And So It Begins

Well if you're reading this blog, you've probably already figured out the big news....Jon and I are expecting! We've been trying since the beginning of November and I'm already knocked up in December! It kind of came as a shock....even though we both clearly wanted this, otherwise we wouldn't have been trying. I guess I just didn't expect the second time I took a pregnancy test to have it be positive! We couldn't be more excited!

I just took the pregnancy test yesterday over lunch so it hasn't fully hit me yet that there is a baby growing inside of me. That thought is really strange to me!

I had planned to tell Jon in a cutsie way when I found out I was pregnant. I've always had images in my head of recreating Full House's meal of "baby foods" (baby corn, baby back ribs, baby shrimp) from when Becky told Uncle Jesse that she was pregnant. We recently got a new chalkboard that I just finished painting to match the white trim in our house so, for simplicity's sake, I thought maybe I'd write some sort of message on that. Once I took the test and the lines started showing up, however, I immediately yelled for Jon to come in and then I just croaked, "That looks like two lines to me...does that look like two lines to you?!" So much for the element of surprise! I wrote him a message anyways so that I could feel a little bit better about my lack of creativity:

Sure, it was done in a hurry...and my artistic skills might be quite lacking...and sure, it's no Becky's baby dinner...but at least I made the effort!

Our first doctor's appointment is setup for next Wednesday. The nurse I spoke to told me we'd already be doing an ultrasound at the first appointment! I'm so out of my element here, I didn't think ultasounds happened until further into the pregnancy! I'm only 4 weeks along, what can you possibly see at this point?! My preliminary research informs me that little Baby Legg is the size of a poppyseed right now. Maybe seeing my poppyseed baby in my belly will make it more of a reality for me.

I decided to start a blog from day one to document all the excitement and changes we'll be going through for any friends or family that want to stay up to date, and if not for that, at least we'll be able to look back and fondly remember this time when the baby is up screaming all night and we want to pull our hair out! More to come after our first appointment next week!