5 weeks!

Boy, I can't imagine being anymore impatient than I am now and I am sure it will only get worse as the weeks and months progress. This past week went by so slowly and the wait for my first doctor's appointment seems like it is at a stand still. I am anxiously awaiting Easter so I can make my announcement to my family. It's funny just days ago I was panicing because I thought April testing would be just around the corner at school and my students weren't ready...now it seems April will never come!

This week I have experienced a few headaches ( something really I have never had) and some strange pains in my abdomen. Seems that this is pretty common among expecting moms so I am trying not to worry about it too much. I know worry and negativity can't be good for anybody!

Not much else going on so I will post my week 4 and 5 pictures (not much to look at either, and kind of pointless but it will be fun to look at later).

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed. Hope to post more next week!

Love,

Jamie

We're Expecting!!!!!

After heartache and loss we are pregnant again, and this time it just seems right. This Saturday I took a test (at 5:30 in the morning, I just couldn't wait!) and it was positive within seconds! I was shocked! I really didn't feel like we would be lucky enough to get pregnant again so quickly. I went back to bed but couldn't sleep because was too busy doubting the test that i had just took! So...being the obsessive person I am, I opened a digital test (although the package said I needed first morning urine) and I was sure it would say "not pregnant' due to either me not being pregnant or due to the fact that I had just used the bathroom. To my surprise it came out positive very quickly as well! I had to wake Kevin up and let him know that we got our positive that we have wanted so badly.
We are both greatly excited and it is hard to think or talk about anything other than our hopes for this little one.As I speak I am in my fourth week and I am very nervous. I have all of these odd feelings in my stomach and I am so paranoid that it is a sign of something wrong although I know it is normal to be a little crampy and have weird feelings. We are so paranoid that I am not telling anyone that we are expecting until Easter. No one will even see this blog until April but, I am just so happy I can't help but write about this event!
We are just all a buzz about this little one! We have wanted a baby so long and it has been so hard to deal with the fact that we couldn't have one. It has been hard to talk about and as far as anyone on the outside knows, I have not wanted kids of my own. It is a horrible feeling when your body works against you. Maybe finally our prayers have been answered.
According to the due date calculator and timing my due date is Halloween. Couldn't have planned that better! I think the date is very fitting for me! So here is the start to the countdown for the arrival of our little pumpkin! I'll have my fingers crossed and my breath held! And sending baby dust to the ladies out there who are still trying!!!

Love,
Jamie

All About Us

Kevin and I have known each other for twenty one years. We met when I was five years old, and I must admit, I fell in love with him right then and there. After my first encounter with him my Barbie's always dated Kevin's, my magic nursery babies were named Kevin or some "K" name, and of course my imaginary husbands were named Kevin. I guess you can say I do believe in love at first sight. But we weren't always together. It actually took us until I was in high school before we started to date. The relationship grew quickly and by my junior year of high school we were planning a wedding and a life together. We discussed staying in Slaughters, and what kind of degree I could get without leaving him behind, we discussed houses, and whether or not to get pets, but most of all we discussed children. It has been Kevin's life long dream to have a family. It has taken us eight years of marriage but we are finally here, at the point where we will do anything to get this family started!We have really enjoyed our first decade together. We have gotten to know each other so well. We are best friends. We spend so much time together doing things that for the most part are fun and exciting, it is hard to imagine anyone thinking marriage is hard or work. Being together and happy has come naturally to us and I am so glad that we have had this time together by ourselves just to enjoy "us".Right now while it is just the two of us we spend our time bowling, riding four wheelers, fishing, playing softball, and playing board games. We spend a lot of time surfing the internet together, and playing video games. We like to ride around on backroads. We like to landscape our yard, and rennovate our new house. We spend an insane amount of time watching scary movies and ghost hunters episdoes.
We feel like now is the time to start a family. We have so many blessings already and we are just so ready to share our love with a new bundle of joy!