17 weeks and Counting

I thought it would be fun to document how Tim and I told our parents we were expecting. We told my parents by making Bear wear a shirt that said "I'm the Big Brother". Needless to say he was less than thrilled to be confined. When we got to my parents house and my dad saw the shirt he said, "Yall are getting another dog?" "No dad, no we are not getting another dog," I said. He's a quick one. He then got it and he and my mom were super excited.







We told Tim's parents by making them Valentine's cookies with appropriate sayings. They figured it out pretty quickly and were ecstatic.

Here I am at 17 weeks preggo. If this picture is any indication, I am going to be HUGE come 40 weeks. Oh geez. If it helps I HAD just eaten dinner right before this picture so that counts for something right???

17 weeks

I am alive.

Well so the Shred thing didn't exactly work out. I found out on Day 5 of the Shred workout that I was pregnant. So instead of losing weight and toning up, I will be gaining weight and getting fat. Awesome. Seriously though, Tim and I are ecstatic! I am due September 7th (the day before my birthday). I am now 15 weeks. I was about 5 weeks preggo when I found out, and from weeks 6-12 I spent ALOT of time over the toilet in the bathroom, sleeping, not being able to eat anything without puking, and being completely miserable. Week 13 started and I actually started to feel human again, thank God! I am now into my second trimester and feeling really great. I have had lots of energy, and other than a sore lower back, I feel good. SO thankful for that! I am excited to find out what we are having in about 4 more weeks! I have already been shopping for fabrics, and we bought a cool antique dresser to use as a changing table.
We have been Busy lately getting our house ready. We have a ton of house projects to do between now and when the baby comes. So far we have cleared out our guest room and put all our stuff in storage, Tim insulated our attic and put in a new ceiling in our hallway (the other was cracking really bad), and this weekend we are having a yard sale to get rid of all of our junk! We have ALOT to do in a short period of time, but it will be well worth it!
Hopefully I can be better about posting and journaling my pregnancy progress!