Daydreams

Dear Baby,
I can't stop daydreaming about you.  Are you a boy or girl? Will you have my eyes? Your fathers lips? How will it feel to hold you? To see you smile for the first time? Will you love sports? Will you love to read? And on and on..  but there are a few things I know already.  You will be allowed to play in the dirt. And sing at the top of your lungs. You'll know the feeling of a doggie's tongue on your face. And you'll always, always have a mother and father who love you more than words.

We have our first ultrasound on Monday and I can hardly think of anything else.  To see you're there, alive and well, will be the greatest news I could ever receive. Keep growing little one.  I'll take this morning sickness in stride knowing it's all for you. 

Love always,
your Mama

"Is that a plus sign?!"

I had suspected I might be pregnant for a solid week before I scrounged up the courage to buy a pregnancy test.  I was "late" but that wasn't too odd since I'm never regular.  But something felt off! So, last Saturday before we left on a 4 hour ride to Virginia to visit my family, I took a pregnancy test.  Wouldn't you know it... a faint line showed up to form a plus sign. HOLY MOLY.  Rob was in the shower and when I showed it to him, his immediate reaction was "take the 2nd one!" So I did. And the plus sign appeared yet again. We all know what that means... BABY!!!  We stared at each other in shocked disbelief.  We hugged, and we cried tears of joy and tears of uncertainty!  I truly believe we're still kids ourselves.  I'll probably always feel that way.  We always knew we'd have children (Rob is going to be the most amazing father), we just didn't think it would happen so soon after our wedding! After that we had an entire 4 hours in a car together to talk about our excitement, hopes, fears, gender preferences (we are both hoping for "one or the other!!"), names, etc etc etc.  It was a monumental road trip. 

After we spent the day with my extended family in Crisfield, Maryland (home of the world famous Crab Derby!!!) we continued on to Virginia.  During that drive we called Rob's parents, who happened to be with his sister, brother, and grandma and told them the good news on speakerphone.  They errupted into cheers!! I'm so lucky to have become part of Rob's family.. they are truly an amazing bunch.  Once we arrived in Virginia, we told my parents in person.  They, of course, were thrilled too! Hugs all around and then the (very serious) discussion of whether it would be a boy or girl based on our family history. (My mom pointed out we have twins somewhere down the line.. ahh!) 

All in all it was such a great way to find out we are expecting, and to share the news with our families.  We love them all so much, and I just hope we can raise our little one(s) with the same amount of love, kindness, understanding, and guidance that our parents showered on us. 

Hello!

I can't believe the time is here.. I'm pregnant! I recently married the love of my life, Rob, and sometime during our honeymoon, or the few days after, I got pregnant.  Who would have thought! We weren't trying, but we had actively stopped "trying not to."  And wham-bam-baby! I guess that makes me pretty darn fertile. Go me! :)  I'm starting this blog to document everything about my pregnancy.  I hope one day my son or daughter will be able to read this and understand how much love she has brought out in her father and I. (Yes, I'm guessing girl!) We have only known for 5 days and my heart is growing exponentially as each day passes.

My guess is, no one will read this blog but me, and perhaps my family who live hours away.  And I'd love to keep my world-traveling sister in the loop, too (Hola Katie!).  So I plan on doing just that - keeping my family informed about my pregnancy, and one day looking back with my own little family on the months that changed our lives forever.  So, here we go!