All About Baby

We're having a baby! Scott and I are so excited. All I've ever wanted is to be a wife and mother and I feel so blessed that my dreams are coming true! Thank you to everyone for all of the well wishes and congratulations! A lot of people have had so many questions for me over the weekend so I thought I'd take the opportunity to answer them all on here.

When are you due? The official due date is April 11. When my doctor told me that was my due date I got goosebumps. April 11 is the day my precious dog, Holly, died. I feel like my due date is extra special and that Holly had a little something to do with it!

How are you feeling? Miserable! Haha. I've been so, so sick. I felt great until week 6. It started out with just a little nausea here and there. By week 8 I had full blown nausea. Week 9 rolled around and I was puking 'round the clock. By week 12 it started easing up a tad but I'm still running to the toilet with my hand over my mouth just like they do in the movies. My doctor prescribed me some Zofran but it didn't make one tiny little difference. The ultimate low was when Scott and I were driving home from the grocery store (the grocery store makes me so sick for some reason...I avoid it as best as I can) and I had to throw some of the groceries onto the floor so I could use the plastic sack to hurl into. Yeah, it hasn't been pretty. I've also slept my life away the last few months. I love to sleep so I'm not really complaining but it's pretty impressive how exhausted I've been. As of a few days ago I've finally started to get some energy back and I'm oh so grateful for that. I'm tired of constantly feeling sluggish.

When did you find out? July 30. It was just a regular Tuesday. I was out running errands all day and for my last stop I went to Fresh Market to get a delicious meal to cook for us and a bottle of wine. I got home around 3:00 and just had this feeling I should take a pregnancy test before I drank any wine that evening. While I was unwrapping the box of tests I remember thinking I was being so wasteful because it was way too early to take it (3 weeks, 4 days) and I just knew it would say no. I watched that first pink line pop up and then I started to see a little shadow emerge right next to it. I frantically grabbed the test and watched the second line get darker and darker before my eyes! I sat on the floor of my bathroom and said "oh my gosh" a million times while I was shaking, crying and laughing. I would give anything to have a video of me in that moment!

How did you tell Scott? I always envisioned I would tell Scott in such a cute and fun way. I only had 2 hours to think of something and one of those hours had already passed because I'd sat on the sofa in my living room in pure silence trying to wrap my head around the fact that I was pregnant. My doctor is actually my friend and neighbor so right when I got the positive I texted her. I'm so glad I did because she told me my due date right away and I love that I knew that just minutes after I found out. Since April 11 is an important date around here I decided I would just go with that. When Scott (finally) got home I simply asked him if we had any plans for April 11. He said "why is something going on with Holly?" and I said "No I actually thought we'd have a baby that day!"

Have you had any cravings? Food has been such a struggle. I've never eaten so unhealthy in my entire life. I always eat a well balanced breakfast with a lot of fruit because I typically feel pretty good in the morning but other than that my diet has been horrible. TCBY usually always sounds good and I'm really into SweeTarts but other than that food is usually not appealing. I'm hoping I'll get my normal appetite back any day now.

Do you think it's a boy or a girl? I'll do a post with all of those old wives tales that supposedly tell you whether you're having a girl or a boy and let you all make a guess for yourself!

Are you fat yet? Before you are appalled by that question let me clarify and say my 8 year old nephew is the only person who's asked me that. It was Landon's immediate response when I told him I was going to have a baby and it made me laugh so hard. Like I told him---I'm working on it! I weighed yesterday and I'm negative 6.5 pounds because I've been so sick but I finally started to notice a bump the day after I hit 12 weeks. That Saturday I noticed a little pooch but didn't really think much of it. Then on Sunday I was like "woah okay there it is!" I guess it's true what people say--it really does just pop out over night.

Favorite moment so far? I love, love getting to see my sweet baby on the ultrasound! The first ultrasound we had didn't involve much other than hearing the heartbeat which was such a huge relief, obviously. The baby was so tiny and wasn't moving at that point but it was still so neat getting to see. However at our second ultrasound that little angel was kicking it's arms and legs and it was the most amazing thing I'd ever witnessed! We got to see the little one again last Thursday and the little profile was so clear and beautiful! I could watch that screen for hours and hours and never get tired of staring at that precious baby!

Are you just so excited?! I'm beyond excited!! I can't believe I'm here at this place in my life. It's something you always think about, dream about and wonder when it will happen. I've loved mine and Scott's alone time these last (almost) 5 years and wouldn't change anything about it. We've had so much fun and done everything we wanted to do before we had kids. Now we're in this next life stage and it's been amazing so far! Even though I've felt so yuck and been so sick I wouldn't trade it for anything. Scott and I are both so happy and feel so humbled and blessed that God has given us this amazing gift.