Mother's Day insanity

I got my first Mother's Day gift from Mom & Dad - a white azalea we planted in the back yard last night to watch grow along with the baby. I think the hormones are starting to kick in cause I started crying while planting it and thinking about symbolism of all of it. Then I proceeded to name the azalea Thursday because thats the day of the week we found out we were pregnant. (That idea comes from the shower on Saturday when Bridget told us about the conversation she had wth Tom Helm that he believes she should name the baby after the day of the week it's born.) So next time you're over be sure to say Hello to Thursday. I'm officially insane.

Start spreading the news!

Finally got to spread the word to the majority of people in our lives. Starting the 10th with Corrie & Jay. We went to dinner for our parents B-days and to celebrate Corrie's Teacher of the Year award. So I gave Cor a "Congratulations" card she thought was for the Teacher of the Year thing but was actually Congrats Auntie-to-Be!! It took a second for it to register then she teared up and there were hugs and advice immediately. This is going to be a great time to bond even more with Cor. I can't wait. She already gave me her pregnancy journals from Aria and Adrian so I can follow along the week by week and compare to myself or see what's in store. She and Jay helped with the telling of the Starowski side of the family too recording with me an addendum to the crusie slide show/ video. But before we could tell the families I had a baby shower to co-host with all the old Rainbow girls! Bridget is 7 months now so we had an old fashioned slumber party! Mom made me jammies to wear that said "ME 2" on them so Bridget went down to the girls and said "Guess what? I'm pregnant!" then I came out from behind her and pointed to the ME 2 on my shirt! It was a perfect announcement and a great time! Sunday was Mother's Day with Chris' side first for brunch and my Mom-in Law got to show everyone what we gave her for Mother's Day (the frame and test stick pic). Colleen already had figured it out! Must be a mom thing. We chatted about names and timing and all those things. Then off to Corrie's for dinner to tell the other side. My cousin Christi figured out I was preggo already and pulled me aside to confirm her speculations. She figured it our because I was adamant that if she was not coming to Mother's Day she HAD to call me. She's so tuned in! So everyone else found out right after dinner when we played the video clip. Jay & I were having a conversation about souveniers we brought back from the trip ending with the best souvenier - I walked over to the oven ad illustrated that Chris & I brought home a Bun-in-the-Oven. Took a minute to sink in but I got to experience my first Mother's Day with lots of hugs and stories. It was perfect. :)

My Sister

I'm trying to figure out a good time to tell her - she just HAS to know before I spill to the rest of the family since I think I was among the very very 1st to know about all of her pregnancies. It just wouldn't be right for her to not be in the know. Plus, I bet she has some good ideas about how to tell everyone. Just not easy to find a good time! Ugh. Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and do it tonight.

You know what's strange is that most days I don't feel any different. One day I'll be tired and a little crampy then nothing for a few days. Kinda makes it seems unreal..... No morning sickness yet. I guess when that happens I'll feel all too pregnant. I suppose I should be relishing in the symptomless second month, but honestly its kind of a bummer! I know I'm going to be uncomfortable and achy and swollen and not be able to sleep and get stretch marks and acne and all that but how I am right now is boring. I'm writing this down so that in a few months when I am miserable I can look back and see how great life was back then. Ha.

Oh yeah

I just ordered a onesie for the baby for Chris that says "My Daddy's Tattoos are cooler than your Daddy's Tattoos". Hee!

Grandparents

We've just been totally BUSTING to tell someone but we knew we wanted our parents to be the first to know. But how to tell them? Unfortunately the drama that we created for Corrie & Jay we can't use now, and we kinda wanted it to be a little more private. Luckily for us we took a photo of the home pregnancy test saying loud and clear in all it's digital glory "pregnant" so we thought it would be cute to give our mom's the pics of the test at a pre-Mother's Day thing at our place. Too bad the test turned out totally blurry in the photos. Luckily I was able to write on them with a fine point sharpie, you can see the words great ni good lighting so we were a go! Also found some #1 Grandma frames to put them in for added impact. And we couldn't forget Grandpa so he got a Grandpa Loves Me bib. Hardest part was we had to get through Rob & Helen's Cinco de Mayo shower without letting anyone know I wasn't drinking cause that would be a dead giveaway. It was no small feat but still easier than we expected. I was made to taste a few drinks so I pretended to sip them, I think I fooled most everyone. Mom was so funny because as Rob & Helen were opening packages she insisted that Chris & my present to them was #7 because of an old wives tale the the 7th gift opened at a baby shower is the next to have a baby. I acted my way through that one as well, poo poing her silliness, calling her an eternal optimist. But MAN did I just want to blurt it out and tell everyone!!! We made it through the night and were really looking forward to the parents coming over Sunday so we could finally get it off our chests. We had to make up and excuse that we were going to be gone for most of Mother's Day so we wanted to do something for them ahead of time. They bought it! Chris worked tirelessly out in the yard all day (I think he's nesting) and started up the BBQ as the soon to be Grandparents (again) came in. We were all out on the back deck for a bit then we ust couldn't take it anymore. We gave our mom's their gifts and instructed to open them together. My mom got hers open first - first she looked puzzled, then shocked, then she screamed "YOUR PREGNANT!" just as you could see Chris' mom figuring out the photo as well and getting this shocked, surprised, excited look. So now our parents and all my neighbor's within earshot know. There were tears and hugs and lots of questions. All in all I think it went really well! We discussed it, and we'll be telling the families on Mother's Day. This should be another tough week keeping our mouths shut!