Pitter-Patter

Since my last post, I had my first baby picture taken!  

It surprised me how clear it was.  And has a big head!  Taking after Eric already, I see.  :)  I have been in so much disbelief that I will actually be having a baby, but this finally made it real for me.  I saw the little heartbeat going pitter-patter, pitter-patter, extremely fast.  That was the most amazing thing.  There is actually something growing inside me!!!

The whole being pregnant is pretty amazing, isn't it?  I never really thought about it before, but it's kinda weird!  Like, actually growing another human inside of another human.  Almost coming from nothing and bringing an actual human into the world.  With hair and teeth and that grows up and thinks.  Such an odd part of nature to me.  Almost seems more natural for a stork to bring it in!  

I went back to the doctor this Thursday for a consultation of the do's and don'ts of pregnancy, and was happy to hear that cold turkey sandwiches aren't off limits to me like another doctor had told me.  He also tried to hear the baby's heartbeat, which was a surprise to me. Had I known he was going to try, I would have had Eric come with me.  But all we could hear was mine.  Mine is just too loud.  Or so I hope it is... not being able to hear it at 11 weeks has me pretty worried.  I hope everything is okay with that baby and that my heartbeat really was just overpowering it.  

I have another appointment in two weeks to try again and this time I should be able to hear it for sure!  I'll keep you updated!  And I'll try to post more often to try to make this an actual blog.

Surprise, Surprise!

As my first posting, I just want to explain the purpose of this... or at least what I plan the purpose to be.  I want to be able to chronicle exactly what I am going through throughout this whole pregnancy and be able to look back on it later.  I'm hoping to post things I'm going through and remedies that I've found, or good deals I've found on baby stuff or just tips in general as I come along them.  Probably some recipes too, since I love cooking.

I'm a huge journalist.  I love to keep track of everything, which I'm sure everyone hates around me!  I will be as honest as I can in this blog... actually, probably too honest for my own good, but that's me!  So, to start off on how I found out....

I was late.  I'm sure that's how most start off, but yeah, late on my period.  Going on two weeks, to be exact.  But I didn't think much of it.  I just thought I was getting older and things change... there was just no way I could be pregnant.  No way.  In fact, I had always had a feeling I could never have a baby, but I went and bought a cheap HEB brand test anyway during my lunch from work... and I just couldn't wait.  Oh, did I mention I'm impatient too?  When I got back to work, I went to the restroom and took it.  Haha, yes, at work!

This was a plus sign or negative sign test.  So, the plus part that goes up and down came out super clear, but the minus part was faded.  I was in shock, but it wasn't completely clear, I wasn't sure about it.  Right after work, I stopped by CVS and got the digital test that either said Pregnant or Not Pregnant.  Can't mess that up, right?

On a side note, YEARS ago when I had seen the commercial advertising the 'easy to read' tests I had made fun of them... I was like, how hard can it really be to know what a plus sign is?!  So, I was wrong...

I took the first digital one at home and it came out as pregnant.  I just kinda sat there... still in disbelief.  I was waiting for my boyfriend, Eric, to come home to tell him... I needed to tell someone.  He called me on his way home, but he was bringing his dad with him.  Well, as soon as he got home he went to the bedroom and I sat on the bed and told him I took a test.  He asked how it came out and I told him.  He just stood there looking at me and said he was happy.  Happy?  What???  How so??  This wasn't planned... and Eric already has two kids.

He hugged me and told me not to worry.  But I was still in disbelief.  So later that night, I took another test in the packet and gave it to Eric right away.  As he sat there starting at it blink, thinking, it finally showed up Pregnant again.  Ok... so three tests have pretty much confirmed it.

But not for Candice!  During lunch the about three days later I bought more digital tests from HEB instead.  You guessed it, those both came out Pregnant again.

So, here I am, eight weeks pregnant with a baby in my belly!  Due to arrive in January 2012!

BTW, my birthday is January 16th... this baby is going to overshadow my birthday!