10 Weeks!

Yet another week has gone by.  It's weird how time can go by so slowly and so quickly all at the same time.  It seems like we just keep counting weeks off, but yet when we are waiting for something (to hear the heartbeat), the days just crawl by.  As many of you know, I have been having a rough time with morning (more like all day) sickness.  For some reason, I got the feeling this morning that I'm finally on the home stretch.  Hopefully these next 2 weeks will be the last of it.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed!



                                          
I found out some very interesting, however conflicting, information today.  In talking with my boss, she told me that in the 9 years that she has been there, every employee baby that has been born within my department has been a boy.  I was also talking to my mom today, and she said that of all my cousins (and I have a lot of them), almost everyone with kids has had a girl first.  Soooooo, I guess we will be trend breakers either way!  I am starting to get really impatient to find out whether we are having a boy or a girl.  I was looking online at those "pee-in-a-cup and find out if you are having a boy or girl" tests.  The ones that say they are (brace yourself for this) 90% effective!  Haha, it's really funny to read the reviews for them.  Basically, anybody that took it and it was correct swears by them.  On the other hand (probably the other 50%  ;)  ) that took it and it was wrong, curses them saying they are a waste of money.  In conclusion, let's just say I'm going to save my $30 and wait for the ultrasound to tell me, as hard as it will be to wait another 8-10 weeks for that. :(

Well, it's about time to wrap up.  Have a great week everybody!  Only 2 1/2 more weeks until we get to hear Baby Prince's heartbeat!!!

9 weeks!

Sooooo, the news is out!!  Whew, I made the announcement today that I am pregnant. :)

We also had our first appointment today.  We decided to choose the midwife for our prental care.  We met her today and are very excited about our decision.  She is very nice and sounds like she will do anything she can to work with us and make this pregnancy what we want it to be.  She even tried to find the baby's heartbeat today, even though she thought it would be too early.  She wasn't able to find it, but she said everything else looks like it is going fine.  She doesn't have any concerns whatsoever that there is anything out of the ordinary going on with the baby.  As many of you know, I have been getting a little paranoid lately about the baby and its health and growth.  It was definitely nice to get the reassurance from a professional that I'm doing everything right and things are perfect.  We are supposed to be having appointments with her every month now until the third trimester.  She is letting us come back in 3 weeks for our next appointment, though, because I will be 12 weeks then and that is when we should be able to hear the baby's heartbeat.  She wanted us to be able to hear it as soon as we could. :)

Well, that's about all for now.  I'm just glad the word is out so we don't have to hide our news anymore!  Have a great weekend. :)

(Im)patiently waiting to share my news...

  Ok, I can't take it anymore.  I am sitting at home, completely bored, and all I want to do is shout to the world, "I'M PREGNANT!!!"  Yet, here I sit, minding my own business, telling no one.   :)

Let's back up and start at the beginning:
The date is July 20, 2011.  I am driving home from work and call my brother.  I am "2 days late" and need to get this information out of my head and into someone else's.  I haven't said anything to Garret yet, because I have dreamed up this elaborate plan on how to tell him I'm pregnant for the first time, and I don't want to ruin the suprise, just in case...
I told Nicholas that it probably doesn't mean anything, I just needed to tell someone else and not let it bottle up in my head.  That's when I decide I am going to take a pregnancy test tomorrow morning to ease my mind, either way.

The next morning, I wake up before Garret and make the decision that will change the rest of my life.  I take the test, count to 3 minutes in my head, and hesitantly turn to look at the test laying on the counter.  I see a plus sign!  I was in shock!  I go back to bed, but of course I can't sleep, so I get up and start my plans on telling Garret that we are going to be parents!  After he leaves for work, I run to the store, buy my supplies, and get to work.  I made Jackson a bandana that says "I'm going to be a big brother". :)

Garret comes home on his lunch break from his 13 hour day at work.  I left a sign on the door that said "Read Jackson's bandana".  I am (im)patiently waiting in the living room standing next to the coffee table with my 4 (yes, I took 4 tests that day) positive pregnancy tests and a couple Willow Tree figurines I had previously purchased.  When he gets home, I have to hold Jackson so Garret can read his bandana.  For a second, he starts to laugh thinking I was just bored and made the bandana for Jackson prematurely for "when the time comes".  Then, after I see the wheels turning, his face goes blank, and he looks up at me.  With tears in my eyes, I tell him that I'm pregnant!  That was the beginning of the rest of our lives....    :)

 That brings me back to tonight, August 19.  We had originally decided to wait until after the first trimester to make our big announcement, with the exception of some family members and close friends that we have already told.  After realizing there was no way we could wait 3 months before telling everybody, we have decided that if everything goes well at our first prenatal exam next week, the news is coming out.  I couldn't be any more impatient to give the news.  6 days to go and everybody will know!  Time to wrap up this ridiculously long post.  This is my first attempt at blogging, so bear with me.  I just wanted to have a way to keep in touch with everybody during our first pregnancy.  Good night everybody!