I am 5 weeks and 7 days today. Tomorrow I will be 6 weeks.

Two days ago I had a little scare. I have been having lots of cramping these past two weeks, which I read was normal in every pregnancy book I ran out and bought when I found out I was pregnant as well as everything I’ve googled. That being said, when M and I told my Mom the big news this past Sunday, she was concerned about the cramping. When Mom is concerned, I become concerned. So, two days ago, I was resting a bit while I was having some cramping and then went to the bathroom and noticed some bright red blood (just a very very very little). Because I am new at this and even if I wasn’t-I freaked out. I called M at work and he rushed home. I immediately called every Doctors office that I had been trying to make an appointment with to see if I could get some guidance. Luckily, one of my attempts was successfull. I am guessing they heard the terror in my voice or my attempt to hold back massive tears. It was just too much and I wasn’t sure I was ready to hear any bad news.

Fast forward a couple of hours, we were at the doctor and had an internal ultrasound to check everything out. And guess what? There the little tadpolish baby was, totally okay and doing everything he is supposed to. On top of that, we were able to see a little line moving up and down. The doctor explained that it was our Baby’s heart! She didn’t think we’d be able to hear it but we gave it a try anyways and sure enough-we could hear the heartbeat. It was exactly what I needed and we felt elated. M was excited and happy to see me feeling so relieved. He patted some sweat off his forehead and we got dressed to meet with the doctor. I was instructed to go about my daily activity but to take it easy this week to be safe, no working out and come back in a week.

I am just focusing on getting some work done each day, going to all my meetings as per usual and keeping myself stress free.

I am definitely eating a touch more than usual-maybe not more in quantity, but more often. I find my normal yogurt and berries morning routine has been replaced with whole wheat vegan waffles with berries and some vermont syrup, which is such a surprise to me since I am not a sweets breakfast girl.

My Mom, Dad, Sister and her Fiance, Brian now know the news, which has been so nice. Although it was nice to have a week or so to let it sink it for M and me, it’s nice to be able to tell my family how I am feeling.

I am going to attempt to blog at least once a week through this process, maybe more.

this past week has been a lot of sleeping, coughing, sleeping some more and finally a doctor’s appointment to determine both M and myself were sick! I have bronchitis and M was on the verge of getting something nasty. We spent Friday snuggled on the couch, watching Jersey Shore & taking our meds. On Saturday, we ventured out for a walk in the sun, ran a few errands and then came home to rest some more. As M was feeling a little better, he suggested we go out to dinner that night. We agreed to go eat at the new restaurant a block away from us called, Bakehouse. Once there, we quickly realized it was a bad idea as it was busy and neither of us were interested in eating. My stomach was acting funny and I was overall feeling gross. It dawned on me that it was supposed to be that time of the month the day before-so I figured the stomach ache was related to that. Sunday morning M and I decided we weren’t going to make it to our friends apartment to watch the Superbowl so we got some coffee and breakfast and planned out our day (full of tissues, some snacks and lots of snuggling with Sophie)! But when I remembered that I still hadn’t gotten my P, I suggested lightly that maybe we make a stop at Duane for a Pregnancy test (just to ease my anxiety)!

So we did, and we came home, leisurely ate our fave bagels from Grounded (our fave coffee shop) and then I figured I’d take the test, no big deal, right? It definitely wasn’t going to be positive. Except it was. TWICE!

I am not really sure that I got the jumping up and down excitement-I reacted how I usually react to these big life moments (aka getting engaged, married, etc…) I froze slightly, started to shake, cried a little out of both excitement and panic, then M and I hugged a lot and he reassured me that this is an amazing thing. Feeling still pretty sick with bronchitis, we laid low for the rest of the day and watching the Giants WIN the 2012 Superbowl. I think that topped off M’s excitement (f that was possible)!

There is a lot to think about and I am trying to stay as calm as possible. I don’t have many friends with babies yet-and I definitely don’t have any friends with babies here in NYC. Hopefully, that will change soon!

It’s really exciting and I know that the timing of everything is exactly how it’s supposed to be. I’m hoping to document these next 9 months so I have lots to share with the little one growing inside me.

FYI: We came up with this blog name because of my Aunty Mare…she started asking us last summer when CLL would be making an appearance? We didn’t know what that abbreviation was for and she told us simply, Cute Little Labinski! We laughed it off-how silly! But then when I realized I wanted to start a blog-we needed a name! So…here we go!

I am a first time Mom of our beautiful new baby girl, Ellery . My husband, Maciej and I live in New York City along with Elle and our dog, Sophie. I work in Event Planning. Maciej works in banking and just recently finished his MBA (he also happens to be an amazing web designer and photographer- www.neverenoughti.me)