We're Pregnant!

Blogs are really "in" these days. Everywhere I look on the internet there are always blogs. Blogs about food, blogs about hobbies, you name it and someone has a blog about it. I have known several friends and acquaintances that blog about events in their lives for family who live far away to read. I've always wanted to start one, but have never felt like the goings on in my life were significant enough for people to want to read about them. I may think I am that interesting and important in my head, but in reality I know I am not. Some events however, are worth documenting. I have always said to myself the moment I find out I'm pregnant I will begin a journal of some sort to document and record my nine month journey.
Well, that time is here! On August 28, 2014 at 3 weeks and 6 days Andy and I found out that we are going to have a baby. I have not written about it until now because it was so early I was terrified of something going wrong. I will be nine weeks tomorrow and the fear is still there, though not as prominent, but I am going to take the advice of my mom who told me that God has a plan and no matter what happens I need to cherish each moment and each day of this pregnancy because I'll never get it back. I need to stop worrying about the What Ifs and focus on the present day as a blessing that there is a life growing inside of me. So, that is what I am going to do.
Alright now for the fun stuff: What in the world has been going on these last nine weeks:
These pictures were taken the afternoon we found out just to be silly. Andy and I were both over the moon to learn that we were pregnant. It was such an exciting surprise!

                                                   

 My first belly picture! I know it's silly but I want a record of how my tummy looked before. So nine months from now I can look back and say. Damn, I thought I was fat....what was I thinking?

Around 6 weeks my appetite began to change. When I say change I mean a complete 180 degree flip. I was eating so healthy and training for a half marathon when all of a sudden the thought of chicken and veggies made me want to gag. Cereal was the only thing I could stomach for breakfast and sometimes dinner. All I wanted was carbs, carbs, and more carbs. I never threw up, and my appetite is slowly returning, but I am still having to force myself to eat semi healthy. I had heard of morning sickness and cravings, but no one told me about food aversions.  I also have a hard time eating left overs.

On September 15 We had our first Drs appointment at 6 weeks 3 days. Our Dr's name is Dr. Street and she is absolutely wonderful! She has been my Dr. forever and delivered Miller for Lindsey. We weren't supposed to have one until 8 weeks, but I had had some spotting over the weekend so the Dr. wanted to do an ultrasound and make sure everything was ok! And sure enough there was a baby in there, although it just looked like a blog with a yolk sac! The best part was we were able to see the heartbeat! The baby's heart was beating at 124BPM!
Here is our first ultrasound picture!

On Friday September 19, 2014 I took another belly picture at 7 weeks . It looks exactly the same as the one from four weeks!

And that pretty much brings this blog up to speed! I am looking forward to recording my pregnancy! I think in the coming years I will be very glad I did this.