Ryan's Birthday and Easter

Well, we have been very busy the last few weeks and my stomach has certainly popped! For St. Patrick's Day Bailey and I went with Aunt Kellie, Uncle Jay, and cousin Nola to the Morristown St. Patrick's Day parade. Bailey was the star of the day! We had to stop about every 5 feet so people could pet her and take pictures of her with their cell phones.

Me and Bailey at the parade

Aunt Kellie and Nola at the parade

On Sunday, the 16th, we celebrated Ryan's 25th birthday. He has the quarter-of-a-century mark! We celebrated by going into the city and taking a Soprano's bus tour through Jersey. We met Vito (the guy who moved to New Hampshire and fell in love with Johnny-cakes). We also got to see a ton of places and stopped at quite a few. We went to a diner, Holston's, the restaurant where they shot the final episode, and of course, the Bada Bing. Ryan was very happy to let everyone know that his wife took him to a "strip" club for his birthday. Then we met Grandpa Allen and the Smith family at Tout va Bien for dinner in the city.

Ryan and Vito
Sitting in the booth where the Sopranos ate in the final episode

We decided to host Easter this year and had both sides of the family come to our house for dinner. We missed you Uncle Matty! Grandpa and Grandma Suzie spent a few days and I got to take them to see the baby furniture we like. Grandpa heads back to Saudi Arabia tonight, but he'll be home soon for good! We're all very happy about that. :)

Bailey all ready for Easter

Grandpa, Grandma Suzie, Mommy, and Aunt Meghan

Proud of the belly!

First Trimester Done!

I can't believe we've already made it through the first trimester! We had our 12 week appointment on Tuesday, and got to hear the heartbeat again. Unfortunately, I went solo to the appointment because Ryan is home with the flu. We are staying as far away from each other as possible. The heartbeat sounded great, when we finally found it. There was so much noise that the heartbeat was hard to hear at first. The doctor said all the noise was because we have a very active baby and it was swimming around like crazy. There wasn't much else going on at this doctor visit. She just wanted to make sure I'm eating right, drinking enough, and feeling good. I have been going to the chiropractor for some killer lower back pain, but it seems to be getting much better.

As you can see in the picture, I'm definitely showing! I feel even bigger than when I took the picture. I need to go shopping to get some more maternity clothes because that's all I'm wearing now, and I really don't think I'm ever going back to regular clothes. Elastic waistbands are the best!! :)

We go back to the doctor in 4 weeks, but we'll try to post before then.