I'm Pregnant...

So most of you know by now that I am pregnant, 13 weeks at this point! A very good friend complained the other day that I have not posted anything in FOREVER...and I responded "Well, now you know why...I have had one thing, and one thing only I wanted to talk about and I COULDN'T!!!" However, a few weeks ago I wrote a few blog entries about what was happening at the time, knowing that I would post them now. Hope you find this one entertaining...

9 Weeks Pregnant - Last Week of July...

No one could ever quite grasp how difficult it is having the biggest secret in the world…or at least in your own “little world” and not being able to tell anyone about it. Unless of course, you too have been pregnant and tried to wait the 12 weeks before telling everyone. Talking to your best friends in the whole wide world as if nothing is different…pretending not to be MISERABLY sick when all you want to do is complain…and not being able to explain to anyone why you’ve been forced to go to bed for the past few weeks at 8pm because you just cannot hold your eyes open for one more second! This has felt like the longest, most amazing, 12 weeks of my entire life!

Luckily I got to tell my parents at 8 weeks…we knew we had to tell them as we were afraid they would figure it out anyway. It was a blast and the reactions were varied, but all were equally excited to be grandparents!

Ty went with me to the 8 week appointment…I don’t know that I have ever been so worked up about a doctors appointment. I just wanted to know everything was ok, and it was. I have included the first picture below…


The baby is the peanut shaped blob to the right...not too impressive just yet, but there and with an awesome heart beat!

Bless Ty’s heart…he had to be in the room while I had a FULL OBGYN visit…poor thing was in shock I think J. No matter what, I have to say, this was a growing experience. Neither of us could confide in anyone else so for weeks we just itched to talk to one another…but we still may have to reevaluate this whole 12 weeks thing in the future!

Update...

A good friend reminded me today that I have not given an update on mom in a while, thanks Merrit :-). Mom seems to be doing well. She had a little bit of stomach pain with her last round of chemo, but it doesn't seem to be as severe so she's just taking it one day at a time. She's eating well and is putting some weight back on, and that is a VERY positive thing!

Unfortunately, she has a bit of a rash coming up on her tummy. We're hoping that it isn't anything, but this has happened before and may mean a new drug again. Unfortunately, the drugs that work the best also tend to eventually cause mom's body to start reacting badly. We just need a few more rounds, and it looks as though she could go in remission again! So hopefully the rash will fade and chemo can happen again this month on schedule.

In Macon, not too much new stuff here. Ty's still pursuing jobs, and we both are trying to stay positive about all the options! Both of us will just be very happy to be settled in and know what God has in store for the next year...my constant lesson in life seems to be for patience! Thank you all for your prayers, and hopefully I will have more good and exciting news in the next few weeks!