What a difference a year makes

Last time I posted I had decided to embark on a journey to health. I went through my 6 months of medically supervised diet and on February 20th I attempted to get the lap band. Unfortunately, as usual, my body had other ideas. After they put me under I went into anaphylactic shock. My blood pressure bottomed out but they were able to fix it. I woke up swollen and confused but alive. Fast forward two months and lots if tests later and I learned I had drug allergies to Ancef and Morphine. On April 16th I went in for try number two and despite a lot of anxiety, I woke up after a successful surgery! I started out at 266 and I am currently at 227 9 months later. It's coming off slowly but surely and I like it that way. I've got a better shot of toning and keeping it off if it doesn't just fall off me. In other huge news, the Sunday after Thanksgiving I was surprised to learn that I was pregnant. After 15 months of trying we didnt think it could happen so we weren't really taking any preventative measures. It was an amazing blessing that we thought might end at my 6 week appointment. They did an ultrasound to better date my pregnancy because I wasn't very sure of my LMP. They saw a gestational sac but no fetal pole or heartbeat. They said typically once the GS is over 1cm (which it was in my case) they see it and they weren't. They wanted to see me back in a week and if things hasn't changed I was going to suffer my second miscarriage. Thankfully after the longest week the U/S showed everything it should. I'm now 10 weeks pregnant and I'm hopeful that will be the only bump in this pregnancy! Not only have I started running, but I actually enjoy it. I ran my first 5K on October 6 at a time of 43:55 (my goal was for under 45 minutes, go me!) Since then I've run 6 more and will run several more throughout my pregnancy as long as I am able. Ethan turns four tomorrow and we are having his party at Pump it Up. He is super excited and I can't believe my baby is going to be four. Where has the time gone?