the long post about our thoughts before becoming pregnant.

{November 3, 2012}This will  be posted in several several months (hopefully not too many though). I want to just keep a little reminder of the the story before having a baby. (jen did something like this and I loved it)!
 For the longest time I was quite anti-getting-pregnant-soon, because I wanted to have one more summer with Stori as our only child, and one more summer of running half marathons. The plan was to get pregnant September of '13. That way I would be able to spend good quality time with SDR & Stori. Plus I would have a May baby and would have all summer to walk/run and lose some baby weight.
BUT, as I was making all these plans in my noggin, I realized how dang selfish that was. There will be many half marathons to run. Why did I care if I had a May baby or not? A baby is a blessing that is denied to many and here I am saying it can wait.
Well one day my brain just switched. I told SDR I was ready whenever he was. He said he'd pray about it. (This was the beginning of November). Well one week later I told SDR we needed to go pick up my BC because I was out. He mumbled indistinctly. I ask him to repeat what he said. Quietly he said, "maybe I don't want you to get anymore BC?" Boy was I thrilled!!! I don't know how long it will take to get pregnant because it just sorta happened last time, but I will be happy no matter when it is! Even if it's right during running season! :)

{December 6, 2012} Well these past 2 weeks I have actually 'felt pregnant' if that makes any sense. I feel like my body has started the process of making a baby. How bizarre that sounds! But I have been a little more tired, more restless, more hungry. I am craving anything mexican or sour. Which is really weird because IF, and I mean IF, I am pregnant, I wouldn't think I would experience cravings until way later on. Ya, I am pretty sure it is me just getting my hopes up! I guess we'll find out in a week! :) Test scheduled for 12-15-12.

{December 12, 2012}
We couldn't wait until the 15th for the test. I already knew what the result would be and just needed to prove it to SDR. :) I was right!!!  IT WAS POSITIVE!!! I knew my crazy body was actually making a baby!! We are so so so so so excited!! We aren't going to announce it for quite a long time though-well, for as long as I'm not showing i suppose! :) Baby Rad 2 due August 20, 2013!!!! I am feeling a lot of lower stomach pressure, like the little elves tinkering away to make a baby. I am still craving Mexican food and Salt and vinegar chips! I am still running 4 miles a day and hope I can do that for a few months still. I am really restless at night and can't sleep in. And so it begins... :)
p.s. Megan texted me to see if I was pregnant today. HOW DOES SHE ALWAYS KNOW? :) she called me on the very day when I took the preg test with Stori too. She's good.

{January 4, 2013}
Well, I have been sick the past 3 weeks. Part of it is pregnancy, but most of it is the flu. Not a good combination. Over the holidays I had to go to the hospital for some fluids. That part my family knows. :) But the other part is that they had to do an emergency ultra-sound to make sure the baby was okay because I didn't eat for 5 days and was dehydrated. But baby looks GREAT! (not twins-phew). we saw the heartbeat and learned that I'm measuring 4 days farther than we thought. Right now I am 8 weeks and experiencing aversions to all the foods I was sick with those 5 days. And, like last time, smells!! Dan has been amazing and has cleaned the house every single day, and has made every meal. One thing I didn't have to worry about with the first pregnancy, was changing diapers. So dan has been changing all the poopy diapers so I don't go ralph! he is seriously amazing!

{February 21, 2013}
I publish this post today finally! It feels good for people to finally know because I was afraid SDR was going to spill the beans on accident. Like at Christmastime he says "With this baby we should go to EIRMC instead." In front of all my family. I kicked him and he hid his head in shame haha. But, so far this pregnancy has actually been better than the last. My weird smell aversion only lasted a week and last time it was til week 26 or something. I love almost every food and crave ice cream every hour of every day. Playing vball is great as long as I drink a lot of water throughout the games. Not bad headaches like last time, and no morning sickness. I love being pregnant! I am anxious to find out the gender so that we can start thinking of names. It's hard to find a good name to match Astoria Rose! :)