Appt Today

I had my first OB appointment today. Other than the fact that the doctor had an emergency at the hospital and was almost 2 hours late, the appointment was good. We heard the heartbeart <3 and talked a little about the surrogacy. She was kind of in a hurry because she was so late and had to leave for another woman in labor. I didn't get a chance to talk to her about a few things I had wanted to talk to her about but none of them are pressing and can certainly wait until the next appointment. She did give me the script for the BIG ultrasound, so I am happy about that. I was afraid they wouldn't give it to me until the next appointment and then by the time I could schedule it, I wouldn't be able to have it until 20+ weeks...but now it looks like I'll be able to get it 18-19 weeks - woohoo!

Things have been nuts over here in Lindaland. There was the horrible tragedy of my friend Aria passing. That knocked me down for a few days - of course I'm still upset and still have my moments where I can't keep myself from crying - but in general I am ok. I know Aria wouldn't want me to dwell on her death...she wasn't that type of person. So I'm working on staying positive and trying to keep a smile on my face. I'm also working on a nice tribute to Aria. When I have everything completed, I'll be sure to share it.

The other craziness is Shayla. She's losing her hair. Yep, losing it. She looks like a balding man - bald on top but has hair on the sides and in the back. I thought it might be from her ponytail but the doctor doesn't think so since he can pull on it in the back or on the sides and clumps fall out in his hand. He ordered bloodwork and we got the results today - nothing abnormal. So, we are going to see a dermatologist on Monday and hopefully get some sort of answers.

Just to show you how crazy this week has been - I did not have one full day here at work. Not one. Monday I left early, Tuesday I was out, Wednesday I worked a half day and then had to take Shayla to the doctor, yesterday I had to take Shayla to get her bloodwork so I was late, and today I had my OB appointment and was late. Oops!

One thing I am really looking forward to is this weekend. We are going up to my parent's cabin in the Poconos and taking Shayla to the zoo. I think it's going to be fun. Of course, I've been trying to bribe my nephew to come out of his mommy's tummy but he hasn't so far...so you know he's going to make his appearance this weekend while we are away, right? Hhaha!

Well, that's my update for now. I have to go pick up my daughter and give her hugs and kisses and let her know that bald is beautiful! ;-)