then comes baby in a baby carriage

So if you're reading this and going "WHA?!" then you are not connected-the only positive aspect of facebook. 

It's true yours truly and code are about to be up to our elbows in cute and cuddly toys, onsies, and hopefully not headaches :)

I figure I'll start from the beginning with how we found out.  We had been "trying" for a month when I was late though I tried not to get my hopes up cause getting off birth control seemed to have thrown off my usual schedule the previous month.  It was a friday morning and it found me checking out at walmart with pregnancy tests and a bag of chocolates- still wasn't sure whether they would be celebratory or comforting yet.  First test- positive.  I had been so preparing myself for a negative that I never thought of preparing myself for a positive.  It's a crazy rush of feelings: like, really? are you sure cause it would be just too good to be true...

Looking back I guess there were signs.  At the daycare I worked at (emphasis on workED) we were having a turkey lunch for the parents and their kids a couple of weeks before thanksgiving.  The daycare was cooking 10 turkeys and the smell was everywhere and so HEAVY (not that a smell needs to be intense for a pregnant nose to catch it).  Now naturally I don't like the smell of turkey, frankly I think it smells like wet dog, but anywho, so I felt kind of nauseus from it all and my coworker who I had told of our parent aspirations to, gave me this knowing look.  Two other girls had recently found out that they were pregnant at the daycare and my coworker said it comes in threes, but I tried to not get my hopes up.  I cried during Regis' farewell show....that was weird....

After the news sunk in a bit I cried (happy tears) but it was short-lived and then I just got excited.  I instantly started thinking of ways to tell Cody who was at work.  I got a box to put the pregnancy test in and planned to give it to Cody like I had gotten him something.  When he came home that day we were rushed to go visit Nate and Andrea in college station but I DEF had to tell him before we went there so I wasn't the only one carrying the news.  At first he tried to feel inside and guess without looking but he had no idea and then when he looked he sort of laughed and said, "no way!" and the usual hugging and sinking in of news.  I have it on video and would post it here but Code is self-conscious about how he reacted so I'll spare him, but it was cute.  He didn't seem as blown away as I thought he would though and when I asked him, he shrugged and said "I had a feeling."

Now it wasn't the best going through all the major holidays during my first trimester but it really hasn't been too bad (except Christmas-being sick enough to need antibiotics while pregnant is not fun).  As far as morning sickness goes around 5 weeks I felt queezy off and on throughout the day but never bad enough to actually get sick and then the day we went to the dr for our first appointment and ultrasound at 6 weeks I totally lost it out the car window in driving into the parking lot of the medical center-yeah.....not the best feeling but at least a lot of people weren't around.  It seemed that I mostly only got sick on the days of our appointments cause I was up earlier and eating faster than normal.  Now I know better- I get up and take my anti-sick pill right away and veg on the couch until my stomach has stabalized.  Then I eat my standard breakfast of wheat toast with peanut butter and honey-the only thing in the morning that seems to steady my stomach.  Then I continue to sit there and let that settle for awhile then I take my prenatal.  By now it's normally close to 11 or if I slept in noon, but I don't throw up.  I figure that's what Live with Kelly and the View are for.  Then there are days where it's nothing...shrug, hopefully it's fully gone in a few weeks-once i get passed bfast I'm good though.

To avoid an INSANE long blog post I'll do our 12 weeks check up in a separate entry so...to be cont...