First Ultrasound/First Public Breakdown

I thought I would share with you a little story regarding how much pregnancy has affected me emotionally. I will share my first ultrasound picture later. The other day, I went on my lunch at work to go to Qdoba. I was planning on picking it up and bringing it back to the pharmacy and I had to order for both my pharmacist and I. This was the first time I had ever been to Qdoba. I told the lady, "I'll have a chicken quesadilla with cheese for myself. On a separate order I would like a chicken taco for my pharmacist." Then, I told her, "and can I have lettuce on the chicken quesadilla?" She told me, "oh I'm sorry. We already put the quesadilla together and it's in the oven." My emotions got the best of me and I immediately started crying. The lady, in complete shock, said "I am so sorry! I can put lettuce on the side if you would like?" Then, to my now utter horror, I told her, "NO! The damage has been done!" I then apologized and told her that I'm pregnant and I don't know what came over me in that moment. I will probably never step foot in the Qdoba again! (as a sidenote, who in their right mind wants lettuce IN a quesadilla? It has to be grilled! Grilled lettuce is gross! Oh, that's right, I WASN'T in my right mind!) This was the first time my emotions truly got the best of me and I hope to keep my emotions "in check" from here on out!!! (If that is even possible!)

The Big News!

Chad and I thought we would start this blog to keep everyone in the loop during our journey of pregnancy and parenthood. Since we live so far from everyone else and our family is spread out all over the country, we thought this would be a good way to keep everyone updated.

So, its true, Chad and I are expecting!!! The baby is due October 4th, 2012. We had our first ultrasound yesterday and the 157-beats-per-minute proves that there is a little guy (or girl) in there!

This pregnancy was by no means a planned one (however, that doesn’t mean that its not a welcome one!) I took a pregnancy test 3 weeks ago and it was positive. Chad was already asleep, so naturally I woke him up and showed him the test. He looked at it and asked, “is this a joke?” After assuring him that this was, in fact, NOT a joke, my loving husband asked, “is it mine?” I assured him that yes, the baby is his! (you gotta love his humor!)

We like my doctor, although he is rather up-front (when I showed him my prenatal gummy vitamins I had picked up at the grocery store, he asked, “why would you take these?!?”) He seems thorough with lots of advice on how to keep the nausea at bay and how to use pregnancy as an excuse to get out of things you don’t want to do!! ;)

So here I am, morning sickness and all, ready to tackle pregnancy head-on. Hope you will join Chad and I as we begin our journey!