well:)

New picture

I know it's sort of blurry, but I can't figure out a way to make the picture more clear. Here is Baby Myers from this morning's appointment. He/she was squirming around pretty good on the sonogram and we heard the heartbeat as well. Due date is still April 15th.

-Daniel

8 Weeks 5 Days

We had a nice long Labor Day weekend full of lots of rest and a KSU football win!! Daniel and I both took Friday off as well so we were able to relax, well I did at least, while Daniel proceeds to clean and cook for me while I sleep:) The baby seems to be keeping me really tired and always hungry, but as long as I keep food in my stomach I seem to keep the nausea under control. I really have never been so tired in my life and have been taking daily naps and going to bed super early. I have heard I should enjoy this now b/c the day will soon come when I am no longer able to sleep:) I have had about 5 people tell me I look pregnant already and I would confirm this considering I am suddenly having a difficult time buttoning most of my jeans! Other than that we are trying to enjoy this time and certainly looking forward to the 2nd trimester when all of the fun begins! I can't wait to have that first kick and to be able to see the baby move in my belly. Then there will be the excitement of finding out if Baby Myers is a boy or a girl! So much exciting things to come, we can't wait. For now it is off to bed in a short while:)

8 weeks, 1 day

Had a sonogram appt. this morning. Lasted all of 10 minutes. Jamie is now 8 weeks, 1 day along, which would put the due date at April 14th. Heart rate was 170 bpm, which is perfectly normal, although it sounds high to me. Jamie tried to scare me by telling me that a high heart rate of 170 this early means it will be a girl! I did a little research and that's just an old wive's tale...

We looked through some baby names earlier this week and crossed off a lot that we both didn't like. Still quite a few to go through, but we have plenty of time.

-Daniel