The One With The Heartbeat

Thurs June 19, 2012

Although, we did not have an ultrasound today, we did get to hear the heartbeat for the first time. At first, I couldn't tell what in the world the lady was talking about. After a few short minutes, that seemed like forever, we finally heard our baby! I love that I can say OUR BABY! We are so very blessed and happy that Heavenly Father has given us this opportunity and we are so grateful!

Sunday June 10th 2012
Our little Rugrat  has been growing for 10 weeks now
That's 70 days pregnant ...About 210 days until we meet the little Walton

      It's starting to set in that I am not just pregnant, but we are having a baby!! Sounds like it would be the same thing but it sure doesn't feel the same. Of course,I am still a little scared of being in the first trimester but as that is coming to an end, so are most of my fears. Pure excitement is about the only feeling I have left!
      I hardly ever get sick anymore and for the most part I feel great! From weeks 4-8 I was getting sick alot but mostly around 1 or 2 am....how's that for MORNING sickness ha.... As crazy as it sounds, I might miss getting sick a little. I realized more and more each time just how much Petey loves me and is there for me. Each time, he got up, held my hair, rubbed my back and prayed for me. I am so blessed to have such a supportive husband...what a great daddy he will be!
      My belly started at just under 25 inches ( i skipped the gym alot this semester) and it is now 30 INCHES!!!! I'm still smaller around than the husband but that isn't going to last much longer. I've gained 2.5lbs but i feel like it's 25lbs. So far no weird cravings but there are definitely times when I have to have something and i mean right then ha. I can't get enough watermelon and popsicles/ice cream. We go back to the doctor Tuesday June 19th to hear the heartbeat for the first time!!!
That's it for this update :)

The One Where The Secret Exploded

Since Petey had to go out of town, we tried to keep our news a secret for a few days. Then we considered waiting until 12-14 weeks along, after the first trimester, to share our exciting news. We failed, we told nearly everyone. We were entirely too excited! This is how we told a few people:

We play a lot of games with his family so we told them on a scrabble board:

My Dad. We gave him a book to fill out. It's like an "all about my grandpa" book where my dad will tell the baby what life was like growing up, who he first voted for, what his first car was, and where he met grandma.....stuff like that

My boss "grandma Mimi"

A little poem called "On My Way", the baby says I'm coming near Christmas and I can't wait to meet you

My dear friend Kylie sings beautifully and I always tell her she is going to have to make a lullaby cd for my babies one day because they will never sleep if I'm singing to them. So....I made her this cd

We are going to wait until after the first trimester to share these blog post but I was too excited so I wrote them now

The One Where He FInds Out

    May 1, 2012

Today, Petey was scheduled to leave for a 4 day trip for work. The night before he didn't think that he would actually have to leave because the departure time was earlier than the time he has to be at the airport. Little did he know.....they were going to delay the whole flight until he arrived....paying passengers had to wait just for him! That's right my my traveling friends, the airlines delay your flights to wait on a pilot to get out of bed and come to work! I bet you will be slightly more annoyed the next time they tell you your flight is delayed for "technical difficulties". Anyways, I had somewhat known for about a week that I was pregnant but refused to take a test because I didn't want to get all excited and then be disappointed again, like i had the months before. I had a Dr. appointment scheduled for the next morning to discuss options and start medication to help aid us in getting pregnant. I had the strongest feeling I didn't need that appointment so I decided I had better take a test and tell him before he left for 4 days and I was stuck keeping an exploding secret or worse, sending him a text "I'm pregnant" while he was trying to fly a plane somewhere. I took the test and had to look twice. i couldn't believe it, finally my turn to see 2 pink lines!!! I cried and cried. Then I scrambled to make some cute way to tell him. I had come up with so many cute ideas over the past few months but it was 5:30am and I had 30 min before he would be called to leave. Crunch time! I decided to make a bandana for Diesel and a card. I woke him up at 5:55 and told him to come with me to check on the dog, something was wrong and I didn't know what to do (cruel joke since our dog had been sick for a few weeks). He ran downstairs and started petting the dog and coaxing him. What he didn't do was manage to see the giant bandana on the dog that was right in front of him!!! I's squirming with excited by this point and in complete disbelief, I had no idea i had a blind husband! I handed him the card thinking surely he would get this, not so much! Well, he did but it took a minute. Poor guy gets woke up before dawn and is supposed to process life changing information....oops, my fault! He got called to leave right after and the first person to know he was going to be a daddy was a random guy at crew scheduling haha. I can't remember a time in my life that I've ever been as happy as that moment. Can't wait to meet this baby!