Baby Strange....First Doctor Appt

On December 29, 2011 we had our first doctor appointment.  I was very nervous..  I kept thinking what if something it wrong, or what if there is no heartbeat.  I was also a little nervous because I was going to a new doctor.  My OB/GYN that I had been seeing for years retired and I had to change doctors, just so happened that I hadn't yet been due for my yearly exam until December so I hadn't gotten the chance to meet her.  Well, I love her! She is young, very nice, and just amazing all around.  Anyways, we got there and got back to the room and talked for a while due to the fact that i was a new patient, she was trying to get caught up on my medical history.  I had to have a couple cervical biopsies a few years ago where they removed a small portion of my cervix - my previous doctor said this could cause issue with future pregnancies but he wasn't too concerned.  When I told her about these she said it wasn't something to be alarmed about but she would like to monitor me a little closer and have me come in for ultrasounds every 2 weeks to measure the length of my cervix.  Plus side, I get plenty of opportunities to see my little one growing.  Downside, that is a lot of doctors appointments.  But I didn't mind, I actually felt much better knowing that she was keeping an eye on it. 

Below are two ultrasound photos from my first visit.  I was 9 weeks and 4 days.  Sorry they are sideways, they weren't on the file I had saved on my computer but showed up like that on here.  The first picture is a 4D picture.

Baby Strange - Telling Family

Well, waiting until December 29 to tell people did not work out!  Haha.  December 10 Eric went to Evansville with some friends to celebrate his birthday, I know I am a bad wife - I stayed home because I hadn't been feeling well and didn't want him worrying about me and not having fun.  So, that night I went to my moms to visit and she noticed I looked like I didn't feel well and asked if I stayed out to late the night before.  As soon as I told her no she asked if I was pregnant. I had to tell her. :) She was so excited.  She told my Step-dad.
The next day we had a Christmas dinner at the KofC in Loogootee and she told me I had to tell my sister...  So, my quest at keeping it quiet until my doctor appointment was slowly going down hill.  Haha.  The following weekend we had Christmas at my moms - EVERYONE there knew...  Thank you Mom. :) And she told her best friend...  And who knows who else she told.
We went to my husbands Christmas party and met up early with another couple to have drinks in their room before the party.  As we are in the car on the way there Eric says, "When people ask why your not drinking I am going to tell them you are pregnant."  "They won't believe me!" I tried to tell him just to say that I was driving and that was why.  Well, we get there and get to the room of our friends and we are immediately asked what we want to drink....  I said I was fine and was going to let it be.  Not my husband - "She can't drink, she's pregnant."  I get this look like is he just joking? I mean come on, when you are so happy you are pregnant and want to tell the world how do you keep a straight face and say yes he is joking....  I don't think he told anyone else that night. So by this time the list of people that knew was growing and I figured we had to tell the rest of our parents and Jayden soon before they heard it from someone else.
Christmas Eve - I got Jayden a small present and let him open it and on the tag I put To: Jayden From: Your Baby Brother/Sister.  He thought his dad had dropped this off at our house as his dad and step-mom had just had a baby a couple months ago.  I told him no, it wasn't his dad dropping it off.  Then the lightbulb clicked and he was just ecstatic!! The most precious face I could have seen.  With that we were left with telling my dad and step-mom and Eric's parents.  We were going to my dad's that night for Christmas with him so I bought baby's first Christmas ornaments for 2012 and wrapped it up.  When my dad opened it he said I should have let Sondra open it as she is a big ornament collector.  So, my plan didn't work too well and I had to kind of explain...  The next day we had Christmas with Eric's parents and this time I wrapped the ornament up and put To: Grandma & Grandpa From: Baby Strange.  His mom read the tag and started crying right away!  So there sat Eric's dad wondering what the heck was going on!  Once he got the back and read the card, he understood. While he was reading the card, Eric's sister called and his mom told her.  I say that one was a success!  I wish I would have had my camera out to record Eric's moms reaction - it was priceless!! I could go on and on but I got the important memories out there. :)
I know this isn't something that anyone else is probably interested in reading but it is something I wanted to remember.  So, if you are reading - Thanks!!  And sorry if my grammar/spelling is off.  I was in a hurry.

Baby Strange - Finding out I was pregnant...

