8 week belly shots!

So here I am 8 weeks preggers! Thanks Kathleen for taking such great pics. I'll hopefully post belly shots every couple weeks...I think it's so amazing to see it just grow and grow!

So my friend Lisa, who has a beautiful 3 month old baby boy, gave me a couple great books last night when I saw her...The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy and a week by week pregnancy book. I'm already loving The Girlfriend's Guide...hilarious and totally practical! I think I could read about pregnancy stuff all day long. There's just so much going on and really, I don't feel like I have a clue! I kind of feel like a stranger in my own body...everything is changing. But I'm not complaining because guess what?! I'm growing a baby! I do tend to complain about all the zits on my face though...who was it that said pregnant women glow? I have several craters on my face that are glowing, but I don't think that's what they were talking about!

The never ending appetite!

I have been HUNGRY all day long. I eat and I'm still hungry. It's crazy! But at least food sounds good today. I've been SO nauseous for the past week. Crackers and more crackers have been my best friend. And the occasional hamburger...I have been craving red meat! And I'm not usually a big red meat eater. I haven't been wanting sweets either and THAT is really strange for me. I love ice cream, cookies, cake, I could go on and on. I read that ice cream is a normal thing to crave...I'm just waiting for that one to kick in! But seriously, I'm trying not to gain a 100 pounds with this pregnancy, so maybe God's sparing me that one.
Well, I bought our first baby item this weekend. I went to eat at Cracker Barrel with a girlfriend and when we walked into the store part of the restaurant there was a big display of UT and A&M stuff. They had sippy cups, pillows, cheerleader outfits, and pacifiers, among other things. I thought I would be a good wife and buy the A&M pacifer. It felt so wrong as a loyal Longhorn to do that, but I knew Bryan would be so excited! And he was :) We've discussed not trying to push our children towards either school and letting them decide where they want to go...but of course I would love to have some little Longhorns! I'm sure there will be some UT stuff being purchased soon!
On anther note, my belly is definetly growing. It's not huge, but it's definetly big for me! All of my pants don't fit around my waist...in fact they haven't for the past 3 weeks. I've been wearing a lot of skirts and they've been fine. But today I had to unzip mine a little to make it comfortable...good thing I was wearing a long shirt!
I will be taking my first belly shot later this week...I'll be sure to post soon!

Our first blog!

So I've been encouraged to start a blog about my pregnancy and baby DiCarlo to come...so here it is! I think it will be awesome to chronicle this special time :)

And what an exciting time it is!!! Bryan and I are SO extactic about becoming parents. It's definetly something we've always wanted...just waited until the right time. We just feel so blessed and grateful that God decided now was the right time for us to start a family.

We went to the doctor yesterday and it was a really special visit. We got a due date and saw the heart beating! I think when we saw that, it really became real for both of us. Our baby has a beating heart...WOW.

It looks like a little nut, but what a cute nut! One of the doctor's in the practice printed the sonogram and Bryan is now carrying it around in his wallet. Love it! I think we'll have to have them print 2 next time :)

So they measured the fetus and gave us a due date of June 5th. So far away!!! I'm sure it will speed by though. It seems like time goes by faster and faster the older I get.

Well, I think that's it for the first blog...more to come!