Baby P

Jauary 16, 2009

Dear Baby P (Liam or Lucy),

This morning my dreams came true. This morning I found out that you were on your way! I could not imagine how excited I would be when I finally found out that your father and I were expecting. If there is a word larger than excitement that is what I felt this morning when I saw two lines!!

Here is the extended version of the whole weekend…. I was due to get my “monthly cycle” on Friday the 13th (dun dun dun) so Friday came and Friday went. Saturday morning I has some signs that make me think “ok, here is comes the hope is over” but as the day went on nothing happened except the slight nausea that I had been feeling. Saturday night (Valentines Day) I decided to take a test, just in case, so that I could tell your dad if by chance a miracle had happened. The test was negative and I was devastated. I would like to take this time to acknowledge my behavior and apologize to your father for my foul mood that night.

The next day ,Presidents Day , when I woke up it was still no where to be found and I wondered; so I decided to test. I did not want to sit in the bathroom, staring at the test only to have my eyes play tricks on me so I put in on the tub ledge and went to play with Nigel for a few minutes. When I came back in I could hardly believe what I saw….two lines… a positive test…. WOW! I started shaking and crying in excitement, I could hardly contain myself. Then began the longest day of my life. I was working second shift and would not get out of work until 8:30. I couldn’t believe I would have to go almost 12 hours holding back this information. So I faked a migraine and left work at 5 so I could go home and tell your dad. I told him “I have a surprise for you… I took a test today and…” he said “it was positive?” “ and I said YES!” then we hugged and kissed to celebrate the exciting news! That evening we read the first chapter in his The Expectant Father book.

Baby P, I am so excited for your arrival. I cannot wait until the day that I can look into your eyes and know the love that you were created from and that your father and I have for you. I am thrilled that you will be here by Christmas …. Halloween and Thanksgiving!!!!

Love, Your Mommy

Update

I am officially one day late and constantly sightly nauseous....they is some hope :-) I will keep you posted!

today

John Wesley once said "Though we may not think alike, may we not all love alike?

This is why i love being a Methodist and why i hate talking about religion at work :-)

Today

"Today I will be happier than a bird with a french fry"

A quote

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

~Sir Winston Churchill

Kate my visual link to PA

Kate from Jon and Kate plus 8 is here in Indy today at the Indiana Home Show. I was so upset that i had to work and that she was only making a one day appearance during the week. If i met Kate i would want to tell her that i love her show because it makes me feel like i am at home... no i do not have 8 kids or brothers and sisters...but that i am a PA transplant and all of the place they go i have been like Ikea where more than half the furniture in our house was purchased, the crayola factory, Hershey, and Giant (grocery store)---i also get to see mountains!!!!! I was so happy to learn that when they moved into their new house that is was still in PA--so now they must keep filming so i can keep watching :-)

Next month...

I am giving up.....no temp taking, no charting, no observing--just fun and blogging of course :-)

So Alex's family is coming to visit March 3 and i feel like i have loads to do before then to get ready! I am always uneasy when Alex mom visits because she has the ability to divide herself into three people at least to keep their house immaculate all the time, make dinner every single night, and work two jobs...... i have a hard time working one job, making dinner a few times a week, and keeping the house clean whoa...I also feel like since the Christmas decorations have come down everything feels so sparse and half our normal decorations have found other spots in the house that i like them better in. Point being it feels so bare.

Here are the things that i would love to do before they come: table top decorations or arrangements for shoe cubby and console table, something on the wall above the tv (maybe a vinyl quote), get a bakers rack for the kitchen and organize my cookbooks, get frames for two pictures and hang them, restuff the pillows downstairs or get new ones, redecorate the green bathroom and get something for on the wall in the chocolate bathroom, and touch up the paint! Plus clean like crazy and plan a menu and events for the week.