I think I felt the baby move today! I know I'm only 12 weeks, and maybe that's too early. But I swear I think it was. It was this morning, I hit snooze on my alarm clock at 6 am and went back to lay down, while I was laying there trying to wake up I felt this strange feeling in my tummy. It almost felt like a muscle spasm, but a little different. I got really excited because I thought it could be the baby. So I got up and went for a walk, when I got back I felt it again while I was in the shower. I still wasn't totally sure it was the baby. I told Nick when he woke up and he tried to feel it, but I don't think he could. I felt it again after I drank a decaf hot tea this afternoon. It had some sugar in it, so maybe it hyped the baby up a little. I don't really know. You may think it's too early for me to feel it, but I really think I can. It's like a flutter in my lower tummy. It's very special to me , I'm so excited about it! I'm looking foward to the baby growing and feeling more.

Thanks for keeping up with the journal everyone! I've really enjoyed reading the guest book. Hope you all have a great day!

Since I reached the 12 week mark I thought that my morning sickness would go away altogether, but that is clearly not the case. Yesterday morning before church I threw up. (sorry about the gory details, expect more, I'm just being honest) It was the usual routine, brushing my teeth tends to upset my stumach for some reason. Then this morning I wake up and feel fine. I woke up an hour early so I could do my pregnancy pilates dvd that I just bought. So I start it and 20 minutes in to the workout it hits me (I was going to be sick right then!), and I knew I couldn't make it to the bathroom so I just ran to the laundry room trash. I had hoped that the morning workout would make me feel good, but it backfired on me. Oh well, I really felt better by about 9 o' clock which is also very normal. If I could only sleep in everyday until 9 I believe I would miss the sickness completely. But I know things could be worse, so I don't want to complain too much. I have started to show a little tiny bit. I have a little baby bump. It's not something people would notice, but Nick and I noticed it last night and today. Also I'm starting to get the line down the center of my stumach, it's very faint though. It's really fun to start to feel pregnant and not just sick. I'm so looking foward to a big pregnant belly and cute maternity clothes. I'm already stocking up my closet.  

For some reason last night I became so stressed out about everything. I know most of it was hormones, but also I'm going through a lot of changes right now. I'm about to graduate college, and looking for a teaching job to start in Januaray. Nick and I are looking for a house to buy and dealing with the banks and all that comes with the huge process of buying a house. This wasn't exactly a planned pregnancy, so now we just want to work hard to get prepared for the when the baby comes. I know we want to have a house and I would like to be working so we could have the extra income. So with all of those thoughts racing through my head last night, I could not fall asleep until about 2am. So this morning Nick and I slept in until about 9:30 which was so nice. And when we got up, we both decided to really clean and organize our house.  Nick rearranged some furniture for me, and I did some decorating changes to a few rooms. Surprisingly, it made me feel a whole lot better. Having a clean and beautiful house really unstresses me. I can enjoy doing everyday tasks so much if my surroundings are in order and personalized. So this has been a great thing for me. And it took a lot of my stress away.

Hi, I'm Stacey and this is my first pregnancy. My husband and I have been married for just over a year now, and we were plesantly surprised with the news that we would soon be having our first child.  I found out that I was pregnant at the end of August, and we started telling friends and family as soon as we knew. Some people wait, we couldn't, we were much too excited. Both my mother and mother-in-law cried with excitment, and our dad's were a little shocked, but also happy for us. I went to the doctor at 6 weeks and got ultrasound pictures and all of those routine tests that they have to do on your first visit. I found out that my due date is May 8, 2008, so by next summer I'll have a little adorable bundle of joy. I can hardly believe it. My husband of coarse wants a boy, and I don't care, I just want a healthy happy baby. I have had a lot of "morning sickness", I quote that because it has not only been mornings but day times and night, and I'm a small girl already, but I've lost weight since I've been pregnant. I was normally consistantly weighing 108lbs, but now consistantly weigh 102-104lbs, so not a huge amount that I lost, but I'm suppose to be growing here. The great news is today marks the beginning of my 2nd Trimester, and I'm hoping with that the morning sickness will subside. So we will see. I hope that you will follow along with the pregnancy, especially friends and family that come to this site to remain updated. I love to blog, so you should hear a lot more from me in the future. Have a great weekend everyone!