We're Expecting!

I'm about ten and a half weeks along and I am due the first part of October... we think. Its the one month that I didn't track things and I really don't remember much of the end of December or the beginning of January with us moving and getting settled in our new place. We are so excited to welcome a new baby into our family. We haven't told Brooklyn yet and this will be her second sibling that will be born this year. She will be doubling her siblings this year. I just hope she isn't too tired of babies by the time our baby comes along. She is such a sweet girl and know she will be such a big helper with her new little brother or sister.

I haven't blogged in a while. It's been hard for a couple of reasons I feel like I haven't had much to talk about besides being pregnant and I haven't felt super great.

The weekend we found out I was pregnant I had the flu. I haven't had the flu in a long time and I felt like I was dying. When I finally took the pregnancy test I was worried that I didn't have the flu and I was just going to feel that sick for the rest of my pregnancy. Luckily it was just the flu and it went away after a few days.

I had a hard time with morning sickness for the first several weeks but I'm starting to feel a little bit better. I still feel sick off and on but it seems to be a little bit better when I don't go too long in between eating. I haven't really had any food cravings but some things that I used to love have just sounded gross... Like chocolate. I usually love chocolate but it really hasn't sounded good at all since I've been pregnant. I can handle chocolate ice cream and a few other things but I really haven't wanted any chocolate... which is weird for me. In fact when I first found out I was pregnant I had just posted about the Hello Kitty cake pops and I couldn't even look at the picture on our blog without feeling sick. Kind of funny if you ask me.

Some people shared some stories of things happening like there not really being a baby and other scary stories and it made me paranoid. I have told Chris numerous times that maybe once we see the baby or I can feel it move it will feel more real to me. I've always been a worrier and I don't think the hormones are really helping me feel any better lol.

I've felt like a crazy person. I don't always feel rational and tears seem to come easily.

We were called to be sunbeam teachers as soon as we moved into our new ward. In our old ward I actually thought it would be fun to be sunbeam teachers. When we moved into this ward I wanted the chance to get to know people in our ward and I knew being in Primary that was less likely to happen. I should probably make more of an effort to get to know people but I'm not really sure how. It just feels harder now being tired all the time and all the other joys that seem to come along with the first trimester :) I'm not even sure what most of the kids in our Primary class's last names are or what their parents names are. We have been in sunbeams for a few months and just barely got a class roll last week. I think the only way I am going to make it through this calling is with the Lords help.