Week 16

So the truth is that I started this blog on September 13th but have not been very good at keeping it up. I sent the link out to all of our friends and family today, so I promise to be good about updating you all on the progress of our pregnancy!

I changed the name on the blog so I am going to copy my last 3 posts onto this page so you can see where we started:


Sept 13th-"New Beginnings"
So my very first blog post is entitled New Beginnings....for the beginning of this blog, and the beginning of a new chapter in my life. Two weeks ago Jeff and I found out that we are expecting our first child in May! We are almost 7 weeks into our 40 week journey.

I gotta tell you...it is really hard to keep it a secret! I know the protocol is to wait until after your first trimester to officially announce your pregnancy...but it is hard to cover up my lack of drinking, waves of nauseousness, dizziness, and our overall excitement. Really, we WANT to tell people. We are so excitied!!! So we have the "short list" of people that we have told and are going to tell and then we will wait to tell everyone else at least until after our doctor's appointment on the 24th....wish us luck!!!!


Then I was really bad and didn't write again until yesterday Nov 10th-The title of the blog was "Terrible Blogger"

OK I can admit it...I am a terrible blogger! I guess its a good thing I didn't make the blog public after my first entry. I really have no good excuse not to be writing so I am going to try again.

Lots of people have been asking for pictures of "Prego Jessie"...well truthfully I look the same, just a little chubby...have gained about 5 pounds. I am just about 16 weeks along and feeling very good. I am glad to be past the morning sickness and the tiredness. I am actually feeling like my old self again. This morning I took a nice walk on the treadmill and Jeff and I took the pups to the park and tonight we are going to the Billy Joel concert. I am actually really excited! It is nice not to have to go to bed at 8:30!!!

More to come soon... I will post pics as soon as I pop, I promise!

Sunday Nov 11th:
Then today I woke up and realized that I needed to post again because as I was getting dressed last night for the concert, I realized that I totally lied yesterday. I am 16 weeks along and I am definitely starting to show...so here's the first prego pic. :-) Jeff took it and of course made me laugh so ignore the silly look on my face. And yes, I am wearing maternity jeans because my normal jeans just don't cut it anymore. Maternity jeans: kind of like sweatpants but without the drawstring...so weird! I am not really big enough to hold them up yet so I spend much of the time I am wearing them pulling them up. It's okay though because they are much more comfortable than my normal jeans right now and I know I will soon fill them out with no problem!

As I was uploading the picture I realized that I have been pretty bad about uploading pics lately. So I am going to post a few here to update you on the last few weeks of life.

Stephen came to visit the weekend of Oct 12th. We had a good time despite that fact that I was still in in the first trimester (11 weeks along). On Saturday I chauffeured Stephen, Marty, and Jeff to Napa for a long day of wine tasting. The big question was "Jessie-how was it? You went to Napa and didn't drink a thing???" Truthfully it was totally fine. I was in good spirits and was with great company. Jeff was thrilled not to be driving me around for once so he definitely took advantage of the situation. He says I still owe him a few more trips!!!


Halloween 2007
Halloween was a little different this year, much more tame than years past. On the Saturday prior, we took the dogs to the Potrero Pet Parade (a local parade for charity.) We dressed up the pups and took them down to have their portraits taken. The pics were free, and we haven't gotten them yet, so who knows if we ever will. Sierra was a pimp (some of you have seen this costume before...last time she wore it, it was falling off of her...this time, not so much!) and Foster was a pumpkin. They looked really cute (OK so maybe only a mother would say that!)

Then that night we went to a Halloween/Birthday party at our friend Bill's house. Jeff actually had two costumes...check it out...Yes, Jeff wore a bag over his head as an embarrassed Florida Fan after the Gators lost to Georgia. So sad...is been a tough season for our young Gator team.

Shortly thereafter, he switched into his favorite nerd wedgy costume. It was pretty funny. I wore the generic mouse costume...I was so comfy!

Wait-is the pregnant girl drinking??? Yes, I got that question a few times throughout the evening. Of course I'm not drinking. Bill bought me sparkling pink lemonade and served it in a champagne glass. It was fabulous! We had a great time, but were in bed by midnight. Welcome to our new life!!!

Friday Nov 2nd-Monica came to visit
Mons came to visit her old SF stomping ground the weekend after Halloween. I was feeling so good, the crazy girl got me to stay out until 1:30 in the morning...by far the latest night in a really long time! Here we are before dinner....again, hard to see because it was taken on Monica's camera and I downloaded from Kodakgallery. Sorry!

While Mons was here, she took a picsture of our house. For those of you who haven't been out to see it, here it is, our pride and joy for the moment! If you look closely, I am in the bottom right of the picture and Foster is in the window in his usual spot, guarding the house!

Almost forgot, we've got to go way back to the weekend of August 10th, Dale and Elaine's wedding weekend....a weekend we will never forget ;-) Figured I should post a few pics from the conception weekend! rehearsal dinner
Elaine and Jessie on Elaine's Big Day
Jeff and Dale (should I be nervous??!!!)

So, for a bad blogger, that was a pretty long post, huh! More to come....