8 weeks, 6 days...

Originally written: February 12, 2009

Although an insanely busy work week, this week was a milestone for our little bean. We had our first sonogram on Tuesday, February 10th and saw the little girl or boy in there with a heartbeat strong enough to beat right off the screen. Seeing and hearing the heartbeat was an insane reality check that this was really happening and it also took a lot of worrying off of my shoulders. The baby dated at 8 weeks, 3 days on Tuesday (which is when I was technically 8 weeks, 4 days), so she's not going to change my due date since everything is nicely on track. How great to see that he/she is growing at the proper rate!

I also met with my new boss on Wednesday and I gave him the big news. He reacted just like I knew he would. He was happy for me and said we would work it out. I think his only concern is that I'll be gone for the end of the year. But my parents should be visiting then, so I can come back and work year end and not have to worry about child care.

Today I'm telling my co-worker and his wife. They're our friends outside of work and I go to Weight Watchers with his wife. I haven't been able to quit Weight Watchers because I couldn't tell them, so finally today is the day to tell them so I can quit going.

Our goal is to tell as many people as possible in person, so a lot of times that means we have to wait to tell people that we don't see as often, or we have to tell someone a little earlier than we planned. Everyone else we're doing emails with the sonogram. Everyone's "got it" so far except for my aunt, who thought it was snow or a butterfly in snow - HAHA.

Great week!! :-)