doing my part

Since I knocked Kelli up I figured it would be a good gesture to attend the first baby meeting at the doctor. Me being me, I brought my MP3 player, regional jet course book and of course my trusty cell phone to update this page. Sitting here, there is way too much estrogen. I can feel the evul beams coming from all of the other women as the men that knocked them up arent here. The approximate due date is March 13....8 days before my birthday. Sucks to be the kid, my birthday is always going to overshadow theirs. the next visit is August 30th......I will be in Jacksonville then.

So Far So Good....

I am not crazy. My clothes are definitely tighter already. This is going to be a long nine months. Darren doesn't seem to believe a word I say. Nice. Oh well, I have been feeling pretty good lately. All those early symptoms have disappeared. What I should say is I have been feeling pretty good up to right about now. This evening I have started feeling nauseous. Its not bad. I don't feel like I have to throw up, I just feel sick. If it stays like this I should be able to handle it. Hopefully it doesn't get much worse. I guess we'll see. My first doctor appointment is on Thursday morning. I don't know if Darren is going to make it, but I sure would like him to come to at least a couple of them. My supervisor at work has a pregnant wife and he goes to all her appointments. I know Darren is busy, but I really hope he can fit me in his schedule. :)

Isn't it funny that Darren is talking about a new car when he still has over a year left on his current lease? Only Darren is that crazy. Notice how all the cars seem to be very inefficient and have bad gas mileage. He will have to get approval from the bank of Kelli before his next vehicle purchase. If he wants one of those options he better find a high paying job!

Early going

A week into this...I am fine. Kelli is having body issues. She is already complaining about clothes not fitting and her bra not fitting. I dunno if it's the pregnancy or body/mind playing tricks on her.

The whole name thing. I brought up Michaela....Kelli didn't care for it. Peggy (mother in law) likes it. I am still no on Logan.

I have to turn in my car in 13 months. I am not sure what I will get next. Should I get a family car? Or macho car? I like the Dodge Magnum, Scion XB (new model), Toyota FJ Cruiser and the Nissan Altima coupe. listed in order below.

Early pregnancy symptoms

Well, this has been quite a shock! I've only been off birth control pills for a month. Apparently I am very fertile. :) I could tell I was pregnant for an entire week before I got a positive test. No one really believed me though. They all thought it was the side effects from stopping the pills. I could tell something was different though. I had never felt like that before. I had mild cramps, really bad breast pain, and lower back pain for an entire week. It was definitely not premenstrual symptoms. Darren was very skeptical. I took a couple of tests early and they both came back negative. I even called the doctor thinking there must be something wrong with me. The nurse I talked to didn't seem concerned though. She told me to wait until Friday and test again then come in for a blood test if it was negative. Well, I obviously couldn't wait that long. I tested Wednesday morning and was shocked to see the positive test! I had to take a second one just to be sure. Of course that one was positive too. So, I called the doctor back this morning and scheduled my first prenatal visit. I was expecting to wait a couple of weeks because thats what happened with my sister. They actually scheduled me for my first visit next Thursday. I'm told it will take 3 hours! I can't imagine what they could possibly do to me in all that time. I bet it will involve a lot of sitting around and waiting. I guess I will find out. :) Thanks to everyone for all the congratulations! This will all take some getting used to. We have 9 months to straighten out the name situation. I guess I will need a baby name book after all!

Names...........

So Kelli told me that she wanted the name Logan as a boy. I didn't care for it. Last night on the way home I tuned into XM Comedy. Right as I tuned it in a comedian started a joke about the name Logan for a baby. It went something along the lines of "Yeah Logan, like Boston Logan International Airport, when I look at my kid I want to think about crappy traffic, delays and pissed of people." That pretty much took Logan out of the mix. So that still leaves Charles Lindbergh Jamal Jesus O'Scotty Byrd for a boy…and Amelia Erheart Maria Suki Barbara Shaquanda Byrd.

It's official

We're preggo. March 2008 I guess. Avoid the rush and shop now.

Lucky shot?

Well less than a month into this Kelli thinks she might be preggo. She felt ill in the morning for a few days and is having other odd pains. She can take one of those fancy test sometime this week. Stay tuned.