Here's my bump!

To make my sister Pam happy, I've posted a picture of my bump! You might find it hard to see next to my huge boobs!! (not bragging either). I'm 18 weeks now, as my ticker indicates. The only thing I've really noticed in this trimester is that I'm able to stay up a little later than usual, which Ryan as enjoyed, because he gets to spend more time with me.

We had a busy weekend building our bar. Ryan's been wanting to do it for awhile and we finally stopped talking and took action, with the help of some others of course. We spent all day Saturday working on it and just have a few final things to take care of. Thanks to Ryan's dad Mike, sister Megan (Vikings "V"), our bro-in-law, Tyler; we were able to get most of it done before the big Viking loss on Sunday. Ryan, Joe P, and Ners daddy dollars shaved their hair into mohawks before the game, hoping it would be good luck; it wasn't.

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Happy New Year!!

It has been a great year for Ryan and I and we couldn't be more excited to begin 2009. With a baby arriving in June, the anticipation is excruciating.

We had our 4 month Dr visit on Friday Dec. 26th. Ryan was along this time so he was able to hear the heartbeat for the first time. He couldn't believe how fast it was and he thought it was really cool. The baby's heart rate had slowed down from our 9 week ultrasound. It was 171 then and last week it was about 147, 151. Even more exciting, we booked our appointment for the 2nd trimester ultrasound on Jan. 16th!! The same time we will find out the sex of the lil thing! So stay tuned for that.

My bump is growing slowly right now, but I hear that one morning you just wake up and, bam, you're stomach is huge. I hope it doesn't happen overnight. I've been feeling it move and "flutter" here and there. Not too much yet though.

Tonight Ryan and I are heading to a party at Mike & Sara Banks' in Goodhue. It should be a good time even though there will be no alcohol consumption for me, which doesn't bother me in the least. Knowing that I'll be worth something tomorrow is great. But anyways, we'll be going with Joe, Lindsey, Eric, & Michelle (if Sophi is feeling better). So they'll all have a safe trip home afterwards. I owe Michelle a few anyways:-)

Until next year...

p.s. And no Barge, you weren't passed out, we just haven't seen you in awhile!

16 weeks!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all! It has been a wonderful holiday season for us Murphy's. We are very fortunate to have our family close by and our health! We are very thankful this holiday season. I have a new cable for our camera so I can finally post a picture of my beautiful tree. Although, the picture doesn't do it justice.

15 weeks and counting....

Well we just watched the Vikes lose...disappointing but all we can do is hope the Bears lose tomorrow night. Joe P, Megan, & Tyler all came over and we snacked and some drank beer. I'm grilling up some venison brats that Joe brought over, should be tasty.
My scheduled dr visit for Monday Dec. 15th got canceled since my dr was sick. It ended up working out okay though because Ryan was out of town on Evan Corp so we would've missed the heartbeat again, but we rescheduled for the day after Christmas, Ryan will get to come! I'll be seeing my new dr at the Hastings Allina clinic for the 1st time. I decided to switch to there instead of Eagan because I really want to deliver in a smaller hospital. My dr in Eagan delivers at United only. All should be good though because I got my new dr's name from Kali Erickson who had her baby delivered by her as well. Carol Johnson, my dr, is a family practice dr so I can take the baby there afterwards as well.
I still haven't found my camera's computer hook-up so I've been slacking in the picture department. Sorry.
Can't believe Christmas is just around the corner!!!

Christmas is Coming...

It's crazy to believe that Thanksgiving is already a week behind us. The tree is up and decorated, now all we need to do, all Ryan needs to do, is to hang the lights on the house. We got a nice tree, not as nice as last years, but good. We cut it down ourselves again and Ryan helped me to decorate the very top cause I can't reach it. I'd post a picture but can't find the cord for the camera. It's been a quiet week around the house because Ryan's been gone every night so far, except for tonight. He was busy one night cutting up the deer he shot, Bambi. And then he flew to Chicago to do Evan Corp in Gary, Indiana on Wednesday and didn't get home until I was in bed last night. Willy and I had way too much alone time!
I'm feeling a bit more of a baby bump nowadays, but not too much. I have an awful cold so I've been taking it very easy, very easy! Let's just say I haven't really done anything except work. Other than all that exciting stuff, I'm going to a baby shower for my cousin's women tomorrow and Ryan and I are going to watch Sophia sometime this weekend while her parents go out to celebrate their one year wedding anniversary.