Watermelons and Raspberries

We trekked to Luling this past weekend to see some of our favorite people in the world - Mike, Annie and Sophie! We planned on going to the annual Watermelon Thump like we do every year, but it was so hot that we just ended up visiting the whole weekend and didn't actually go to the Thump. We had a great time, though, and got to spend lots of time with our little Sophie. Sunday morning we got her out of her crib when she woke up and changed her diaper and clothes together. It was a fun little practice experience!! We got to see some other people that we usually only get to see the weekend of Thump as well, so that was great, too. Annie recently had surgery on her ankle and has a huge air cast and crutches, so she and I stayed in the house most of the time in the AC visiting and playing with Sophie. We got to visit with Ron and Kristin, who are expecting in December. We also got to see the Berry's on Saturday who are having a baby in October! It's going to be so fun when all of our babies can play together. We all sat around in the AC and had a great time talking about babies while the guys toughed it out outside in the heat.

According to our book, the baby is now the size of a raspberry! His/her little limbs are developing and he/she is supposedly starting to look more like a baby at this point. I can't wait to see what the sonogram looks like in a few weeks! It seems like forever until we will be at the 20 week mark and can find out the gender. That's going to be so fun! Nick is being the best pregnancy husband ever, waiting on me hand and foot and making sure I get plenty of rest. I'm so lucky!!

Telling Family...Part Two

We were finally able to tell Nick's side of the family this past weekend. We had planned weeks ago to celebrate Father's Day and Nicks mom's birthday on Saturday before we knew we were expecting, so we decided we'd wrap up a framed picture of the sonogram and give it to them together on that day since they were back from their vacation. Melanie and Brandon were there too and everyone was surprised!

Everyone is going to be such a good grandparent, uncle, aunt, etc. It will be a fun time planning and getting ready for the baby with everyone. This baby will be the very first grandchild on both sides of our families, so it will be extra exciting! Nick's mom and my dad pretty much took on the task of helping to spread the word about the news to our families. I have been so tired that I don't think I could keep up with it all right now! Hopefully that will get better in time.

Hello? Waistline? Where did you go??!

Ok...At seven weeks [tomorrow] I don't exactly have this big obvious baby belly or anything, but there's definitely something there! I didn't expect that to happen so soon so I was kind of surprised! A few nights ago I was deciding what to wear to work the next day and discovered that my pants no longer fully close! For now I am just wearing loose comfy dresses that aren't tight around my waist and stomach. I guess I'll have to look into those belly bands that you can use when you can't zip/button your pants! Dressing comfortably at home and on the weekends is no big deal because I live in flip flops and summer dresses alot of the time anyway. Dressing comfortably yet professionally for work is another story!


I've been increasingly more tired these days, too. I've gotten into the habit of taking a nap in my office at lunch and it's fabulous! I feel so much better afterward. I had to skip my nap yesterday because we had our monthly birthday lunch and I was so tired by the end of the day!

Saturday the wait can finally be over...we get to tell Nicks side of the family since his parents are back. Everyone is going to be so excited...I can't wait to tell them!

First Doctor Visit

Today was our first visit with Dr. Garcia since finding out we are pregnant. I had lots of questions and she had lots of information for me! She's so great about taking time and answering all of my endless questions. She did another sonogram because she wanted to see the heart beating, and although there was no printout this time, things are looking good! We saw the heart beating again, which is so awesome. She told me that every Friday will be the start of a new pregnancy week, so this Friday I will be 7 weeks. She cautioned us that we might not want to tell anyone until the 12th week or after, but we decided as soon as we saw that heart beating last week that this is our little baby and we want to share the news. We would rather just enjoy this wonderful time rather than dwell on the possibility of something going wrong.

I have been feeling so much better now that I am eating differently, too. She gave me some other tips on what to do if the nausea comes back since the hormone that makes you nauseaus is apparently going to keep increasing for a while. We bought What to Expect When You're Expecting this past weekend and have been reading up on it. Nick's reading it too so we both know what's going on and what's coming up. It's especially fun to read about the baby's developments each week.

