7/14/13

7/14/13 will be the day my life changes forever. For the better.

It's my due date.

It's another one of the reason's I've been pretty quiet on the blog. I've sort of made this blog about every aspect of my life, and I just wasn't ready to talk about it yet. I got the positive test on November 3rd. As someone who generally has a very small filter and shares a lot of aspects of my life, it was very very hard NOT to talk about it. But after what happened the last time, I kept my mouth shut. And that was hard.

We told very very few people at first - a few family members and a few close friends. As my pregnancy progressed and we reached mile stones (saw the heartbeat, etc) we began to tell more people. And now I'm telling the world! Baby Ford is coming! And we couldn't be more excited.

We had our 12 week ultrasound today. The heartbeat was measuring at 168bpm which is really good. The tech  was able to get the measurements she needed before the baby woke up and started moving around like crazy. It even waved its little arms and I cried. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, and I seriously cannot wait for this baby. I'm already so in love.

I've been pretty lucky as far as symptoms - my major one is fatigue. I get tired very easily and usually have to be in bed by 9. Some days even earlier. I got occasional nausea but I haven't thrown up (yet). I think  my body is handling the pregnancy pretty well, which I think is a good sign.

So now, pictures!!

This is our first ultrasound at 6w4d. We first saw the heartbeat on this day!

8w5d

Today! At 12w1d. Measuring right on track!

I've neglected my blog

Sorry, blog. I've been neglecting you.

I had planned on writing a "What I'm Thankful for..." post around Thanksgiving. Christmas just passed, so that obviously didn't happen.

First, catching up. Things have been pretty crazy since I last wrote. School kept me busy, naturally. This semester really killed me. It wasn't that my work load was too much, it was just that I felt I had zero time to work on anything. Because of my class and practicum schedule, I had to work on everything on the weekend. Unfortunately, I didn't spend a lot of time with Sean. It sucked. We've been able to spend more time together now that school is out. And next semester, I was able to change my schedule so I'll have two days off during the week. Which means more time to work on school assignments during the week and more time to spend with my husband So that'll be nice.

The week of Thanksgiving we went home. We got to visit friends and family. We also go to start the process of planning our move home. We looked at several townhouses/duplexes and there wasn't one that we didn't like. Now we're just working on securing a place, picking a date to move in and really planning the move home. I graduate May 14th. Ideally, I'd like to move home May 15th, lol. I know that won't happen, but I would love to be in Columbia by June 1st. I can't really express in words my excitement to move home. These next 5 months can fly by, as far as I'm concerned. I hate to wish away time like that. But seriously. I need to be home.

So now that I'm on break from school, I have some plans. I want to organize my desk (as it's a hot mess), catch up on sleep, spend time with my boys (Sean & Tank) and write in my blog at least once a week. I'm gonna try to continue that trend once school starts too, but we'll see.

Anyway, I have much more to say, but I think I'll save it for another time. Until next time, blog...