6 Weeks (12/28/2011)

Happy Anniversary to my sweet husband!! And happy 6 weeks to our little peanut! It’s an exciting day for us all around. Below is the 6 week belly picture. I don’t think much has changed but I’m still pretty bloated all the time and I ate a Sprinkles cupcake right before the picture (awesome idea).



Pregnancy Highlights

How far along: 6 Weeks

Size of babe: Sweet Pea

Total weight gain/loss: 1.5 lbs (we have been eating out too much)

Symptoms: Bloating, exhaustion and nausea (no morning sickness though)

What I miss: Wine

Cravings: Eggs (I ate a dozen by myself in 5 days)

Best Moment of the Week: Celebrating our 3 year wedding anniversary






Matt had a fun idea this year for our anniversary- Dave and Busters. It was great to get in touch with our inner kid before ours arrives in 34 weeks. I have to give Matt credit because these days when I get home from work I would like to crawl directly in to bed and most of my decisions about what we do are hinged on whether or not I can wear sweatpants. Also, we have been travelling every weekend since we found out and I am just plain tired (even though I get about 8-9 hours of sleep a night). However, he pulled me away from my PJS and took me to my favorite Mexican restaurant and then to Dave and Busters to play some games. It was a ton of fun and we even won about 1800 tickets. We are saving them though because 120,000 tickets gets you an iPad 2. (A girl can dream). He always thinks of the best ideas though and that is one of the things that I love most about him.

5 Weeks (12/21/2011)

Here is my first belly picture! I know it’s very early on but we really wanted to do this from the beginning. Of course I’m not sure how accurate these are because my one main symptom is bloating. Don’t judge but usually after lunch I unbutton the top button on my pants. Not to worry, my office door is closed. From everything we’ve read this is normal. However, I am dreaming of summer because I really just don’t want anything touching my stomach and would kill to wear a dress everyday.








Pregnancy Highlights

How far along: 5 Weeks

Size of baby: Sesame seed

Total weight gain/loss: 0

Symptoms: Bloating and exhaustion

What I miss: Wine

Cravings: Eggs and French onion dip(not together)

Best Moment of the Week: Seeing 2 lines on the pregnancy test!!!



Below is the video of us telling my mom. She was the first person we told and I’m so glad we did. The poor woman, I had about a thousand questions for her. I wish I had time to do something cute to tell her but I was just too darn excited. Unfortunately for her, we swore her to secrecy. We told her this right before she headed off to Florida to visit the family so I am sure it was a difficult secret to keep.



That weekend we were spending it with Matt’s family in San Antonio and Austin. We weren’t really sure when during the weekend we were going to tell them but we bought an “I Love My Grandkids” picture frame and wrote something cute inside with “Coming Soon August 2012.” The first night at dinner, the family decided to order a couple pitchers of margaritas and this presented a small problem. I’m not saying I’m a lush but I do enjoy my cocktails and Matt’s siblings are aware of that fact. I thought being the only one not drinking would be a dead giveaway. On a side note we had spent the weekend before with Matt’s sister Stephanie in Massachusetts, and I had been craftily avoiding drinking. My primary method was to order a drink and then when no one was looking, have Matt drink it. This worked well for me but I’m not sure I can say the same for Matt. I wasn’t really up for doing this again and I don’t think Matt was either. So we decided to go ahead and tell them.



Now it was time to tell my dad and Jennifer and of course all of my brothers on Christmas morning. We did the same picture frame thing with them. I really wanted to tell them on Christmas morning because that is when Matt and I got engaged and it’s just a special day for our family. Before I even found out I was pregnant, this was one of the number one thoughts in my head- “Please let me be pregnant so I can tell them Christmas morning!” My wish came true and I sent the frame with the presents. We skyped them that morning and got to watch their surprise as they opened the frame. My dad and Jennifer had great reactions. I’m not sure I can say the same for my brothers- but who can blame them. Probably not the way any brother wants to think about their sister.



Now we had most of the immediate family out of the way. Sorry Jack and Isabella, we wanted to wait a little longer to tell you both. Jack- we love you but we know you might like to tell people and being that you were in Florida it is probably better to wait a little longer. There will be a future post with your reaction. Isabella, you may not fully understand this now but we wanted to make sure everything was healthy with the baby before we told you. Our first visit with the doctor is January 10th (8 weeks) and we will finally get to see Baby Sheldon!

In the beginning….

It was 6 AM on Tuesday December 13th. Another typical day in the Sheldon household.- except that it wasn’t. This was an exciting morning, the morning I got to pee on a stick. I know what you’re thinking (especially if you’re a male), what’s so exciting about peeing on a stick? Well, this was the morning that would change the rest of our lives. I probably only slept about 3 hours the night before because I was so excited but I had promised myself that I would not test any earlier. So at approximately 6:03 AM two lines appeared in the pregnancy test window and I’m pretty sure I almost passed out from excitement. I had tried for days not to get my hopes up, but in the back of my mind I think I knew I was pregnant. After seeing it turn positive the first thought that popped in to my head was “I have to tell Matt.”

Now, many wives plan elaborate and cute surprises to tell their husbands. However, if you know me, you know I have zero patience. So I thought the next best thing would be to record Matt’s reaction. If you know Matt or have ever been his roommate you may know he is not a morning person. I’ve never seen anyone who could sleep through an alarm with the volume all the way up. But Matt can. So I will let the video speak for itself (note turn the volume up- the end is the best part):



Baby Sheldon, if you are reading this you were not an accident and your father does know how it happened. Matt is not happy that I posted this video but it is truly too funny not to. 80% of the time when I wake Matt up in the morning (yes I have to wake him up even after the alarm goes off) he is talking to me in his sleep. Usually I get bizarre commentary about sports or TV shows we watched the night before (“Oh Barry”). So who knows if this was sleep talking or just total shock. In all seriousness though, after the sleep haze wore off, Matt was over the moon. He is already in love with this baby. He talks to my stomach even though the baby is itsy bitsy, he reads to me from the many pregnancy books he bought (that’s right he went to a bookstore on his own and bought me books- so sweet), and even has been doing a lot of the housework so I can rest when I get home (I am pretty much always exhausted). I am so thankful to have him as my husband and Baby Sheldon’s dad!

Introduction

In the past I have made attempts at starting a blog but could never quite stick with it. Perhaps I find our lives are too uninteresting for anyone else to read about (though we do quite enjoy them). Now, though, I have a reason to stick with this one. One very special reason. We are expecting! Baby Sheldon is due in late August 2012.

This is a very exciting time for us and we want to document as much of it as possible. The motivation behind this is two-fold. One, we don’t live next door to all of our friends and family. So this will be a way for us to keep everyone in the loop. The second, and in my opinion most important reason, is that someday when Baby Sheldon asks us about how he or she came in to the world (sans the birds and the bees talk), we can show them this. I’m sure I will add in things that are completely unrelated to them (recipes, adventures etc.) but I hope that they will get as much out of it as we will. How cool would it have been if my parents had done this for me? Unfortunately, Al Gore hadn’t invented the internet in 1985.

My hope is that I can keep this blog up as our family expands and use it as a way to document our family’s adventures. This is a big New Year’s resolution for me and I’m determined to commit to it (Matt too of course- not by choice). I will try to post at least once a week and perhaps more often as we get closer to the due date. Expect lots of belly pictures (sorry Josh, Jordan and Joel), some yummy gluten-free recipes (perhaps a blog post explaining that is in order), and a whole lot of parentheses (I really like adding witty notes).