9 Weeks

My 9 weeks appointment was on September 29, 2014. When I say it was nerve racking, trust me, it was nerve racking waiting 5 weeks to confirm my pregnancy. I was a ball of emotions in the waiting room. Anxious, Excited, definitely! Then the longer we sat there, my mind started to wonder to the dark side. Every piece of bad news they could have given me started popping into my head. Luckily, I had Chad there to bring me back to reality. I'm sure he was going through a roller-coaster of emotions too but put on a brave face for me.

During the weeks leading up to my appointment, I didn't have any problems. No morning sickness or weight gain. Just a little bit of fatigue and sometimes I couldn't go back to sleep after getting up in the middle of the night to use the restroom. Go ahead... Shoot me evil looks... I understand. You can almost count on my next pregnancy not going this smooth. I'm really surprised myself given my reproductive history.

Our time with my OB/GYN was actually kind of short. His nurse gave me all kinds of brochures. He took some cultures to make sure I didn't have any infections. We had mentioned how this was kind of a surprise for us. He just laughed and said it always happens when you least expect it.

We waited for our turn with the ultrasound tech this time with a sense of relief. We were going to be parents. My first ultrasound was such a special experience for Chad and I. We just held hands and stared at the screen. We were in awe of how much our baby had formed in just 9 weeks. It was just a little wiggle worm. So I predict a lot of kicks and pokes in my future. It had a strong heartbeat at 180 and measured 2.75cm. According to the ultrasound tech, it's measurement put me on time for my due date.

I had to schedule an appointment for the very next week for lab work and to discuss a payment schedule so we could make monthly payments. 

Some how I survived getting 5 tubes of blood taken from me. I seemed like they needed a tube for each test they were going to run. And I was told its was only the beginning. LOL 

Until next time, here is Baby Lee's first picture and video. We were laughing so hard because we thought Baby Lee was waving at us. Enjoy!

Our little bear!

Our New Adventure

Hello Everyone! Greetings from the Sunshine State! I have absolutely neglected my blog for the past two years for no real reason. This blog was originally intended to share all of Chad and I's fun trips and adventures we had planned to take in the beginning of our marriage or before parenthood. Unfortunately, life happened and we didn't take all the trips we had intended on taking. We'll get there someday even if it's at retirement age.

In meantime, I would like to share with you our newest adventure. As some of you know, Chad and I are going to become parents for the first time around May 2, 2015. We are super excited and blessed but it didn't start off that way. We found out I was pregnant on August 24, 2014, the weekend before Labor Day. We both had a "Wow, this is really happening moment." and it took a day to recover. I called my OB/GYN to make the necessary appointments and they didn't want to see me until I was 9 weeks along. I couldn't believe it. I didn't know how I was going to keep this a secret for 5 weeks.

After Chad recovered from his shock, I came up with a plan to just tell our parents. We were meeting up with all of them Labor Day weekend for the Clemson vs. Georgia game. Chad thought it would be a cute idea to give our parents onesies as gifts. I totally agreed and quickly ordered a Clemson and Georgia onesies since we didn't have much time. I wrapped them up and wrote each set of parents a note.

For Chad's parents: "Dear Nana and Papa,"

For my parents: "Dear Marme and Grandpa Jim,"

And both said: "I can't wait to meet you in May. Love, Baby Lee"

It's so nice already having the grandparents' names picked out. One less thing to worry about. Our parents reacted perfectly. A lot of shock, then are you serious?, then Oh My God that is wonderful. My mom even cried. It was such a relief for me just to be able to talk to someone about it. Of course, they were not too excited when we asked them to keep it a secret. They did a great job. I commend and appreciate their silence. LOL

Stay tuned... I'll be blogging about my 9 weeks and 12.5 week appointment soon and I might even throw in a baby bump picture. I'm about 13.5 weeks now and we're doing great.