10 weeks - do over

Cravings: lots of fruit. Pizza. sandwiches and salads. Sometimes chocolate


Turn offs: fast food burgers. Taco bell

TODAY is your first doctor appointment. I am beyond excited! I feel like a child on Christmas morning. Just waiting... and waiting.. and more waiting.. the minutes feel like hours. I am waiting for Dad to get home to take me to the doctor. I am drinking TONS of water, because they said it will be the best way to get a great picture of you. The last 4 weeks seems to have taken forever just waiting for this day. We will get to hear your little heart beat, and finally have picture proof to show everyone just what is going on with us.

I have not been updating Facebook or my "normal" blog or even emailing Uncle Josh, because I feel so tempted to blow the secret if I spend more than 5 minutes on there. THIS IS SO HARD! This weekend we will tell everyone at family dinner and after that the cat is pretty much of out the bag.

I debated telling everyone earlier than later. Before I was even pregnant, I would make fun of the people that told right away. There is always a chance you could miscarry and it would be so hard to tell everyone if that happened. So, in my mind, I had said I would wait till the appropriate 12 weeks before announcing. HA! The minute I found out I wanted to shout it from the roof tops. Zach had to calm me down and would remind me not to tell everyone just yet. We slowly are telling people. I guess it is more fun this way. We get to see lots of different reactions. Just be prepared its not always going to be the marching band playing, jumping up and down screaming reaction you are always hoping for. Its usually a very "normal" and not super excited "oooohhhhh, good for you guys" or the always favorite "so was it planned?" Maybe people are just caught off guard by the news and are not quite sure how to handle it? Either way, I will now try to act super excited when someone tells me they are pregnant.

So there you are little one. We saw you today. We were so excited! If you look at this picture and turn your head to the left a little, you look like a duck. So hence, your new name must be "ducky". Sorry kid. You were beating away in there, just like mommy told you to. Doctor says you look great. Turns out we are only at 9 weeks instead of 10, which is fine by me. Your new due date is October 1st, the same as Uncle Nate.
I hope you know just how much I love you already. I had to get blood work and face one of my biggest fears; needles. I know this is a silly fear and I hope you don't get it as well. It is honestly one of the hardest things for me. I still at 23 years old... cry. I know, I'm a huge baby.