Life as a pregnant woman . . .

Well, the first 13 weeks have been a roller coaster. I've been sick, I've been excited, and to top it all off, I've been bursting with this HUGE secret. Scott and I kept it a secret for just the two of us for a few weeks, and then we told our parents so Scott could get the sympathy vote as he dealt with me and my constant upset tummy (I tell you - that baby is having one wild party in there!) Just kidding about Scott though - he's been so great and he's every bit as excited as I am. It's been so fun sharing the news with people that we're going to be parents. We've had some funny reactions. Everything from "I knew it!" to complete shock and speachlessness. Plus, I can finally use all of my clothes again - it was pretty limiting to wear only the ones that hid my growing baby from everyone. In the last few days I've been going on the internet "shopping" for my new maternity wardrobe, which has been fun. At the end of my ninth week we had an ultrasound, and it was so fun to see the baby - and so real!! I saw it's little heart beating, and the arms and legs moving around. It was so cute and we couldn't believe that our baby was so big already (almost 2 inches!). We feel so blessed to have this little life growing inside of me. Praise God!!

wowza!

Can you believe it?

I'm just over three months and already my belly is growing! I can't even wear most of my pants buttoned anymore. There are so many changes that have been happening so fast that it's crazy. Scott chuckles when he sees my "swoolen belly" because he's used to nothing there. It's a fun way to make the pregnancy more real to him (since the barfing does't seem to make him very excited for some reason . . .)