2.17.2015

Newsflash

Well, are you ready for the most exciting news (at least for us) for 2015?! We are so happy to announce that we will be a family of three come September! I found out I was pregnant early in the morning on January 2nd. I wanted to take a pregnancy test on New Year's Day so badly, but I tried my very hardest to be patient. I was given two pregnancy tests from a friend and sister who recently found out they are pregnant. I started with the dollar store test and was so extremely excited when I saw a faint second line. After that, I took the other test and it was confirmed that I was indeed pregnant! I snuck back in bed, waited a few minutes, cuddled up to Rex and said "It's so late..." (it was 8:00 a.m. which is usually late for us). He laughed, got out of bed to say his prayer, and then I leaned over and asked: "Are you ready to be a daddy?!" We celebrated that day and were conveniently invited out to dinner at Rodizio Grill that night by Rex's brother and his wife. We spilled the news to them because we just had to tell someone.








That first week went by so slow. I was pretty sick for the first three days, but then the sickness went away and I felt great. I was convinced that I had a baby bump at 4.5 weeks, but I'm pretty sure (after looking online) that it was impossible to have one that early and that I must have just been too excited.

***Fast forward (since I wrote that first part weeks ago)***

I will be 11 weeks along on Thursday! I won't say it is going by fast or slow, just normal. I will post about our first visit to the doctor sometime in the next couple of days. Of course I am SO excited for our little one to be here, but I will say that pregnancy is much more difficult than I anticipated. It's different for everyone, but this has been life for me for the past 5 weeks:

  • Sick sick sick. All day almost everyday. I realize that it could be worse since I'm not throwing up all day, but it is still not fun (or cool) to have an upset stomach most of my days. And the worst part is that it's the worst at night - my only time with Rex - so I go to bed pretty early and he has been the greatest to pick up my slack with housework.
  • Waking up 2-4 times every night to go to the bathroom. How is this happening already?! 
  • Not sleeping well. I can't really sleep on my back anymore so my hips are pretty sore each morning from switching from side to side all night. I'm used to falling asleep right when my head hits the pillow and not waking up until my alarm goes off, so this one has been a change for me.
  • Although I haven't gained weight yet, none of my jeans fit, so I am left with leggings and exercise pants (which works for school and work considering my field).
On the plus side, I haven't experienced many difficult pregnancy symptoms that other women do, so I feel blessed. In a video call with my family on Sunday, I was asked how I am doing. I gave the camera a thumbs down, indicating not good because it was a more sick day. However, I got thinking this morning and realized that I should have clarified - I may not be feeling well, but I am doing well. I have so much to be grateful for (Rex, baby, almost done with school, apartment, family, etc etc) and I can always be happy regardless of how yucky I feel. Tune in soon for a video of the first time hearing the baby's heartbeat!

Oh, and p.s. this post explains my asian food posts lol (although now I don't even want to touch oriental food)