My poor feet are longing for attention

Yup, that blurry blob is Baby and he is taking up most of our attention. Sorry little feet.

So far, pregnancy has been a roller coaster.  I did not think I was pregnant since I had zero symptoms.  Until one day I had the worst kind of head ache, I decided, "what the hey? Might as well take the test and put my mind at ease." Well, there it was. A faint "+" sign.  I still wasn't convinced since it was so light, and the test's expiration date was that month. (We got the test as a funny wedding present from Jimmy's childhood friends. Thanks guys! Now you know, it was your pee stick that changed our lives. We are forever grateful.)  So I was sitting there, still unpersuaded that we were going to be parents, but I thought, "well if this is true, then I might as well start preparing for it." So, I started reading some articles and figuring out how I should tell Jimmy, when it hit me.......... "HOLY CRAPOLA IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!"  Suddenly, about 20 emotions started flooding my poor brain.  Including joy, happiness, insecurity, and vulnerability.

I decided to not do anything too clever to tell Jimmy the possibility of pregnancy.  I just whipped up a little card and left it in the bathroom with the pregnancy test. (I also cleaned the bathroom so it looked all sparkly. Presentation is everything you know.)  When Jimmy got home from work, I unexpectedly became timid at telling him the news.  I hadn't yet considered how he would feel. What if he isn't ready? Will he be happy? Will he think this is a joke? Will he cry? Will he freak out?  So I didn't tell him..... and I didn't tell him..... and I waited.  Until for some reason he said something about how grateful he was for me, and how he had a thought that day about he knew he couldn't live without me.  Something totally sweet that made me tear up.  (Remember? I'm pregnant.)  That statement suddenly gave me the courage to let him know.  I walked him to the bathroom and watched.  I think he probably had all of the 20 emotions that I had earlier that day. 

The next morning we rushed to the store to get a brand new, more expensive pregnancy test and came home to confirm that we were pregnant.  At this point, we felt like everything was surreal for the next couple of weeks.  Pregnant? I don't look any different. I don't feel any...... uh oh.  And then I got suuuuppppeeerrrr ddduuuppppeeerrr sick.  All the classic pregnancy symptoms hit me.  The most unrelenting symptoms were nausea and vomiting.  Man oh man that was rough.  It lasted for the first 20 weeks.

Then we went to see the first ultrasound of our little dude.  Both of us were nervous, anxious, excited, and wanted to know more about this growing belly of mine.  The moment that our little babe came up on the screen was precious.  We had a ton of emotions, but one stood out in particular.  Gratitude.  We are so grateful to have the ability to create life!  What a concept! What a miracle! How can we ever repay our Heavenly Father for allowing us to do this? Allowing me to use my body in such a beautiful way? There is no way to repay.  Which makes us even more grateful.  We are excited to meet our little guy someday soon.

Until then, I'll have fun watching my belly grow and my little feet disappear.  Sorry again feet. Hopefully Jimmy will give you a nice rub soon.