This is going to be long so I will probably break it down into a few posts...  Sorry but I want to get caught up to today and then posts will be a lot shorter... :)
Where to start??  I guess June 2011...  Eric and I got married on June 4, 2011 in Destin, Florida and came back here and had a reception June 25, 2011 to celebrate with the family and friends that were not able to attend the wedding.  Shortly after that I talked to my new husband and we decided that we would start trying to make our perfect little family a little larger.  We had talked about this before and he wanted to wait a while, I wanted to start right away...   I mean, I had a 10 year old son... :) I did not tell anyone that I was stopping my birth control when I did, other than my husband, becuase I didn't want the whole "TRYING TO HAVE A BABY" hanging over my head and people always asking.  So, I decided I would stop taking my pill every day and see what God had planned for us.  I was very lucky, God had it in his cards for us to concieve without much wait and any problems.  Reading blogs of people that had been trying for month, or even years to have a baby with no luck really made me worry.  I mean, I knew I was "able" to have a baby, I have a 10 year old son but that is never a guarantee.  So, come mid-November I was celebrating my 30th birthday and my mom's retirement - we had a huge party for her the weekend after my birthday.   My sister and I planned and did everything for the party so I was extremely busy leading up to that. Everything went perfect and life settled down.  The next week was Thanksgiving and as Thanksgiving was approaching I thought to myself - I should be starting my period...  A couple days went by and nothing...  November 26 - I went to CVS and bought a home pregnancy test.  Got one with 3 tests in it because I thought there was NO way I was pregnant...  I went out that night with some friends - volunteered to be the DD, just in case. :)  And the next morning I took the test.  I didn't tell Eric I was taking it, I didn't want to get all excited and have a no.  After I took the test and waited in the bathroom for the results I just stood there with tears in my eyes as I watched those 2 little pink lines form in the windows of the test stick.  With my son, I took 4 tests before I believed the results.  Haha.  On November 27, 2011 I got to tell my husband that we were going to have a baby.    I told him I didn't want to tell ANYONE until after I had went to the doctor and made sure everything was ok.  In my mind I couldn't help but think - this was too perfect, something was going to happen.  Well, that evening he went to help out his friend at his pizza place and we were texting back and forth and I asked him if he was ok cuz he was REALLY quiet after I told him. He said he was but he had to tell his friend...  Haha.  Men, I swear.  I said ok but knew in my head this meant his friend would tell his wife so there would be 2 people that would know.  Not a big deal.  A couple nights later, he had to tell 2 of his other friends.  They had to come over and have a beer to celebrate.....  Now 6 people would know because they would tell their significant others and they are friends with my BEST friend so I had to tell her, I didn't want her to hear from someone else.  This brings our total to 8 (she would have to tell her boyfriend) people that are not suppose to know... 

I had my yearly doctor appt scheduled for December 17 so I was thinking I wouldn't have to wait TOO long before the doctor could tell me things looked good so far.  I called into the office to double check, see if I needed to do anything and they said they would have to change my appt.  The doctor does not usually see you until you are around 9 weeks, I would only be about 7 if I kept my appt.  So, my doctor's appt was not until December 29 so I was trying to figure out how I was going to keep my husband from telling anyone else before then.. 

Act of Valor

So, it has been 2 weeks and I still have not gotten to post about baby...  I will do that soon, I mean that is the real reason I wanted to start blogging in the first place.  I want to make myself a journal of this experience and life in general...  Anyhow, last night my husband, son, & I went to the movies to see Act of Valor.  I know many women out there are probably not fans of the whole war type movies but this is a MUST see!!  The movie in general was very good but the fact that they have real Navy Seals acting in this movie just made it that much better.  It really puts it into a different catergory.  As I was telling my hubby after we got home - watching most war movies gets to me and makes me sit back and think about everything but this one was completely different.  The fact that I am pregnant and emotional may have also had something to do with it but I think I would have had the same reaction either way.  To see these guys act out something they have been faced with in real life - seeing their friends get shot, saying goodbye to their families, stepping in the line of fire, death...  Thank you for all you do so I can live the life that I live. I doubt anyone read any of this, and that is perfectly fine with me, but I won't say much more about it in case someone does stumble across it and wants to see the movie.  My only advice - make sure you have a kleenex!!