2009/02/07

Baby On the Way

Mike and I just found out that we are going to have a baby. I am currently about 6 weeks. Some of the first clues were when I started getting nauseous with pretty much any kind of food except fruit. Strong smells, especially onions and garlic were the worst. Mike and I went to the store to buy a bunch of fruit. We bought apples, oranges, grapes, bananas and kiwi. On the way home I had a banana and felt so emotional about eating a banana that it made me cry. That is when I knew, at the very least. that my hormones were out of whack. I talked to a girl at church who said that she had just found out that she was six weeks pregnant. She encouraged me to take a test. Mike brought one home on Monday after work and the next morning I tested. The result was a definite positive. I was so excited that I had to take a moment before I could manage to hold a straight face. I asked mike what he thought the result was, he said " I don't know" slowly trying to read my face. I showed him the test and my control broke, I am sure I was beaming. Mike said "Chelseeeey!" overwhelmed with so many different emotions at once. He has started talking to my stomach and I love it. I am excited to see him experiencing the first few moments of being a daddy. He is going to be a great dad.
We are still planning to go ahead with our plans of teaching and studying in china. That means that our baby will be born in China just 4 1/2 months after we get there. We want to fly my mom over to Beijing so that she can be there for the birth of her first grandchild. My mother-in-law knows a lady whose relative is living in china and gave birth there so she gave me her email address. I have so many questions for her.
I am already so in love with this baby of ours. I am so excited to meet him or her.

2 comments:

Amy, Mike and our Girls said...

I am so excited for you guys! If you have any prenancy questions I would be happy to talk about things with you. There is a great book "What to expect when you are expecting." It is a great resource. I hope that you don't get too sick. Congrats again.

Kevin said...

Congrats, you two. Parenthood definitely is a joy and has a lot of ups, despite its downs!