12 Weeks

Kristin went to the doctor today (I think she actually saw nurse practitioner, or maybe it was a midwife) and everything is going well with the pregnancy. She’s just over 12 weeks along and we heard the baby’s heartbeat for the first time. It was a little scary at first because the doc/nurse/midwife couldn’t find one. But this was mostly due to the fact that the little Doppler machine thingy she used was low on batteries. With a new machine and new batteries, she found the heartbeat right away.

To me, the heartbeat sounded a bit slower than when I first heard Patty and Amanda’s. According to an old wives tale, a slower heartbeat means we’ll be having a boy. If it's from a bunch of old wives it must be true, right? A boy would be nice. But he’d have to get used to wearing pink. Cause we’ve got A LOT of girl’s clothes :)

In other news, Patty’s soccer career is officially over - for now at least. She had her end of season awards dinner last night and was handed her first trophy. Will she play soccer again? Who knows? She enjoyed being on the team. Liked going to practice and LOVED her teammates. But when game time came around, she spent most of her time on the field pouting. Her biggest complaint was the fact that she couldn't score any goals. Trying to explain to her that soccer is not all about scoring and is more about having fun with your teammates just went over her head.

Anywhoo...I'm off to watch The Office!