Being pregnant.

Because everyone just loves reading about pregnancy woes...here are mine....

I was super sick for about 3 1/2 weeks. The I-wish-I-could-just-throw-up-for-just-a-moment-of-relief-not-able-to-get-off-the-couch kind of sick. I get really nauseous when I'm pregnant, but then have a hard time actually throwing up. It was so bad some days I actually tried making myself throw up but with no luck. Guess I could never be balimic. (Not that I'd ever want to!!!)

Though it seemed like forever at the time, I'm SO grateful that the major part of being sick is over and it was so short lived!!! I still get nauseous, especially at night time, but it's finally bearable and I'm totally looking forward to trimester #2. During those sick weeks I could not drink water...at all. I know it probably made me even worse, but I couldn't even look at water without feeling sick. So in the meantime I drank a lot of crystal light, ginger ale, and gatorade. I'm finally able to get water down again, which is a huge relief...as long as it's ice cold! I also have to eat exactly every 2 hours or I start feeling sick. Let me tell you, I never thought it would happen, but I am tired of eating!!!

But enough of the downside of being pregnant...for some reason with this pregnancy I was really worried about hearing the baby's heartbeat at my first appointment. I think since I've actually had bad news come from ultrasounds with Spencer, I was hyping myself up about this one. What can I say? I'm just a worrier. But I didn't have anything to worry about. Kyle and I saw the baby and it's sweet little heartbeat and were told from my doctor that so far the baby looks absolutely perfect! I could have looked at him or her all day! Too bad the next ultrasound isn't until June. Oh well.

Kyle has been absolutely amazing! He's gone a LOT, and what he does see of me is me laying on the couch in front of the tv writhing in nauseousness. Yet, he does all he can to make me comfortable. He puts the kids to bed on the nights that he is home, he helps me clean because our house is a constant wreck, he gets me crackers in the mornings, he runs out at 9:00pm to get me a Blizzard because it's the only thing in the world that sounds good to me. One Sunday he got up with the kids and I heard him starting to make breakfast. By the time I finally rolled out of bed, I found him making a quiche. Now if you know Kyle at all you know that he normally will not go near eggs. He hates them and they make his stomach hurt. But eggs are one of the few foods that have been settling my stomach really well. So he made me this entire bacon, egg and cheese quiche (with the crust from scratch!) for breakfast and then didn't eat a bite of it. It was delicious and the sweetest thing ever!!! I just love him so much. He is the one reason I know I can make it through the rough first few months of being pregnant.

My parents and friends have also been a huge help. One morning Spencer was bored out of his mind, so I called my mom to see if we could come over. She was working in her garden and told us to come on over and she'd let Spencer dig in the dirt with her. Of course he had a blast playing in all that dirt. And then after such a busy morning, my mom made me this amazing butternut squash soup from scratch for lunch!

Then just this week, my friend Emily let Spencer come play so Kyle and I could go to the doctor without him. And today my other friend, Ashley kept Spencer ALL morning all through lunch and then picked Janelle up from school.

I am feeling spoiled silly! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU everyone for all your love and support! I can't tell you how grateful I am to have you in my life! I love you all!!!