The Smell of Coffee in the Morning...

9 weeks pregnant - only 31 to go! Haha.
This week has been interesting. I learned that I do absolutely need to take my anti-nausea medicine or I will seriously regret it. Even when I do take it regularly it doesn't guarantee anything. All of the women I have talked this over with seem to think my case is a little extreme, which is lovely. Apparently everyone else has a great time being pregnant! Luckily, the only aversion I have is to coffee and eggs. Unluckily, my entire work building REEKS of coffee because we have a Starbucks right next to my department. I have probably thrown up at work more often than at home because of that...
We had the perfect opportunity last Sunday to tell my family about the baby, but it didn't happen because we had not prepared ourselves what to say to make it more than just a random outburst. So, we are resigned to wait until Christmas. It's going to be a long month! We are keeping busy moving into our new house, but apparently when I ordered our appliances I scheduled them a week later than I thought. So while I am at work Daniel has been trying to fix it so that we have a refrigerator in our house the first week we are living there (!). I am blaming that on the pregnancy.
Anyway, if I don't post anything until this time next week have a happy Thanksgiving!

Dear Family...

No new developments to report in baby world. We are supposed to be closing on our house in one week but haven't heard anything from our mortgage lady in a while. The last we heard was in regards to our appraisal which came in a little higher than what we are paying. We are trying to decide what to do with all our stuff when we move (keeping in mind we want to keep one bedroom free for baby, but are going from a fully furnished three bedroom house to another). This means our extra bed that my sister uses when she spends the night might have to go away or else go into the living room haha. That would make me a little sad, but we need the other bedroom for an office.
So I was walking back to my desk at work today after a session with the porcelain god in the restroom and ran right into the executive director of my department. He is the nicest guy, and I didn't want him to think that I was unhappy/sick-of-work, so when he asked how I was doing I blurted out that I am pregnant. He was really excited and talked to me for a while about it, but I felt kind of dumb for having a big mouth. I mean, I spent six hours with my older sister and her kids yesterday and didn't say anything! Oh well...
Dear family, I hope you know this is agony for me to have this secret. I wish you would all get together at a convenient time and place for me to confess the impending arrival of this baby.
Love, Shannon :)

The Little Things

Update! Doctor's appointment went really well - I got to actually meet my doctor: Shannon Moorehead. I don't know why I chose her out of all the doctors out there (haha), but I do like her! Got to see the little hybernating nugget via ultrasound & hear the heartbeat! Daniel wasn't there since he had to be at work, but I knew he would have been so excited. The next ultrasound is not until week 18, which is in January, and that's when they determine the sex. And the official due date per Dr. Moorehead is June 26th.
So that was the really great part of the day. I did have to go in to work after the appointment (my lovely 11:30-8pm shift), and it was seriously the most miserable 8 hours of my life. I threw up 5 times and thought I was going to die!
Luckily the dr gave me a prescription for Zofran, which Daniel filled for me yesterday. I have to let it dissolve on my tongue (sick), but it has really helped. We went to my nephew's baby blessing this morning (so good), then went for breakfast and I ate a full meal! My first full meal in a couple weeks! Then we went and ran all of our errands without a problem and even went to the movies & had popcorn! You know, sometimes it's the little things in life that make a difference. I hope things are smooth sailing from here, but even if they're not, I will definitely be grateful for today.
Anyway, as far as telling our families...well the longer we wait the easier it is getting. We'd really like to plan the perfect time to make it fun & memorable, but if we can't wait until Christmas then I don't really know when the best time to break the news would be. My older sister is not going to be at my mom's for Thanksgiving, and we're not even sure what Daniel's family is doing that day at all. I kind of wish the stars would align and point us in the right direction...maybe they still will. :)