Lenny and I found out in early July that we are expecting and we have been on cloud 9 ever since. I am officially 9 weeks along. I can't believe it. These last few months have been so amazing - I truly want to cherish every minute of this experience. Although - to be honest, some experiences are more fun than others. Surprising everyone and telling our family - good experience. Being so nauseous you feel like you might collapse any second - not so good experience. But good and bad - this is going to be a crazy ride!
I wanted to start a blog initially to document these 9 months so that years later, I would not forget how I felt and so that I could share this experience with our little bean. Speaking of little bean... This is how we told Lenny's family that we are pregnant....
This has been my favorite part so far. Telling our families. We went to the beach the first week in August with Lenny's parents, his sister (Lisa Marie) & her hubby (Rob), our nephew (Austin) and my sister (Amanda) & hubby (Don) & their baby (our nephew & god-son - Graham). I just knew that once we got there and everyone was having their "beverage of choice" it would seem strange if my choice of the week was water! (is that sad?) :)
Lenny and I had looked online for a funny shirt to wear the first night when everyone had arrived. After about a week of searching, we both saw this shirt and busted out laughing. For no other reason then there's just a giant bean on the shirt. It seemed funny to us! So we bought and we were ready to go.
Needless to say, they were so very excited! We spent the week talking about how excited we all were, nursery ideas and planning.
I knew I wanted to tell my family shortly after telling Lenny's so I flew to Memphis the very next weekend after the beach. What an incredible weekend. My mom had a cookout at her house and my sister and Don and Graham came along with my brother Richard and his wife Jean and their kids Virginia and George.
Lenny and I had gone to the Dr. on Friday and got to have an ultra sound and we got to see our little baby! It was so amazing to see. The heartbeat was 174 and the ultra sound tech said everything was absolutely perfect as far as she could see. (Insert BIG sigh of relief -- thank you, Lord!)
I got to take all of our ultra sound pictures to Memphis and it was how I wanted to surprise my mom and the rest of the crew. I put the pictures in a little envelope and told them I had pictures taken recently and I wanted to show them.... Luckily my sweet sister (and best friend) took this video... (click "Sara telling Marmi")
Well there you have it! I look forward to writing (hopefully often) to keep everyone updated. I plan on posting pictures - like the amazingly sweet gift my sister already gave me.
How sweet is that?? Oh my gosh. It brings tears to my overly emotional little eyes.
Another fun fact:
We are going to wait until the baby is born to find out the sex. I know a good majority of people would say "oh my gosh you are CRAZY!" but, we are excited about waiting and can't wait for the big surprise!
That is all for today!
xoxo
Sara
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