4 months down... 5 to go

I started writing this post a month ago and it's taken me that long to feel like finishing it... but finally... I'm SOOOOO excited to announce it on my blog!!!!!! We're having a baby in March!!! On Jason's Birthday... maybe. Our due date is March 30th and I will get to spend my Spring Break this year taking care of a brand new baby! :) I cannot think of anything more fun. Seriously.

So... here are all the details on my last 4 months of being pregnant...

July something... found out I was pregnant. Couldn't believe it! (Except I could because we have been wanting a baby!!) Called Jason at work and told him... he took the rest of the day off... searching for jobs and a new place to live (side note: had I known it would motivate him so much, I would've gotten pregnant years ago :) jk. )

Next day... told Josh and Mike (Jason's brothers) who had already been thinking we were crazy because we'd been acting so suspicious. We were just so excited we couldn't not tell anyone!! Here's my first pregnant pic. Funny. You can tell I was thrilled. Hadn't gotten sick yet. :)

Beginning of August... my family came to visit us in California. We'd "gotten them t-shirts in Cali"... we said. Really... I'd made them. The t-shirts said their names on the back with baseball numbers that represented their age when the baby will be born... and on the front of the shirts it said... aunt 2010, uncle 2010, grandma 2010, and grandpa 2010. I threw them their shirts so they'd see their names first, then everyone turned them over and looked so confused to see what the shirts said. They have been so excited ever since and my favorite people to talk to when I'm hating being sick. (ps I almost chickened out like 50 times when going to get the t-shirts in my room so we could tell them. REALLY. Like I felt like when you're supposed to bare your testimony and you don't even want to stand up. But... Jason about shoved me off the couch and it all went perfect from there... seriously a weird thing to do though because I'm the first kid in my family to have a baby... so I felt way awkward.
Beginning of August until about a week ago... I puked my guts out every night on average of about mmm... at least 4 times. I would say that in the last 4 months I've thrown up well over 100 times and if I'm not hanging my head over the toilet I'm feeling like I'm going to throw up all the rest of the time. You'd think you'd get used to it but you don't. It's SO much worse than I expected and I swear the day I started getting sick I suddenly gained SUCH a respect for all moms. Especially ones who are pregnant while taking care of other kids-because I just wanted to lay in bed all day and cry. We joked that we were adopting all other children in the future... but I felt dead serious about this... until...

September 14th... first ultrasound. Best day of my life since getting married. I REALLY AM PREGNANT!!! AND our baby is THE CUTEST blob of a baby I have ever seen!!! I love it, love it, love it already and suddenly feel this crazy attachment to it. Craziest moment of my life was watching the screen go from gray to oooh... there's your baby... wiggling around and looking just like a real little person. It's so crazy to see for the first time. It was rolling around onto its sides and wiggling like crazy and then as soon as the doctor would get ready to take a picture it would pose and totally stop moving. So cool. My next 2 days were spent thinking of how much Heavenly Father really loves us. CAN YOU THINK OF A BETTER GIFT HE COULD GIVE TO US? I am so thankful that we get to be parents!!

My next doctors appointment is tomorrow... which is why I figured I better hurry and post something of an update from the last 4 months. I'm not sure if I'll even get an ultrasound tomorrow because we still can't find out what the baby is for another month... but don't think I'm not going to try.

I had already uploaded these pics a few weeks ago with the caption... "If I look like fat and miserable, I really am. I feel like crap" Looking back now I just think I look ugly... but... I haven't taken anymore pictures lately so here's your update... at 3 months I think. I'll take more pics soon. I'm just barely at 4 months so I haven't taken the monthly pic yet.

As of the last few days I'm actually kindof starting to feel better- except for today. Even if I show up to church feeling okay I'm about ready to cry by the time sacrament meeting is over... 3 hours in a skirt that feels like it's squishing my guts out is long enough... not to mention that just listening to some people talk, cry, or breathe makes me feel like puking now. It's awesome. :)

One quick thing I have to mention though is how thankful I am for all of the blessings that we've been given. Jason and I keep talking about how lucky we are right now with EVERYTHING... and I'm kind of getting nervous just waiting for the day to come when something doesn't go exactly how we'd hoped... Lately, on top of already being so excited to have a baby on the way here are some other things we've been lovin:

1. I have an amazing job with two of the best groups of Kindergarten kids I've ever had- and year 3 of teaching is SOOOO much easier than 1 and 2.

2. We're moving into a brand new town home that we're buying by the end of this week-where we'll finally have our own fridge, dishwasher, oven (not easy bake size), garage, washer and dryer, etc. Something we're not loving so much... we're going to have to leave our amazing ward that we've LOVED these last 2 years.

3. Jason just got an awesome job working at AT&T in sales... which is something he already knows he enjoys. He'll have a consistent salary, plus commission and it will give us health benefits on top of mine that we're already getting... which is nice.

4. We also have the most amazing families to support us in all of this and we've been loving all the time that we've gotten to spend lately with both of them.

And the list could go on and on. So much for "quickly" mentioning our blessings.

I am so happy with the direction that our lives are headed in right now and I cannot wait for the future! Nine months seems like such a long time to wait for a baby- but I'm already surprised how fast it's going- considering that after the 9 months our lives won't ever be the same again. I have LOVED being just me & Jason for the last few years and wouldn't change the time that we've had with just the 2 of us for anything!!... but I am also so excited for this next stage together. I just can't wait for trips to Disneyland and season passes to Lagoon and spending time playing with and teaching my kids and making lunch for them while Jason's at work, and buying little clothes, and fun little toys, and reading stories together, and coloring in coloring books, and setting up Christmas all sneakily and watching little kid tv shows (not alone anymore) and holding their hands when we cross the street and I'm just SOOOO SOOOO excited!!!! I'm sure it will be here soon enough :)

4 months down... 5 to go. :)