BLOG 2:Letter to Baby

Dear Baby Co,

Hello my sweet little unborn child, I cannot wait to meet you face to face! Dad and I got to hear your heartbeat for the first time yesterday and it was the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard. A lot of worrying has been going on because we want you to be healthy and strong and during the weeks between appointments Dad and I are always wondering how you are and what you are up to! It was nice to get some reassurance today when we heard the thump-thump-thump of your heart! We have lots to do to get ready for you and that big day is getting closer and closer so it is about time to get started.. We already bought you a couple packages of diapers because no matter if you are a boy or a girl you have to wear those! That’s another thing I should tell you about.. Your Daddy thought he wanted you to be a boy sooo bad and I think he still likes the idea of having a son, but now, more than anything, he just wants you, no matter who you are(or what is between your legs!). We love you so much and we don’t even know you yet! When the day comes and you are finally out of my tummy you are going to be greeted by a TON of people that are so happy to have you in our world! You already have a big sister, Lucy, and she talks about you every day and at the end of all of her bedtime prayers she prays that you are healthy and safe. Dad, Lucy, and me all pray together every night and we always include you because you are already a big part of our family. I love you little Co! April can’t come soon enough!

Love Always and Forever,
Mom

BLOG 1: Anyone ready for another countdown? I guess I better be…

Only 192 days to go!

Cary and Lexi sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G, First comes LOVE, then comes MARRIAGE, then comes the BABY in the baby carriage!!

So much truth in such a silly song! Well, I guess I have a bit of an announcement to make.. I’M PREGNANT!!! Cary and I are both very excited to have a baby on the way and it has not been easy keeping all the joy to ourselves... in fact, it has been so difficult that some of you already know! Exciting things have a way of getting around and the big mound already popping out of the front of my body tells anyone that I happen to run into! It is such a perfect addition to an already wonderful year and now we have something awesome to look forward to for next spring and the rest of our lives!

After getting married in June we were already thinking we were ready to start adding to our family, but were not going to necessarily try to have a baby (but we were also not going to not try). My family has always seemed to have some sort of SUPER fertileness that could produce an instantly impregnated woman and I assumed we would come home from our honey moon and approximately 2 weeks later I would be staring at a positive pregnancy test... well, that didn’t happen and I was surprisingly bummed. The next month rolled around and Cary was sick like every day and then I got sick and it was another lost month and another bummer for me because the more the months passed the more I wanted a baby! Then, on the next month I was very hopeful, but also very anxious and tried to take a pregnancy test 5 days bmp(before missed period(I really didn’t want to say that haha I don’t know why)) and it came back negative.. I was crushed and I finally told Cary how OBSESSED I was getting with wanting to be pregnant because he had no idea I wanted to so bad and he felt sad that I was sad and we agreed that next month we would officially start trying. The next morning I woke up at 4:00 AM and had one more pregnancy test left so I thought I would use my first morning pee (Google said this is the best kind of pee to use) and it came back with the faintest pink line that meant positive!

I woke Cary up and he couldn’t really see it.. you had to hold it just right and even then it was tough.. I was so sure the night before that I’d missed another month and then this little pink line gave me a tiny glimmer of hope.

Every day the pink line got darker and we got more excited that this was really happening; I was truly pregnant! At 7 ½ weeks we had our first doctor’s appointment and were able to see Baby Co for the first time.. Our cute little poppy seed with a flickering heart beat!

What a beautiful sight for me and I think a bit of a frightening one for Cary because during the entire appointment he looked like he might pass out.. I am a little worried about delivery day, but he has a lot of time left to get ready for that!

Here are the details: As of today, Tuesday, October 18th, I am 12 weeks 4 days along. My due date is April 27th and according to the Chinese Birth Chart I am having a BOY! Although a lot of the wives’ tales are seemingly GIRL! It is still plenty early, but kind of fun to wonder and fantasize about who this little person is that is taking over my body!