I still cannot believe that we are pregnant! I am in awe every
day and thank God for the wonderful blessing over and over again. Overall this
experience has been awesome. We are 17 weeks pregnant and although I am still
dealing with nausea and tiredness life is perfect.
We found out last week that we are having a BOY! We are
beyond excited and cannot wait! So much is going on right now! Tina is starting
a new job in one month! We just closed on a new house last Monday! I start my
Doctorate next Monday! And we are really not motivated at all to move because
we have not sold our other house so we are taking our sweet time! And when I
say that I mean we have not even packed one box! Crazy huh?
Good thing is, is that I am sitting in the new house right
now while they install cable, phone, and internet. That means all the TVs are
at the new place, maybe with no TVs to watch we will get motivated to pack. I
doubt it, but you never know what can happen.
Now back to having a baby! I have a few questions. How long
did everyone stay nauseous for? How long did your headaches last? And did you
all have heartburn throughout the whole pregnancy or did it get better the
further along you went?
I also have a few confessions. When we found out we were
pregnant I told Tina that I wanted to paint the bedroom a neutral color, like a
green or maybe a yellow. The second we found out that it was a boy I told her
that the room would be painted blue! Thank goodness she agreed. Next I told my
family and friends that we were decorating the nursery In a sports monkey
theme, again not neutral at all. The day we found out it was a boy we bought
about 10 little outfits that have monkeys on them. Now my family is going crazy
buying monkey outfits! I am afraid that he will only have monkey clothing! My
family is very excited! I have 5 amazing sisters. I am number 3, but this is my
Mom's first grandchild! Also since my mother and father had all girls this is
the first boy! They are all freaking out! And so am I!
When my youngest sister was born I was 10 years old. My
parent did not find out what the sex was they said they knew it was a boy. They
only had a boy name picked out. Caleb Michael. I was a big Tom boy and really
wanted a brother so I too was very sure that it was a boy. My sister was born
at home using a midwife and when my Dad told me it was a girl, I got mad and
cried. Her name is Kayla Michelle and I am now very thankful that she was a
girl because I cannot imagine life without her! My father passed away about 6
years ago so he will not be able to experience his grandson. But I know he is
in heaven now with his grandchild, the baby Tina and I lost last year and he
will be watching over this one. I often wonder what he was thinking the day I
got bad and cried about it being a girl. He is probably looking down now and
saying "it took 20 years, but here's your boy!"
One last question, during your pregnancy were you emotional
the whole time or where there times that were worse than others? For some
reason I thought the first trimester would be the worst. But this second
trimester has me emotional about everything!
