Sweet Pea!

Wow! It's been a long time...and I mean REALLY long time since we've last post (see previous entry if you don't believe me). I could dwell on that, and feel bad about my skills as a blogger (which, admittedly, I kind of do), but I think I may move past that onto more exciting things!

A lot has gone on since we last post. The most significant being referenced in the title of this post. Sweet Pea! Let me back track a bit...

Jeromy and I have known we've wanted kids since Day 1. It was just a matter of when. We knew we didn't want kids right away...that we wanted to get settled first a bit, and enjoy our time as newlyweds. We first started seriously talking babies early in 2009. Jeromy had been unemployed since July of the previous year, which halted the plans altogether. However, with the promise of a temp to hire position, and a secure (or so we thought) job on my part, we were able to start seriously talking about it. Well, God had other plans in mind and shortly after Jeromy got that permanent position, I was laid off from my job. There went that!

Fast forward to March of last year...I got a great new job at Capella University as an Academic Advisor! Jeromy was still at the same job, and doing very well (a couple promotions during that time, if I may brag). At last...we could start considering this whole baby thing again! Come September we decided we would start "trying" (which is such a funny term/concept to me, but that's what it was, so that's what I'll call it). Thankfully, it didn't take too long before I was pregnant! We found out early in December (I'll post some blog entries I did then on here later...) and needless to say are thrilled!

So where does "Sweet Pea" fit in to all of this, you may ask? Well, in the excitement of learning that we were expecting, I did what every modern woman does...I signed up for e-mail alerts from various pregnancy sites! The e-mails started coming in, describing the changes in my body, and (more excitingly) the progress of the baby. The first alert we got described the size of the baby as a sweet pea. We loved it! For those of you who have known us a while, you know Jeromy's college nickname of "J-Pod" and how from that some call me "B-Pod" and call us "The Pods." What a more fitting title of the offspring coming from "The Pods" than Sweet Pea?! Jeromy and I talk often these days about how much fun we'll have...him, me, and Sweet Pea. We'll be three peas in a pod! :-)

So here's an update: I'm 14 weeks today (!!!!), with an estimated due date of August 12th. The first trimester has, admittedly, been a little tough. I had always hoped to be one of those women who handled pregnancy like a pro...not getting slowed down...not getting sick. And although that was the case for the first few weeks, by weeks 7 and 8, things caught up with me. The last couple months have been characterized by waves of nausea (most days have yielded all day sickness rather than morning sickness), fatigue, and a HUGE lack of appetite/aversion to most foods. Blech! As of late it's been wearing on me...especially as I come out of the 1st trimester, and symptoms are supposed to cease. Things have gotten better, but I still have my moments/days, and I SO miss my regular appetite, and being able to eat more things than cereal, toast, fruit, etc.

As I said, I have a few blog posts I wrote before word was out of Sweet Pea's impending arrival, which I'll post soon now that the word is out. I might also try to back track a little and tell stories from the weeks since we found out. Here's hopin' that this exciting news, amazing process, and journey worth documenting will help us blog a little more regularly in the coming months and years!