MY WEEKEND:

I was in Arizona with my great friends Kate Unger, Noel Dahlby, and Julia Crusius over this Mother's Day weekend. (Happy Mother's Day to Mama Noel... mother to my godson, the fabulous Bjorn, by the way). What a perfect weekend we had at the Ungers resort, The Hermosa Inn! I vow to keep such weekends a part of my life, post-baby, though we'll see if those are famous last words or not! :)

MY HUSBAND AND ME:

Some friends say that their husbands gave them Mother's Day presents when they were pregnant. In no way did I expect Steve to do this. Not because he isn't thoughtful and good about these things, but we still forget that we aren't going to Mexico anymore in six months! It just isn't totally real to us. I am thinking next Mother's Day it will more than be reality as our lives will be completely (though in a great way) changed.
THE MOMS:

For an early Mom's Day gift, we went to The Broadmoor with our moms (shout out to Carol and Brenda) for an awesome brunch. We hadn't told them we were expecting, and gave them "Read to Me Grandma" books to break the news. They (some might say "over") reacted by crying and loudly exclaiming their joy. It was great. My sly dad, though I will never know how, whispered to me before they opened the books that he pretty much knew what was coming. I tried to play it off, but he insisted he knew what was up. I swear I gave no clues that would give this away, but it must be father's intuition. Pretty savvy!
Hope your weekend was a great one, too!Love, Me

So I finally am (slowly, but surely) leaking the word that we are having a baby! After the first pregnancy ending in miscarriage, we decided to wait a few more appointments this time. So here go the last few months in a nut shell:
FINDING OUT:
When in Lawrence for a KU game (go Jayhawks!), I felt a bit funny, but thought it could have been the medication I was on. Light headed at a hair apt. the following weekend, I decided to take a test. Positive! It was the first month we tried, post-miscarriage, and it worked which was a surprise in itself! I told Steve by putting some baby booties by his pillow at bedtime. I had to tell my sisters, too...of course!...but we kept it (fairly) quiet other than that.
SICKNESS:
I have been sick, that's for sure, but nothing I can't "bite the bullet" and handle! Throwing up in the morning and occasionally at very random other times, but I hope that is coming to an end...we'll see. The worst seems to be behind me (and it got pretty bad), so I am crossing my fingers at this point!
DUE DATE/BABY QUESTIONS:
Things are just now starting to seem "real"...though not completely! We are due the day before Thanksgiving, November 21st. People ask if we are going to find out the sex, any chosen names, if I will work or not, etc. All the questions I usually ask but, now that it is my turn, I have no idea what the answers are! I think, in part, this is because I have felt too under the weather to think things through yet. Oh well...I have six more months to figure these things out, I guess.
Stay tuned! Much Love, C and S