Telling the Parents & Nursery Designs

Well, we are not even 6 weeks along yet, but the nursery design is 100% complete with paint, furniture, and décor all picked out!  When you get to know me in the many years to come, you will understand how much of a planner I am. When I get excited about something, I go into full on attack mode with measuring, sketching, pinning ideas on Pinterest, emailing stuff to myself, you name it!

The other exciting news is we finally let the cat out of the bag with our parents. Of course both were utterly thrilled for us! My mom cried and M’s was not far behind. Now it seems that’s all they ever email/talk about! 

The Wait

The wait certainly goes on. No news is good news, I suppose! I have figured out the secret to sleeping without cramps at night – having a glass of milk before bed. Speaking of sleep, I easily sleep for 12 hours a night.  Around 9:30pm, I get ready to turn the light off – this is so out of character for me, but I listen to my body! And this is the kind of sleep that bears go into when they hibernate for the winter.

Our first ultrasound couldn’t come soon enough! Its 3 full weeks from today! Ahhh…

Now, I am obsessed with planning your little nursery room. I am thinking Winnie the Pooh – it’s a sweet cartoon that even I watched growing up, plus its gender neutral.

Telling Someone Finally

Well today was certainly an exciting Sunday! After faking my way through a virgin strawberry daiquiri last night, I was ecstatic to tell a friend about our news today when I had my girlfriends over. My BFF was so excited for us! It was a huge weight off my shoulders and nobody even questioned my pink mocktail with a lime! Sneaky sneaks.

M and I made plans to tell our parents next weekend. Wait, did I already tell you that? Well, I have baby brain to blame now. I really hope this news will encourage mom to at least try to quit smoking. I can't remember the last time she felt like 100%; seems like something is always bothering her. They come over Friday night - 4 more LONG days to wait! We will tell M's parents on Sunday and Saturday we are splitting up for guys and girls night. I plan to tell another friend that day! They say the general rule is: don't tell anyone you're pregnant, unless you're willing to tell them you're miscarrying... Sorry my little bean, I am just terrified of losing you - my biggest fear in life in right now!

I am so wiped out right now, after cooking all day, entertaining, and clean up! It's only 9pm, but it seems to be my new standard bedtime each night now. Last night, we went to the movies with Matt and Christina. M got tipsy and the three of them goofballs wanted to go to a bar, so I drove us there, where they proceeded to have more drinks. We left by 11pm, but to me it felt like 3am. Last night was also the first night that I needed Tylenol to go back to sleep when my lower tummy cramps woke me up... Hopefully they won't be as bad tonight because I am tired!! Thankfully I did yoga this morning; stretching out my sore limbs helped. Kind of interesting to be the most muscular girl in the yoga class, but yet one of the newest and least coordinated people in the class. It's a new kind of challenge for me! I wish I never stopped when I got good at it about a year ago...

Valentine’s Day Celebration!

Well, my little bean (actually you’re a poppyseed right now, not even big enough to be a bean!) – today M and I are celebrating the Day of Love and what better gift to give each other than a gift of life (you!). Not to sound corny or anything, but we have been waiting to share this moment for so long!

The lines on my pregnancy tests are getting darker as you grow. Last night, I could hardly sleep as I had major cramps in my abdomen – the uterus growing and stretching to ready itself for a growing embryo. So exciting!  The cramps won’t stop me from exercising though. As I type this, Chaser is circling me and whimpering, demanding to be taken for a jog. So, off we go in a few!

I just can’t WAIT to tell our parents about the news. Not a soul knows so far besides M and I. We were sitting in bed last night looking at creative ways to tell the parents we are expecting you. So, we finally agreed to give them a “I love my grandparents” decorative picture frame with a letter from you framed inside… M is making me wait until you’re at least 7-8 weeks, but it’s already so hard. Mom is my best friend and I tell her everything, so to keep this from her especially while she’s been the shoulder to cry on through all of our trying to conceive just kills me.  I want to tell my friends too! My BFF told me she was pregnant at just 7 weeks! 

Just Found Out!

Today is Wednesday, February 13^th and this is the 2^nd day that M and I are enjoying our recent news of being pregnant with our first! I wish I could say that this was an easy journey, but it really wasn't. After 3 months on fertility medication, I was jumping for joy when that second line appeared on the pregnancy test. I even took another one in case the first one was a dud. Although I would have loved to tell M the news in a more planned way, I could hardly contain the excitement. So, I rushed downstairs and told him. We hugged in embrace and I had tears rolling out of my eyes. I really hope nothing bad happens now and keeps us from experiencing an even bigger type of joy, come late October!

When I came home from work on that day, M bought me “pregnancy flowers” just because he is so sweet like that & loves me more than I know. I found my mind constantly wondering during the day and was reading message boards and other helpful information online. Occasionally, I would take out my phone with pictures of the pregnancy test and look at them for a few seconds, just to convince myself that it’s not a dream.