Yes! J and I are expecting our first child! The baby is due on February 2, 2010. We actually found out on his birthday, but were waiting until the second trimester before announcing it to the world. It's hard to tell what you're seeing in that photo above, so I have mapped it out:
It's been a crazy 8 weeks! First returning from Auckland to find out that we were pregnant, then confirming it at the doctor's 6 days later. They also found an asymptomatic UTI which I had to take antibiotics to get rid of which led to...um...other..."female problems" that took another week to clear up! ARG! I swear got that UTI from being seated in the middle seat on an overnight flight home from Auckland!
Then I had that trip to D.C. and broke out in a rash from having poison ivy in our backyard that the dogs had tracked in!!! So...here I am...poison ivy clearing up (finally!) and telling the world I am pregnant. It feels good to tell. I am horrible at keeping a secret.
J is super excited and we've just been homebodies for the past two months. Mainly because he's wrapping up his accelerated summer courses in algebra and biology (final exams are next week) and well, I've been extremely tired and nauseated, especially in the late afternoons. J did drop his early morning job and just has the one steakhouse gig in the evenings about 4-5 nights a week. That has been WAY better since he's also in school fulltime now.
We did manage to get to see Kathy Griffin Live at the SpiritBank Center in Bixby. It was a HOT night! 100 degrees even at 10:30 p.m. But her show was a blast (and extremely air conditioned)! She's hilarious and even had jokes about Tulsa. She said, "Thanks for coming here to see me. I know you had a tough choice to make between this, Rocklahoma and The Art of Barbeque." She had some other Tulsa jokes too. I am glad we got tickets and had a "date night," since it's been some time. I am off to Detroit next week for a conference for work...so it will be some more time before our next date night. Where should we go? What should we do?
So that, my friends, is why this blog has been neglected. Now that we've told everyone we're expecting, I hope to get back to blogging more regularly. And yes, it will have tons of baby-related stuff since, well, that's what's going on in our lives. But it will also have more insight into our life here in OK. We've only been here a year and there's still tons to discover. And now that a baby is coming into the picture, I am sure there will be more to discuss, like will our child grow up with a CA "accent" because he/she lives with parents that have a bit of it or will our child sound more like an Okie? Dude, only time will tell. Right y'all (sounds like "rite-ch-all").
5 comments:
That IS big news! CONGRATULATIONS!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I thought I'd check in on your blog too and wow am I happy I did. I am so excited for you both! Hang in there, I had the afternoon sickness too (I bet its a girl) and it cleared up by second trimester :) I am looking forward to following your journey :) xoxo Jen
OMG! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!
I'm so excited for you guys -- and jealous -- and happy -- and well, just a barrel of emoticons that I can't figure out how to type into this box!!! Aaaaaaaa!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! :-)
xoxoxox
--k.
Oh my gosh - congratulations! How exciting!!! I'm just thrilled for you both and look forward to reading all about it :-)
I am so excited to have finals next week. I've been so hard at it since January I think a break is well overdue. Three full weeks to catch up on the last seven months of things gone neglected. LOL!
Don't forget - take your prenatal vitamins and don't overdo it!
Congrats!
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