Flowers make me smile!!

Tuesday night Mike came home with a beautiful bouquet of 24 pink tulips just for MEEEEE!!! and ....just because. I love my husband! He's the BEST!! He has been super supportive during these last couple months!! Since I've been super tired and going to bed super early he is on-top of dinner, laundry, dishes, grocery shopping...everything!! I can't tell you enough how much I can't wait to get my energy back! But these flowers sure make me smile!!!

On the next exciting note...my sister, Jodi, announced to me yesterday that she is PREGNANT!! Are you kidding me?!? This will be her 4th child...and she's only 30!!! She is BRAVE if you ask me!!! She's not telling many people yet, but since yall don't know her (except Casey...shhhh!), I don't expect it to leak! :)

Also, my sister-in-law is preggo with her 2nd bambino!!! So...here's the breakdown...I'm due in January, SIL is due in February and my sister is due in March!!! WOWzers! The grandparents sure will be busy busy!!

Happy Belated Fathers Day!!!

Yesterday we kinda of celebrated Fathers Day. I think next year will be MUCH more special, but I thought it'd be cute to get a Mike a card and a small gift. So that's what I did and it was perfect. We are so thankful to for this gift and it's crazy to think of us a PARENTS!! EEEE!!
We did celebrate F-day with Mike's dad & my step-dad. We had dinner with one and lunch with the other. Food was delish & family is always fun!

Ooohh...I got some great pressies this weekend too!! My MIL gave us a 'Sleep Sheep'. It's really cute and apparently it makes 'white noise' sounds and is perfect for the baby to fall asleep to?!? I'm not sure too much about this white noise but I've read about it in a few friends blogs. We'll see. I'm very thankful for the gift but I'm sure I'll appreciate it much more down the road!! My mom also bought me my first preggo shirt!! Don't worry...I'm not wearing it yet, but it's cute and says ''Good things happen to those who mate!!!" LOL! Cute but I don't think I'll be wearing that to church! Haha!!
My work (also preggo) friend gave me a box of delicious pregnancy teas and a pregnancy journal thingy that is super cute. I'm now able to document lots of mile-stones during the pregnancy, write all about how I feel, display pictures, etc. Thanks Laura!! :o)


I'm still SUPER tired pretty much all day long. Everybody keeps saying it'll go away soon. All I can think about is sleeeeep!!! My nausea medicine has been helping A LOT! I tried on the weekend to wait & see how long I could last w/out the meds...and lets just say it didn't last long.

Foods I REALLLLY like during my pregnancy:
popsicles
popcorn
watermelon
baked lays dipped in mustard
ham sandwich
strawberries

Foods I really can't stand (that I used to love):
coffee
salmon/fish
eggs

Well here I go again....to BED...with The Bachelorette on until I fall asleep. :)

i. need. more. sleep.

Good Grief!!! I THOUGHT I knew what tired was before I became pregnant...but BOY, was I wrong!! All I want to do is sleeeeeeep. I've been going to bed around 8:30 or 9pm each night!! I literally feel like sleeping at my desk everyday when I'm at work. I can't wait to get my energy back again!!

On another note, I revealed our secret to my work today. I had already told my friends but today I told my BOSS. I wasn't planning on telling him so soon but there was some work drama and I got nervous for some reason...so I spilled my guts. Oh well...it's over with now. Kinda funny because in the past 2 years I'll be the 5th preggo person to rotate through my office! Crazy! So, my boss wasn't TOO surprised. He said he figured it was just a matter of time and congratulated me. :o)

I'm still researching lots of pregnancy stuff, reading books, and even checking out iPhone pregnancy apps (they don't lie when they say 'there's an app for EVERYthing'!!). I'm learning new things everyday! The development of a human is seriously a miracle. I'm SO in AWE of our awesome Lord and I thank him everyday for what he provides.

Off to sleep now......duh. :o)

I'm Pregnant!!!!!!

Can you believe it?!?!? I'm pretty sure I'm still in shock myself!!! Mike & I saw the first positive pregnancy test on May 23--his birthday! It was the PERFECT surprise!!! We decided to keep it a secret from most until we had confirmation from the doctor. First thing Monday morning (after taking another positive test, of course) I called the doc and set our appointment for June 11th. I was thinking... Reeealllllly?!? That's soooo far away!!! In the mean time we prayed, screamed, jumped up and down, cried & started reading the millions of books that my BFF gave me 2 years ago. Well the day has come and gone now...

Yesterday we received official word from the doctor that, indeed, we are expecting a sweet baby on January 22, 2011!!! We couldn't believe our eyes when we saw the heart beat (176) for the first time! The sonogram lady was so great and gave us lots of pictures on a disc and even printed some out for us too! My overall appointment went GREAT! The doc said everything is on track and I'm officially 8 weeks & 2 days pregnant!

My next appointment is in 3 weeks and we will then be able to HEAR the baby's heartbeat and also ensure that everything is on track. I was prescribed meds that work wonders for my nausea. It got really bad for awhile at the beginning. I was worthless and felt like my whole day was consumed with sickness. But...after taking these meds I feel like 100 bucks!!! I'm definitely feeling more tired but I'm now used to getting an extra hour or two of sleep each night.
I still can't believe how much our lives are going to change...I'm SO ready for this journey and can't wait to see the beautiful creation God has blessed us with!!!