New things to come in 2013

Well, we all know that I am not a consistent blogger. But, at least this time I have a pretty good reason. We are PREGNANT!!!!!!

I found out that I was pregnant at the end of September. We took a short trip to Miami to celebrate Jerry's birthday and luckily the "magic" happened and we conceived there. We had only been trying about 3 months. I think it was surprising to both of us because we thought it might take a little longer to conceive due to my age (35) and Jerry's age (37), but it appears now that everything was "swimming" like it should lol.

Okay, so details on how we found out. Well, I just felt like I was pregnant one day after work and told Jerry that I would take a test to see. Jerry admitted that my chest did look a lot bigger to him. I took the test and it immediately changed to positive. I was shaking and couldn't believe my eyes.
I rush out the restroom and yell to Jerry upstairs, "I'm Pregnant!" He yells back down. "Yeah, right, Tonya." I said, "No seriously, I am" He says well why didn't you come upstairs then. So, I go upstairs with the test still in hand (capped of course) and show it to him and he goes. Hmm, oh wow that does look like a positive. The line was a little light but the was definitely a line.

So, we both decided to go get another test to make sure. Jerry mentioned getting the digital test, but being cheap, I went with a plus or negative sign one. Of course, that one came back as positive too. Then, Jerry celebrated. I was still in shock....happy but in shock. I guess because I didn't think it would happen so quickly. We had already decided to go see a doctor or fertility specialist if we had not conceived after 6 months of trying....just to check out our plumbing and such. So, we were ecstatic!!

We decided to only tell our moms and no other family members or friends until after I was out of the first trimester (just for precautionary reasons).  It was hard but we succeeded. We announced to the rest of the family at Thanksgiving. A week or so later we announced to friends and facebook.

Currently, I am 19 weeks and I feel like time is flying by.
It 's unbelievable that I am almost half way done with this pregnancy.

So, far the pregnancy gods have been good to me...no morning sickness, just some occasional headaches (I notice these tend to occur if I don't eat frequently enough).

I think I am carrying baby pretty low, but my belly is finally starting to grow or show. I like it!!!
But, it seems everyone says that I am carrying in my hips.

We have began preparing a little for baby, but it is a bit overwhelming to me. It feels like there is so much to do.

In the next post, I will discuss the baby's room and changes to come.
2013 will be an  exciting year full of changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!