First u/s and potty training update...

Thanks to everybody for the congrats about the baby. I just want to keep you updated on what's going on right now...

I went to the OB on Tuesday for my first appointment. I have been feeling super icky and tired so I was not very excited about having to leave the house (thankfully Jeremy took off work to go with me), but I was happy to get an ultrasound and see that everything is all right with our little surprise :) The ultrasound definitely did not go as I had thought. When the doc did the u/s I saw the little amniotic sac filled with fluid, but nothing else. No heartbeat, not even a tiny little dot of a baby. Of course I was nervous. The doctor told me that she thinks I am more like 4 weeks along, not 6-8 as my last period would suggest. She said that everything looks healthy and I should come back in two weeks for another u/s to see a heartbeat. Of course I remember having the feeling with Jakob, and it's back again, that I feel as though I'm always waiting to hear the bad news. Waiting for the other shoe to drop, as they say. I left the doctors office thinking I'd better slow down on thinking a baby is coming and prepare myself in case there isn't a baby there in two weeks. I was really very stressed. People have since reminded me that our first u/s with Jakob was just like that. It was around 4 weeks and there was really not much to see. I know that I need to trust God with this whole situation, believe me, I tell myself that all the time. Doing it is so much harder. I have to constantly remind myself that I had nothing to do with this baby getting here in the first place and it's only going to be by God's provision that it makes it into our arms. If you think of me just pray that I will have the faith to trust and not stress. As I said I have felt pretty sick for the past week. Thankfully my mom found this homeopathic morning sickness stuff that I take each morning and it allows me to eat breakfast without feeling as if I'll barf at any time. Starting the day off with something on my stomach seems to help a lot. I've also discovered that sour tasting candies help with the nausea, so I go to those during the day to help me out too. I have been resting as much as you possibly can with a two year old. Thankfully Jeremy is very good about picking up food when I don't feel like cooking and helping out with Jakob when it's 8 o'clock and I'm so tired and ready for bed.

  I wanted to tell y'all about Jakob and his potty training. I think he is so close to being potty trained. I'm just trying to be patient with him because he will put two and two together eventually. Right now he will go to the potty and sit on it if he needs to go to the bathroom. That's great right? The only problem is he doesn't pull his pants down. If I'm paying attention and notice him right when he sits down I can pull his pants down quickly and he'll pee/poop on his potty. If I'm distracted by whatever and I suddenly look up to see where Jakob is he will be sitting so nicely on his potty, (fully clothed) and I will have to rinse out his nasty undies. I'm still so proud of him that he knows we poop/pee on the potty, I just wish he'd tell me when he needs to go. He has told us twice, but both times he was in the middle of getting in trouble and hearing a lecture from his dad and he looked at me and said "poo-poo" so I pulled his undies down and sat him on the potty and he went. He's good at getting out of those talks :) Anyways, we will keep trying and I know soon it will all come together