Two Years Ago

It was two years ago today that I met my wonderful husband David. Yes I remember the day that we first met! We met the week before Thanksgiving at a church activity. Friendship night is what they called it. I didn’t really want to go that night, but I decided to go anyway, knowing that I would at least know one person because my roommate Shelley was already there. So I walked over only to find that my roommate was not there anymore and I now didn’t know anyone. I sat down on the couch feeling a little awkward, but I didn’t have too much time to feel awkward before the boy sitting next to me turned to me and said hi. Well, we ended up talking the whole time, probably about an hour and a half. I had a good time and I thought that he was one of the nicest people I had ever met. Eventually I decided that I should probably be heading home, so I left to walk home and as I walked I heard someone coming up behind me and saw that it was David. It turned out that we lived in the same apartment complex and that his apartment was just down the stairs and around the corner from mine, which turned out to be very convenient in the coming months as we started dating seriously. At first I was a little hesitant to get serious with David, not because he wasn’t funny and great and smart and sweet and fun, but just because I was scared. I had dated a lot of really dumb guys in the past that didn’t treat me so well. David was so different than anyone I had dated, which turned out to be exactly what I needed! I know I didn’t make it easy for David when we were dating, but he was great and I’m glad he stuck around. Once I finally got over all of my reservations everything became so wonderful. I fell in love with David quickly once I let myself. I knew that I was supposed to marry him before I even knew that I loved him, don’t ask me how that works. Either way, we got engaged on the 26^th of March and were married 5 ½ months later in the Salt Lake Temple. Now, two years later, we’re happily married, expecting our first baby and looking forward to a long future together. Two years ago who would have know that when we met on a couch in a stranger’s house that this is where we would be now? I sure didn’t know then, but I’m glad I’m where I am now. I love you David! You’ve been my best two years.

Well... We're Having a Baby!

Well, I guess it’s about time we tell people… We’re going to have a baby! I’m now just over 20 weeks along! I can’t believe I’m already halfway through my pregnancy! I’m in my second trimester and boy am I glad of it because the first trimester was pretty rough! I lost about 10 pounds, had no energy, pretty much just felt crappy all the time, and I threw up in some pretty awkward places…. So now that I’m in my second trimester, I have been feeling quite a bit better. Nausea is mostly gone, except for the occasional wave if I smell something nasty or wait too long to eat or something. I've got a little tummy showing and I can feel the baby move! David finally was able to feel the baby too a few days ago, so that was cool. I kept having him try to feel my tummy when the baby was kicking particularly hard, but he couldn't feel it. So I’m glad he was able to finally feel it too, he was excited.

We were lucky enough to get an ultrasound at my very first doctor’s appointment! I was 9 weeks and 6 days, which they were able to confirm by measuring our little baby, so now we know that my due date is March 22, 2012. I was so surprised to see how much our little baby was moving around during the ultrasound, I didn't expect that at all. But as we watched our little baby, it was kicking around and waving it’s tiny arms all over the place, it was so amazing!

Even though we have a picture and got to see our little one and hear it’s heartbeat, it still sometimes doesn't feel real. I mean, I know that I’m pregnant, but it doesn't seem real that there’s really a little baby that David and I created growing inside me. It’s a miracle and we’re both so happy! It definitely feels a little more real now that I can feel our little baby move and I have a little tummy to show for it. I really can’t believe that I’m halfway done with my pregnancy already!

After our first ultrasound, we anxiously awaited our second ultrasound, where we would be able to find out what whether we are having a boy or a girl! We both were having dreams about it, and we both had dreams about boys and girls, so we didn't know what was going to happen! Ever since I got pregnant though, I've felt like we were going to have a girl… And call it mother’s intuition, because I was right! We had our ultrasound on Friday, November 2nd and we are indeed having a little girl! We’re very excited.

The ultrasound was fun, I had a perma-grin the whole time and I kept asking questions, I’m sure I was annoying the ultrasound tech, but I don’t even care. We got to see our little girl and how much she’s grown since our first ultrasound over 10 weeks ago. She has adorable little feet and a cute round tummy. The ultrasound tech gave us a picture of our baby’s face, which basically just looks like a skull, but our baby girl actually looks kind of like a vampire in the picture… Which is awesome! It makes me smile every time I look at it. She is perfectly healthy and measured exactly with our same due date of March 22, 2013.

Here’s a link to a video about what will be happening with our baby in the next several weeks until we hit the third trimester at 28 weeks.

http://www.babycenter.com/2_inside-pregnancy-weeks-21-to-27_10312242.bc

We have a lot of changes to look forward to in the next year of our lives. I will be getting my Associates Degree in December and then taking a break from school for a while, I’ll still work until  a little bit before the baby is born though. David will be graduating in April with his Bachelors, he’ll get a summer internship and then we’ll head off to who knows where for Grad school in August. But the biggest and most exciting change will obviously be our addition to the family, our little baby girl. I love her already and I can’t wait to meet her.