I have my doctor's appointment this afternoon. I do love him! He's very personable and I feel at ease with him as well. He'll get me all situated with an OB here. I want to tell my mother SO bad!! I've been on the phone with her everyday since I found out, but I haven't said anything. She's been off and shopping with my aunt for Christmas. I really want to tell her to pick out  a newborn outfit for the little one as well, but I'm biting my tongue. I know it will be great news and she'll be so happy to find out...but I just want it to be special. I waited two weeks last time before telling her since I wanted to do it in person instead of over the phone, but a month is a lot harder!

I have been dropping hints...but she's not so good with those. I will have to tell her before Christmas since she will know when she sees me I think. Not that I'll be in maternity clothes in a month...at least I don't think so..., but if I'm dizzy or queasy she might put two and two together from my last pregnancy. All of my pregnancy stuff is back at her house anyway. We are in the process of moving back home in another 2 months. At least I'll be over the "crappy feeling" stage and into the high energy, I'm invincible stage!

I've thought out how I'm going to tell them too. We are going sometime this week (I need to make an appointment!!) to get our Christmas portraits done. When I see her, I'll hand her the pictures to look through and on the very last one will be a piece of paper with this on it:

Family portraits - $50

Christmas outfites - $100

gas to drive here - $3 a gallon

Knowing there are 4 people in this picture - PRICELESS

I'm letting Ian come up with a way to tell his side, which we will probably do on Christmas Eve since that's when we do  Christmas with them. This is going to be so much fun!! I can't wait to see everyone's reactions! Gotta make sure the camera is charged!!

Ian wanted just one more confirmation with a test, since I still have another 3 days until I miss my period. So, this morning yet another Big Fat Postive line!! I'll call the doctor later this morning to get an appointment this week, so they can get me all set up. I really don't care what practice I go to here, they will only see me twice. I have looked online and found a great practice in Cartersville that I am interested in!! I also did the virtual tour of the Cartersville Medical center...I think that is where I'm going to have my baby. Robin had her baby there and had rave reviews about it! The rooms look 100% nicer than the rooms I had in New Hanover too, and I was fine there! I don't think it really matters where it is as long as it is clean and you have a healthy squirmy worm looking up at you.

I bought William a t-shirt last week that he is going to wear today when we go meet Ian at work...I'm going to be a big brother, but I'd rather have a race car!! I figured if he really knew what we were talking about...his thoughts would be along those lines anyway!

I'm not as nervous about things this time around either. I just trust my body to do what it needs to do. And since this may be my last (we're still talking about that) I want to enjoy this with as little stress as possible.  Though, I think Ian was more nervous than me last time!! Every little thing set him off, when I would just say don't worry...it's my ligament stretching or the ENTIRE week I was contracting and telling him they weren't consistent enough even though they never let up really. I find myself touching my belly more right now...even though I know I don't look pregnant, I feel it and I know someone is in there cooking. I can't wait to meet him/her!! I'm so excited!!

Well, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is calling William and me...off to count and learn colors together!

I'M PREGNANT!! Just took the test this morning. I was bursting to tell someone and then Audrey called up to tell me SHE was pregnant, so we swapped excited stories together! I will be telling everyone else at Christmas. I have a couple of GREAT ideas too! I'm glad our little house we just sold decided to give us one FANTASTIC parting gift!!

Based on my calculations I will be due the week of Aug 2nd to Aug 8th...we could share birthdays!!

November 16, 2007

Just having a few "inklings" you could say...

Haven't "technically" started trying for number two, that will happen next month, but I really have a feeling it happened this month...November 9th to be exact!

This past Wednesday night (the 14th) I noticed my first sign of "tenderness" (no, not the mushy, sentimental feelings either). Yesterday the 15th, I noticed some crampy sensations starting that afternoon and then that evening I had HEARTBURN! I've only had heartburn twice in my entire life...both times...I was pregnant. Well, I'm experiencing heartburn again today too, along with some congestion and MAJOR fatigue! Now we are in the midst of moving tomorrow to our new place (so that definitely has some impacts to this as well I'm sure). But something just keeps nagging me in the back of my mind....little whispers...."you're pregnant". It's too early to take a test, so I will just have to wait and see what happens in the next week and a half.

What a wonderful Christmas gift for everyone if I were!!! :)