Today was the first day that I had enough energy upon waking that I actually felt like getting out of bed! Yeah!

The whole day went well in that respect and I'm hoping it stays this way for a while! I've been so tired up until now that I haven't gotten a thing done!

It's hot outside.

My A/C is set to 85.

Why am I sitting under a blanket??

Tonight sucked. I felt like crap again and Abby just wanted to play. She has a way of climbing up and down and up and down and rolling around on me when we watch tv. Normally I let her and the worse thing is just the bruising since I bruise so easily.

This time I just couldn't deal with it and I didn't know what to do. I tried explaining to her that I didn't feel good, but not until I started crying did she understand a LITTLE bit.

I tried feeding her just before bed since she hadn't eaten much all day and on the last bite she gagged and barfed all over! On her, on the chair, on the floor, on me. It splatted on the floor when I picked her up... Ugh. Just what a girl wants to deal with when she feels like crap.

I was bad and just cleaned Abby up in the sink and put her to bed. Marti came home to the mess and took care of the rest for me. He didn't complain at all. He's such a good husband.

Went out to dinner and wasn't feeling great to start. It got to be one of those, "we'd better get there quick, because hungry sickness is going to trigger morning sickness" kind of feelings.

We ate some bread to start and that made me feel better, but as soon as dinner was done, I was right back where I started. I didn't quite feel like puking yet, but I did not feel GOOD by any stretch of the imagination.

Marti had a beer and a wine, so asked me to drive. I didn't want to, but figured it was the smart thing to do. He was strapping in Abby in the back seat and I was sitting in the driver seat, and I just started crying. I was getting sicker and sicker and the thought of throwing up in the parking lot in front of the place we just ate was making me really upset.

He came up front to sit and noticed I was crying and drove me home. I was practically hyperventilating half the way home. Looking out the side window usually makes me feel better, but it was making it worse since I had new sunglasses on that pull out some freaky colors in the tint. I think they are polarized or something.

Anyway, I was pretty much better by the time we got home, but still not feeling GREAT, so I took it easy the rest of the night.

I'm not feeling symptoms to speak of. MAYBE my boobs are getting a little sore - I don't know. I've only thrown up that once, and it was more like choking than being queasy, so I'm not even sure if that counts as morning sickness.

I filled in the rest of the dates in my book that I looked at every day with my other pregnancies. When doing so I noticed the days I miscarried before. I've officially passed one of them. I would have been yesterday. That is how far our first pregnancy got before I lost it.

So, that is a small piece of good news for this one. We've officially passed one of my self-imposed milestones towards good health.

Not that I want to be sick or uncomfortable, but some symptoms would be a little comforting. I keep doing tests to make sure it still registers. I only have the OPK ones, so I hope they work well enough as an HPT and they aren't tricking me. :)

I guess my appetite has been a little stronger, so maybe that counts. I feel like sitting down and eating a meal more often than just wanting to snack. I'll try to keep an eye on how much I eat, but my weight gain with Abby was very healthy, so I don't think I'll have a problem keeping in the healthy range again. Unless Marti keeps bringing home Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream! Mmmmm! Fudge Brownie Ribbon! Good stuff! Even ABBY ate some! WOW!!!

The zoo was mildly fun. Abby loved the bouncy cage thingie and was eager to try the mini water slide, but it was a little anticlimactic after the long wait. She got to blow some bubbles out of a big tub of bubble mix with an assortment of rings around for the kids to choose from. She enjoyed that.

Surprisingly, she didn't even go into the sprayer fountain area. I guess there were too many kids in there and it was kind of crowded for her liking.

She got to pet a snake and a tortoise, and saw a skink and a tawny frogmouth that looked just like an owl. I didn't bother telling her it wasn't an owl. That would have totally messed with her head at this point. :)

Nothing like getting your face down into the guest bathroom toilet to discover how incredibly disgusting it gets when the bleach cartridge runs out.

For some reason I just puked. It's 4:45 pm, and we can officially mark this as my first morning sickness.

I didn't feel sick leading up to it, but it was a good one. Haha!

I also feel fine now, so I'll stick with my plan of taking Abby to the zoo for the Starlight Safari they have from 6-9pm on Fridays. There are water games and animals, so it should be pretty fun for the "mommy and me" crowd.

Had my first visit to the doctor's office today to see Vicki, her nurse. She went over the usual info and gave me a big bag of mommy-to-be goodies and had 3 tubes of blood drawn for whatever reasons they need it for.

Marti said that if I saw Dr. Newman, to say hi for him, so I did. (Dr. Newman is a friend of his and actually helped push Abby out during my C-section!) He commented that he noticed I was carrying a New OB bag. So THAT'S how the receptionist always knows when to say congratulations!!!

On another note, I heard you can use ovulation predictor kits as a pregnancy test today from some other pregnant moms. Since I am out of pregnancy tests and didn't feel like forking over $15 for a new one (since the dollar store doesn't seem to carry them anymore) I only tested REALLY early, got my positive, and didn't test again after that.

Marti asked if I'd tested since the initial results and I said I hadn't. He only saw the faint line from the "pre-period-due-date" test, so he wanted to be reassured with a nice dark line.

I did the OPK strip and MAN! Was that ever dark! I'd say if what I heard about them is right, then I'm VERY pregnant now. :) That's a good sign that my hormones are kicking in and taking care of this baby.