Blah Weather = Blah Mood

I don't know if it's the weather this week or just me being a sour-puss, but I feel so drained and sad.  I miss my husband more than anything... and the three days away this week felt more like ten.  I'm really not looking forward to when he has to go back to New Orleans for work next month. 

All that it's going to take to make me feel better is to get home, have some dinner with Jonathan, catch up on our shows together, and go to sleep in my own bed.  I can't wait!! Only three hours left until I'm walking in the door :) See, I already have a smile by just thinking about it.

Father's Day Weekend

Yesterday was Father's Day!  It was the day we had planned on telling all of our family about Baby - it was way too hard to wait though so we told our parents as we saw them in person the week before.  The last thing I wanted was to have them hear from someone other than us or over the phone (except for Mom, who lives too far away to see in person). Yesterday we made the big announcement to the rest of the family.  Everyone is just so overjoyed! It's a wonderful feeling to know how loved Baby is even before we've seen the first sonogram! This morning I sent emails/texts/calls to all my girlfriends to let them know the big news too... I am beyond blessed to have these awesome women in my life!

Our weekend was exhausting!  It seems like just about every weekend is jam-packed though.  We had my cousin's wedding on Saturday afternoon so we had to leave home Saturday morning to get to Quincy in time. Kim's birthday was also on Saturday so we wanted to spend a little extra time with her before heading to the wedding.  After the wedding (which was beautiful) we headed to Hannibal to meet Jonathan's parents at the movie theater to see The Green Lantern (stupid).  Then we went to the new Mexican restaurant and told Grandma Shaw our good news :) This will be her first great-grandchild, so she was thrilled. Sunday, after making our Father's Day rounds, we finally headed home and walked in the door at 8:45PM. LONG DAY!

I have no doubt that my husband will be a wonderful father.  Not only does he have multiple examples of great fathers in his life, but he also has a heart of gold and wants nothing more than to take care of those he loves.  So HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to you Jonathan, even though Baby isn't here yet, you are most definitely already a father and we love you more than anything in this world!

33 weeks to go...

I am 5 weeks pregnant (7 weeks if you go by how the doctors figure from your cycle). The only symptoms I've had so far is some slight cramping last Tuesday night, extremely tender chest, and a craving for Wendy's (I've only let myself eat it once so far). I've been trying to eat very healthfully, drink tons of water, cut out all soda/tea/coffee, take my vitamins, and get plenty of sleep because I'm seriously tired all the time now. The doctor said it was good for me to keep up the same levels of exercise I was doing before so I'm still playing sand volleyball twice a week... just drinking lots of water now instead of beer ;)

For breakfast this morning I had a pb&j sandwich... about 5 minutes later I got extremely nauseous and thought I was going to lose it in my office trash can. After some deep breathing (and some sweating) I was okay and have felt a little queasy since, but am much better. This may or may not be my first bout of "morning sickness?" There's no real clear answer of when you begin getting morning sickness, but I was hoping that maybe I would skip that whole unpleasant period of time. I remember how sick both my sister and sister-in-law were when pregnant. I hope it's not too bad!!

Playing Catch Up

So much has happened since my last post 9 months ago!
January: Girls weekend in KC for New Years Eve :)

February: My niece turned 1 year old!!! We had a PJ party at their house and she ate cake like nobody's business.

March: I had my first bridal shower. My aunts threw me a beautiful shower and I received what seemed to be everything on my Kohl's bridal registry.

April: My awesome bridesmaids threw me the most fun bachelorette party ever - bowling, karaoke, and gambling!! Our cousin/friend Tommy passed away from a massive heart attack early on Easter morning (we miss him more than I have words for).

May:  The wedding went off without a hitch, we spent an adventurous, wonderful, relaxing honeymoon in Hawaii, my hubby got accepted into the 3rd tier of his Leadership Development stuff (I say stuff because I don't really know the details yet).

AND... on June 6 we found out that I am pregnant!!! WOW!

We have told a handfull of people our exciting news but are waiting until after our June 27th appointment to tell all of our friends. I'm praying hard every day for a healthy pregnancy!!! Immediately after taking the pregnancy test and talking about it with my husband, I went to Target and bought prenatal vitamins, a planner/calandar to keep track of important dates along the way, and my first pregnancy book (I can't remember the name of it off hand but it's very informative and takes you through your pregnancy week by week).

My first very serious concerns when seeing those two little blue lines were of my lifestyle choices in the first few weeks of pregnancy. I cried knowing I had been drunk a few times and had drank socially 4 or 5 times as well and prayed with all my might that it wouldn't have an affect on my pregnancy. My husband was so supportive - he "Googled" my situation and assured me that everything would be fine and that the majority of women don't know they are pregnant in the first few weeks.

There are a million questions and fears I have... I hope to learn as much as possible along the way and to document my progress so that I can look back later and remember everything as it happened :)