On Monday evening we were finally able to meet with the doctor who will deliver our baby.  It seems like it's been such a roller coaster and hassle, but we're finally moving ahead.
It was a great visit.  She is very nice.  Made me relax right away, making some comments that made us laugh.  It was nice to have Chris there, since they know each other from the hospital.  Arianna was there, just played with the toys and seemed quite comfortable with her as well.  She asked us all the preliminary questions.  I got weighed, seems I'm 10 pounds lighter than I thought.    I haven't been keeping track for quite some time.  Then she told us there was only about a 5% chance that we would be able to hear the baby's heartbeat, but did we want to try anyway.  Well, of course we said, yes.  And wouldn't you know it, she found it!  The doctor, who wants us to call her Kim, said, "There's your baby!"  Arianna said, "Baby?" and started looking around the room for the baby.  It was very cute.  We haven't really talked to her about the baby growing in Mommy's uterus.  We'll wait until there's something to really show her.  But my jeans are getting snugger already. 
We've started telling people, our small group, other friends at church and yesterday at the school where I'm directing the spring play.
I'm feeling okay.  The past couple days I've had this bone-weary exhaustion hit me at 10 in the morning.  It's here today, but not as bad.  I find it frustrating to be so tired when I haven't really done anything.  At least I know the reason for it.

On a completely different note, Chris is leaving very early Sunday morning to do a medical mission in Honduras for a week.  He'll be distributing medications to the poorest of the poor in that struggling country.  I'm excited for him, that he gets to do something like this, but I'm really going to miss him.  It's the longest we've ever been apart, except for a week while we were still dating.  And I know Arianna will miss him like crazy.  She's such a daddy's girl.  Thank goodness my sister is coming here for the first half of the week and then we're going to my parents for the second half.  I won't be on my own at all, except the Sunday he comes home very late at night.

I'd better go.  Arianna is begging me to play with her.