Well, today is finally the day that I can announce my secret. I have been waiting for the last 8 weeks to feel confident enough to announce that we are expecting a baby. I am so glad that today has finally come!

My husband, John, and I are high school sweethearts. We have been together for over 10 years and are getting ready to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary. I started talking to my husband roughly a year and a half ago about wanting to start a family, he needed a bit of help getting ready himself :o). We discussed our plans to stop taking the pill and offically start to try around our anniversary this year, little did we know that our planned time was not quite the right time for us. We got pregnant the first month I was off the pill! So here we are, and we could not be happier!

Our due date is June 4, which is a week before my birthday. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the baby comes a little earlier than anticipated! We told our parents a few days after we found out our good news, but swore everyone to secrecy until Thanksgiving. I am a worry wort, and I was afraid to jinx myself by celebrating too soon. But Thanksgiving came, and we told our families the good news, and here we are today!

Today we went to the doctor and got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. It was such a wonderful sound! We are getting more and more excited as the days pass by, and we can't wait to find out if our little suprise is going to be a girl or a boy!

Dec 5, 2007

I made my appointment for my 20 week ultrasound yesterday. It is not until 1/15/08! I am dying to know if we are having a boy or a girl. I think that it is going to be a boy. I have felt that way since I had my ultrasound at 8wks. I had a dream the other night that we found out that it was a boy, and I sat up on the table and said "I told you it was a boy!" to my husband. He is convinced that I am crazy and have a 50/50 chance of being right, but he does admit that he thinks it is a boy too! I am officially in my 2nd trimester today, and I am so excited!

Dec. 20, 2007

Well I started feeling the baby moving around about 2 weeks ago. I wasn't sure it was the baby at first, but I am positive now, and it is amazing how it makes me smile everytime I notice what is actually going on. My husband keeps asking when he will be able to feel the baby kicking, and I don't really have an answer for him. I told him not for a while yet, I am sure. He will be so excited when he actually gets to feel the baby for himself! I am frantically trying to get ready for Christmas. I have been a little lacking in the Christmas spirit, I guess my mind has been elsewhere. Yesterday I started baking my Christmas Cookies, I made peanutbutter blossoms (peanutbutter cookies with a hershey kiss ontop). Being the baker, I get the privilege of sampling the product, and much to my amazement, the baby seemed to love the cookies as much as I did! I was telling my husband that I could feel the baby in my belly doing somersaults and crazy flipping and such, and he jokingly voiced his concern of a possibility of a peanutbutter craving like his friend had. I laughed and told him that I didn't think that was the case. Later after my lunch I decided to have yet another cookie, Christmas cookies are my favorite, what can I say! I ate my cookie and went up to email my husband who was at work. To my amazement, the baby started flipping around and freaking out again! I think that it is safe to say that my baby likes cookies just like its mommy :o) It cracks me up because I have eaten quite a few things since I have been pregnant, and nothing thus far has caused such a reaction. I guess whenever I need a pick me up I can pop a cookie and feel the baby rolling around!

Dec. 26, 2007

I had a Dr's appointment today and we got to hear our little suprise's heartbeat. It was a strong 157. It is so amazing when I get to hear the baby's heartbeat, it just takes my breath away. We could hear the little one kicking back at the dopplar, it was pretty funny. We have just less than 3 weeks until we find out if it is a boy or a girl, I am just about ready to explode. Even my Grandmother is asking me when we find out! My mom bought me baby clothes for Christmas, I was so excited. The only baby item that my husband and I have purchased is a bib that says "Tax Deduction" my husband just about died when he saw it and insisted on buying it right then. I of course did not object :o) I am dying to buy little baby clothes, I get all teary eyed when I go shopping thinking about the baby growing inside me that will one day be wearing all those adorable little outfits. I can't wait!

Jan 14, 2008

Tomorrow is our ultrasound. I am so excited I could burst! I can't wait to see our baby on the screen, and hopefully our "special suprise" will show us the suprise! My husband is a bit nervous, seeing the baby makes it so real. Hope that everything goes well, and we have a healthy baby growing in my belly!

Jan 15, 2008

It's a boy!!! We had our ultrasound this morning and the baby looked awesome! The tech said that everything looked the way it is supposed to, and we are having a healthy baby boy :o) I am so excited I can't even describe it! I have had a feeling since our sonogram at 8wks that it was a boy, and I am so happy that we know for sure now! She said, 100% positive it is a boy, he was showing off his parts for us to be certain, just like Daddy asked him to. Tonight we are going out to pick out some stuff specifically for him, and I can't wait! His name will be Michael Andrew!

Jan 23, 2008

We had a doctor's appointment today, it was my least favorite so far. My doctor's office has me meet with each delivering doctor in the practice, so that whoever is on call when I go into labor, I have at least met them before. The doctor that I had today, neither myself or my husband cared for, she was very rushed and did not want to answer any of our questions. I was grateful that she told us that the ultrasound was back (big suprise) and that everything looked good on it, thank god. But when we asked questions about the baby, she didn't want to answer them. The ultrasound tech did not give us much information when she did the scan, so we wanted to know about how big the baby was and stuff like that. So I asked the doctor, silly me, I thought she would answer my question. But, I was wrong. She only told me that he is too small at this point, they don't measure him yet, but he is probably around 1/2 lb. I didn't ask how much he weighed, I wanted to know how big he is. Like as in inches, or centemeters, or pebbles, anything really. But she didn't want to offer any information at all, and rushed us out the door. That is the last time I book my appointment for lunchtime. I am happy that my little guy is doing well in there. I just wish that I had more information about him.

