4 years

Wow, the time has sure flown by. Four years ago today Jordan and I were tying the knot. It is amazing how fast the time has gone, and now with a baby I am sure the time will fly even faster. Well, I should say ONCE we have the baby time will speed up, because being pregnant and waiting for the baby to arrive feels like time has STOPPED! 

Jordan could not get off work today :(, but we still enjoyed a nice evening together. We went and painted pottery (it is our tradition). Jordan painted a football helmet candy dish. I will give you one guess what team he painted it for, of course -- The Ohio State University. He wasn't too happy with his creation, so it may end up being a night stand coin dish :) I painted a spoon rest. It is very "Primitive" to match our kitchen. Last year a made a display plate that we have have in our kitchen, and I decided to make the spoon rest match! I would really like to head back to paint pottery shortly after the baby is born. They had many display plates that had the babies name, birthday, time of birth, weight, and height. I thought that was a great idea! A few of them even had baby footprints or hand prints. When the time comes around, please remind me that I wanted to do this, because I am sure my mind will be elsewhere! 

After painting pottery, Jordan and I headed to a YUMMY pizza joint. I wasn't feeling that great, I was SO tired and bloated, so a romantic dinner where I had to dress up didn't sound all that fun to me. Also, Jordan was craving the pizza and salad -- let me tell you, you would think Jordan is the pregnant one j/k :). So I agreed and we had a great time there, and it was delicious! After dinner we headed home and we watched a movie together. It was a great day. 

The last four years have been amazing, and it has been wonderful seeing our relationship grow with each other and in Christ more and more each day. Well this is to many many more blissful years to come!!!!

Dad's Corner

It was so funny going to Carrie's appointment.  It was weird to be the "Dad" at the appointment.  It was so fun seeing all of the pictures on the wall of the stages of the pregnancy.  I am so excited to paint and buy baby clothes.  I can't wait for the baby to get here.  I ask Carrie all of the time, "Can't we just have it today?"  I love going to Babies R Us with Carrie and picking out cribs and clothes and strollers.  Although Carrie is a little crazy about having to have a girl names picked out in the next 10 minutes.  She's just so excited too.  It's funny how I already think of things like if it's a girl, what will her wedding day be like or if it's a boy what kind of sports he will want to do.  (Baseball is a must).  I have made Carrie take like 5 pregnancy tests you know just to make sure. haha.  Anyways I am excited for our next appt which according to Carrie will be the "Awkward one."  I will keep you posted

Jordan

Our First Appointment

Today we had our first appointment and it went really well. I was very excited for the appointment, but also very nervous. I have been having a really weird pain/feeling in my right pelvic area, and I didn't really express how nervous it made me to anyone else, because I didn't want to stress anybody when it could be harmless. Well, I asked my Doctor about it, and she said it was harmless. That your ovary creates a cyst when you get pregnant, and some women can feel it, while other women will never feel it at all. She said it is just my body doing exactly what she wants it to do. 

My appointment was at 3pm, but we didn't leave the office until 5pm! The doctor was a little bit late seeing us, but we were with the doctor for over an hour. It was a very relaxing visit. Jordan and I just sat down together and she asked us a billion questions, and in return we asked her a billion questions :) It was very informative and it just made me SO much more excited! My next appointment will be at the end of August, and I will also be having my first ultrasound! I will be 12 weeks pregnant, so we should be able to see a pretty good shot of the baby. We won't know the gender until 18-20 weeks though. 

My due date is March 11th, which is Jordan's maternal grandfather's birthday. We have decided that if our baby is born on his birthday, and if it is a boy, we will give him the same middle name as his grandpa "Richard". 

After the appointment I had to have my blood drawn. They took three huge vials! I HATE getting my blood drawn, but Jordan said I took it like a trooper and I didn't whine at all. The lady who took my blood was very gentle and very funny. She said that she could tell by the look on our faces that we were going to be first time parents. She said nobody is glowing and smiling like that when they get their blood drawn, but I told her that was my nervous smile :).  Also as we were talking about getting my blood drawn MANY MANY more times throughout this pregnancy, she so kindly told me childbirth would be MUCH worse. It was a great day, and I can't wait until we get to meet out baby!!!!

Vacation

Wow! I feel like I haven't been home in FOREVER. The last week of June we went to Seaside, the next week we went to Seven Bays, then the next week I went to church camp, and finally I am leaving for Rife Lake for a week today! Last year Jordan and I didn't go camping at all, and I think we are making up for that this year.

Also July 11th was our 8 year anniversary! I cannot believe how quickly the time has gone by! We will be celebrating our 4 year wedding anniversary on July 30th! We are very excited!

