It's official!

Chase and I decided that it was time to start our own little family. So... we decided not to try in January because if we did and if I ended up pregnant, there would be no Canada trip. From what I understand that wouldn't be good. So, we decided to start trying after January. Well, February came... I seemed to be pretty regular for the past 3 months or so. When the end of the month came, the 25th to be exact, and I hadn't started I had a feeling we were pregnant. I had been feeling the symptoms I normally felt around the time of my cycle, so I didn't think anything, until I hadn't started. I had a pregnancy test, and it was expired so I decided to use it anyway. This was Tuesday, February 26th. Chase was at clinicals. We had talked the night before, and he told me to take the test and call him once I had a result. Well, I took the test and sure enough, a little + - showed up on the display. I thought, "you have got to be kidding, we never really tried". I had always thought it would take me a while to get pregnant because it took my mom a very long time. So, I tried calling Chase but he didn't answer, so I sent him a text asking him if he was ready to be a daddy. He called me before he read the text, which was better. That day Chase checked online about an expired pregnancy test and it basically told us we should try again. So that tuesday right when I got off work, I ran to Wal-mart to buy another test. Thankfully I had Young Womens on tuesday, so it made the night go by fast. Wednesday morning I woke up and went straight to the toilet. I was nervous/excited. Sure enough, that test on tuesday was correct. I ran in and woke Chase up and of course, he couldn't go back to sleep!
We've determined that I'm about 4 weeks along. That makes my due date November 3rd. Thankfully I haven't had any morning sickness!!! I've found that when my tummy is empty I get nauseous, but other than that, and being exhausted when I come home from work at night, I'm doing really well. I had always assumed I would be hugging the toilet every morning, but that hasn't happened yet... cross my fingers!!
Some of the thoughts I've had over the past few days are...

• I wonder what the baby will look like.


• What do I need to do to deliver a healthy baby?


• All the many changes my body will experience.


• How am I going to announce it to everyone... especially my mom.


• What am I going to do about our Disneyland trip in 2 weeks?


• How much weight will I gain?


• How will my back handle the pregnancy?


• How will I decorate the nursery once we buy our own home in a few months?


• I need to eat really good so I don't get sick or fat... haven't done so well on this one tonight, I've already had a big bowl of ice cream.

We've decided that we don't want to tell anyone until after our first doctor appointment on the 27th. At that time I'll be 8 weeks along and hopefully they'll be able to tell by then how the baby is doing. It's so strange to think that I'm pregnant... it hasn't sunk in yet. My hope is to keep this a secret, so hopefully I don't spill the beans. My plan is to update this daily if possible. I want to get good at it so I can use it for the baby. Chase and I already have names picked out, so that's helpful. I just hope I can do all I need to, to have an easy pregnancy. I have a lot running through my mind right now of all the things I want to accomplish before I have this baby. Better get started!!