NASCAR Weekend

Steve and I spent Father's Day and Sears Point Raceway in Napa, CA for the Nascar Toyota 350. I love this racetrack because its not like most of the others with 4 left or 4 right turns, its got 10 turns both left and right and we were sitting at the best one.

It was a good day, nice and breezy and not in the high 90's like it is every other year. We got lots of walking in and I got the yummy corndog I've been craving. PLUS thankfully I managed to not get sunburned this year, this came with applying 4 or 5 layers of sunblock for the 6 hours we were there. Anywho just thought I would share some pictures!

This was the tribute to the 4 Oakland Police Department Officers who we're killed in the line of duty recently! They had these 4 biker cops go around the track twice behind the pace car.

My favorite driver Jimmie Johnson!!!!

One of my other favorites Kyle Busch (who was boo'd like crazy, jealous people)

Jimmie's front end damage from running somebody off the track

Kyle's repaired front end damage after he rear ended the crap out of another car (right in front of us) and caused 7 or so cars to wreck. PS he was being boo'd long before he did that!

And of course...Steve and I enjoying our comfy cushioned seats from walmart and our cooler filled with ice water (I'm not paying $4 per bottle at the track)!

11 weeks appointment

So we had an appointment on Friday to hear the heartbeat and get the results from my blood tests. First things first, my appointment was at 4:15 and after waiting for 2 hours and a 45 minute appointment we got out of there at 7pm, talk about a long day.

Anyhow, Dr. Hank took us into a different room from usual where I realized there was no sonogram machine which meant no picture of the baby (boo!). There was however the doppler and he went to work. After having the first doppler batteries die mid scan for the heartbeat Dr. Hank got a new doppler and went back to work...No luck. After trying for a couple minutes we couldn't hear the babies heartbeat so the doc gave up and took us into the other room.

He then pulled out the belly sonogram scanner and attempted to look at the baby from there. We could see the baby but he couldn't focus well enough to see if the baby was moving. Next came the dildo cam, he went in with that and found the baby with its heart still beating strong. He literally looked at the baby for about 15 seconds, found the heartbeat, pointed out a foot and shut off the machine, no picture (boo!).

Basically at this point he says its too early to hear the heartbeat (thanks to my extra tummy layers) and we will hear it at my 15 week appointment. Otherwise all my bloodwork came back perfect and he went over a ton of paperwork, took our picture (apparently he has pictures of every couple he has ever treated, kind of a cool thought), gave us a bunch of info that the hospital makes him give us, told us to make a list of pediatricians we liked from our area (he's 35 minutes away) and bring it to him and he will help us pick one out, got all the info on labor, breastfeeding, etc. classes. Basically he just gave us a LOT of information to go over and think about. He also gave me the paperwork to set up my 20 week scan/sex determination appt with the outside clinic that does it. It was a very informative appointment.

At the very end he asked if I had any questions and I said yes. I wanted to know what products he would recommend for the massive amounts of acne that have attacked to face, neck and chest. His answer "You're having a boy!" He went on to say that most likely what's causing it is the testosterone that a little boy would be putting into my system. He says its a "cute" little side affect to which I pointed at my face and said "this is not cute!" Either way Steve's face lit up but I have convinced myself no to take that for much until I have proof of the babies sex!

On another note we told some of our best friends friday night that we are expecting. I play on a coed softball team on Friday nights and it just so happened we were short handed so I asked a bunch of my close friends to fill in. Steve asked me during the game if I wanted to tell them to which I replied "Only if we can get them to go out for "drinks" after the game". Thankfully they all came out and after being pressured for answers about our baby making tactics (in good fun pressure) I finally turned to my friend sitting next to me and so "Okay fine I am pregnant". This stopped them all in there tracks and after confirming that I wasn't just saying that to shut her up we got lots of congratulations. It was fun to share!!! Of course before we left I made them all swear not to post anything on my myspace since they were the first to find out and we wanted to wait a little longer to make it public knowledge.

So all in all, Friday was a good day!

It finally came up!

The contents of my stomach that is! Although I'm pretty confindent baby is not to blame for this, instead I blame

I was fine and dandy until I was just about done brushing my teeth and them BAM, I must have hit a gag reflex spot. Just when I thought I could keep it under control I was proven wrong. After two spurts Steve came in to see why I was making strange noises. So much fun!!!

