Week 9, Day 4.....214 Days Left

It's amazing how fast your life can change just by peeing on a stick...well, not literally of course, but finding out that way...Six weeks ago, I was shocked, upset, and angry that the little positive sign showed up rather than a negative. I think I expressed every emotion except happiness, excitement and joy- the feelings you're supposed to have when you're expecting. But, that's what happens when pregnancy was the last thing you wanted.

Needless to say, my thoughts and emotions have changed drastically...partly because of my wonderful boyfriend, Jim. He had the same reaction as I did- angry and upset- not at me of course- but at the situation. But we had a decision to make-- we could either be happy or be upset--make this a positive "situation" or a negative one. Why not turn it into a positive? So, that's what we did!

Now, Jim is probably more excited than I am to be a daddy, mainly because I'm still in my first trimester and am having pains, aches, nausea, and extremely moody.

This is our first baby- we have no clue what we're doing but we are learning together- one thing I'm happy about it- this happened with the right person- (which he says the same thing about me). We are each others' best friend and love each other more than anything- why not share that with someone we both created?

So, I'm 9 weeks (according to my last period). Jim thinks I'm farther along because I'm already showing pretty well and I'm showing all the signs and symptoms of someone who is 12-13 weeks along...BUT...we won't know officially until our first ultrasound, which is one April 22-- a week and a half from now. We are very excited about that appointment because we'll get to see what the little guy/gal looks like!

The belly- so, like I said, I'm definitely showing. I hate wearing my jeans so I bought my first pair of maternity pants today because 1- I'll need them eventually and 2- They're uber comfortable, so why not?! :) My belly button is uber strange...I usually have a semi-deep belly button but it's not as deep, which is kinda cool. I'm using that Palmers Stretch Mark lotion everyday to prevent stretch marks- I'm hoping that will work.

Cravings- I don't know what the superstition says about relating certain food cravings with determining the sex of the baby, but I am definitely craving fruit...all the time! I can't get enough of it. Greasy, meaty foods gross me out (except bacon).

Names- So, I'm not disclosing any information yet but we pretty much decided early on what our "girl name" would be...so that wasn't an issue...it was the 'boy name" that was a pain! Jim and I both kept blanking on boy names and we didn't like anything that we saw online. The problem with figuring out names is Jim's last name-- it's very...common...so we didn't want a common and or traditional first name. Since we had already decided a girl name, we were excited to have a baby girl...but I wanted to be excited about having a boy also-- having a name ready (I think) bring its more excitement....so we finally decided on a boy name today! It's really adorable, but still a name that will fit an adult-- which is important.