UPDATE!

Okay, so I know I was supposed to be keeping up with this better, but that was when Sam was still home, the animals weren't driving me crazy, school was out, and I was in town for work.  So I'm sorry that this has been less than up-to-date.  I will post important news though

So here we go!  I had a doctor's appointment on Friday and we are pretty sure that we are having a boy.  As you can see from the pictures, we couldn't get a real clear image on the in-office machine, but I am scheduled for the full blown ultrasound on February 13th.  Yes, I will be checking out "little nug" on Friday the 13th!  Once I see him again then, we can be sure whether it's a he or a she.  Right now I'm going with a "he" though.  It was so incredible to get to see the baby again.  The last time I saw it, it was just a ball of flickering cells.  Now it looks like a real person which is kind of weird to think that there is an actual person growing in there and not some scary looking tadpole.  I will have to say that I am quite a bit more excited about having a boy than I thought I would be.  The thought of a mini-Sam was a little scary, but now the thought of a mini-Sam that is going to love me the way little boys adore their mommies, just makes me want to do back flips.  I think that Sam is on the opposite end of that spectrum though.  I think that deep down, he was hoping for a girl so that she could have him wrapped around that little finger and make him melt.  I think he's more nervous about having a boy than he or I thought he would be.  But whatever, the case, as long as it's healthy, I'm happy.  If it is a boy though, I have an incentive to have another one so he can have a mini-Sam and I can have a mini-Caroline.  I know I've only been feeling better for two weeks and for the last ten I've been miserable, but I could do it again.

On another happy note, I am feeling MUCH better.  I have been off the anti nausea meds for two weeks now and things are great.  Of course, if I don't eat when I need to I start feeling a little sick, but other than that, the constant nausea and impending vomiting is gone.  I am also not experiencing any heartburn and only mild indegestion.  So YAY!  Like always though, I'm sure I will be hit with it next week since I'm celebrating its absence

I'm posting another belly picture since it's been about a month.  This was taken today and I am 18 weeks and 1 day along.  I am also posting a picture of the new "mom-mobile".  Sam graciously let me trade my four door sedan for a four door SUV.  It has everything that I want on it (heated seats, i-Pod jack, DVD players for the back seat, and more space to haul the family).