The baby is off the hook for this one tough, I blame the toothpaste!

Got any cheese?

So out of all the cravings I've had, I'd have to say that the biggest one has got to be cheese. Whether it's

Mac N Cheese,

Grilled Cheese,

Cheetos

Nacho Cheese Doritos (which I craved for the the first time yesterday yet haven't had them in years)it's all about the cheese!

The first couple weeks after I found out I was pregnant I was addicted to Cheese Quesadillas, I just want some stinkin cheese please!!!

Don't mind me just had to share my love for cheese!

Cruisin Alaska w/ the Fam

Well we're back and we're exhausted!

A 7 days cruise through Alaska (and Canada) with 11 family members your not allowed to throw off the ship will do that to you! We had 4 stops, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Prince Rupert. The cruise began and ended with full sea days and baby was not having it. The first morning I woke up and Steve hopped in the shower, next thing I know I'm banging down the door telling him I'm invading for the toilet, False alarm!!! However I have never wanted to throw up so badly during this pregnancy! Once I got some food in my system I was good to go and got to playing shuffle board out on the deck.

One thing I have to say about all the stops is that the ratio is about 20 jewelry stores for every person. So if your not interested in buying jewelry, there isn't a whole lot of shopping to be done! I tried my hardest to spend money but just wouldn't find anything I absolutely had to have. I ended up with a onesie for the baby and a stuffed huskie puppy and moose that we found out are actually puppets, for the baby, and a sweatshirt that I bought just to shut Steve up about me buying something for myself. I resolved that I would just come home and order a Precious Moments Eskimo figurine to add to my collection.

The scenery was beautiful but I was truly disappointed that there were no free standing huge glaciers in the water like they show in all the commercials. We were lucky enough to get patches of 5 foot wide glaciers that occasionally had sea lions on them jumping off just in time to not be crushed by the ship. Aside from the sea lions I spotted a couple brown bears on the shore one day and apparently there was about a 40 minute parade of whales next to the boat but we missed it for breakfast! I was so mad that the captain didn't announce it over the loud speaker. We were able to catch a glimpse of a couple of them but we missed the real show of them jumping in and out of the water!

Overall it was fun but exhausting because your going going going. I even took a nap everyday but the rocking boat still took its toll! Being on a cruise pregnant cuts down on the fun a little, there of course was no drinking but gambling was also out as people are allowed to smoke in the casino. I was able however to eat as much as I wanted and I even partook of a sushi dinner (doc said it was okay). I would do it again for sure but next time maybe without the entire family in tow!

Speaking of the family, they are just as dense as Steve and my mother when it comes to announcing my pregnancy. My mom asked me to do it asap so she wouldn't spill the beans so immediately after we got on the ship I stopped everyone and the first pretty staircase I saw to take a picture. I did the "Everybody say Billie's Pregnant" deal and they all just stood there like dummies! Steve, my mom, my brother and my uncle all knew and started repeating what I was trying to get across to them but it took a good 30 seconds to a minute before I got any kind of reaction!

The first pic is their "we're dummies smiling for the camera" the second is my "forced reaction" picture!!!

Oh well I was going to do something special to announce to our friends but I think at this point I need to just start being obvious!

Here are some other pictures from the trip...

Finally here's our u/s pic!

This is our 7w6d u/s pic. The baby is measuring at 8w1d in this picture. There's apparently a hand on the top of the baby, I can't see it, can you?

How can you not like smoked salmon?

What is wrong with my baby? My DH made dinner for my mom and I last night, his fabulous smoked salmon that I love love love, yeah well not last night!!! I was left eating Mac and Cheese because Salmon (once on the plate) was the most disgusting thing I had ever smelled. I tried to eat a small piece but my body wasn't having it, it was flavorless and nauseating!

I mean seriously it's way to early to have to sit this baby down and tell them how things work! Mommy loves Daddy's smoked salmon, so let her eat it. Meanwhile the leftovers went home with Grandma because she loves it too! (wow this could be taken very perverted, ooops).

If we have this issue next week when mommy tries to indulge in some doctor approved sushi, your in big trouble baby!