199 days*

As of this morning my due date is 199 days away! I say this with full awareness that Monkey could decide to cook until January (please Monkey don't do that!) or due to my high blood pressure I could be induced the first week of December. But Monkey is "due" in 199 days. :-) I love that. I love that we've gone from well over 200 days away to under 200 now. I'm a very skilled countdown-er thanks to do 2 deployments. I understand how thrilling it is to reach a new first number in a countdown.

Today I am 11 weeks and 4 days pregnant - quickly closing in on the end of the first trimester which is insane! I honestly had reached a point not to long ago that was thinking we'd never have a baby. Long story short we first discussed having a baby 2 years ago it has been a very long journey to reach this new stage. But we are very blessed to be expecting number 1.

I know it is super early but I am fairly certain I felt baby's first flutters this week. I have spent so much time evaluating my body over the last two years I know what is normal and what isn't. Anyway, I felt a very new sensation that was very light and very quick. I'm chalking it up to first movement. ;-)

I am having a hard time controlling myself and not splurging on things for the little one. I'm resisting fairly well mainly because we are waiting to find out if we are having a girl monkey or a boy monkey.

After doing a great deal of research and talking to mom's that cloth diaper it looks like that is our plan for baby. Right now we plan on disposables until little one is ready to wear the AIO Cloth Diapers. I think we are going to get the majority of our diapers through AlvaBaby starting with a 20 pack from them.

Monkey does have his/her first onesies. I purchased them at work about a month ago when we were having a baby sale.

I think they are adorable and a little skirt or bow will be perfect if Monkey is a girl. The 3 pack is 0-3 months and the Daddy one is 3-6 months.

Our next appointment is Thursday it is just a standard tummy check, some lab work, and I expect to get the results from some labs I had done last month. I'm also hoping to hear Monkey's heartbeat for the first time. We've also already had our 20 week anatomy scan scheduled for August 1. I am so excited!

As for how I'm doing - I'm good still incredibly tired but I've noticed lately more days with energy lately. I've been lucky to have no morning sickness (I did have issues with the gummy prenatals but when I switched back to the pill kind that went away). I do have a lot of heartburn which drives me batty but isn't overall that bad. My main issue is swinging back and forth between days were I can not find anything to eat and days were I have very specific cravings. I've not been eating a lot of meat because I have issues looking at it let alone cooking or eating it.

Other random tidbits Monkey's nursery theme will indeed be Monkeys. :-) And we do have names picked out we are just keeping them to ourselves until little one is here. :0)