For those who haven't seen them, here are some pictures. My profile picture was just taken this week at Britney's wedding shower. Enjoy!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Welcome Home
After a quick trip to California, I am home. I never imagined that this trip would seem so short, but it was jammed packed with lots of fun, family, and friends. It was wonderful albeit too short. Scott is home now as well, asleep in his chair after an exhausting, yet fun-filled trip to New York city with some of his students. They had a great time, but he is glad to be home as well. I am glad to be home with my husband!
After talking with a few people on my trip, I figured a blog would be a good thing to get started. Since the baby is right around the corner (more on that later), and family is so far away, this will be a great place for us all to keep in touch. I will hopefully be better at posting regularly to this as I have been at e-mailing everyone to keep in touch. If I can figure this out, pictures, etc. should be easy to post here and others can join in the conversations as well.
So this first post will probably be pretty lengthy due to not knowing who all is reading and to get everyone caught up!
My pregnancy has gone wonderfully smoothly so far. No morning sickness to speak of, no real bad side effects. I have an continually stuffy/runny nose and this pain in my side is worsening as my belly grows, but if that is all I have to complain about, I think I am doing OK! However, I think the emotional roller coaster has begun. Up to this point, I have been pretty rational and sane and myself. I have been a little clumsy (Scott says that I am like living with a one-man circus, he just sits back and laughs at me. He also says I can screw up a one man parade!) There have been times of irrationality (more than usual!) that he has had to put up with, but he has been wonderful. With all that has happened over the last week, though, my emotions are in high gear and seem to be stuck there! Over the last 2 or 3 days, every little thing has pushed me to the edge of emotional neverland. I am getting pretty tired of crying at the drop of a hat (and not being able to stop). Scott has been home for less than 2 hours and I'm not sure what he thinks either! I hope this wanes because if it doesn't, the next 2 1/2 months are going to be very interesting! And I hope it ends when the baby comes (or at least changes) or else I am going to be an absolute nightmare to be around!
Speaking of baby, I am beginning to freak out about that a little too. OK, a lot. Did I really feel ready to be a mom at some point when we were talking about doing this? :) How in the world are we going to handle this? Scott says he is so ready for it to be here...to meet this little kicker that is growing inside me...but I'm starting to have second thoughts!! I know there is no turning back now, and I'm sure everyone feels this at some point with their first. I have been trying to pray about it and let God have control of the situation, but you know me...control freak! There doesn't seem to be any relief from this anxiety or feelings of overwhelm. Any suggestions? All of your prayers are coveted. Besides the fact that I feel we are totally unprepared. We have received so many gifts already and they are so fabulous...but we have nowhere to keep them!! Right now they are stacked on the couch and on the top of the box of computer paper in the back room...where is the baby going to go? We have plans, but they are very, very slowly coming to fruition. And the more I think about what we need to do, the more money it involves and the less of it there seems to be!
So, all of that to say, there is a lot going on around here! Maybe getting back to "real life" on Monday with work and school, things will calm down a bit. Thanks to all of you that made my trip to California so wonderful. And thanks to all of you that are reading this and saying a prayer for us right now. You are all so wonderful and I thank God for you.
After talking with a few people on my trip, I figured a blog would be a good thing to get started. Since the baby is right around the corner (more on that later), and family is so far away, this will be a great place for us all to keep in touch. I will hopefully be better at posting regularly to this as I have been at e-mailing everyone to keep in touch. If I can figure this out, pictures, etc. should be easy to post here and others can join in the conversations as well.
So this first post will probably be pretty lengthy due to not knowing who all is reading and to get everyone caught up!
My pregnancy has gone wonderfully smoothly so far. No morning sickness to speak of, no real bad side effects. I have an continually stuffy/runny nose and this pain in my side is worsening as my belly grows, but if that is all I have to complain about, I think I am doing OK! However, I think the emotional roller coaster has begun. Up to this point, I have been pretty rational and sane and myself. I have been a little clumsy (Scott says that I am like living with a one-man circus, he just sits back and laughs at me. He also says I can screw up a one man parade!) There have been times of irrationality (more than usual!) that he has had to put up with, but he has been wonderful. With all that has happened over the last week, though, my emotions are in high gear and seem to be stuck there! Over the last 2 or 3 days, every little thing has pushed me to the edge of emotional neverland. I am getting pretty tired of crying at the drop of a hat (and not being able to stop). Scott has been home for less than 2 hours and I'm not sure what he thinks either! I hope this wanes because if it doesn't, the next 2 1/2 months are going to be very interesting! And I hope it ends when the baby comes (or at least changes) or else I am going to be an absolute nightmare to be around!
Speaking of baby, I am beginning to freak out about that a little too. OK, a lot. Did I really feel ready to be a mom at some point when we were talking about doing this? :) How in the world are we going to handle this? Scott says he is so ready for it to be here...to meet this little kicker that is growing inside me...but I'm starting to have second thoughts!! I know there is no turning back now, and I'm sure everyone feels this at some point with their first. I have been trying to pray about it and let God have control of the situation, but you know me...control freak! There doesn't seem to be any relief from this anxiety or feelings of overwhelm. Any suggestions? All of your prayers are coveted. Besides the fact that I feel we are totally unprepared. We have received so many gifts already and they are so fabulous...but we have nowhere to keep them!! Right now they are stacked on the couch and on the top of the box of computer paper in the back room...where is the baby going to go? We have plans, but they are very, very slowly coming to fruition. And the more I think about what we need to do, the more money it involves and the less of it there seems to be!
So, all of that to say, there is a lot going on around here! Maybe getting back to "real life" on Monday with work and school, things will calm down a bit. Thanks to all of you that made my trip to California so wonderful. And thanks to all of you that are reading this and saying a prayer for us right now. You are all so wonderful and I thank God for you.
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