And now for the real reason my blogging was so sporadic in November & December …
As I blogged about back in October, Chris and I went on a cruise last fall. When we returned from the cruise at the end of October, we thought we were settling in for the normal round of holiday festivities. Little did we know at that point that something else entirely was around the corner for us …
Our first hint was the fact that I couldn't seem to shake the jet lag when we got back. It seemed like I was doing good to make it from bed to the couch and back to bed for days after we returned. Well, put that with a couple of positive pregnancy tests and things became a little more clear. Add in morning sickness that was more like "all day" sickness and it became crystal clear that we would be welcoming a new member of the Reed family into the world in early July (the 7th to be as exact as a "due" date can be).
The normal round of holiday festivities became a round of random excuses why we wouldn't be attending said festivities when the real reason was that there wasn't much that could convince me to drag my tired and crappy feeling body off the couch. Chris was the best through almost 2 months doing all the things that I couldn't muster up the energy to do. One of the best Christmas presents I got was waking up on the 23rd and not feeling horrible. After that, it has gotten steadily better. I'd say I almost feel normal again, but anyone who's ever been pregnant knows that there's no real feeling "normal" during the whole process. :-)
So, there you go - for those of you who thought this day would never come … well, I wondered myself sometimes. We've been married almost 8 years (and together for 14 - yikes!). There was a time when it was if we would have children. It slowly became when we would have children, and now seems like the perfect time (at least according to the Big Guy upstairs and who are we to argue).
My plan is to keep the baby stuff in a separate blog: blog.audreyreed.info/baby_reed. I may make a few milestone posts here, but I'm sure there are a good many people who don't necessarily care to read about all the gory details of pregnancy. Of course, I'm not sure I'm completely ready to experience all the gory details of pregnancy!
Keep your fingers crossed and maybe even send up a prayer for Chris, me, and the Reedlet. Heavens knows we're going to need it - especially the Reedlet … he's got us for parents!!!
YEA! Oh, this has been SUCH a hard secret to keep ... I can't wait to welcome the Reedlet to the world this summer. It's going to be such fun watching you and Chris figure out the whole parenthood thing! CONGRATS, GIRL!
Posted by: Angie | February 01, 2008 at 09:43 AM