Feeling Good!

We've told our parents, some family and a few close friends about our little bundle of joy. It's still so new, and doesn't always feel real.

I'm still feeling really good (I hope this lasts!). I have still been a little moody, smells of some things are bothering me but other than that, all is good! I'd say I'm having food cravings, but anyone who knows me knows that this is not anything new. Chris asked me what I wanted for breakfast, and when I answered and Oreo milkshake he was not surprised (I ended up with oatmeal...not the same but still good).

The main goals for me is to be as healthy as possible. I'm trying to eat well (lots of organic veggies!) and exercise. Other than that just excited/anxious about my first doctors appointment. It seems so far away!

Smiles All Around!

Hello family and friends. Sadly, none of you will be reading this for a few weeks, when we are ready to share our great news with the world. WE ARE PREGNANT! Well, I guess technically I am pregnant, but Chris had a hand in it. We could not be more excited (oh and totally scared). We have been trying since December, yet somehow it was a shock! So, here is the story of how we found out!

I'll be trying my best to keep everyone updated through this blog so all family, near and far, can experience the day by day with us. So, let's start at the beginning!

I was about a week late but things have been so erratic and confusing that I was still not hopeful that I was pregnant. We were shopping, and I told Chris I was just going to pick up a pregnancy test. I had already taken one the day of my miss period and it was negative, so I wasn't that hopeful. Anyway, I decided I would take the test the next morning. I didn't really have any symptoms, other than being a bit moody (unless you ask Chris...he may say I was very moody), and some smell aversions. For example, the smell of raw chicken over the weekend made me gag and I was pretty sure that someone vomited in the hallway at work on Monday...yet no one else seemed to be bothered.

So I woke up around 4:30am and had a 20 min debate with myself. See, I really had to pee, and the tests say to use your first morning urine (if this gets too graphic, please move on!). I tried just to go back to sleep, so I could take the test when we were both awake, but my bladder won and I decide that 4:50am was a perfect time to take the test. I was thinking it was just going to say no anyways. Well, I was wrong! It came back with a glaring positive (we went for the digital test this time, so there is no mistaking it!). So I had to wake Chris up out of a dead sleep (your welcome dear) and tell him the good news. I cried, he smiled, Lou Lou slept, there was lots of excitement. So we sat there talking about how excited we were, theme ideas for the nursery, Chris promised to gain pregnancy weight with me. Then it hit us, are we really ready? Well, no, of course not. Haha.

We called Lou Lou up in the bed, told her she was going to be a big sister, she seemed pretty happy (although that may be due to the belly rub she was getting at the time). So now, at 5:30am we are totally awake, with no hope of sleeping ever again. So we moved to the couch, flipped through some infomercials and settled on watching Old School with silly grins on our faces asking each other every two minutes "Can you believe this?"

I called the doctor for my first appointment, but it won't be for about another month. They'll do a ultra sound then and we'll get to see our little boy or girl (we are still trying to come up with a good name for the baby in the womb. Chris is liking Cullen...) I feel like the waiting is going to be agony and I'm sure I'll be taking pregnancy tests every week or so, just to make sure!

Ok, well that is all for now!