8 week check up coming!

I can't believe that just a few days ago Anthony and I celebrated 4 years married and I turned 32 years old. If you had told me that I would be 32 and pregnant with my first child, I would have laughed. Obviously this isn't our technical first child because our sweet Jamie went to be with Jesus when he was just 12 weeks along in pregnancy. This pregnancy has been so different and I have peace that in the Spring we will be meeting our little one on Earth. This last Thursday/Friday, Anthony and I went away to Madison, Indiana to celebrate my birthday and our wedding anniversary. It was a wonderful and relaxing couple of days. We stayed at the Hillside Inn located in Madison and it was so beautiful. The view was gorgeous and our room had a great heart shaped spa bathtub and we had a beautiful fireplace in our room. We had a great Birthday dinner on Thursday night and spent Friday site seeing and shopping. My kind of weekend away!

While shopping, we found this adorable little store called the Rock-A-Bye Lady and bought our sweet little cupcake a few gifts. We got some books including Baby, Oh the places you'll go that was written as a book to read while the baby is in Utero. We are getting started on this tonight. We also got a book about gratefulness called I am Blessed and one about affirming your child called A You're Adorable. We got our sweet baby their first taste of music too and it was fate that the cd was J is for Jackson 5 and we got a cute little lamb that holds a blankie and says a prayer. It was a great shopping trip for us to really look at the reality that we are going to be parents in just a few months.

We are getting really excited for our second ultrasound on Monday August 13th. We are in our 8th week on Monday so we should be able to hear a heartbeat and the baby should have grown enough to get a due date. Also, I start my new job with Hoosier Uplands in the after-school program on Monday. I am a bit concerned about my nausea and energy level in taking on a new venture but I'm really excited about doing something new and bringing income into our house to pay debts/bills and get the nursery ready for baby Lewis.

Anthony has been reading a chapter of Harry Potter to the baby each night so that the baby becomes used to his voice as well as mine and finds it soothing. Anthony is going to be such a fantastic father. Today we found an awesome new grocery store in Paoli, Indiana called Lost River Deli & Market and we are so excited that we can give my body more nutritious food and feed the baby and our family better in the coming months.

Current Foods I love:

Grape Jolly Ranchers Candies
Cottage Cheese
Fruit (mostly citrus and melons)
Lemonade
Nut butters (Almond, Peanut, etc...)

Our baby has interesting tastes and sure has kept mama in the bathroom with her head in a trashcan. Again, I praise God for every single symptom of my child being healthy and alive. Thank you Jesus for our sweet miracle!

Barf and stuff

So something I forgot to mention in my last post is that we found out at the doctor's office that I am measuring at 6 weeks along. That was not what we originally thought with my cycle but either way, we are on our way. The last two mornings I have woken up to a very bad case of nausea and today spent much of my morning hurling. Most people will complain about this and be very annoyed and put out, not me! I see it as a sign of health and strength in the baby since the levels of pregnancy hormone or HCG are what causes the nausea. Thank you Jesus for a healthy and strong little one who is developing well each day. I am also cramping quite a bit with my uterus stretching and that can be scary for someone who has miscarried in the past but we are keeping our faith in the Lord and knowing that He is the author of life, not us! So here I am, 6 weeks and marching right long! We are so excited!