7 Weeks...and boy, am I feeling it!

I am now 7 weeks along and the baby is now about the size of a blueberry. By now most of our friends and family know about the little blessing to come. Since last week spilled the beans, we figured we better go ahead and tell people so they can be praying for us...also, we didn't want anyone close to us to find out by way of the grapevine.

As of last week I hadn't had any tiredness or morning sickness, but it is in full bloom now. It's kinda weird, actually. The day after I visit the hospital is about when everything kicked in. Now I'm really tired, especially in the mornings, and get nauseous now and then. It's so hard to get ready for work, and work, every day. I never realized how hard it was to be pregnant until now. Of course, everything I'm feeling all scares me a little and I over-analyze everything. But this is my first baby and I want to make sure and do everything I can to keep it safe and healthy. Added onto the tired and sick feelings, I'm constantly hungry. I'll eat something and then 2-3 hours later I'm starving again. It never ends. And it's sure taking every ounce of energy I have to write this blog entry. So I think I will stop and rest for a while. Maybe put my feet up and take a little nap.

We're Having a Baby!!!

Well, the news is out. We are expecting our first child. Mandy is only 6 weeks along, so it's a little early to start telling people about, but she had a bit of a scare the other day which kinda spilled the beans.

Tuesday morning I (Mandy) had some bleeding and I thought I might be having a miscarriage. Thankfully there was another lady co-worker who was down in my office at the time and took me to the hospital. They did an ultrasound to make sure everything was ok and I got to see the heartbeat! It was so cool! They took my blood and gave me a few explainations as to why this happened. They seemed to think I was ok, but there is still a risk of miscarriage. They also told me to see my doctor within day, which I already had an appointment scheduled for the next day.

At the doctor, he saw my ultrasound results and my blood test results and seemed to think everything looked fine. He said my levels were exactly where they needed to be and the ultrasound looked good. He had me go in this morning (Thursday) to have some more bloodwork done to make sure my levels were duplicating as they should. But according to him he seemed to think I was ok. Of course, there is still some risk, as it is still early in the pregnancy and in the first trimester is when most of the danger lies. So we're just praying that God protects this baby and that in January we will be able to welcome a new face into the Moots family.

My due date in January 15. Yeah! Right now our baby is about the size of a sweet pea.

Kittens Found

Last week my friend Jill found some kittens while she was walking on the seminary campus. They are so cute and litter box trained. She picked them up and took them home. Our neighbor's sister is going to keep them. It was so funny becuase just the other day I was saying how I wanted to hold some kittens. It's been a really long time since I've been around them since we can't have pets in our apartment. I don't think Kevin would want indoor cats anyway. I really don't either, but I love kittens! See how cute they are.

I Saw A Fox!

Last night while I was walking in our neighborhood I saw a fox. I couldn't tell if it was red or brown, but I could definitely tell it was a fox. It was a beautiful sight for this country girl to see.

Kevin and I have been doing well. Kevin's spring semester ended and he had all last week with no classes. Today he started a 2-week class to earn some quick credits for the summer. Then he starts Turbo Hebrew in June. My job is going really well...busy. They have assembled a search committee for the music position, so I'm hoping they will hire someone by the end of the summer so that things can have more normalcy. It's hard to do this job with an intirim who's just here for a couple hours 2 days a week.

Bass Hall

A couple weeks ago Kevin and I got to go to the Bass Hall to see the Fort Worth Symphany Orchestra. A friend has season tickets and couldn't go one night, so she gave us the tix. We were pretty excited. We got all dressed up and took off for the show. Parking on Friday nights is scary downtown because there are so many people out and about, especially since the weather is warmer. We were a little late for the first movement, but soon settled into our nosebleed section seats and enjoyed the music. It's really amazing how much talent people have. To have the endurance to be able to play for over an hour without stopping.

http://basshall.com/

We had never been to the Bass Hall and didn't really imagine we'd have the chance because of the expense of the tickets, so we were thankful for this cultural opportunity. We took a few pictures of the performance hall. The bottom picture is of the beautiful dome ceiling.