Bun in the Oven

I never though I would have a blog, but I also never thought I would be married with a baby on the way by age 25. It's hard for me to believe that anyone would ever be interested in my thoughts and experiences enough to spend the time reading about them, except maybe my own mother. Thanks to the insistence of a close and very persistent friend though, I have decided to share my pregnancy experiences with all my dear friends and family near and far (especially the far).

So as of today I am 15 weeks pregnant, just into my second trimester. My due date is September 17th, 2013. Delmar and I are extremely excited! We are keeping very busy working on the house and the yard so that everything is ready before the baby arrives. We recently bought a barrier for my car forcing the dogs to stay in the back together since they won't be able to jump around the back seat once there's a baby strapped in. Sophie does not like it but I think the two of them will be used to it come September.

I was extremely fortunate to not suffer from morning sickness during my first semester. I was (and still am) mostly just very hungry and very tired all the time, but this girl is not going to complain about eating and sleeping more!

This past week I have really started to "feel pregnant". I'm feeling a lot of pressure in my belly, everything thing feels like it's moving around and adjusting position down there and I am starting to show a tiny bit. I just bought a belly band and a pair of maternity jeans which are so much more comfortable than my regular jeans! And I'm going pee like crazy!!!

My doctor says that I am extremely healthy and so is the baby. We did have one little scare a couple weeks ago but everything is fine. The one good thing that came out of that awful experience was that Delmar was able to convince the ER doc to print out a copy of the ultrasound for us. So here you go, this is Baby Tompkins at 13 weeks:

I have my next check up in two weeks (beginning of week 17) and then we'll have the ultrasound to see if we're having a boy or a girl three weeks after that!

Well, I think that's enough for now. I love you all and I thank you for your support during this incredible journey.

Love,
Sarah