So after our vacation I still had to go to the bathroom a lot, especially right before bedtime. On August 19, I saw my neurologist that morning and decided to go to the drop in clinic that night. They checked me for any infection. The doctor said it was probably too early to tell if I was pregnant but decided to check anyways. He came back and said "YOU ARE PREGNANT." I couldn’t believe it. My GYNO had originally said it might take up to a year to get pregnant and we hadn’t been trying that long. How in the world was I going to tell Brian.
He called me and wondered how my appointment went. I told him it went fine and the doctor said just to monitor my symptoms. I’m a really bad liar but it was a little easier over the phone. When he got home that night I brought him upstairs and pulled out a little onesie and a bottle. I told Brian that the girls at my bachelorette party gave it to me and I told him that we might be needing to use it in about 9 months.
He was excited, he couldn’t believe it. He told me later that he had his suspicions that that’s what was going on with my body. Now we just had to figure out how to keep quiet about our news. At that point it was still so surreal to me. It was hard to take it all in.
We took a pregnancy test at home just to be sure
On August 26-28 we went to visit some friends from college and their families at a near by lake house. It was a gorgeous house and we had a lot of fun. I had a hard time telling them I was pregnant because it was still so surreal to me. I finally told them and they were excited. They wondered how I had kept it in all that time.
Around my birthday in September after work one day Brian surprised me with having a bunch of our friends over plus his parents and grandma. We decided to share with everyone that night that we were expecting. We had made t-shirts for the grandparents. Pat and Wayne's said 1st Time Grandma and Grandpa and Bessie’s said GREAT Grandma. Brian told everyone to close their eyes and then he whispered to everyone except pat, wayne, and grandma to keep their eyes open. We held the t-shirts in front of pat, wayne, and grandma. I think Pat was excited for all of us. Pat had talked to a few of my friends that night already saying that she really wanted a grandchild.
On September 9-12 we went to PA for Brian’s brother, Jason and Anne’s wedding. On way there we stopped in VA to have lunch with my parents. We gave them t-shirts too. They didn’t know what to think when they pulled the shirts out of the bag. They were excited, I think a little in shock. Mom being a nurse was concerned since it was early. She wanted me to get to 12 weeks and in the safe zone. We called my sister and brother in law when we got to PA and ask them, “How would Maddie Grace like to have a cousin?” They were excited too. Maddie Grace was almost a year old at that point. It seems like my sister and I do things a year or so apart to keep my parents busy. My sister and I got married a year apart and now our kids about 1.5 years apart. We broke the news to Jason and Anne too.
I wasn’t sure when and how I was going to tell my coworkers. They are like family to me. I have been with them since graduation from college, through my single years, marriage, and now becoming a mother. I’ve been working there for over 8 years. On September 20 I broke the news to Lisa, my boss. We both cried in her office. That was the first time I had cried over our news. Then I shared the news with my coworkers at a staff meeting.
On September 22, I had my first visit with my OB, Brian was not able to come. I wasn’t aware of all that they were going to do. They confirmed that I was pregnant by doing an internal ultrasound, which was interesting and fun. They gave me a picture of the baby. It just looked like a big blob, at that point it was hard to tell that it was a baby. They said my due date was April 29.
On October 7-9 Maddie Grace turned 1 year old. Brian and I took our cousin Ally to the ladybug birthday party for our niece. My parents were there and we spent time with other family. I got some maternity clothes from my sister and cousin, which was a great help.
My precious niece in her ladybug birthday outfit
On October 15- went to the mountains with our friends, Lisa and David. We got lots of veggies and sweet potatoes that would last us for a while. We also drove on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was a very curvy drive, which made me feel a little nauseous.
On October 17- we took friends dinner and met their baby for the first time. I got more hand me down maternity clothes
On November 10, I had to make a trip to the hospital late that night. I had been having a terrible headache/migraine and couldn’t get rid of it. They gave me some good drugs.
On November 11- I went to the OB dr. with Brian and heard the heartbeat together.
November 18-21- Mom came to visit and we cleaned house. We got rid of stuff, threw stuff away, shredded papers, took stuff to pat and wayne’s house and loaded mom’s car down with stuff to store for us. It was a tiring weekend. I was so thankful for the help.
