President's Day Weekend

Well, it's President's day and we are quickly approaching pregnancy week 16!! Sometimes it feels like the time is flying and other times it feels like it's going so slow! (I guess that it seems to go slow in between appointments) but I know the little munchkin will be here before we know it!!

This past weekend we went out to the Dumont Sand Dunes for a whole weekend of camping, riding, and fun with friends!! I squeezed 40 hours into 4 days so I could take Friday off and we could get on the road early! We left at about 7AM Friday morning and met some friends and away we went!! In total there was about 15 of us (including 2 little ones). The weather was absolutely beautiful... about 70 and sunny everyday... sorry for those of you battling more wintery storms :( I got on the quad a few times for some low key riding and boy was I wishing I could go up some hills and go a little faster... but my time will come. We went out to a place called Competition Hill at night time, and I'm telling you it sure was the party spot!! All-in-all it was a perfect weekend!! I have been feeling pretty good (still a little sleepier than normal) but feeling good! Richie was a little worried about me riding on the quad (which I thought was so sweet) but I figured if it was at all bad the doctor would have told me to just stay away from riding completely. I did keep it to a minimum though... I didn't want to worry Rich. A majority of my riding time was spent going to and from the bathroom! LOL! I got a little sunburned after the whole weekend, but it was totally worth it!! We got home yesterday and crashed early! Back to work and the real world today :(

Tonight we celebrate our own little Valentines Day with a fondue dinner at home :) Nothing too fancy, just the two of us relaxing together!

Only 2 1/2 weeks and counting until we get to find out if we're having a little boy Miller or a little girl Miller!!! :)

Here are a few pictures from the weekend....

The boys crew :) Getting ready to go out on the first ride of the weekend (Rich is in the red and black)

Me on the bike, doing a bit of puttin around

Chilling by the campfire

Watching the Jeep Up Hill Races

The sunset from our campsite, along with our friend, the pumpkin

Rich was like a kid in a candy store riding in this sand rail :)

Rich and I watching the drag races from the top of a dune

Second Trimester... We have arrived!!!

Well we've made it to the beginning of the second trimester!!! Wooooohooooo!!!

As of yesterday I was 14 weeks!! Rich and I went to the doctor yesterday for our monthly appointment and we finally got to hear the baby's heartbeat!!!! I can't reiterate enough how truly amazing that sounds is!!! Not that it wasn't real before, but hearing the heartbeat just makes it sink in even more that we are going to have a little Miller crawling around!! :) I definitely teared up a little when I heard it. I have a pregnancy journal that goes through each day of pregnancy and tells you how the baby is growing that day and it has been really neat learning how the growing process is progressing, I never would have thought that it was so fast! Our next appointment is in 4 weeks and we'll be getting an ultrasound then to check the anatomy of the baby and to find out if we're having a boy or a girl!!!! I'm really anxious to find out!! I know a lot of women say that they have a "feeling" that it's one or the other... but me, I have no idea!!! Lol. I also have to go get some bloodwork done next week to test for down syndrome. The bloodwork isn't necessarily a test for it specifically, but let's the doctor know if we are canidates to have further testing done. We'll keep our fingers crossed!!

Other than the baby day-dreaming that I've been doing, we've just been laying low and relaxing at home. I now know what all my "Mom" friends were talking about because I have become a huge fan of lounging in my pajama pants, even more than I was before. It's way more comfortable!! I haven't really delved into the whole "maternity clothes" thing yet, but as the days go on, I'm probably going to need to soon!! I feel like my belly is starting to round out a little more now, so it doesn't seems like I'm just getting fat like in my earlier weeks. Although I feel like my belly is already huge!! ;) We'll most likely be resting up most of this week for our camping trip out to the Dumont Sand Dunes for President's Day weekend!!! I even got approval from our doctor to putt around on the quad a little bit which makes me one happy girl!!! :)



Belly picture at 14 weeks!! I feel like it's huge! Lol.