Tuesday, November 29, 2011
My baby, a Vols fan
Today I did a little Christmas shopping and while in Hallmark, I saw these cute newborn booties. I HAD to buy them! I decided we would wrap these up and have my dad and stepmom (who don't know I'm pregnant yet) open them on Christmas. My dad is a huge UT fan...and now, so is Baby Wade...SURPRISE... :)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
4 Weeks
Well, I'm 4 weeks...so far my symptoms haven't really changed. I am still exhausted and a little weak if I don't eat every 3-4 hours. However, no morning sickness yet. I hear it's definitely not JUST a "morning" thing, so hopefully I won't have much of that! Oh, one thing that HAS changed would be my sense of smell. I smell EVERYTHING. The other night, a man walked past me and his cologne was SO strong that I just about coughed up a lung. Yuck. But the fact that I haven't been running to the bathroom sick is the one thing I'm thankful for...I can deal with the smells....at least for now. I hear that the strong smells are eventually what MAKE YOU SICK. Great. My husband says i'm becoming "curvier" which is fine because my baby is worth it. I wouldn't call it curvy though...I would call it bloated and I actually have a chest now haha. But all this bloating going on....when most don't know I'm pregnant is annoying. I can't wait to actually have a bump...my friend Melissa said that for weeks people would just stare at her with a questionable look wondering if she was or wasn't pregnant. Well, yes......I'm pregnant. And, no...you can't tell. Yet. :) Michael has been hanging up Christmas lights like crazy around our rental house. It looks great and I'm so thankful for him! I can't wait to see what he will do when we decorate the baby room (even though he says I'm in charge of that) haha. December 14 is our first prenatal appointment and ultrasound. I am so thrilled. I can't wait to see the tiny flicker of a heartbeat! Michael and I plan on telling more family members the good news over Christmas! We can't wait to see their faces...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
We're Pregnant!
On November 22, after a long 6 days of waiting, a pregnancy test finally showed what we had been hoping for...WE ARE HAVING A BABY. Now, I would love to tell you that the one test had me running to Michael jumping up and down with the good news. However, because I can never do things simply, I had to run to the dollar store and buy 8 tests total to confirm the already positive test I received with the expensive First Response test. Pregnancy tests are very interesting (Ok, weird). Even though all of them had a second pink line, not one was the same. One would be super light, one dark, one so light you had to squint. But...nevertheless, a second pink line is a SECOND PINK LINE.
Success. I ran downstairs with a few in my hand to show Michael. He was very suspicious by the different colors each time I held up a test. "Don't you see it? Look! Look!, I said loudly. When he finally realized that this was not a time to joke and act like he didn't see anything...he hugged me and said, "Sweetie. I knew after the first test that you were pregnant. I even knew a few days ago you were pregnant after you went to bed every night this week at 7pm." Immediately, I ran back upstairs, continuing to stare at the positive tests, and called my OB/GYN office to set up my ultrasound appointment. After I hung up, I fell to my knees and started sobbing...I couldn't control my tears. We were having a baby...I was going to be a MOM.
Did I mention this all happened at my parents home while visiting for Thanksgiving? Luckily my mom was out getting highlights and stepdad was at work or else I would have ruined the big surprise. We decided we were going to tell only close friends and my parents first. It would be the next night over our "day early" Thanksgiving feast (had to return to Nashville to work on Thanksgiving night). Reid, my brother, would be there and it would be a perfect time.
The next night as we ate our food, we went around the table saying what we were thankful for...I was last. I told everyone how I was thankful for my job, my husband, the wonderful wedding my parents paid for at the beginning of the year, my friends, and most of all I was thankful for the life inside of me. I said, "WE ARE PREGNANT". My mom's face was priceless. We got it all on video, too.
Needless to say, I still can't believe it. The first month we tried to conceive, God blessed us with a baby. So far I am 3 weeks, 4 days. Great Thanksgiving for sure...currently no pregnancy symptoms except being EXTREMELY TIRED and a little weak when up moving around. I have the tiniest little bump, but it may have just been the Thanksgiving meal we just ate. Pictures to come next week of my progress!
Success. I ran downstairs with a few in my hand to show Michael. He was very suspicious by the different colors each time I held up a test. "Don't you see it? Look! Look!, I said loudly. When he finally realized that this was not a time to joke and act like he didn't see anything...he hugged me and said, "Sweetie. I knew after the first test that you were pregnant. I even knew a few days ago you were pregnant after you went to bed every night this week at 7pm." Immediately, I ran back upstairs, continuing to stare at the positive tests, and called my OB/GYN office to set up my ultrasound appointment. After I hung up, I fell to my knees and started sobbing...I couldn't control my tears. We were having a baby...I was going to be a MOM.
Did I mention this all happened at my parents home while visiting for Thanksgiving? Luckily my mom was out getting highlights and stepdad was at work or else I would have ruined the big surprise. We decided we were going to tell only close friends and my parents first. It would be the next night over our "day early" Thanksgiving feast (had to return to Nashville to work on Thanksgiving night). Reid, my brother, would be there and it would be a perfect time.
The next night as we ate our food, we went around the table saying what we were thankful for...I was last. I told everyone how I was thankful for my job, my husband, the wonderful wedding my parents paid for at the beginning of the year, my friends, and most of all I was thankful for the life inside of me. I said, "WE ARE PREGNANT". My mom's face was priceless. We got it all on video, too.
Needless to say, I still can't believe it. The first month we tried to conceive, God blessed us with a baby. So far I am 3 weeks, 4 days. Great Thanksgiving for sure...currently no pregnancy symptoms except being EXTREMELY TIRED and a little weak when up moving around. I have the tiniest little bump, but it may have just been the Thanksgiving meal we just ate. Pictures to come next week of my progress!
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