Names

The site emails me when you or anyone leaves a comment or a new post so when I got 2 emails today I got all excited. I'm starting to look at myself in the mirror and wonder whose looking back at me. Its amazing how much this can change a person.

Jenna and I have a couple of names we like but we are still open minded. If anyone has an idea for a name leave a comment to this post and we'll see what we come up with. Just one thing, no criticisms of names. If we like a name and you don't then keep that to yourself for now. We don't need little Widget to be tramatized because his family didn't like his name :)

(p.s. we're not naming him/her Widget)

Amazing

Isn't the sound of that little heartbeat amazing? It is the sweetest sound in the world. When I hear it, I just want to shut my eyes and really listen. I am so, so excited. Our next appt. is going to seem like it takes forever to get here. I am keeping the date of the appt. secret so that I can share the news of the gender in some sort of special way (if I can keep myself from calling everyone the minute I walk out of the clinic). I know that if you all knew when the date was, my phone would be ringing off the wall, he, he! I will tell you this, by the next time you see your sweet Jenna and Chad at Christmas, I will be much bigger and will know the gender of the precious miracle I am carrying inside me. Love you all.

back to normal

Hey- I am so glad to see Granda and Gramma have already been on here and posted. Everyone keeps asking how I am and now I can finally say, "I'm doing fine!" I am feeling like my old self. By that I mean perky, social, and interested in activities besides sitting on the couch. Chad is having so much fun with me watching me get all crazy. I have not felt quite as scatterbrained this week, but man sometimes, I feel like a complete blonde! I am going to have to go shopping again soon. It is a fight in my closet every morning. Before I could fit in my jeans and pants and just couldn't zip them. Now, they are just plum tight. Every morning when I ask Chad, "are these too tight" or "does this make me look fat?", he replys saying, "Jenna, you are pregnant." I guess eventually that will sink in and I won't care about my bulging belly. The other thing that is starting to come is money worries. Are babies expensive?? Can we afford one? If we could find part time daycare and Springdale would let me work 3 days a week, is that worth it? Should we give up that money? Will I still be a good momma if I stay home a few days a week? Will I be a bad momma if I go back full time? And many more...I am sure others have struggled along the way with the same sort of questions. I guess Chad and I just need to stick together and take one day at a time. It is amazing how much you start to love someone you have never met. I will let you all know what doctor says tomorrow!

You're such a little pill already

We were at a wedding in Little Rock this weekend and Jenna's friend Cara stayed in a hotel room with us. Cara's a nurse practitioner and she brought a heartbeat monitor thing so we could listen to the heartbeat. She only had a pulse tip though so it was little and difficult to find. Friday night Jenna and Cara were in the room without me and got to listen to the heartbeat. Saturday morning when Daddy has the video camera ready so he can email the heartbeat to everybody, Lil' Bit decided to hide. After 10 minutes of filming and getting nothing, I decide to shower. While I was in the shower what do you think Jenna finds? That's right, the heartbeat. When Daddy comes back over with the camera...nothing, zip, zilch, nada. What's funny is that when I was in the room Cara (who's also pregnant) she couldn't find her baby's heartbeat either, but when I went down to watch the ducks (we were at the Peabody) she found it.

Its gonna be ok, cause we go to the Dr. on Thursday and we'll hear the heartbeat again so I'll get an audio capture and post it so you can download and listen to it if you want.

RSS Feeds

If you use a RSS capable web browser such as Firefox or Safari or if you use a news reader, you can subscribe to the RSS feed in the bottom right of this page. RSS means really Simple Syndication. It will put a tab at the top of your browser and it will notify you when a new post or comment is made on the blog. That way you don't have to just randomly come by and see if anything is new. If you click the tab it will list the new posts and you can click and go directly to them. Its a pretty convenient way to keep up with it, but it doesn't work with Internet Explorer. If you are still using Internet Explorer instead of Firefox you should email me anyway so I can fuss at you :)

Hello world!

Welcome to Lil' Bits Blog. I'm starting this blog to create a way for us to share our thoughts and information about Lil' Bits impending crash of the party. We're so excited and it gets a little crazier every day. You can post and comment anything you like to me, Jenna, or Lil' Bit. We're going to use this as a vehicle to inform everyone of the pregnancy's progress and any updates along the way. We'll also post links to his/her heartbeat, ultrasound, etc. so everyone can participate in our cheesy grins. Check back often and post as much as you like. We love you.