Update

As of yesterday, I am 14 weeks.  Which means I'm out of the first trimester:)  That seems totally crazy to me.

I've, of course, neglected to post on the blog about this (or anything really).  I'm afraid if I don't, I'll be mad at myself one day that I didn't at least somewhat keep track of this pregnancy.

How I've Felt: Suprisingly good!  I never got sick (hooray).  Just a few waves of nausea here and there.  My boobs have been sore as hell though!  I was pretty tired there for a while but last week and this week my energy level seems to be coming back.  I've had some pretty bad headaches as well.

Cravings: Cheese, in all forms.  Just thinking about it makes me want to go down to the mexican restaurant and order a large queso:)  Sweets - which is very unusual for me.

Books I've Read: Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy; Bringing up Bebe by Pamela Drukerman; skimmed through What to Expect.  But that book totally freaks me out.  It's so overly cautious about everything.  "Don't eat              because 1 out of 1 million pregnant women got (insert crazy sickness)".  Give me a break and tell me the sh&t I really need to know people!

Things of Note: We have recently found out that two of Philip's PA School classmates are also pregnant and due about 3 weeks before me. 

Not yet in maternity clothes.  And I'm trying to hold out as long as I can!  I have a feeling that jeans will be my first purchase.  My regular ones are starting to get a little tight.

At my doctors appointment last Thursday, the baby's heart rate was 160 bpm.  He said everything sounded good. 

We find out the gender on July 11th.  I'm ready to know!  I wish I was cool enough to wait but I'm just not.  At this point, I have no feeling either way.  If you read all the symptom indicators, I'm about 50/50.  So who the hell knows...

I've still been working out.  Not as much or as hard as I did before but trying to get to the gym at least 3-4 times a week.  I'm still running but either on the treadmill or in the mornings.  It's too hot after work to run outside.  We are running the Peachtree Road Race (10k) on July 4th.  I will be 16 weeks.  Should be interesting.

Here's the belly shot at 14 weeks.  It's barely there but you can see it.  In regular clothes, it's not as obvious.

And can we please talk about how awkward it is to take a picture of yourself in a mirror???  What a strange little thing.  I look like a freak every time.

Something extra...

Written on 5/5/12:

Looks like we brought back something extra from Italy!!!

That's right folks, we're preggers!  I found out on Wednesday, April 11.  I took a pregnancy test the Sunday after we got back from Italy and it was negative.  No big deal.  We joke about getting pregnant in Italy but seriously, who gets pregnant that fast???  Apparently we do.

Fast forward a week to the 11th. Me and Philip were finishing up a run & bike on some nearby trails. For some reason, I had this nagging thought that I should take another pregnancy test, even though the one the week before had been negatigve. While we were cooking dinner, Philip said he was going to open a bottle of wine. I said, "let me just take a test before you do, just to be sure." Two mintues later and BAM! 

To say we were shocked would be an understatement!  I made Philip ride with me to CVS to get more tests because I was so surprised.  One more test that night and another one two days later and I think I finally started believing that I was pregnant. 

I had my first doctors appointment on Monday, April 16.  They confirmed that I was, in fact, pregnant and set up an ultrasound for May 2.  

We told our parents pretty much right away.  They were tickled to say the least.  We told a few friends right away but that's only because if you see me at dinner without a glass of wine, it's pretty obvious something's up :)

I went to the doctor on May 2nd for my first ultrasound.  What a strange but exciting thing.  We got confirmation on how far along I am and the due date.  So as of my appointment, I was 7 weeks and 1 day.  Due date is December 18, 2012!

First Belly Shot: 7 weeks, 2 days.

Well, well, well

I haven't posted anything since September.  What can I say.  Life gets busy.  I am not even going to attempt to go back and catch up, that would be impossible.  Two big things we've done lately were running two marathons in about a month and taking a two week trip to Italy. 

The first marathon we did was Mercedes in Birmingham.  We did it as a "training run" for Italy and ended up running what will probably be the best marathon of my life.  3:54.  Where in the hell that came from, I'll never know!

 Official chip time: 3:54 :)

A month later we packed our bags and headed to Italy to run the Maratona di Roma.  We got there on a Friday, raced on Sunday and spent the rest of the two weeks eating & drinking our way through Italy.  I can't even begin to describe how amazing it was!  If you're friends with Philip on Facebook, you can check out our pics.  Two albums full of the best two weeks of our life!

 Rome

 Florence

 Florence

 Venice

 Sirmione

 Siena

 Tuscany

 Umbria

Orvieto

Since coming home, we've tried to keep things under control and rest a little bit but for whatever reason that's not in our DNA.  April 21st we ran the Finish on the 50 10k here in Auburn.  As you can probably tell, you finished the race on the 50 yard line in the stadium.  I'd have to say it was pretty cool.  Philip ran a super fast 43 minutes and I got a PR, 49:19!  It was hot as hell and there was only 1 water stop at mile 2.  But somehow I managed not to pass out and run pretty well. 

