new car ! 9/28/2008

Well this weekend I headed to North Dakota to buy a new car for us + baby. The two door monte carlo just wasn't cutting it anymore. we found a pontiac g6 at hazen motors with low miles, warranty, and a good price.

I took Friday off of work and drove home. Man that drive gets long when you have to pee all the time! Plus I was somewhat naseuated (sp?) on the way there... that made for a fun ride.

THen i took a wrong turn and ended up on this dirt road, ha!! oh well, eventually I made it there.

My parents both worked during Friday/Saturday but we still had a good time together.

I'm always so sad when I leave there. :(

I'm five weeks, four days.... I'm always sooo hungry, thirsty, and have to pee a lot. Experiencing an icky stomach feeling but usually just at night.

My uncle has ALS and my mom just told us his lungs are collapsing... ugh. His daugther, my cousin, is pregnant with her first baby, a boy, and due in january. I can't imagine how hard this is on their family.

Our Kohls opened today, the soft opening, so there really weren't too many people there... and Chad got some new shoes. MAN I am going to LOVE that store. i couldn't contain myself from adoring all the cute baby stuff either. They have a small selection of maternity stuff, but its way cute too! Some super cute sweaters... however, I must see the baby bump before I start buying stuff. And Chad said we couldn't buy any baby stuff until we see what the baby is (which won't be until birth!) darn, I hate waiting. I might sneak some uni-sex stuff in there somewhere!

Also, this weekend I found out Chad's best friend and wife are expecting their first baby, due THREE days after ours. Of course, no one knows I'm pregnant so we have to play it all off... but soon enough hopefully we can spread the news. I just worry about telling everyone too soon just in case something might happen. I would hate to have to explain to everyone how I had a miscarriage, I'm sure its hard enough just dealing with that fact muchless dealing with everyone asking you about it.

Thats all for tonight! I am sooo tired. and its 649, i need to go lay in bed and watch tv!

baby ticker

two + one = happy little family

Well... on September 15, 2008, I found out I was pregnant!! Chad had taken a week off for hunting, to go to Lewistown and the mountains. I was 99% sure on both Saturday and Sunday my period would be arriving anytime soon... cramps + spotting. Plus I was pretty sure we didn't time our baby dancing exactly right. But apparently, WE DID! :o)

So Sunday afternoon, Chad left... Sunday night I thought, well I'll just take a pg test in the morning for the fun of it.

So Monday morning came along and there I was with the dollar tree test in my hand... the control line showed up and that was all. I set it down and was sure I had confirmed my idea of bad timing. I hopped into the shower... upon getting out... I picked up the test, without thinking, and saw a faint line... WOAH!

I remember saying oh.. my... god... Well the night before I had read about evaporation lines and initially, thats what I thought it was... so I took a picture of it and emailed it to my friend Megan... (we haven't met in real life, but are e-mail friends). I consider her to be quite knowledgeable and she doesn't know anyone I do, so I figured the secret was safe with her... she suggested I get a digital and see what happened with that. I had no time as I got up late and had to leave for work soon! I had the urge to pee again, so I took out my last dollar tree test and tried it out... same result, in the time stated on the box. WOW!!!

So I took the picture, emailed it to Megan.... and went off to work.

I checked my email at work and she was pretty sure I was pg... But I still didn't want to really consider it, because what if the tests were false positives? So I googled it and of course I found something about certain dollar tree tests. So then I was doubting yet again!

I had my first night of CCD right after work, so once I finished that up, I headed to Walmart, got a cheapie test from there (they were out of digitals!) and then headed to Target and got a two pack of the clear blue easy digital tests.

I took the cheapie walmart test when I got home.... CROSSHAIRS. Holy crap, I'm pregnant!



This was our second month of trying, and me off birth control, my first cycle of charting... pretty crazy if I do say so myself... I still don't think it has sunk in.



Tuesday morning I took a digital and the first one didn't work!!! What?! I'm still planning to write them a letter about that. I took the second one... hourglass . . . . .



PREGNANT!

(Did I need some convincing or what?!).



So on Tuesday, I had an annual pap scheduled, I called and they rescheduled me to see an OB and my appointment is October 20. I'll be 9 weeks so I hope we can hear the heartbeat! Wow... that is going to be amazing.



So far I haven't really felt much different... boobs hurt a little bit, sometimes really super hungry and thirsty. No morning sickness yet, thank god!



And since Chad took the week off hunting... he still doesn't know! It is KILLING me not to tell him... I keep asking him when he will come home and I wonder if he wonders why I'm pressuring him so much... I just want to say IF YOU ONLY KNEW! what kind of a surprise was waiting at home for you!

I bought some baby camo overalls and will stick a digital test in there... I'm going to tell him I bought him an early anniversary gift (Oct 7 will be 2 years)... so I cannot WAIT for that moment...

I took another dollar tree test tonight to make sure it was still positive.. it was!

quick update

Oh sorry blog, I've neglected you for a lonnnng time. I just get too busy. And then I read my old entries and think, gosh I'm a dork. Oh well.
I don't keep a journal so I guess this is the next best thing, although I don't like to proclaim things on the Internet about certain subjects because it gets blown way.out.of.proportion.

Anyways, i DID get a new job. Wahoo! I started one week after we moved into our new house, and i LOOOOVE it. Way fun, way interesting cases, and very cool boss-man. Also v.v.v. cool gals to work with, fun and are so understanding. Its just awesome. I'm wondering where the flaws will show up :P Isn't that saying "everyone has one" you know, that one annoying person. I haven't met any yet though! good thing!

I hope I can post more. Not much going on in life, just signed up to teach kindergarten CCD at church again this year. Its fun and I love the kids.

I'll try to be better about writing. I need to blog about my canning adventures last weekend! Fun times, I even impressed myself!

-A