Not that anyone is following closely, but I've been neglecting the blog for a few weeks. I was so excited to share the news and everything upcoming that I somewhat wore myself out! With sharing the news came a new level of reality. We are having a baby. In a few months we will have a baby. These seem like simple ideas or simple realizations, but they are really much more profound. I stop at the gas station to get gas and I run inside to grab a water or a coke (yummmmmm...I quit Diet Coke before I got pregnant, but I figured since I'm ALLOWED to have coke and don't drink coffee, it's a fun treat...don't mess with my logic). This seems like a very simple task, but now I realize that I can't do that in the future. Even the smallest things are going to change. Over analyze much?!
We had our housewarming party last weekend. It was a lot of fun and it was great to see so many of our friends. Everyone was very complimentary of the house (not like people would say "thanks for the invite, the house looks like crap, but the buffalo chicken dip was astounding)! It was great to get the house in order, too. Even after the party, the house was cleaner than it's been in weeks! It was also a great way to make sure the to do list got done for the shower for Kate and Reid this coming weekend.
We moved some furniture around to accomodate Liz's move, which also accomodates having an empty room for Mini T later this year. This involved my least favorite activity outside of yard work - throwing things out. I donated 4 bags of clothes to Goodwill, threw out a few bags of trash and gave away some clothes to friends (good cute shirts shouldn't go to waste just because I can't wear them!).
And as the title of this entry indicates, I guess I'm starting to show a tiny bump. I know people who said they showed before 12 weeks and people who didn't show till month 5, so I'm not sure if there is a normal or what it is, but my pants and skirts don't fit anymore and I'm wearing a lot of loose dresses or using the Bella Bands for pants. It's an interesting phenomenon to see the growth. I'm sure I could eat better, who couldn't, but it's really weird to go from working out and eating healthy to growing in my belly! I don't exactly look pregnant by any means, but if you know me, you can see my little bump :) and apparently, you can also see some growth a little further north! ha ha ha!
We're hosting a shower this weekend heading to the lake with friends for the 4th of July. Then it's Jill's birthday and then we get to calm down for a little bit. One of FJ's cousins got engaged (congrats Mike and Leslie) so I'm really excited to get to Chicago this summer to celebrate with the family!!
Things are going well, I feel sick less and less often and have been able to start cooking (with Liz's and FJ's help) again! My energy is starting to come back and so is my focus. I'm still working out a few times a week at Crossfit and next week is my last week training :(.
We have a doctor's appointment this Thursday and actually have some sonogram pictures from a few weeks ago that I need to scan and post... I knowt it's hard to see what's what in those things, but it's still so crazy how far technology has come!!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Cat's outta the bag!!
We've been able to start sharing the news and it's been great! Our friends and family have been so supportive and excited about the addition to our family. Of course I enjoyed playing with some folks as we revealed the news. You only get to tell people you are pregnant for the first time once, so why not have fun with it?
I was really pleasantly surprised with how excited a lot of our male friends are about our news. I guess I just assume boys aren't as excited about weddings or babies as girls are, but everyone seems genuinely excited...if they aren't they all get points for putting on the show!
The past 6 weeks have flown by. I know I willed them to, but I still can't believe how quickly it's gone! We'll know whether we are having a boy or girl in the next 7-11 weeks so I can only imagine that will be here before we know it, too.
As for everything else - life is good. Work is a bit more stressful than normal since my outside partner left early for her maternity leave, but I'm slowly getting things organized and running how I like them and I'm sure I'll enjoy the total control over the next few months!
The painters have started on the house. They pressure washed first, which actually pulled some of the paint off, so the house looked pretty rough. Then they started pulling the boards that needed replacing off of the house. Now our house looks like that scary house on the block with exposed insulation, flaking paint and absolutely no landscaping in the front (FJ pulled it all out and we are replacing it after the house is painted). Of course I will be taking pictures for the comparison!
I'm excited for our housewarming party which kind of doubles as a coming out party! That's coming up on the 19th of this month. Hopefully I'll have my culinary skills back in check by then. I miss my kitchen.
The house warming is just a dry run for Kate and Reid's couples shower that we are hosting at the house the following weekend. I'm so excited for them and glad we're able to host the shower and have so many people come together to celebrate for them! Their wedding is right around the corner in August and I can't wait for the festivities to begin (see Kate, no short jokes, just pure excitement).
Liz is moving in next weekend and we are glad to have her around for the summer...and not just because she cooks! Liz's arrival and Kate's shower actually sparked some of the projects we started with the house and the timing was obviously perfect.
This will be our first year not going to Hilton Head for the Fourth of July but we are still planning to celebrate with some friends, a body of water and fun! We're just staying a bit closer to home. And of course July brings Jill's birthday and pregnant or not, that must be celebrated... Jill this is our 12th Jill's Birthday together and I love every one of them!
I guess I'll wrap this up before it comes the shout out blog post. I'll start sharing the blog link soon, though I'm sure there's way too much to read on here!
I was really pleasantly surprised with how excited a lot of our male friends are about our news. I guess I just assume boys aren't as excited about weddings or babies as girls are, but everyone seems genuinely excited...if they aren't they all get points for putting on the show!
The past 6 weeks have flown by. I know I willed them to, but I still can't believe how quickly it's gone! We'll know whether we are having a boy or girl in the next 7-11 weeks so I can only imagine that will be here before we know it, too.
As for everything else - life is good. Work is a bit more stressful than normal since my outside partner left early for her maternity leave, but I'm slowly getting things organized and running how I like them and I'm sure I'll enjoy the total control over the next few months!
The painters have started on the house. They pressure washed first, which actually pulled some of the paint off, so the house looked pretty rough. Then they started pulling the boards that needed replacing off of the house. Now our house looks like that scary house on the block with exposed insulation, flaking paint and absolutely no landscaping in the front (FJ pulled it all out and we are replacing it after the house is painted). Of course I will be taking pictures for the comparison!
I'm excited for our housewarming party which kind of doubles as a coming out party! That's coming up on the 19th of this month. Hopefully I'll have my culinary skills back in check by then. I miss my kitchen.
The house warming is just a dry run for Kate and Reid's couples shower that we are hosting at the house the following weekend. I'm so excited for them and glad we're able to host the shower and have so many people come together to celebrate for them! Their wedding is right around the corner in August and I can't wait for the festivities to begin (see Kate, no short jokes, just pure excitement).
Liz is moving in next weekend and we are glad to have her around for the summer...and not just because she cooks! Liz's arrival and Kate's shower actually sparked some of the projects we started with the house and the timing was obviously perfect.
This will be our first year not going to Hilton Head for the Fourth of July but we are still planning to celebrate with some friends, a body of water and fun! We're just staying a bit closer to home. And of course July brings Jill's birthday and pregnant or not, that must be celebrated... Jill this is our 12th Jill's Birthday together and I love every one of them!
I guess I'll wrap this up before it comes the shout out blog post. I'll start sharing the blog link soon, though I'm sure there's way too much to read on here!
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