okie dokie, so paul and i had decided that we do NOT want to have the baby on base. our sweet friend sarah (mother to baby lil) told me that she would no longer be my friend if i did, given the horrific experience she went through. so i did some research and got in touch with people at this women’s special care clinic that takes our insurance. i went today and it was AH-MAZING!!!! the clinic is run by all women who are all on a first-name basis…. really comfortable and casual. i must say, it was strange being in a waiting room entirely filled with pregnant women. anyway, i met with the nurse practitioner today, who is just great and full of excitement. i get to choose which of the two wonderfully brilliant and nice female drs i want to deliver the baby, AND i get to choose the hospital that i deliver at. the dr. comes to me!!!! so, the nurse practitioner got all my background info, etc, and then did the ultrasound. apparently paul and i have a little show-off in the making b/c the baby was pretty still at first and i saw the heart beat, then it was as if the wee-one knew he/she was on camera and so he/she decided to start swimming around and putting on a show. i was cracking up. needless to say, so far so good in terms of how everything looks. i wasn’t exactly clear on how far along i was, so i spoke with the np about that and she did a measurement of the baby. as of today, i am officially 8 weeks and 2 days. i will meet with the np once a month until i am 4 months. THEN, get this….. the women’s special care clinic pays to send all first time mothers to the high-risk pregnancy clinic in jacksonville to have all these tests run to check all the baby’s organs, make sure everything is a-ok, and do a 3D ultrasound. how great is that?!?!?! i was so impressed with this facility. it was such an answered prayer after paul and i have been somewhat stressing about drs on base and dealing with all of that.

sooooooooooooooo that’s how today went and how the baby is doing. we’ll be sure to keep you posted. our next dr. visit is actually on our anniversary, so that will certainly be a day we will look forward to. as for now, paul and i are going to celebrate our little show-off by going to our favorite mexican joint for dinner.

bye for now!!!