A New Year!

I have been thinking about 2008 and all of the wonderful new things that happened in mine and Josh's life. Before 2008, I wasn't even sure that I wanted to have children! But, over the first few months of 2008, I began thinking about how wonderful it would be to have a baby and watch him or her grow up before my eyes. I realized that I didn't care that I wasn't finished with my master's degree and I didn't care that I was only 22 years old, and all of the things that I was so worried about completing before I had children really weren't that important in the scope of things. So, Josh and I talked and talked and talked about it and prayed and prayed and prayed about it and we felt it was the right thing to do and it was the right timing and everything so we started trying for a baby in March. This is after we bought our second house the end of February and moved to Clinton!

I really was thinking that it would take us a while to have a baby. I was on birth control for 7 years and I figured it would take us a while, but on August 5th, I took the test and it said "pregnant"! Shocked, scared, and so happy are the only things that I felt at that moment.

I spent the first 15-16 weeks of my pregnancy completely miserable. I was so sick everyday, all day. I wanted to kill whatever man came up with the term "morning sickness" because no woman who has ever woken up at 1130 at night throwing up would EVER call it morning sickness!! For a little bit, I wondered if it was all going to be worth it, honestly. I thought I would never stop throwing up, I thought I would never start gaining weight, and I thought my doctor would not stop hounding me about not gaining weight!! Kinda tough to gain weight when you are borrowing food!

But, one day, I woke up and I wasn't nauseous. I knew it was too good to be true, so I was just happy for that day and expected it back the next day. But the next day, I felt even better! I have felt wonderful ever since then!!

I'm now 27 weeks pregnant - starting the 3rd and final trimester! I can't believe that my son will be here is 13ish weeks, depending on when I go into labor! I am still very much for a natural birth - no I'm not saying that I won't use any of the drugs that are available because I will be needing them, but I don't want a c-section if I can avoid it!! Just something about it scares me...I can't believe I'm going to be a real mother in 13ish weeks!

We don't really have anything ready for him!! We just bought the paint for the nursery like last week and Josh just started taping the walls yesterday. I think he's going to start painting today, but it will take him a little while to actually finish because two walls will be brown and two walls will be green so he's going to have to paint two walls, let them dry fully, take down the tape, and retape at the corners so he doesn't mix the paints! I really wasn't thinking when I decided about how to paint the room! But, I know everything will come together before he gets here, I hope!!

I start classes again on january 20th. This class will be over March 3rd and I won't take another class until June. I have a baby shower scheduled too! The one at work will be March 5th after school. I can't wait cause Valerie and Katie are saying they are going to come for it! I hope they both make it cause I miss them so much at work! The place is a little boring without them - I'm not lucky like some of the other schools in my district where the majority of the teachers are younger. The majority of the teachers are 35+ where I work now, since Katie and VPatt left me! We have a couple of new teachers that are about my age so that makes it a little better, but none are in my same boat with a baby either on the way or have a baby at home.....

The only bad thing that 2009 holds for our family is the fact that my mother in law was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer on new years eve. She will have a lumpectomy this Tuesday to remove it and she will begin radiation in about a month. She will more than likely have to have chemo as well because of her hormone levels being so low. She is a fighter and I know everything will be okay, but it is still scary and hard for Josh and the rest of us.

I am excited about the changes and surprises in store for us in 2009!!