10 Weeks to go!

YAHOOOO! 10 weeks until we get to meet this little guy! In some ways it feels like I have been pregnant FOREVER!  We have known we were pregnant from day 1, which was WONDERFUL but makes each week seem like an ETERNITY.. How pregnancy has been up until now..

First off, Note To self: The next time you are pregnant, remember, the morning sickness DOES END! At about 23 weeks, the nausea ended!  The sensitivity to smells ended! (Remember how even the smell of Danny's deodorant would send you to the bathroom vomiting?!) UGH!  Remember how the smell of roast might as well have been the smell of sewage? All gone! Remember how dead TIRED you were from the time you woke up until the time you went to bed? Well at week 23, that ended and you felt a new energy!  HOWEVER, you traded the nausea and exhaustion for.. dun dun dun.. HEARTBURN!  OH. MY. GOSH. I have never experienced heartburn before now.. For the last 7 weeks I have really learned to empathize with people who have it on a normal basis. It is rough!  The foods I love the most usually haunt me by sending acid into my esophagus and I pay for it the rest of the day. I have an economy size bottle of Tums in my purse and recently discovered Zantac which has really helped. 

Also, I have learned what people with constant back pain feel like.  It is difficult to sleep at night and difficult to get comfortable.  The other night, I switched beds 4 times. Poor Danny. & last but not least, CRAMPS. I am not sure if my belly is just stretching to epic proportions or what is going on in there but OUCH! The cramps!

Ok.. that was the warning and reminder to myself. Fair warning has been given :)  And I think it will help next time to remember when it ends.. and that it DOES end!

Next up, the AMAZING STUFF!! This part is easy :)  First, the joy that being pregnant has brought Danny and I is indescribable.  We could not be more excited and happy and blessed to have this little person join our family.  We feel like we are at a great place in our lives to start a family and our little guy has brought us even that much closer.

Second, being pregnant, although difficult, is AMAZING! I LOVE when I can feel him moving around.. I love watching my belly and seeing him move from one side to the other.. I love that I can feel when he gets the hiccups.  

I love that he can hear mine and Danny's voices and that he will recognize our voices when he gets here.

  

I LOVE his ultrasound pictures and how ADORABLE he is! Our last ultrasound was at 28 weeks and I can already see so much of his daddy!  He has Danny's nose and big lips and I am already so excited to hold him and kiss him. I have both of these pictures in my office and just look at him all day :)  He has grown and changed SO much in 10 weeks!  & it's hard to believe in just 10 more weeks, he will be here!