The 1st Tri

BEHOLD! The 1st Trimester Monologue:

The first symptom I noticeably noticed (genius) was extreme exhaustion (like 10 hours of sleep a night and a 2 hour nap during the day). Also, the day I took the pregnancy test, but before I thought I should, I couldn't finish my egg and spinach scrambled eggs. My other first symptoms were increased thirst and decreased appetite.

Pregnancy nausea: I never threw up. Weeks 5-13 was a constant battle of trying to stay ahead of my nausea. If I was hungry, I felt nauseated, but nothing ever sounded good, so I was pretty hungry most of the time, and therefore nauseated. So basically every time I was "craving" something, I ate it, which resulted in a LOT of fast food and not very much cooking at home. Poor Joshua suffered the most, because I didn't make any meals or buy any groceries (save pickles and cheese-its) for 8 weeks.

Cravings: I really am disappointed that I never had any crazy cravings! I would randomly crave a Crunchwrap supreme, a california roll, potato chips, or trolli gummi worms, but it was never anything awesome like a PB&Mayo sandwich or sauerkraut cupcakes. Currently, my cravings are for tart candies like: smarties, laffy taffy, sour gummy worms, sweet tarts, skittles, sour starbursts, and the list could go on. My tongue is paying the price.

The funniest craving I had was for roast beef. I wanted it SO BAD one night, I went to the grocery store and bought 3 pot roasts and 1 package of instant just warm it up pot roast. Josh was a little shocked when he came home and saw all that beef in the fridge.

The nausea started tapering off a couple weeks ago, and life has been soooo great without it. I do, however, have a whole other list of new symptoms I get to enjoy. More about that later!

KC

Early Christmas

I think we can establish how crazy I am about Christmas. It's the best holiday, best day of the year, best 2 months associated with a holiday, best music, best parties, etc. This year Josh and I get to experience something we have never associated with Christmas before.

A BABY.

Yes. We're having a baby! In fact, we're having a Christmas baby, due on December 22. I'm nervous and excited, and Josh and I are so looking forward to a little addition to our family. I would say 'I can't wait', but I think we're both excited about the 6 months of preparation we're gonna have before our lives change for forever.

I am in my 15th week, and for those who don't speak weeks yet, half-way through my 4th month. Meaning, we're out of the first trimester, and we get to find out the gender the second week of August. It's crazy how fast the last 14 weeks have gone, and we have a mere 6 weeks to find out if we're having a girl or boy! Eventually I'll get one of those polls up so ya'll can vote if it's gonna be a girl or boy. We will be excited either way, because one side of the family needs a boy (Williams) and the other needs a girl (Calvert).

Needless to say, we'll be listening to a lot of Christmas music, and having a lot of preparation for my favorite holiday and a perfect little addition to our family. Love you all!