Minny and my mini!

I never thought I would feel this way but I do. I absolutely love this city! As I got out of my doctor appointment today (which I’ll tell you about later), I started to think about how much I love Minneapolis. I know it’s been rainy and overcast but that just reminds me of “home”.

Seattle will always be “home” but I have found a new love. It surprises me because when I first moved here, all I could talk about was missing “home”. I even decided to leave last May to take and adventure and move to Arizona and that lasted a whole two months until I decided to move back to where my heart was – Minneapolis.

So as I started the walk to my car I started to reflect on my doctor appointment. I thought that I was glad the father came. Everyone kept calling him my husband and it made me laugh inside. I met my doctor and I really like her. We heard the heartbeat and that was a relief because of all the horror stories I’ve heard about women going in and not hearing the heartbeat. Oh before all that, they took my weight, blood pressure, and a urine sample.

My doc recommended that I get a flu shot. I was hesitant at first because I’ve never gotten a flu shot before. I guess I was persuaded by this little person swimming around inside of me;)

Then after all that it was time for the ultrasound. I couldn’t believe what I saw! I just couldn’t believe how much this little thing looked like a real baby. It looked so different that the last time I saw the baby. The last time it just looked like a little peanut and didn’t resemble a baby! I got to see the baby’s profile and it was moving around all over the place. The first thing I thought was “yeah this is my baby if it’s moving around like crazy”. I was relieved as the tech told me that everything looked normal. The baby didn’t show any sign of abnormalities and had two arms and two legs. It was all so surreal!

All in all I was happy about three things: The baby has a heartbeat and looked healthy! I was happy that the father came with me for the experience. Lastly I was thrilled I didn’t gain any weight. I must admit that I was surprised because I totally have a baby bump. They say that it is normal in the first trimester and the most important part is that the baby is at a healthy weight. Yeah I feel sexy now.

When I got home I was on a little bit of a high. I had all this energy and thought that maybe I should try to eat something since it was 11:30am and I hadn’t eaten anything but mints from the doctor's office! I live really close to what is called Eat Street and I thought I’d brave the rain and walk to get some food.

I got so nostalgic as I walked down our little taste of culture. In one street, I had my choice of authentic Mexican, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Indian, Greek, and McDonald’s. There were all sorts of people on this street from the business people grabbing lunch to the homeless. As I walked buy there was this cute younger guy that stopped me and asked to use my cell phone. He was clean and nice looking and I thought what the heck, ok. He was so grateful and kept offering to pay me. I was like, “I love this City” and of course would not accept his money.

My walk may have been cultural and reflective but my two cheeseburgers from McDonald’s sure were not…