18 weeks

Well I had planned to start this earlier in the pregnancy but here we are already at 18 weeks and I haven't written a single thing. Time sure did get away from me.

I experienced heartburn for the first time in my life and man was that a good time (sarcasm). I had no idea what was happening to me. I googled "burning throat when burping" and they tell me that's acid reflux or something. I'm not a big fan. But tums to the rescue and everything feels better :) An old wives tale would suggest that means we are going to have a hairy baby, I guess we will find out. Otherwise baby seems to be doing well, I finally stopped getting "morning" sickness (the name is quite misleading) and now I'm just impatient for baby to GROW!

In other news, last week we made a visit to Duke University to see if the PhD would be a good fit for us. We stayed with my dad's first cousin and she was a wonderful host! She took us out to eat on our last night and we had some delicious North Carolina BBQ. I would say it's definitely not the Midwest but the food was amazing! Again, just another thing we will have to wait until the spring to find out :)

The Chapel at Duke:

Taking a walk around the Sarah P Duke Gardens

And my 18 week tummy photo: