Sweetest Husband Ever

So yesturday I guess my hubby had heard enough of my complaining that my clothes were too tight that he took me to buy some maternity clothes. He got me a pair of shorts, some skirts for church, a couple tops and a really really nice fancy top. He is just so sweet.

Christmas???

So, our landlords live above us and we share air vents. I guess they were cooking something tonight and it didn't smell very nice. I got an idea that I could put some Cinnamon in water and put it on the stove to heat it up to make our home smell like Cinnamon. Now that it smells so good it makes me think of Christmas. Thinking of Christmas made me think of our baby who will be born Dec. 1. Just the thought of the warm feeling you get at Christmas, the beautifully decorated tree, the smell of yummy cookies baking, the smell of pine, yummy Cinnamon candles...and a warm cuddly baby to top it off.....wow...I cant wait for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEWS NEWS NEWS!

So I haven't written in a while because I felt like I had nothing to say other than WE ARE HAVING A BABY! Seriously, I felt like nothing was going on in our lives except for being pregnant, and since I couldn't tell anyone about that yet I had nothing to write about.

So, yes, we are pregnant! We are sooooooo excited! We began trying to get pregnant in November. We were successful in January but miscarried about 2 weeks in. We took a pregnancy test about the same day I was due for my period, I just felt pregnant. So we took the test and were a little surprised to find out we were pregnant because we had just started trying and were expecting it to take a little longer then a month. When we miscarried, it s hard to say, but it couldn't have happend at a better time. Tyler's cancer was still up in the air and we had no idea what was going on with that. Also, if we were to have not miscarried the baby would have been born in October, which meant I wouldn't be able to finish my degree.

So after our miscarriage we thought long and hard about what we should do, whether we should keep trying or not. After a miscarriage they say you should wait at least a month until your next menstrual cycle to start again. So during the month of waiting was when Tyler had his surgery and we found out that he had cancer. We were also told that our chances of having a child went down. We thought about it and figured that because our chances went down maybe we wouldn't be able to get pregnant. When you have difficulties getting pregnant you can seek medical hep but not for about after a year of trying. So we figured we would try for a year and then seek help, as we didn't think we would be able to get pregnant. Well....silly us, because low and behold, Tyler's little swimmers are fantastic and were eager to get back to work, because not even a month after his surgery WE GOT PREGNANT!!!! We never thought it would be so soon! We were thrilled to find out and to know that everything was great with Tyler's reproductive systems.
We take this as such a blessing that we were able to get pregnant because we were told it would be more difficult. We are truly blessed with everything that has happened these past few months.

Right now we are 13 weeks along. We have completed our 1st trimester!!!!!!! To my surprise I have gained no weight but 1 million inches around my waist. I am showing so much that I had to go out and buy maternity pants the other day because all of my pants are too tight around my belly. I am convinced that we are having twins because I am showing so early.



7 weeks

12 weeks

When we went to our midwife appointment last week we were able to try to hear the heartbeat. The midwife said that the chances of hearing it were about 50/50 because the baby is so low. Unfortunately we were unable to hear the heartbeat so we still don't know if we are having one or two! lol

I have pictures but I am not sure where my husband has put the cord that attaches to the computer...so those are on the way.

So everything in the pregnancy has gone really well so far. I haven't had any morning sickness, I do feel nauseous sometimes. I did have a lot of cramping in the beginning so was worried we were going to lose the baby again, but it was normal, just my uterus contracting..lol. No weird cravings, I just want ravioli all the time!! Soooo yummy.

Everyone always asks us "do you want a boy or a girl?" I am totally happy with whatever God has blessed us with. I always think a girl would be nice because you can dress them up and do a lot more with them, but a boy would be great too, because I never had a brother, and boys are just cool! So we will see. If we have twins I would like fraternal, a boy and girl. I think twins would be so much fun, a lot of work, but fun.

As for school, I plan to graduate this December with my bachelors degree. Then continue with teachers college the following September. The baby will be about 9 months then and hopefully I can juggle both. I plan on staying home with the baby anyway until the baby goes to school then I will go to work, I just want to have the opportunity to go to work whenever I feel it necessary. Tyler will continue school for the next 3 years and mainly focus on that. I want that best for him and school is very important.

I am very excited to find out the sex of the baby later on so that we can start planning a little better. I can't wait to start decorating the nursery.