On a more exciting note. My husband may have felt the baby move last night. We did find out at the ultrasound that my placenta is on the anterior wall, which is what we suspected since my belly has a pulse... anyway, he has been very upset that he hasn't felt the baby kick yet, and he talks to him every night and asks him to kick for daddy. Last night we were sitting on the couch, and the baby was doing flips and the backstroke or something in my belly, but I put my hands over my tummy where he is most active, and I thought that I felt something. So I put my husband's hands on my belly and told him to wait, he wasn't totally certain but he thinks that it was the baby that he felt, in addition to the pulse of course. So, even with the uncertainty he is very excited about possibly feeling the baby. That was a nice way to end the evening!

Jan 28, 2008

Hooray! My husband felt the baby kick last night!!!! Every night, as we go to bed, my husband talks to the baby. These days, he asks the baby to kick to the sound of his voice because he is dying to feel the little guy moving around. A few minutes after he said good night to the baby, we were talking and the baby started to move around. So I told my husband, and put his hand on my belly where the baby was moving the most. We sat there for a few minutes as the baby kicked faintly, and I would ask if he felt the baby and show him where. Nothing. Then the baby kicked again, and he goes- oh, I think I felt it, it was right here! And he points to where the baby kicked. I was so happy that he got to feel him kicking, and so was he. Our little guy is getting bigger and stronger!

Feb 14, 2008

Today I went and signed up for my registry at Babies R Us. We have been pre-shopping for the last few months and it was finally time to make it official. I feel like I might've gotten carried away with scanning things... I guess we will see when my hubby takes a look at the list. My mom told me that I should not register for my nursery furniture, but we decided to go ahead and do it anyway because it won't hurt. I hope that I remembered everything that is important, and hopefully if there is some sort of secret must have item that I did leave out, whoever knows that it is absolutely crucial will go ahead and buy it anyway :o) I am sort of disappointed because we really like this Boppy Bouncer, but it is only available in pink right now, I can't even put the blue one on my registry because it is "Temporarily Unavailable" and that is too bad because we really like it. I guess I will just have to keep my eyes open for the blue one.

March 7, 2008

Today was just another ordinary day. I couldn't fall back asleep after my hubby left for work so it started a bit earlier than I would like. The weather is changing and we are expecting a snow storm to hit this evening through all day tomorrow, so being the housewife that I currently am, I had to make a trip to the grocery store to get stuff to carry us over through any icky weather. Unfortunately, this would be the 3rd trip to the grocery store this week. As I finally headed out, I stepped out onto my porch and found a package addressed to me. My pregnant brain was unable to rationalize where this package came from. I didn't remember ordering anything online, I got my bouncer chair in the mail about 2 weeks ago.... hmmm. my shower invitations aren't going out until this week so I know it isn't a shower gift..... last night we ordered a chest of drawers from jc penney, but that box is way too small to be a dresser.... so I brought it inside and looked at the return address, it was from my sister in law in DC. I called my hubby at work and asked him if he knew what it was, he apparently did and asked if I had opened it. I told him not yet. So I opened it, and what do I find but a card from my sister-in-law. She sent her well wishes and offers of assistance, she has not been home to visit since Christmas, and won't be in town again until my shower next month. She had spoken to my hubby and he told her that I have been craving chocolate for a while now, he also told her that I don't sleep well at night because of my hips, and she had something for everything. I pulled out the first box which was a decent size box of snacks, lots of chocolate bars, truffles and other assorted chocolate pieces, plus something for the salty and crunchy, potato chips. I had to laugh, I think that my sister-in-law just helped me gain a whole lot more weight for the rest of this pregnancy! Beneath the box of goodies there were more things. She bought the little stuffed dino from my registry that matches the crib set, there were slippers, 4 pairs of slippers. I have cold feet on a normal day, but since I have been pregnant they are like ice. I am positive that my husband told her about my feet (I try to warm them up every night on him and oh does he hate that!). There was a bag filled with lotions, foot and hand lotions and tummy butter. Then at the bottom of the box was a boppy body pillow. I wanted to cry. This was the sweetest gift that I have ever received, all of them together, not just the pillow :o) It totally made my day. I can't wait to call her tonight after she is done with work to thank her!

March 19, 2008

Had my doctor's appointment yesterday and found out that my glucose screening came back normal, YAY! I was worried about that test, I don't know why, but I am glad to hear that everything was good. I am starting my doctor's appointments every 2 weeks now, it is crazy to think that this is the home stretch! The baby is moving all the time now, I am pretty sure that he has run out of room in there. I can feel him squirming more than kicking now. My husband and I started working on the nursery last weekend. We had cleared out all the old furniture a few weeks ago, but there was still so much stuff that needed to be sorted through and relocated. We got most of it sorted, but a lot got dumped into the other bedroom so that we could make progress in the nursery. I cleaned the carpet on Saturday and Sunday was spent building furniture. We now have the crib and the dresser built and I am really excited. Unfortunately we ran into space issues, the nursery is the smallest of our 3 bedrooms and my husband really wanted to keep the love seat in the room for us both to sit and feed the baby, but it just isn't going to work. So we are going to have to enlist some assistance to get the love seat moved back downstairs where we will have to find room for it there as well. Hopefully only a minor setback. But I am really excited to be getting the nursery ready finally. Next month is such a busy month for us, I really just want the nursery to be complete now. Really, I want the next few weeks to fly by because I am dying to meet my little boy!