Goodbye First Tri!

Well today we turned 13 weeks! This officially marks the end of the first trimester! This also officially marks the end of our status as "high risk" though we have felt pretty confident for a couple of weeks now. I have to say that I am thrilled to enter the second part of this amazing journey and am very excited about the changes to come in trimester two. I am looking forward to an even bigger belly, feeling movement and not calling the baby "it" but rather he or she! I wake up around 2 or 3 every morning and most of the time, do not fall back asleep due to morning sickness. I am looking forward to this easing up as well. (fingers crossed!)This also officially marks the end of our progesterone shots! Yeah! It will be amazing to spend the holiday season getting ready for our spring arrival.

Ultrasound Video 11weeks

We had our very last visit with our specialist. Grandmom (Parish) and Auntie Heather came along to share this very special day. All the nurses that we have grown so close to were so happy for our success but it was bittersweet. They will miss our weekly visits and I know I will miss their care and attention. Grandmom Parish was sweet enough to take some videos of the Ultrasound so that we can share it with our family and friends. Take a look at our little gymnast!

The Parish Family Celebrates Two Years!

On Monday, October 10, Chip and I celebrated 2 glorious years together as man and wife. There was so much to celebrate this year! It has been a long road to get where we are and a lot of love and work. We had planned to go to Ruggles in mid-town on Saturday however Mommy Parish has had bouts of morning sickness throughout the day. So Monday, the day of our actual anniversary, we enjoyed a romantic and delicious dinner at our favorite local Italian restaurant!

It was nice to get dressed up together to enjoy a mini night out. Check out that bump already starting to poke out a little! Almost 11 weeks there.

Mr. & Mrs. Chip Parish enjoying their cozy booth at La Parmigiana. We better enjoy it now. There won't be many nights like this after baby Parish makes a debut!

My anniversary gift to Chip was an Ole Miss diaper bag....just for Daddy. I thought he would not want to use whatever girlie bag I chose when he takes the baby on Father-Child outings.

Chip sent me beautiful roses and a box of chocolates to work. I LOVE getting flowers at work.

It has been such an incredible journey and am so grateful for my amazing husband that takes such great care of me and loves me so much. I am grateful for the amazing life growing inside me that is part of us both. The is a precious time and I look forward to what is to come. I love you Chip Parish.

Ultrasounds

As most people know, we are high risk for our first trimester. We are receiving amazing care from our specialist. Being high risk these first few months is pretty stressful on our family however one of the positives about it is the frequent doctor visits and ultrasounds. I just love getting to see Sweet P so often! This Mommy has gotten spoiled. :) I am really going to miss this once I am transferred to the obstetrician in a couple of weeks. I would like to share some of the amazing growth our little one has accomplished that we have had the privilege of witnessing....

This was our first ultrasounds at just under 5 weeks. Sweet P was the size of a grain of rice! The first ultrasound is super scary because even though you have those positive pregnancy tests, seeing is believing. We breathed a sigh of relief that day.

The next one was at week 6. Sweet P was the size of a Sweet Pea! Growing strong and ahead of the curve! We have been measuring large. Maybe we will end up with an April baby instead of May?

This is still week six. It was extra special because we heard the heartbeat for the very first time. It was a strong heartbeat to be able to hear it so early! Another sigh of relief. There is really a person inside me!

I could not believe how much growth was between week six and seven! The heartbeat was even stronger this week...and gets stronger every week since!

Week eight was amazing. Sweet P looks like an actual person! I could not believe all the changes that had come to play!

Week nine was my favorite week so far. I saw Sweet P wiggle for the first time. And not only was s/he wiggling, but dancing all over the place! I treasure every new step we are taking and knowing that each week, our child is growing stronger and bigger makes me happy and proud as a mother. I can't wait for our ultrasound on Friday so Chip can see our baby dance for him too!