Gettin' A Little Easier....

Aside from a few isolated incidents (I'm talkin' to you, yesterdays lunch), my morning sickness has passed for the most part- THANK GOD! It's much easier getting to work in the morning without wondering if you are going to throw up on the person walking in front of you :P

I had another OB appointment yesterday (seems like I'm at a doctors office every week!) and everything went well. We checked the heartbeat, which was still nice and strong, and they said everything looked right on target. My blood pressure was a tad high, but they think it was just because I had walked to the office and told me to avoid stress just in case (hahaha).

The weather is finally turning beautiful here in Chicago, and we're loving it! The dogs are especially happy about the weather because it means that they can play their favorite outside game- frisbee! I've never seen two little dogs get as excited as they do (especially Oatie, who can't even SEE his frisbee or hear the word without squealing in excitement) when it's frisbee time. I can't wait till we get to take a toddler out to play with them! This is a pic of the happy, exhaused boys after a rousing game with Dad:

It's quite surreal to look at the date and realize that in 6 months- we'll have a newborn! There's so, so much to get done but we have already been SO lucky to have recieved a lot of very nice baby items from recent mommas that don't need them anymore. The cats will certainly think that the nice, comfy infant seat is the perfect lounging chair- they've got another thing coming! :)

Anyhoo, I should probably get back to actual work now ;)

Love, Alecia

Baby's SECOND Picture :)

Well, I had the Nuchal Translucency screening today, which is an early screening for Downs Syndrome and Trisomy 18/13. Our results came back EXCELLENT with a 1/>10,000 chance for Downs/Trisomy, compared to a normal 1/880 risk for my age. Also, baby is measuring big, so they bumped up the due date to 9/24!

Jordan could not come since he's all the way in Aurora, but the baby was waving HI and had a wicked case of the hiccups while we were looking at him/her! The tech said that I was in for it once I can feel the kicks in a couple of weeks because of the frequency and strength of the kicks the baby was giving me- the kid has spunk!

And here we go- the second photo- MUCH bigger than before, the tech said that baby was about the size of a lime.

Welcome!

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our family blog! My intentions for this blog are simple, to keep our far-flung friends and family updated on our newest adventure- first time parenthood! I promised a few faraway friends that I would start a blog as soon as I was in my 2nd trimester, and well, it's a little early still (a week and a half away!) but I am keeping my promise!


First things first, a little about the members of our family:

Jordan is my wonderful husband. He works for the Hartford Insurance Company as a Commercial Claims adjuster and does very well there. He is a very gifted writer and also enjoys playing video games and guitar in his spare time.

I myself work at Marcus & Millichap in downtown Chicago, it's a commercial real estate investment brokerage firm, but I basically just babysit a bunch of grown men all day (I'm the office manager ;) ). I love to ride bikes when it's warm, garden, and cook.

This is Fezerton Pinkybottom and Mila Marie. They are pretty much inseperable, so I will describe them together. Fez (The black cat) spends most of his day sleeping in a chair. He's a big boy. We rescued Fezzy from the mean streets of Phoenix when he was just a starving baby kitten, and now he lives the good life. He will be turning 4 this year. Fezzy got a little lonely, so we got another kitten, Mila, in 2008 after moving to Chicago. They love eachother immeasurably and cuddle all the time. Mila enjoys sitting in the windowsill and observing the birds during the day. She's an excellent watchcat ;)

Oatmeal Spunkmeyer, AKA "Oatie" joined the Alton family in April of 2008. He made his momma fall in love with him when he was just a wee pup at a Farmers Market in Phoenix. He's a little cuddlebug and he loves curling up next to people and getting petted. Oatie loves playing with his beloved frisbee, so much that we can't let him see it when we are not going outside to play, because he will just cry until he gets it.

Bosco Pantsman is the lastest addition to the animal kingdom that is our home, he's a Boston Terrier pup and will be turning one year old this summer. He's a rowdy little man, but also a total sweetheart. He loves to play with his brother and terrorize the cats. He gets VERY jealous when he feels his brother is getting more attention than him :)

This is the newest addition to the Alton household! Baby Alton is currently almost 11 weeks old in Mommas belly. Little Alton has not been so nice to Momma over the past couple of months, but I forgive him/her ;) We should know whether baby Alton is a little boy or girl by the end of April- we can't wait! The little one is due on September 26th, and we are VERY excited to have a little Fall baby. Most that know us know that we are just a little partial to the Fall season ;)

Well, that's the Altons in a nutshell! Stay posted for updates on Baby Alton as we get them!

Love,

Alecia, Jordan, and the Zoo