Finding out and telling our family!

Hello Everyone,

As I mentioned this is the first time I have ever blogged, so bare with me hopefully I can keep your attention. My husband and I are pretty much the typical suburban couple in our mid-thirties. We've now been married for about 3 years, we have stable jobs, own a house; we have a good life! Also like most married couples in their mid-thirties we decided it was time to start a family. Though I'll admit both of us went back and forth on whether or not we were ready, did we want to bring a child into a world with all the craziness that has been going on lately, and ultimately were we willing to give up our current selfish and fun lifestyle! By the title of this blog you can probably tell the we decide that we were ready, though this is a crazy world maybe, just maybe we can raise a productive member of this society that can effect change, and we were willing to adapt our lifestyle to make that happen!

We were so excited to find out we were pregnant! I remember the first ultrasound at about 6 1/2 weeks. Seeing the little heart beating was amazing, and overwhelming. Though it's funny at this point it still wasn't real to me. Unlike a lot of pregnant women I know other than being a bit tired I felt great! We also hadn't started tell anyone we were pregnant, not even our families; both of us wanted to wait . As excited as we both were, there was also a bit of reservation and fear during this early part of the pregnancy. Our plan was to wait until we were 12 weeks, but the excitement got the best of us, we told our parents. At Thanksgiving we were 8 weeks along! I guess the combination of me passing on a glass of wine (I love a good glass of wine), and my mother-in-law being insistent that I couldn't carry anything gave it way.:)

This is her first grandchild so I'm sure she was just excited. My mother on the other hand has 2 granddaughters, and really wanted a grandson! I remember the first time I brought my husband home to meet my parents. We had only been dating for about 3 months a this point. My mother looks right at my husband and say's "I want grandson's," Talk about pressure!

My nieces are now 6 and 11, and everyone is ready for a new baby in the family! I remember showing my 6 year old niece a picture of the ultra sound. "What does this look like to you?".... "A shrimp" We couldn't stop laughing. " I guess they do look a bit like shrimp at that point.