What Does Pregnant Feel Like?

Seriously. I know that I've had 3 tests come back positive, but even so, I don't FEEL pregnant. And while I'm grateful that I don't have the morning sickness that everyone else seems to have, I guess I was expecting something. Not sure what, but something. I thought that maybe I was going to end up with evening sickness instead, but that only lasted for about 2 days. Now I feel fine again. No sickness, no cravings, no crazy emotional swings (except for the usual) and no anything else either. Maybe I'm just expecting too much. But from where I'm sitting pregnant doesn't feel any different from un-pregnant. About the only thing that's changed at all is the fact that I have to pee more often.

Telling His Parents

I was about to burst. I had to tell someone. I've already made flight arrangements to go home and tell my mom in person, but I just had to spill the beans to someone. So we decided to tell Rod's parents. But we wanted to do something different then burst into their house and yell it. So we decided to make them a Christmas Wish List. They've asked us a couple of times for ideas of things that we want for Christmas, and we didn't know what to tell them. Now we finally did. Instead of writing down the wish list, we made a photo wish list. Imagine, here we are running through Wal-Mart taking pictures of things like milk, pickles, apple juice, stuffed animals, gift cards and finally a stroller and diapers. They finally started to see the theme in the little photo book we gave them.

But for now, it is still a secret. Until I tell my mom when I go home to Philly, this blog isn't even public. Once mom knows, then I'll be able to tell the world.

We're Pregnant

Well, I guess that's not entirely true. As Rod has pointed out to me several times already, I am the one who's pregnant. He is just along for the ride.

So, we found out on Monday, November 17th. What a shocker. While I was pretty sure before the lab tests came back, it was still a surprise to have the doctor's office call me to say congratulations. Then of course a flood of emotions ran through me. I was nervous and excited and happy and a little bit worried. I know that we have 9 months to get ready for our new family member...but it just seems like such a short period of time. There are a million things to do and we have approximately 252 days to get it all done. So here starts the countdown.