I am so very happy to say that we are expecting a baby in April 2015! This is a dream come true for us, and I am so blessed. I'm going to wait to post this until after we've reached the 12-14 weeks, but I want to write about it now!
For the past few weeks, I've suddenly had a strong urge to urinate much more frequently. I've been feeling slightly sick pretty much all the time, and I have been more tired than usual. I began to expect that I was pregnant from the time I believe I conceived. I just had a feeling that I was, and all the symptoms and weirdness I have been feeling just added to that suspicion. I was thinking maybe I was making it all up, and maybe it was all in my head, but it's not! This morning, I took a pregnancy test, and it came back positive!!! I am so excited and I can't decide if I even want to tell anybody but I am bursting with the news!
If the online calculators are right, our baby will be due right around April 4, 2015. My first concern is that I better not be having my baby on April 1. No April Fool's baby for me. My second is that this kid might have to share a birthday with Easter every few years. In fact, I looked it up and April 4 was Easter Sunday in 2010 and 1999, and the next expected time that Easter will fall on April 4 is 2021. Also, this baby might be celebrating birthdays during General Conference weekend, which might be a super awesome birthday present every year, but also might leave less time for celebration. On the up side, family is more likely to get together for Conference, so maybe that will be a great thing and we will see family a lot! Either way, I am excited for this baby to be born, no matter what time of year.
At this point, it would be so much fun to have a girl, but Spencer and I are both hoping for a boy. I always wished I had an older brother, and I am just feeling like a boy might be just what this family needs. I have also always thought that I wouldn't want to know the gender of my baby, but Spencer isn't quite so convinced that we should wait. My mom didn't find out my gender and it was so exciting for her to find out at the birth! We will see once we get closer to that time.
Anyway, there is the announcement! I can't wait to see what pregnancy is like and I am so glad to be looking forward to having a baby in our home!