We had a busy Thanksgiving vacation. We spent Thanksgiving over at the inlaws with extended family.
December 3- Celebrated our 2 year anniversary. We went to an interesting house called Korner’s Folly. They let people tour it and it was all decorated for Christmas. We had dinner at a place called Sweet Potatoes. They serve soul food. I experienced some abdominal pain that day. Thankfully it went away and there was no need to visit the hospital. I think I freaked Brian out. Apparently since the baby is growing, things are going to stretch in your body and cause some pain.
December 5- 2 year anniversary- Brian was sick and he stayed home from work but he still had the energy to cook us a steak and veggie dinner. Then we watched a movie called Monte Carlo. Love my hubby. Its been a great 2 years.
December 7 we had our next ultrasound at the dr. office it was our anatomy ultrasound. It was pretty amazing see all of our baby’s body parts. We got pictures and the ultrasound tech told us to look away when she was looking at the private areas. Our idea was that the sex of the baby picture would be sealed up in an envelope and given to my friend Amy. I stole her idea and asked her if she would make a cake for us (pink or blue) so we could bring to SC the weekend of December 16-18. We wanted to cut the cake and find out with all of our family around. My sister thought we were crazy for waiting so long.
December 16-18 we picked up the blue or pink cake Friday afternoon and it sat in our car the 4-5 hour drive to SC. We were going to visit with my mom’s family for the whole weekend (my parents, cousins, g-parents, aunts and uncles, sister and brother in law, and niece). I promise you I did not once peek at the sealed envelope or the cake. On Saturday afternoon for lunch the whole family had lunch in the dining hall at the retirement community where my g-parents live. My cousin video taped the whole thing. I had a feeling what color the cake was going to be. When we cut it it was BLUE- So we were having a BOY. I know my dad was excited since he grew up with sisters and then he had 2 daughters. He finally got his boy. Brian was excited because boys are cheaper and he finally got a hunting and fishing buddy.
Our cake, made my my wonderful friend, Amy
Check out the gender reveal video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LeUfeT7yTU&feature=share
Blue Cake- Its a BOY!!!!!
my niece, Maddie Grace enjoying her blue cake
my family
the extended family
We spent Christmas with my family in VA and I got to visit with some high school friends and then family from MD. My parents had a house full.
my niece enjoying her new wagon
edible mice that Brian made out of oreos, cherries, hershey kiss, and almonds
my niece playing with her new toy and is so proud of herself for figuring it out
me and my hubby in front of my parents Christmas tree
all the cousins together
my family together for Christmas
my hubby, my preggo friend, Rachel and her family. So excited I have several friends pregnant this year. Baby J will have lots of playmates.
Had another dr appt on January 6. I told them I had had some pain. Thought I could feel the baby. The doctor confirmed that my fibroid had grown and that was what I was feeling. He said it would shrink in size once the baby is born.
On Martin Luther King Holiday- day off from work- I had a wonderful friend Jaclyn to go with me to help me finish registering. It has been a long process to register for this little one. But she was a big help since she has been down this road before.
Thursday January 19- We went to visit some friends and went to Buy Buy Baby- another wonderful store to register. We wanted to look at cribs and other big stuff. Love that store. It was very organized and people were very helpful.
January 27-29 weekend the guys from our small group went on the Men’s Retreat with our church and the wives had a retreat of our own at a lake house that was owned by one of our friends. We ate, watched girly movies, did some fun crafts, and enjoyed sleeping in. This was the first time Brian and I had a weekend away apart from each other. We both enjoyed it.
The girls minus Jaclyn
Started our birth and baby class- every Wednesday for the next 5 weeks for the month of February.
Brian wearing his empathy belly
February 3- glucose test. I had to drink a sugary drink and then wait an hour at the dr office before they drew my blood. Thankfully they never called me with the results, which means I passed
February 6- I had my cousin over for dinner and showed her the nursery. She was excited to see all the baby stuff that we had been given already.
February 10- We picked up our crib and Brian set it up that night. It came in a huge box and it made a mess on our living room floor.
Before
After
February 11- We went to the cabin to take some furniture and Christmas stuff to store to make room for Baby J
February 15- another routine dr appt. Baby boy J is on track and is doing great.
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