Telling the World

Today is Wednesday,and I told the office yesterday that we are expecting. I believe saying they were surprised is an understatement, completely understandable, knowing I only just started working for Jay and Orma in March.

We have also told all our family and friends now (I think). There's so many people to tell that I'm afraid we might have left people out.

How I've been feeling....the nausia had really been getting to me, but I figured that if I wasn't throwing up 100 times a day I didn't really need anything...could I have been ANY more wrong?? I threw up several times on Monday and thought it was at least calling in to see what they thought. I was called in a nausia medicine that I could take every 8 hours. I took it yesterday morning and to my surprise it was the first time I hadn't thrown up in several days (all day long!!) I felt so good we even went grocery shopping! I'm loving meds! If only I had caved sooner! I could have gone without that sick feeling for so much longer!!!! Thank the Lord for advanced medicine.

I am not blogging a lot now, but there's really not much for me to share. I will continue to blog about once a week, until the Baby comes, and then we'll make sure that I'm blogging a lot to keep up with all those precious memories!!

First Doctor's Appointment

We had a great weekend--even if Wednesday is a little late to be recaping the weekend prior. Jonathan worked on Saturday, but we spent some much needed time with friends on Saturday and Sunday night. It was fun to get out of the house and see some friends that we don't get to see all the time. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, but I didn't even think to take my camera, so I have no pictures -- can you tell I'm not a mom yet? I'll be taking that bad boy with me everywhere then so I can capture EVERYTHING!!

I had my first doctor's appointment on Monday, June 14th. I was a little nervous (knowing they were going to take four full tubes of blood!), so Jonathan came with me so he could drive me home if needed. He was such a trouper! We arrived at 1:30 to fill out paperwork, etc, and we finally left the doctor's office at 4:50. Needless to say it was a long day, but everything went very well! I met my doctor for the first time, and she was very nice. I also had an ultrasound. They said that I was probably a few days behind when I thought I was, but not enough to change the expected date, so we are confirmed to be at 6 weeks, 3 days today (or in the 7th week)! Sunday will be 8 weeks.

My jeans are already too small...several of my dress pants still fit (but that means several also don't still fit!), so my wardrobe is quickly slimming to nothing. I have already filled up an entire tub of clothes that are too tight (I can only imagine what I'll look like at 9 months!). Happy thoughts though!

David's Birthday

Yesterday was my brother in law, David's birthday. He turned 18. We didn't want to steal anything special away from his day, so we thought a lot about whether to tell everyone or wait until another time. We decided that he would think that was neat if we gave him a present that told our little secret. We went to dinner at Longhorn and then went back to his parents house for pie. We made him wait until after singing Happy Birthday before opening the gift...we gave him a hat, and a card with a little money, but at the bottom was the best of all! We found a bib that said "I love my uncle!" When he opened it he just turned it around and all the fun began. Mrs Pam, Jonathan's mom was going crazy. She kept saying this is a mean joke, is it real? That's not funny! And then when she realized we were serious she started screaming and jumping up and down (for at least two minutes!)Needless to say she was so excited. So were the rest of them.




Unfortunately we couldn't tell his sisters in person becuase they were at the camp working all summer, so we sent them a text with a picture of David actually wearing the bib - priceless! We had a blast telling them and I think they were extremely excited. We're looking forward to getting to tell everyone else as well...but that will have to wait a little while (6 weeks to be exact).

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On another note, the joys of morning sickness started yesterday. I woke up feeling bad at Midnight the previous night. I then woke up in the morning not wanting to go anywhere, but I had to muscle my way up and get going to face the day. Thankfully I had a very low key day at work, so I was able to take it slow, but I was still so exhauted. I seem to be getting headaches that start about 3pm (my body telling me it's done for the day). If I can just make it home and sleep when I get off for about 20-30 minutes it's like I have a whole new start to the evening and I really feel so much better in the end. I'm hoping that it will continue like this and I can just really try to take it easy and relax for a few minutes right after I get home from work. I think that it'll help me throughout my entire pregnancy...it' tough work growing a baby!!

We are Pregnant!

So it all begins...I'm going to back up about a week and start with our adventures since then. As I said in my "about me" section, my husband and I have been married since January 2008. We just found out we were pregnant last Wednesday and I wanted a fun way to be able to keep up with all the little details on the way, so here's to blogging...

