Ooohh the sight of it...

Mind if I vent for just a brief moment...?

I've spent this whole trimester mad at [biblical] Eve for eating the fruit from the Garden of Eden way back when. I know all it says in the Bible is that God punished her by causing childbirth to hurt but I'm convinced that God said "childbirth is going to hurt, etc, etc...basically you're gonna be sick and stuff". The first trimester of pregnancy is laaame. My second trimester begins the first week of April and I'm counting down the days. I recently purchased a book called "Belly Laughs" by Jenny McCarthy. She candidly explains her first and only pregnancy and it's so refreshing to hear someone else verbalize exactly what I'm thinking. It's especially nice to read after you lie to people about how you feel..."I feel great! [only not really, I feel like crap], this is such a blessing and I'm super excited! [only I'm faking this bubbly mood right now]...everything's rainbows and sunshine!...[only without the rainbows and more like black clouds and hurricanes]". My food aversions have consistently remained difficult and Italian food has always sounded capital Deee-sgusting. I cannot STAND Olive Garden commercials. What sounds good today will be completely different from what I'll want tomorrow. It goes like this:

Monday: Macaroni and cheese

Tuesday: Burritos...forgot the lettuce...
Alex: "I can't have burritos without lettuce! I have to have that lettuce!" [and I made a special trip back to the grocery store for $1 lettuce while Isaiah looked at me like this...]

Wednesday: Isaiah names off whats in the pantry..."macaroni and cheese?"....
Alex: "YUCK!...how bout BBQ"

Thursday: Breakfast food

Friday: Isaiah mentions the left over burrito fixings...
Alex: "SICK! How about Red Velvet cake?"

Saturday: Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans

Sunday: Isaiah...afraid to ask..."Sunday morning breakfast...?"
Alex: "Biscuits...but only with Apple Butter...please :)"

It's not entirely worth it for me to go out to eat anymore. Since I haven't felt good, I haven't been eating normal portions [and I think my stomach shrank]. I've always been one to pile a mountain of food [I can't eat] on my plate but now I have to remind myself that I can only eat 1 egg and 1 piece of toast when I feel like breakfast food. Quick story: One night Isaiah brought home a pizza [funny how all of my stories about Isaiah begin that way], I had one slice and didn't want any more and he goes "YES!" excited that he had an entire pizza all to himself :)

I had to ask my doctor at my first appointment if I was allowed to have caffeine and she said it was completely fine as long as I limit myself to no more than 4 glasses a day [1 or 2 being ideal]. I thought "oh good because I was going to drink sweet tea anyway"...haha!...not really...but seriously....
My child is going to come out Southern whether he or she likes it or not!

My next doctor's appointment has been changed. It's now March 16th. I'll keep you guys posted! :)

A First Time Grandmother's Reaction

The long awaited video has arrived! Isaiah and I are seriously considering sending this in to America's Funniest Home Videos...hey we could use an easy 10 grand for the baby! :)

p.s.) I apologize I haven't updated the blog very much! We've been experiencing internet delays at the Adams household.

And let the feedback begin! I wanna hear everyone's thoughts on this one!

First Doctor's Appointment

6 Weeks

Isaiah and I had SO much fun today!!

Our appointment started with an ultrasound that showed us our little bean (with a heart attached) which was our favorite part. They let us know that I was 6 weeks instead of 8 like they estimated and that my official due date is September 27th. There wasn't any sound at this appointment but we got to watch the heart beat which made everything so real and joyful! The x-ray tech told us that the baby's heart rate was in the 200's and it sounded wonderful. My sister told me that there's an old wives tale that says that if your baby's heart rate is in the higher digits, it's a girl, if it's lower (in the 100's), it's a boy...we shall see!

After the ultrasound I got to meet with my doctor (who was fabulous, and I loved). She spent a lot of time with me answering all of our questions so that we left feeling completely informed. Plus her office environment is like going to a spa. I thought to myself, "why have I been going to anyone else for my OBGYN appointments!?"

After we spoke with the doctor it was off to take blood and then we were done. The whole appointment took about 2 hours. I'm scheduled to see my doctor once a month and will only have one more ultrasound (which will be around 20 weeks- beginning of May) to let us know the sex and the overall health of the baby since it will be much more developed at that time. 

I found out that my prenatals were the main source of my sickness so my doctor advised me to stop taking those during my first trimester and start taking Flinstone vitamins instead (YAY! those are so yummy!). Once I hit my second trimester, I'll be able to start back on the prenatals. So in addition to the Flinstones, I'll want to eat and drink lots of things with calcium, fiber, and folic acid...

I'm off to the grocery store :) 

And Then There Were Three...

It's official! I'm pregnant! Isaiah and I found out the good news Tuesday (Jan 17th). Oddly enough, the 17th was always our anniversary when we were dating. I guess that day still brings us sweet little blessings :)

• Currently I'm estimated to be 7 weeks along
• My estimated due date is September 11th
• My first doctor's appointment is February 3rd (we'll get more definitive dates at this visit)

I've been extremely blessed in that I haven't experienced any (severe) morning sickness, however, I definitely feel nauseous from time to time making it a challenge to find something to eat that sounds good. My two biggest obstacles are 1.) feeling completely lethargic all the time and 2.) the mood swings that no one could've prepared me for...prayer helps with that :)

I've been capturing reactions to the news of my pregnancy on video lately. One from Isaiah, one from his mother Patty (who will be a first time Grandmother, or Lola, as we'll call her :)

Isaiah's video comes with a funny story. Since the audio isn't very loud this is a good prologue...

The night that I found out I was pregnant, I came home from work, tested in the guest bathroom downstairs, put my groceries away, and quickly peaked my head in the bathroom to see what I thought was going to be a white stick that says "Not Pregnant". As you can guess, I gave myself whiplash when I noticed the "Not" in front of "Pregnant" wasn't there. I've never seen what that looks like!! Naturally, I laughed...then cried...then laughed hysterically...then bawled my eyes out. Isaiah proceeds to call shortly afterwards to let me know he'll be home in 15 minutes..."get it together woman!" my psyche said...I immediately got the idea that I wanted to tell Isaiah by having him help me fold laundry only to find a pair of baby socks at the bottom of the pile. I ran to the Dollar Store up the street, purchased some ugly baby socks (you certainly get what you pay for), ran home, dumped the clothes on the bed, shoved the socks on the bottom (strategically of course), set up the camera, and paced for 5 minutes. Isaiah walks in with a large pizza and the first thing out of my mouth is "hey could you set that down real quick and help me fold some clothes?"...I have the best husband in the world...he says "sure!" without even blinking. We walk upstairs and he acknowledges the camera, but doesn't say anything about it. As we make small talk and the stack whittles down to just socks, the baby socks are sitting dead center (with all the other socks surrounding them) and Isaiah still doesn't notice. Ironically, he holds up one of my socks and says "look at this little baby sock!" as I thought..."yeah look at THAT baby sock". His eyes quickly glance over to the (actual) baby socks and he says..."look how small THOSE socks are!! Those can't be your socks!!"...to which my response was revealing that I was pregnant :) ...Watch, and enjoy.

Video of Patty's reaction to come...

Thank you to everyone whose already begun to pray for us. We certainly appreciate everyone's prayers now more than ever. Thank all of you for your support and excitement!