And Baby Makes Three

So I said I would never start at blog. But a I also said I would never have a facebook or myspace page. Now I have both. I guess that goes to show you should never speak with such finality. I also foolishly said once that I would never have children. I really don't know why I said that, but I guess you'll say anything at eighteen to get attention. Well, here I am now, at 26 and knocked up :-) On our four year anniversary, Tim and I found out that we were having a baby. My hands were shaking as I held the positive pregnancy test. I just cried and shook. Then I thought, "Wow, this is for real...no turning back now." Now, I'm three month's along and about to complete the first tri-mester. My belly is definitely pertruding and getting round. I'm quite tired and haven't had much of an appetite, but slowing those things are finally starting to turn around. Now all I'm thinking is when can I make monkey bread?

I feel blessed to have several other friends who are all pregnant as well. It's nice to have such a support system during such a critical time. Although it can be a bit overwhelming when you find yourself having to wade through all of the advice, I love having the options to call about 4 different wonderful women whenever I have a questions....ie "Meredith, my breath smells horrible...what is wrong with me!"

Well, I should probably say a bit more about my family that right now consists of my husband and my two dogs. Tim is my husband of 4 years. We've known each other since we were 12 (sappy, I know) but we weren't high school sweethearts. Although we didn't start dating until after college, I knew I wanted to marry him when I was 19. After college we got married and moved around quite a bit. Our first three years of marriage where quite a whirlwind, but I'll speak about that later. We have a shih-tzu Mimi who is acting security guard at our house, and an Australian Shepherd who just wants to have fun. We call dogs "great life decisions" and couldn't imagine not having them. It's so nice to come home to two creatures who think you hung the moon. And of course, our newest addtion is due in our household February 13th and we can't wait. I think Tim is actually more anxious for him/her to get here than I am. I don't think he's had a single freak out session, but I have had many. Ah well, I'll blame it on the hormones.