Recap of the past 6 months

Well, life definitely throws curveballs! As most of you know, after being knee deep in the adoption process, Jamie and I discovered we were pregnant. Talk about shock and disbelief. I still have days I don't believe it...but then I look at my ever growing belly and realize it is real:)

So, I know I have been out of the blogging world (although I am still keeping up on my blog reading) and there is so much to recap, but here is the short take on the past few months. But first I want to thank everyone who left comments on our voyage2vaughn.com blog about our pregnacy. As always, your supports means so much to us!

March:

Well, on March 12th we learned we were pregnant. I don't think I have ever been so shocked in my life! Needless to say, I was crying and shaking. I called my sister because Jamie wasn't home yet, and I had talked to her right before I took the test. I just cried and cried and she said, "Oh my God, you are!". I went to go pick up Jamie and told him we were pregnant by giving him a card, and his first words were "You weren't supposed to take the test yet!" and then he cried. It was very emotional for us.

March 15th, my wonderful in laws threw a surprise baby shower for me and Jamie in honor of the adoption. Needless to say I was surprised...more because I thought they knew I was pregnant! Then I was horrified because I realized it was a baby shower and I felt so guilty about not telling them we were pregnant, but it was too soon. However, we did find out that our sister in law Erin (Jamie's brother's wife) was pregnant and due in September. Secretly, Jamie and I were really excited about the kids being so close in age.

My doctor was very proactive and did blood tests on me right away to make sure all my hormones levels were good. Luckily, we were off to a good start. Then, on the 27th when we were 6.5 weeks pregnant, we had our first ultrasound although we almost didn't make it because of inclement weather! I was so nervous at what it would, or would not show. Jamie saw the hearbeat before I did and when I finally saw it, I didn't think there was anything better in the world. I didn't realize how scared I was because after the u/s was over, I sobbed and sobbed at the end of the bed from relief.

April:

April was a big month because that is when we started to tell people. We told the parents after our 9 week doctor appointment and I heard the baby's heartbeat:) Again, something I will remember forever!

We told my parents over brunch on Saturday, April 12th. I thought my mom might actually have a heart attack! We gave them this picture in a frame:

It took my mom a few minutes to register what was going on. She thought we had received a travel date for the adoption. Once she realized, she screamed (and scared half the restaurant) and was crying. Both my mom and dad gave us big hugs and were crying and of course, they are very excited for us.

We told Jamie's parents on Sunday, April 13th. We gave them the same picture as above but put it in a double frame with a picture of Andy and Erin in the other side with their due date. Again, it took my mother in law a few minutes to process what was going on. She was crying, then Anna (Jamie's sister) was crying, and then I think we were all crying.

Both moments were extremely special to us. Little by little we started telling others as well. Then came the big question, what to do about the adoption?

May:

So, at the beginning of May, I called our agency and spoke to our case worker, who was fantastic. We were told we would be able to put the adoption on hold for a year, which made us very happy because we still want to adopt. It is in our heart and soul and something we know we want to do. In less than a year, we will be heading down that long road again:)

Toward the beginning of May, we had a 13 week ultrasound for genetic testing it was amazing to see how big our baby had gotten! All of the numbers looked great and we were almost done with the first trimester! Whoo hoo!

Mid May Jamie and I went to San Francisco for a short weekend and had a great time! Then we celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary Memorial day weekend with our in laws at Erin and Andy's in OH. Everything had been going great thus far in the pregnancy and I was feeling great!

June:

June was a fun month. Jamie and I went to Puerto Rico for a long weekend (Jamie had a conference there). We went hiking in the Rain Forest, spent time on the beach and just relaxed:) Our very good friends, Ethan and Jill had their baby boy, Henry. We got to see him a day after he was born and he is adorable! Our goddaughter Natalie turned 2 and we went to her birthday party and had a great time! She is going to be a big sister in just a few weeks:) I can't wait!! We found out that Andy and Erin were having a little boy, so we will have a nephew which we are so excited about!

On the pregnancy front, all was well. I felt great except for the occasional heat waves we had, I really didn't have any problems. I was just getting bigger and bigger! I had lots of people ask me if I was having twins!!

July:

July was very exciting because we had our 20 week ultra sound on July 3rd. And yes, we found out what we were having. More so because we had been so far along in the adoption process (we were adopting a little boy) and wanted to know if we had to redo the baby's room. Well, luckly we did not have to redo the room because we found out that we were having a baby boy!!! We were very, very excited!! All was well with the baby too. Nice and healthy and on his way to being a very big baby!

We do have a name picked out. Some of you might be wondering if we are going to use Vaughn as the name. Jamie and I decided that we are not going to use Vaughn as we have that set aside for our son we are going to adopt. Something about using it didn't feel right to us. I think I will wait until the baby is born to reveal his name:)

We told both of our families that weekend what were having and everyone is really excited. Jamie and Andy are already planning camping/hiking trips with the boys when they are older! We had Erin and Andy's baby shower July 4th weekend, and it was wonderful. My in laws did another great job of planning a shower:) My mother in law and sister in law (Anna) put together a "diaper cake" for Erin. It looked like a 3 tier cake but it was made by rolling up diapers! Then they included some wash cloths, burp cloths, attached some pacifiers, teething rings, etc. I loved it!! Here is a picture of the 4 parents to be from the shower:

And here is a picture of our little man at 20 weeks:

We can't wait to meet the little guy!!!

At the end of July we had our first real scare regarding the baby. On Monday, the 28th I woke up with a lot of pressure in my lower abdomen which made walking very difficult and the baby had not moved a lot since Sunday evening. I called my doctor's office and they wanted me to come in that afternoon, so Jamie and I went. The concern was that my cervix was softening. Fortunately, my cervix was fine but she did feel that he was laying immediately to the right of it, causing all of the pressure on my cervix. We also did fetal monitoring to make sure he was moving around okay, and he was doing great:) So, all is well that ends well, but it was very frightening!!

August:

August has been pretty uneventful so far, which is good:) We are busy cramming in the last of summer activities and seeing friends and family.

I just had my 27 week check up and all is looking well. Baby M's heart rate is nice and strong, I am measuring right at 27 weeks, blood pressure is good. Now I just have to wait for my glucose results. I am not really concerned about it though because I have not had cravings for sweets during my pregnancy and haven't (at least I don't think I have) eaten foods with a ton of sugar. But we'll see. The only other issue I have been having is ridiculously painful heartburn!! I have heard it is worse with boys, and obviously I have nothing to compare to, but boy does it hurt!!! Luckily my doctor said I can take Pepcid now, which I think is going to be a blessing!!!

So, that finally brings us to date. We are now just anxiously awaiting the births of several friends' babies that we are so exicited about!! I think we know at least 4 people all due in the next 3 weeks!!

Thanks again to everyone who has read about our adoption journey, and thank you to those who want to follow along on this new journey. I know it has taken far too long for me to get this posted, but I will now post more regularly!!!