June 3, 2010

Last night changed our lives forever! I have been feeling funny for the past two weeks but the negative tests kept confirming that it was all in my head. I went to Florida with Ms. Pam, Sarah, Katherine, and Scott. We got home last night (Wednesday). I figued that I would take one more test before figuring my body was acting up and that I really needed to go to a doctor...to my surprise it was a positive test! I was ready to have a panic attac, full blown - right there in the bathroom! I knew that Jonathan would be home soon (and still hadn't seen me since I left from Florida), so I figured that I better come up with a way to share this news when he came home from work.

I went and made dinner, trying to calm myself down, and wrapped two presents. One was the goodies I had bought him on my trip, and the other was the test I took along with a baby book. I knew that he would be so excited, and to no surprise, he was thrilled, wanting to tell everyone that night. I told him we needed to wait and make sure I wasn't mistaken first...so mums the word for the next few days.

I took another test this morning when I woke up just to make sure I wasn't dreaming - the light pink line was still showing up - WE ARE PREGNANT!?!?! It was wierd going to work and acting like everything was normal. It's going to be exciting, but I know nothing about being pregnant...or raising a baby!

June 4, 2010

We are celebrating tonight by going to dinner. We are so ready to tell everyone but aren't sure when or how. I have called and scheduled a doctors appointment but it's not until June 14th, so I don't know if we can really wait that long to tell everyone.

Side note on the Doctor's office: I have been going to the same Gyno (with the exception of one time in Martin), since we were engaged. She still delivered babies up until about a year ago, so when I called their office and told them I thought I was pregnant they told me congrats, and gave me the name of the new doctor they recommend pregnant patients to...so needless to say this first appointment is going to be ackward becuase I'm meeting a new doctor and having a baby!

I woke up this morning feeling extremely nausious. After finally making myself eat, I feel much better...I'm amazed at how magical this is --I'm still not sure that I believe we are really pregnant!

June 5, 2010

In my devotional this morning I was reminded to give all my fears to the Lord. I also decided to look up a few verses that remind me what an amazing blessing children are. This is now going to be my a verse close to my heart:

Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

June 6, 2010...is it bad that this is still unreal to me? We are praying that the Lord will guide our every move as parents, giving our precious child to Him already - He is on his throne, in control over this pregnancy and the life of this new baby. I've obviously never had pregnancy symptoms before, but I'm almost six weeks (estimated), and I know no one else can tell, but I'm starting to notice a huge difference in my stomach - it's starting to round out instead of being flat like I'm used to. I'm having minor pain in my stomach, sharp pain (quickly coming and going) - I looked this up and my ligaments are starting to stretch already. I'm also burning up on my skin. I checked my temperature, but it was 98 degrees, so there is really no fever - just part of the baby making process I suppose.

It's so neat to see all the changes in my body already. This is going to be such a learning experience!

June 10, 2010

So we are finally caught up from last week.

Last night we finally told my parents, brother, and sister that we were pregnant. I wore a shirt that I bought at Babytime that said "mom" on the front. I was a little nervous about telling them, and seeing if they would even notice the shirt. My dad was the first to get there and was there for almost twenty minutes before he even noticed my shirt (my sister had just gotten there when he said something). They were both really excited. My dad seemed genuinly happy and Kassie was jumping up and down ready to post it to facebook right then (sorry! We are making her wait until 12 weeks before we tell anyone else!) So if you are reading this I must already be 12 weeks pregnant, but I wanted to have a neat way to track everthing.

Last night was a very odd for me in that the getting up in the middle of the night has started (for the first time). I had to get up at midnight to use the restroom and really thought I was going to be sick while I was awake...I think the morning sickness might be kicking in. I'm really hoping it will hold out so I can wait and tell everyone (including work) until I am 12 weeks, but I guess if I'm really sick the only thing I'll be able to do is go ahead and share.

David's (my brother in law) birthday is today, so we are excited about telling Jonathan's family tonight. The only downside to telling them is that both the girls are in Alabama at a Girls Ranch for the summer for missions. We really wanted to be able to tell them in person, but Jonathan has to work on Saturday, so there's no way we could go and tell them. I'm so excited to tell the Golding's becuase they have been ready for a baby since the day we were married! It's also going to be fun because three of our cousins on the Whitesides side of the family are also pregnant, so it will be babies in November (William and Veronica), December (Austin and Ashley), January(Kevin and Lauran), and now February (US)! I'll come back with news of how tonight goes hopefully tomorrow sometime.