Another week down!

I've determined that the reason people don't reveal that they are pregnant until the 12th week is because if women knew about the first trimester, they would stop procreating all together! Okay, it's not THAT bad, but I'm amazed at how quickly things have changed. I'm frustrated with food because I'm used to planning my meals in advance, grocery shopping, cooking, etc. I like the routine of it and the control behind it. I can't do that right now and I've had to reintroduce foods that I haven't really been consuming regularly in months so that can't be helping how lethargic and gross I feel!

I don't have any "cravings" just aversions to foods. And they aren't constant, they are on a whim. Figuring out lunch and dinner has been interesting to say the least, but I think FJ's enjoying falling off the healthy eating bandwagon for awhile! And I must admit that I've been enjoying the excuse to munch on abnormal quantities of Mexican food. Side note, my doctor put queso dip in the list of cheeses to avoid. I'm pretty sure she's gone absolutely crazy and perhaps that is a cultural barrier she doesn't get. She's Canadian so I'm convinced that she doesn't understand the importance of Mexican food in American's diets! Just work with me here...

For the past several months, people at work have told me that I'm next to have a baby (pretty sure AT&T is running a fertility clinic...there are always a minimum of 5 pregnant people in my vicinity and they cycle them in and out)...or they go the other way and tell me that I should wait and enjoy time with my husband. It's one of those things I learned a long time ago that everyone has an opinion about this. Similarly to folks chiming in when we planned the wedding, it goes a lot faster and more smoothly if I just let them go, nod and smile. But now I am laughing to myself as people make their predicitions and give me advice. If only they knew!

I'm still very tired, but I'm getting used to it and getting in a better pattern with sleep (BORING). I had given up all cokes/sodas for awhile, so I'm secretly enjoying my morning ginger ale. I didn't feel great this week so I didn't get to work out a lot, but got in a good workout yesterday after work and it felt great so I know I need to get back to it! It'll definitely help out!!

It's definitely getting more and more difficult to keep the secret! I feel terrible misleading my friends but I know it's for a good cause and they'll understand. I can't wait to be able to share the good news! We are hoping that we'll be ready to tell after our next doctor's appointment which is the week before Memorial Day. I am just willing time to go by between now and then and trying to stay busy, but under the radar. I might even venture to a pool this weekend or next. I'm definitely not "showing" but I'm also definitely feeling and seeing the effect of eating out and eating foods I had previously reserved as treats or cheats for pretty much every meal.

We have a 5K tomorrow (the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure) that we signed up for before we knew that we were pregnant. I figured it wouldn't be a big deal, the race is at 8:30...but I found out that we have to be there at 7am for team pictures. We are running on a team for Wachovia/Wells Fargo and a lot of folks from FJ's leadership team will be there so I originally signed up for this to support him. So we have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow and it'll just be a gamble as to how this turns out. Hopefully I feel great and the race is fun!!

So finally, another week (work week at least) has come and gone. We're 7 weeks and counting. We've got the race, Mother's Day and some friends' parties this weekend. Next weekend we have a wedding reception and the following week we leave on Wednesday for Myrtle Beach with Joani and Mark (FJ's mom and step dad) for a long weekend to celebrate our anniversary. So I'm pretty sure the next few weeks will fly by and we'll be able to share the news in no time! In the meantime, I'm plotting how I will torture a few folks when I tell them the news... if I have to sit on this secret for a month, then I'm going to have a blast telling our friends!! Muuuhahahahaha!!!