We've got a lot of stuff coming up in the next few weeks.  Just when I think we might slow down a bit, life seems to get busier than ever.

My boys

My boys napping Sunday afternoon.

Summer in Pictures

Here's a brief re-cap of our summer in pictures {may be out of order, thanks Blogger}:

Finally taking our long-awaited trip to Italy {aka our 5th anniversary present to each other}. Signed up for the Rome Marathon in March 2012!!

June- Went to the Dominican Republic with our besties, Tony & Britney

Me, Tony & Philip celebrating our 30th's.

The boys having fun in the ocean. Gorgeous!!

Me and Philip waiting on the lunch I ate for 5 days- pizza!

This is what we did for 5 days. It was glorious!

My new obsession. This is the best.cookbook.ever.

Got my training schedule ready.

July- Celebrated 5 years a week early! {so for the lame picture, only one we took}

June- Attended the first Open Container Open at Kinsey's. Jamie & Joe were the champions!

June 15- Philip turned 30!!! He was super pumped!

Another awesome 4th of July bash at Mary's. This years theme was "country club".

Rob Roberts IV and Anna Lawrence Hollinghead

Celebrated our anniversary weekend {Aug 5th} in Atlanta with our friends. But without Philip. He was on call :( Went to see Nic Cowan. Philip came up Sunday and we had brunch with our nephew Carter. Who is adorbs!

July 23- My cousin Kati's wedding! Philip missed out on this fun too. On call all weekend. BOOO!

Me and Sarah after the wedding:)

Kati & Mike's first dance.

Philip got his Ironman ink! He said this one hurt a lot more than his other one.

Thanks Conan!!

August- Went to the beach with our families:)

Me, Jenn, Stephen {cousin} and Philip

Philip and Dylan {Stephen & Jenn's cutie} playing in the sand.

We're here, but we're not here

Well, so much for a slow summer. I haven't had much time to post because even during the week, it seems like I'm never home. Here's a quick re-cap of what we've been up to (sorry, no pictures in this post):

- Carmel/San Francisco the first weekend in May for my first marathon. It was amaze-balls. It really should get it's own post. We'll see.
- Two weeks after that, Philip headed out on Wednesday to Houston with his mom for his Ironman. Bob and I flew out on Friday to meet them. He had an amazing race and I was so proud of him. He says he's "one and done" but I don't believe him.
- Memorial Day weekend we actually stayed in town. Philip was "on call but not really on call". Which is more annoying that him being ligitimately "on call". I can't even remember what we did. I think we tried getting our life back in order after 6 months of training consuming every weekend. I do know that we saw The Hangover II.
- The next weekend we headed down to the Dominican Republic for 5 days for our "Marathon/Ironman Celebration/Dirty 30" trip with Tony & Britney. To say it was amazing would be an enormous understatement. Phil's mom had a hard time understanding when we told her we did "nothing." No excursions, no nothing. Reading, drinking, eating. That's it.
- The very next weekend we headed to Atlanta to attend the innaugural Open Container Open at Kinsey's house. Food, beer, games, costumes. Hilar. That's all I have to say. Before we headed some Sunday we stopped by to see our nephew, Carter. He's adorbs and I'm itching to see him again.
- June 15 Philip turned 30. No celebration. Still detoxing from The DR and OCO.
- I think the next weekends were uneventful because Philip was on call 10 days straight. Which was probably a good thing that something kept our butts at home.
- 4th of July weekend we headed up to Hunstville for a family reunion. It was a good time and a lot of Philip's family came. It made his sweet grandmother so happy.
- We drove back Sunday to attend our annual 4th of July party at Mary's. This year we let go of the redneck theme and went country club. It was hilar as well.
- Since then I have been in wedding mode. My cousing is getting married this weekend and I have had a shower for her the past two Saturdays. This past Saturday we headed to Birmingham after her lingerie shower and took her to dinner for a little "bachelorette" celebration. She had fun and we all tried on her lingerie. Pretty hysterical.
- I leave tomorrow after work to head to Birmingham for her wedding weekend. I'm really excited about it! I'm weird and have a HUGE family and I'm pretty tight with most of my cousins so I'm looking forward to hanging out with them for a few days. Philip, however, is missing out on all the fun. He got a fun suprise just last week when he found out they are on call for 10 days straight starting Friday. I think he's actually a little bummed because he really gets along with my cousins and we all have a great time when we are together.

So that's it. The Hake summer re-cap thus far. Hopefully I will have time to post some pics of our adventures soon. Maybe... Up next we have our 5 year anniversary, an adventure race for Philip and a weekend beach trip.

Ironman

"Philip Hake. You ARE an Ironman."

That's what they say as you come through the chute and cross the finish line.

It still gives me chills just thinking about it.

I couldn't be more proud of my little Phillie:)

I think he looks pretty good for someone who just finished an 11 hour 54 minute race. More pics to come...