Big Sister

That’s right, Christmas came a little early around these parts.

It all started about 5 weeks ago when my “friend” was due for a visit.  A few days before she was to make her appearance I started to feel different.  I can’t think of any other way to describe it than that.  I just felt different.  At first I thought it was just my mind playing tricks on me because it had happened before.  There had been other months I had myself totally convinced that I was pregnant only to take a pregnancy test and have a big fat negative staring back at me.  I tried to ignore it but I just couldn’t shake the feeling that things felt very different.  So, when my friend failed to make her appearance I mustered up the courage to buy and take a home pregnancy test.  At first I couldn’t make myself look at it.  I didn’t want to be disappointed, again.  When I finally gathered up the courage to look at it, this was what I saw.

To say I was happy, excited, elated just doesn’t do it justice.  I couldn’t believe it, after a year of trying, it was finally happening.  A little life had finally taken up residence in my uterus.

A couple of weeks later I saw my doctor and got to see a tiny seed of a baby starting to take shape. It was so tiny even the ultrasound tech had a hard time finding it until she saw the tiny little heart flickering away. There is was, this super tiny little baby with a perfectly beating heart.

And, last week I got to see the bean again. This time it looked so much bigger, so much more like the beginnings of a baby.  Heart still strongly beating.

I am just over 9 weeks along.  Our little bean is due to arrive July 25th.  To say we are over the moon excited is an understatement.

Everything is great with the baby so far.  As for me, this pregnancy is different from my pregnancy with Maya in some ways and in some ways the same.  I have morning sickness (well, actually all day sickness) again, however, this time it is much worse.  It kicks in every morning around 10 am and gets progressively worse as the day goes on.  With Maya only threw up a couple of times my whole first trimester, this time I’m doing it almost daily (oh joy).  Most days I am so tired I just want to nap on the couch all day long.  Luckily, some days I have more energy so I’m able to somewhat tidy my house and entertain my daughter.  Needless to say I’m looking forward to the end of the first trimester.

I’m glad to finally be sharing our news with you guys.  Thank you so much for all your support this year and your good thoughts as we tried to get here.  I appreciate it more than words can express.