Our Big News

As many people are now discovering from the ticker on my blog I am pregnant!!! We could not be more excited and we can't wait to meet the new member of our family. I hope that no one feels bad that they are just finding out, but we kept the news to ourselves for awhile. As some people know I had two miscarriages before Ella and actually one before I got pregnant this time. Because of that, we get nervous telling anyone other than family until we know we are out of the woods. Getting pregnant at all has always been a little bit of a rocky road for us so we feel especially grateful when we get one that sticks :)
We found out that I was pregnant right after Thanksgiving but I was instantly nervous due to my history. Fortunately my doctors monitor me very closely, gives me helpful drugs to take, and run many tests which did put me at ease. Also, I was pretty sick so that was a constant reassurance that everything was going okay. I am so happy to be mostly done with the whole morning sickness thing. The week before Christmas we had our first ultrasound to check for a heartbeat and when we saw it we were so relieved. We wanted to tell Dustin's parents in person and we wanted to tell them when it looked very optimistic. We wrapped up the ultrasound photo for one of their gifts and it was so much fun. Dustin's grandma has video of them finding out that I will have to post at some point.
I decided that I wasn't going to blog about being pregnant until I was out of the first trimester, but then I had an appointment at 14 weeks and I just decided to wait for that. That was last week but I am just getting around to it because Ella got really sick that day and is just barely getting better. I can do another post about that later. Anyway, a lot of people who see me often figured out I was pregnant awhile ago because my belly is quite obvious. I thought I showed early with Ella, but it is even more pronounced this time around. I must admit, getting the big belly is slightly less exciting the second time around. I think it is because I am now remembering what it feels like to be so big. It is all worth it though and the more I grow I know the little baby is growing and is healthy.
Alright, now that I have written a novel I will get to the details that most of you actually care about. My due date is August 7th, so Ella will be a month shy of 2 1/2 if I go full term. We are really happy about that spacing. I am a little nervous about being gigantic when it is really hot, but I am sure I will survive. My big ultrasound isn't until March 19, but since I am so anxious to know, but doctor said he would try to sneak in a quick ultrasound to take a peek at my next visit on March 1!! So hopefully I will have some fun news to share that day. I really think it is another girl, but we will see. To be perfectly honest we don't really care what we have. We have reasons for wanting both so I will be excited either way. We have already gotten started on Ella's big girl room and I will do a post of that when I finish with it. For those that know me I am a major planner so I am dying to get the nursery all organized. Thanks if you actually made it to the end of all this. Dustin and I are thrilled and we love having so many great people to share it with.


Here is a picture of me around 12 weeks I think. I am already quite a bit bigger which is a little shocking to me. I apologize if I bother anyone with my bare belly. I am already feeling a little guilty because we took weekly pictures with Ella, and so far this is the only one we took. And don't worry, when I get gigantic I will post pictures with a covered belly :)