Finally our Secret Revealed!

Ok, so I didn't post anything after the last dr's appointment. All was well - got more ultrasound pics of the little nugget. Next appt is January 6th, and Daniel will be coming with me this time because we might be able to determine the sex. I am just about 14 weeks at this point and into the 2nd trimester! What an amazing ride this has been so far.
The doctor was concerned that I had lost 6 lbs from my first appt. She doesn't want me losing more weight, so insisted that I start taking my anti-nausea medicine more consistently. So far I have been doing that and have only thrown up a couple more times since then. Still tired a lot, run out of energy fast, but I am pretty sure the weight thing won't be an issue again. I know lots of women don't get as sick as I have been, but I know there are those who have it much worse. At work I am trying to use this as a tool to "relate" with some of the people I talk to (hey, I'm in sales after all...) & a couple of the women have been hospitalized during their pregnancies due to dehydration.
Tomorrow we tell our families! I hope everything goes perfectly, but I know when it comes to these kinds of things that I nothing is going to be predictable. During presents with my family we are going to "forget" my mom's present until the very end, and then have her read a poem I wrote. Giving her a pretty pearl necklace since the baby will be born in June and that is June's birthstone. Then for Daniel's parents he took one of the ultrasound pics and made it bigger and put "Can I be your grandbaby?" on it in a really pretty frame. Hopefully they will all be surprised and happy! I am almost scared to tell them after all this time of keeping our secret (mostly) to ourselves.
Well wish us luck!

Little Baby T

So it's been a while since I posted anything. I have been feeling absolutely miserable and have had nothing new to report. I have a dr's appointment tomorrow morning but am not anticipating anything too exciting to come from it. Pee in a cup? Check. Get group-groped? Check. Have blood drawn? Check. I will try to post if we find out anything earth-shattering.

I am almost in week 12, which means almost in the 2nd trimester, which is so exciting! We are pretty sure no one has guessed our secret yet, or if they have they have kept quiet. Daniel's mom asked me the other day if I had lost weight (HA!), so apparently I am hiding it well. Poor Daniel is keeping things together like a saint. Grocery shopping, cleaning, getting rid of smells I find unpleasant...and all the while he is in school, trying to study for a big test for work, and also get adjusted to his job that he's only had for a few months, after all.

Sometimes I wonder what on earth possesses people to have children! If I had honestly known this is what I would be going through right now, let's just say I would have waited. Maybe as the pregnancy progresses I will start to feel more of a bond with the baby, but right now it is merely "the parasite" or "the only child." I am documenting this not for sympathy, but hopefully to remind myself that the next time I get the brilliant idea to procreate maybe I will take a few moments to fully weigh the decision & all it's implications. You know, there are plenty of children out there in search of a good home!

On a lighter note, Daniel & I have been discussing our options for names. We still like Chloe for a girl. He likes Cailey, but I tell him that's just switching around the letters in Chloe. We were also contemplating an homage to our mothers - something like Lorianne or Loriana, but I don't know if that's too strange. Then for a boy, we still like Aidan. But we have been discussing a lot of different options, and funnily enough Atticus was one that Daniel brought up. He loves it! And of course I love it, considering one of my favorite books of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird. But I just don't know if it's right for little baby Tafoya. We shall see!

Sorry to be so Debbie Downer - this is partially why I haven't written in a while! But I am excited for Christmas and finally getting to tell our families (if they cooperate, that is...) we have some pretty special things planned for the big day, so cross your fingers!