When expecting G - sharing the news

G's first wave of announcing:

At home (I think a Sunday) I took the pregnancy test and eagerly waited. It was POSITIVE! I then put it in my robe pocket and walked out in the living room and told Rick. I think he thought I was kidding, but I quickly handed over the evidence. Yeah, smiles and joy all around! The timing on this was kind of funny because the previous day at Starbucks I asked how he would like me to tell him when we get pregnant. He said - "Just tell me". So the next day I was able to. Rick and I were very lucky and got pregnant pretty quick - about 3 months of 'trying' ;)

With Guinny, we almost waited 12 full weeks to share our news with others. We thought how my brother shared their news previously was really cute and copied it. For my mom's birthday we gave her a 'Grandma' photo frame with a sonogram pic in it. Our message was not clear. Ha-ha both my mom and brother did not understand, they thought we were giving her an additional way of displaying pics of her and/or Sophia (my niece). However, moments later my sister-in-law looked at the gift and at us and said something like "Oh my!" then "YEAH, congratulations" all the while my mom and brother stared at the commotion. We then announced we were expecting and all were on the same page. All of this happened so quickly, but I thought it was amusing.

We told my dad over lunch, but he totally was expecting some kind of big news. I give him some credit he is pretty astute mostly, but also guesses a whole lot. So he thought something was going on when I shifted our lunch plans to include Rick. We met at a local family (Greek) restaurant. After we all arrived, we gave him a card with an egg on the cover. Inside it said something like "it's a single yolker". He smiled and gave us big hugs and congratulated us. He said a few co-workers will be asking if I'm expecting when he returns to work since he shared his guess before he left. Ha! too funny.

On Rick's side, I believe we told Boompa and Nana first while just hanging out and visiting at their house. Pretty sure Mike was there too. And boy he seemed the happiest for us. He teased... saying he was excited/relieved it was someone else's turn for kiddos beyond their sister :) 


We also had to share our news with our best friends, which were also trying. We went out to brunch at the Waffle Iron (or some such place that no longer is open). They seemed the most shocked of all, happy yet realizing it is really happening and many of our couple events would be changing to family functions soon enough.

Whew, we made it thru last month

Actually our streak of road trips started in May! I was scheduled for 3 weeks in Austin, TX (4-5 hour drive) for work. We decided that both Guin and my mom would join me. This not only allowed Rick to focus on is on-call duties for work but also squeeze in a little school work. It allowed for some girl time for us and a change of scenery :) I am very lucky to have my mom roll with the semi un-planned events and schedule! We were successful with most of our desired activities. While down there we were able to meet up with my high school friends on 5 occasions and an old co-worker once. We tried many restaurants including 2 food trucks plus made it to a craft show, and swam 3 times! Wow! Looking back we did a lot - and all that was before/after I worked each business day and drove home for the weekends. We returned home late afternoon of Friday 6/1.

Not even a week later, on Thursday 6/7 we (Rick and I only) made it to Kansas for a friend's wedding. Rick drove all 8 hours there on Thursday, around town on Friday, and all 8 hours home on Saturday. I got to take it easy and demand pee stops :) We had a great time! Oh, I do get a little credit - the reception had an open bar so I encouraged Rick to relax and enjoy, since I could drive us back to the hotel safely. So I did do some driving, though only 5-10 miles (if that!). *A special thanks goes out to my mom and dad for trading off time and giving Guinny a great time while we were away!* We returned home the night of Saturday 6/9.

Again not even a week later, on Wednesday 6/13 (after work no less) we (Rick, Guin, and I) hit the road heading to Michigan for a cousin's wedding! We made it there late Thursday night. This wedding was on Saturday and it was beautiful too! We had a wonderful time and were so happy we all made it up to visit (Rick's side)! Though by then I was experiencing some significant ankle and feet swelling, so I did need to take it easy and keep my feet up.  Rick drove us up and down from MI as well as around town while there, he really tried to make it as easy on me as possible! And Guinny was a champ! She didn't have potty accident, she ate well, played and socialized with other kids and adults! During this trip I think she finally got over her tentative nature around Boompa! We returned home the night of Monday 6/18 and had to return to work the next day. That was a little difficult.

The very next Friday and Saturday 6/22-23 was Guinny's first dance rehearsal and recital. We had to juggle a bit but Grammy was able to pick-up G's tights and Bupcia was able to take G to her dance rehearsal (while Rick and I worked Friday). A group was able to make it the show on Saturday. Apparently she did even less at the real show then at the rehearsal, but she didn't cry or run off stage. She did however pick her nose during the performance, thankfully that was very brief. We gave her some flowers after the show (as a co-worker recommended to me). I'm glad I was warned because many many others had flowers and I know how much my girl enjoys flowers and plants.

We had a great treat Sat-Sun, an overnight visit from "Cousin Meghan". We talked many things mommy and it just made me wish more then ever that we lived closer. But I didn't dwell, I really tried to soak in all the time, attention, and conversation I could!

The next day (Sunday 7/24) was our marvelous Tea Party - Baby Shower/Sprinkle! It was lovely. The foods and treats were so yummy and the company was AWESOME! It was so, so very nice to celebrate our coming family addition!

Eager to meet the baby!

Though I'm tired and have many unfinished projects around the house, I am ready and eager to meet this little one that remains so active! It occurred to me that I'll still be tired with things left undone next week and the week after, so why wait? So, I'm ready when you are baby!

These shots are from yesterday after my insanely hot Indian food dinner. I had Lamb Vindaloo at Phall spice level (=extra extra hot). I laughed, I cried, I perspired, and had a runny nose. This one didn't have as extreme a reaction as Guinny.

Cheer us on and wish us luck - I'm hoping "Eggert" comes before the doctor needs/wants to induce!

In this second pic you can kind of see my belly button area. Ha-Ha yep, it's off center incase you couldn't tell