At Christmas time we were able to share with our families that we are going to have a baby in August! We still wanted to wait until I got a little further along to announce it publicly... and that wait seemed to take forever! Finally, in January, I hit the 12 week mark, so we made the big announcement to extended family, friends, and co-workers. Yay!!
As thrilled as I am to be pregnant, it sure hasn't been easy! Since about the 5 week mark, I have been sick, very sick. This lasts from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep at night, and even throughout the night. I can't even look at a lot of foods and am only able to eat certain foods. Most of them not very healthy. I've done pretty good with eating fruits daily, but haven't done very well with the veggies. I'm trying! Because of this I do make sure I take all of my vitmains daily. They make me sick too, and are so hard to get down! One day something will sound ok, and the next day the same food will have me running away! I couldn't even stand to look at Brad's birthday cupcake the other day. Sad day!! Everyone says by your 2nd trimester this should start to declince. I am just about ready to hit the 15 week mark, and I am still sick most of the day. My fingers are crossed it will happen soon!
Brad has done most of the grocery shopping for us. This is something new for him to do by himself and he's done pretty good with it. I will send him with a list and he sometimes calls me 2-3 times per visit, which is ok. At least this way he is able to pick out foods that he will eat. Which by the way means that he has to do all of the cooking, too. I haven't cooked a meal since before Christmas. I am actually ready to get back in the kitchen because I received several new kitchen gadgets for Christmas that are still sitting in their boxes!
I have already been to the doctor more times than I can count. We had a sonogram at week 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12. We were able to hear the heartbeat each time. It was amazing to watch the baby grow each week and how much more movement he/she showed from week to week. We have a VERY active baby! My next appointment with the doctor is Feb. 22nd. We go back in March for another sonogram and (fingers crossed) we will be able to find out the whether it's a boy or girl! Very excited for that!
We would like to thank all of our family and friends for all of the thoughts and prayers that have been sent our way. It has not been an easy road the past year but we are thrilled to be where we are now! I know God has it all under control and just wanted us to wait a little while longer before we have a little Brad running around! :)
Keep checking back for updates. I hope to use my blog as a pregnancy diary throughout the next few months. It will be so cool to be able to read back through this someday when this sickness is just a distant memory
