Frick's Place

Hello from the Frick Family,

Eli, Melissa, Sadie (our 4 year old chocolate lab), and Lucias (our 3 year old Rottweiler) and baby due to arrive in March. We live in Dacono Colorado.

First Trip to see Mia and Papa in Florida 9-6-07/9-11-07

Eli and I just got back from a trip to Florida to see his family. It was a wonderful and relaxing time. I am finally over my cold and I feel well rested. Eli's parents Norma and David have decided that they would like to be called Mia and Papa by the baby!

We spent some time at the beach and at their pool. Eli was finally able to take his dad out for sushi which David did enjoy. They also spent a day golfing at Gator Creek and they did see some gators.

Norma took me on a shopping spree for maternity clothes. We had a great time. I even tried on one of the dresses with the little strap on belly. She introduced the baby to everyone with such pride and excitement by patting my belly!

We met Margarets son Devlin for the first time and he is a cutie! We were able to have a night out with Margaret and Evan while Norma and David watched Devlin.

We flew back in on September 11th and the flight was just fine. We had just called Eli's parents to let them know that we arrived safely and then we got in a car accident. We are fine and the car is only slightly dinged up but it was a pretty major accident for the other car. All 4 people were taken in the ambulance to the hospital. A man pulled out in front of their car and hit them and then as they were spinning they hit us and they ended up in a ditch and were pretty banged up and disoriented. We had to stay around to give a police report and get the mans insurance info to get our car fixed, but praise God all of the Fricks are fine.

Dr. Appointment #3 9-4-07

This was a simple appointment. The Dr listened to the baby's heart beat and it sounded strong! All is well. They did not measure the rate of the heart beat this time....but it sure sounded fast!

I had my first and hopefully my only cold while pregnant. It was a doozy and let me tell you Tylenol does nothing for a sinus headache and I can't say that Sudafed helps a whole lot either.
I asked the Dr if there were any other drugs I could take and she just laughed and said,"only what is on the list," ie: Tylenol and Sudafed!

Dr. Appointment #2 8-7-07

This one was much more fun!

We had another ultrasound-1st one from the Dr, but the second one for us since Kim did one for us back in NE. The heart beat was still fast about 175 (my mom is sure this means it's a girl, but then again she said it was a girl from the day I told her I was pregnant!) The baby looks great and I still feel great.

First Ultrasound 8-3-07

Hello Everyone,
Another update on Baby Frick. I am sure that some of you don't want the play by plays…but you're going to get them anyway! HA.
We had our first ultrasound on Friday. My mom's friend did one for me while we were back in Nebraska this weekend. The baby looks good. Based on the crown to rump measurement we are right at 8 weeks so starting 9 weeks today. The baby had a strong heart beat at 171 bpm. It was so fast and so amazing to hear! Yes, I cried! The baby kept moving around. I don't think it liked the wand being in it's space! There are only 2 chambers to the heart right now so the heart beat just went back and forth between the two. It was amazing!
For all of you who know how much I was "doubting" being pregnant. I finally believe it! I saw the little peanut and heard it's heart beat. They say that the chances of miscarriage go way down once you have heard a heart beat, so praise God.

God is sooooo good and his creation is so amazing!

Please keep Eli and I and baby Frick in your prayers!

First Dr. Appointment 7-25-07

Eli and I had our first Dr appointment yesterday. It was pretty anticlimactic. We were hoping to have our first ultrasound but the Dr wanted to wait until 9 weeks. They did an exam and took some blood and then we mainly just talked about health history and then any questions that I had.
I asked her if they did a pregnancy test of the urine sample and she laughed and said no, we expect that you know that before you come in. I told her that I had a positive home pregnancy test…and Eli chimed in and told her that I took 4 and they were all positive! She just laughed at me!
We have an ultrasound scheduled in 2 weeks, but my Aunt Deb is going to do one for me when I go back to NE the first weekend in August. I just need some proof that there really is a baby in there!
I feel great so far. No sickness just tired. Please keep us in your prayers though.
The Dr. said that I was ahead of the game being on the prenatal vitamins for a year and starting the DHA supplements-Thanks Stacy!
I really liked the Dr and the nurse did a great job with my blood draw-Thanks for the recommendation Libby.
Love you all.