Telling Family...Part One

My dad and Caleb, my youngest brother, came over last night to celebrate early Father's Day and Caleb's upcoming birthday. Nick made his delicious bbq chicken and we had a great time visiting. While dad and Nick were outside, I told Caleb and showed him the sonogram. He was excited about being an uncle! Later on, we gave Dad a Father's Day card with the sonogram inside. He was really excited! He's going to be such a cute grandpa! Later, I called grandma and my other brother, Terrell, who is in the Air Force and stationed in Maryland. Everyone was so excited and can't wait for our new addition. It's going to be a long wait until February!

Tomorrow will be our first appointment with the Doctor and I have a list of questions ready!

Morning Sickness?

Um, Morning, Noon and Night and everything in between sickness is more like it. Ugh. At first, the fluttering feeling in my stomach was kind of fun - you can't tell I'm pregnant yet, but I can still feel things going on in my body. Now it's not so fun. Last night I was up all night with stomach issues and it carried over into the morning. I called the Dr.'s office to see what options there are. They suggested a few things, so I am going to try them out and hopefully will find something that works for me. At least I have my appointment Monday so I can talk to the Doctor herself and ask all of my questions and hopefully get some relief! Until then, I plan to take it easy all weekend and try out the different remedies.

Baby's First Picture

Today we went for our first ultrasound. It was really exciting!! She had to tell us what we were looking at because the baby doesn't look like a baby yet. We got to see the little heart beating, which was probably the best part!! I had no idea we'd be able to see that this early. She said that I am 5 weeks along, which is what I had calculated beforehand. She said that everything looks good and is on track. Next Monday we will have an appointment with the Doctor and we will be able to ask her all of our questions. I need to start making a list because there are lots of things I want to ask. All of the information out there from the internet, books and people's opinions can be really overwhelming!

Nick has been really great about everything and he's just as excited, if not more so, than I am. He wants me to get plenty of rest, eat well, and not overdo it. He's going to be such a great dad! I think it was so great that we got to see our baby for the first time on his birthday!

Yes Ma'am, You're Pregnant!

After taking an at home pregnancy test the night before in which one of the lines was faint [the directions said that this meant a positive reading, but we didn't want to get too excited yet...] I took another test yesterday morning. Both lines were definitely dark, which meant we were probably pregnant. We were still hesitant to get too excited, so I called the Dr.'s office as soon as it opened to see about what should happen next. They told me to come in for a blood test to make sure, so Nick came and picked me up at lunch and I went and had my blood drawn...and then the waiting began! It only took about 2.5 hours for them to call me at my office to tell me the results, but that felt like an absolute eternity! The nurse called and said, "Yes ma'am, you're pregnant!" I had to ask her to repeat it to be sure I'd heard right! She also said that my progesterone and other levels were really good. I was thrilled! I called Nick and told him and he was excited too. The nurse scheduled me for what they call an "OB Quick Check" in 2 weeks and then a complete workup later on. I guess I have some homework to read up on between now and then! In the beginning of this whole process, I was reading everything I could get my hands on, and then I completely stressed myself out each month when I wasn't pregnant yet, so I just literally threw everything in the trash one night and decided to put everything in God's hands and stop stressing out. Needless to say, it worked because I got pregnant that same month...wish I would have thought of that sooner!


I think our heads are still spinning and it hasn't quite sunk in yet. We went to the Dr. together back in February to talk to her about our family plan and what we would need to do in order to get pregnant. She warned us not to get our hopes up and that it could realistically take 2 years or more before we were pregnant and not to get discouraged if it didn't happen overnight. I was pretty shocked when it happened only 3 months later! I am so glad that it happened sooner rather than later. The waiting game is no fun!


The Dr.'s office called this morning to tell me that the Dr. wants me to come in Monday to have an ultrasound to determine my due date so she will already know all of that information by our visit with her. This is especially exciting because Monday is Nick's birthday!!! It's so cool how God makes things fall into place! We won't get to see her or ask the Dr. any questions, it will just be us and the ultrasound person. The nurse said we'll probably get a picture printed out, so that's really exciting! According to the internet, our baby is the size of a poppy seed right now, so the ultrasound won't quite look like a baby yet, but we can't wait to see.


I think the most challenging thing right now is not spilling the beans to anyone. We both agreed to wait until the appointment before we would tell. It would be really cool if we had an ultrasound picture when we told our family and friends, so I hope that we will get one. We want to tell our families in person, so we have to wait a bit before that happens. We will see my dad and brother next weekend and Nick's parents are on vacation and won't be back for a few weekends. Its going to be hard to hold it in that long!