1st appointment...

Yesterday was my first pregnancy appointment. My OBGYN is Dr. Karen Wilks at Mercy. I LOVE her! Clay went with me and I was so thankful for that. My appointment was at 3:15 but she was called to an emergency C-section so we had to wait a little while. We actually were out of there by 4:30 which was pretty good considering the waiting room was full and she spent 20 minutes in the room with us answering questions. They wanted to do an ultrasound in the office to hear the heartbeat and for her to double check the due date, which officially is February 1st! Unfortunately my insurance will not allow it to be done in the office. For some strange reason I have to do it at Mercy hospital so a radiologist can read it. The nurse is going to try to get me in before we leave on vacation on Friday. We were kind of bummed not to have it done in the office, but we really weren't expecting them to do anything like that so it wasn't that big of a deal. It is so crazy to think that my baby already has a heartbeat!! About the due date, Clay's grandpa (who he lost last August and adored dearly) had a birthday on January 27th. My great-great grandpa (thanks Scott for the info) had a birthday on February 2nd. Those are the closest birthdays to the due date that we know. It is so nice to know the due date for sure.

On another note, I mentioned vacation earlier. Clay and I are leaving on Friday to go to Puerto Vallarta for a week. We are so excited! I had planned this several months ago, knowing that we would want to take a vacation before we started trying to have a baby. (Things just happened a little quicker than we thought!) The vacation was a surprise to Clay until I told him last week where we were going. He completely surprised me on our honeymoon so he wanted me to surprise him on this vacation. I HATE making decisions so it was not an easy task. I am very pleased with where we are going and I know we will have a great time!