Houston, we have kick-off!

So I'm sitting at my desk today, having an absolutely horrible day, and I feel this light jab in my belly. Definitely an OliveBaby kick. :) S/he was all, "Hey Mom, it's okay!" I'm grinning ear to ear like a total fool.

I also ordered a baby sling today off Mamabargains.com in this pattern:

And we scheduled our BIG u/s; we go in next Tuesday at 7:45 am. Which means we officially have less than a week to make a decision about finding out the gender.

Carseat has been ordered!

We made our first real baby purchase today. We've picked up a few random clothing pieces over the past 4 months, but this makes it seem so much more real.

It's a Baby Trend Columbia seat:

I had Mr. Olive push the order button at the same time as me. And then he rubbed my belly. We're both total saps. Hah!

Apparently, OliveBaby likes sugar.

Things we have for dessert in the house right now:

- Ice cream (toppings include patriotic sprinkles, caramel, chocolate syrup, and butterscotch.)

- Ice cream sandwiches

- Lemon ice cups

- Strawberry shortcake

- Triple Chocolate Cake

- Caramel filled chocolate chip cookie dough

- Fudge frosted brownies

- Caramel frosted brownies

- Apple Pie (with or without vanilla ice cream)

- Rootbeer floats

- Orange Cow (orange soda float)

- 4 different kinds of cake mix, plus 4 different kinds of frosting.

- Home made monkey bread

- 2 different monkey bread mixes

- Oh and a whole candy bowl full of leftover Easter candy....

Hello, endless possibilities!

Luckily, the thought of most of that makes my stomach hurt. ;)

Houston, we have a heartbeat!

Mr. Olive and I went today for our 3rd prenatal appointment. It went just fine; both OliveBaby and I are doing quite well. I still haven't gained weight but I managed to eat a whole burger for lunch today without getting nauseated. So I anticipate that weight gain will start pretty soon!

But anyway, most importantly! We were able to hear the heartbeat! Our last appointment, at 13 weeks, the midwife was unable to pick it up with the doppler. This time however, she barely had the wand on my belly and the room was filled with a strong, steady "WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP!" 146 bpm. :)

My jaw dropped. I couldn't believe how strong it was! Mr. Olive, true to form, got all teared up. He also managed to snag a sound clip with his phone, which I have been listening too all afternoon. And as soon as I can figure out how to upload it, I'll be sharing it here! (If I even can!)

We also got the paperwork to schedule our BIG ultrasound. So we'll be doing that tomorrow, and we'll have to decide pretty soon if we want to find out OliveBaby's gender. My mother-in-law (MIL) says she thinks it's a boy based on the sound of the heartbeat, but wants to consult her colleagues. (aka, friends!)