Ok about the baby, I am feeling GREAT! No sickness, I am just a little tired, no food aversions, and really no cravings... well maybe fruit and grilled cheese. I have been drinking A LOT of water, and I feel like I go to the bathroom WAY too much. I scheduled my very first appointment to see the doctor. My appointment is set for Monday, July 21st! I cannot wait! 

We're Pregnant!!!

JULY 3rd

We are camping in Eastern Washington at Seven Bays. This camping trip is an annual event, and all of Jordan's extended family attends every year. When I was packing for the trip I decided to take only one pregnancy test with me, and not test until the very last day. If I tested on the last day of our trip (July 3rd) my period would be two days late. The directions say that you should test first thing in the morning. Unfortunately I woke up at FOUR AM!!! I was SO tired, and I didn't want to take the test that early. If the test was negative I would be sad, and not be able to sleep. If the test was positive, I would be too excited to sleep. So I tried to fall back asleep...

4:30 Am - I woke up again, and I HAVE to go to the bathroom NOW! So I head there and take the test. 3 minutes seems like an ETERNITY when you are waiting, so I was just looking at myself in the mirror and trying to not think about the test. THEN I looked down... it said PREGNANT! I was SHOCKED!!!!!!!! I had to look again, and I just stared at it. I couldn't believe it. I only had one or two pregnancy symptoms, and I had the mindset that I was NOT pregnant. So when I saw the test I was in shock. I remember saying, "Oh my goodness, oh my goodness" OVER AND OVER. I then sat on the toilet with my hands on my head, and prayed thanking God for this miracle!!!! After I pulled myself together, it was time to return to the tent and try to hide everything I was feeling from Jordan. Well, it wasn't too hard he was FAST asleep and nothing was waking him up. I just laid in bed and was thanking God.

LATER THAT DAY

When we woke up I pretended like nothing happened. ALL of Jordan's family was there and it was so funny the things they were saying. I was holding Noah, our second cousin who is seven months old, and his Grandma said to me, "Carrie you better not hold Noah too long, babies are contagious" Little did she know i was already pregnant lol! Then Jordan's Aunt Mary was making a baby blanket, and I comment on how much I liked it. She asked me, "If I save this blanket for you, how long will I have to wait to give it to you?" I was thinking 9 months LOL, but I told her, "I don't know". The reason I didn't tell everyone right away was that I wanted to tell Jordan in a private and very special way!

It was time to go home, and I BEGGED Jordan to take the way home that goes through Cashmere and Leavenworth. Little did he know what was about to come. I wasn't sure where or how I was going to tell him. The entire drive I was looking for somewhere beautiful and special where we could pull off the road and take a picture. So after a few hours we entered Cashmere. The sun was shining BRIGHT, and we saw a BEAUTIFUL river that had a bridge across it. Jordan and I both commented on how beautiful it was, so I asked him if we could go stand in the middle of the bridge and take some pictures. LUCKILY he pulled over and we got out of the car. I WAS NERVOUS! I knew he wanted a baby and we had been trying, but I wanted it to be a perfect moment. So we get to the middle of the bridge and take a few pictures. After we are done with pictures he ask to head back to the car (he had a REALLY BAD BLISTERY sunburn). So I said sure, but I think you have my debit card in your pocket. (I slipped the test into his pocket when we were on the bridge and he didn't notice!) So he began searching his pockets and then he found it! He was so excited, he didn't believe me. He started crying and saying, "Oh honey, your kidding me LOL, your kidding me right?!?" He didn't think it was real.. it was CUTE!

After a few minutes together, we headed back to the car and we decided to stop in Leavenworth. I had never been there before! It was SO beautiful, and we are going to plan a trip there again sometime soon! At first I wanted to wait to tell everyone, but Jordan COULD NOT WAIT! He didn't want to tell anyone by phone so he said he wanted to go to my parents house THAT NIGHT and tell them. We were trying to think of a cool way to tell them. Then I found shirts that said, "This is what a real cool Grandma/Grandpa looks like." We decided to buy them, and we would have them open them at the same time, and see if they got it lol. Before heading over there we ran to our house and I took another pregnancy test, and it said PREGNANT again! So we headed over to my parents. We gave them their gifts and my mom looked confused. She was like, "Is this for the future?" It was SO funny! She said she knew how organized I was and I always plan out everything in advance so she thought it was for the future. We didn't tell anyone we were trying, because we didn't want the added pressure! They were excited!

Earlier in the day Jordan and I had decided we would tell his parents on Sunday night when they came home from camping. He didn't want to call and tell them, BUT he couldn't wait any longer. As soon as he woke up he said, " I thought about it, and I want to call my mom now." I said ok and I listened as he told her. Every year when we go to Seven Bays we trace our hands write our name, age, and height on the building walls. Well Jordan called in the morning on Jason's cell phone. He woke Jason up and told him he really needed to talk to mom, so Jason went and woke Debbi up. When she answered the phone he said, "Mom I need you to do me a favor. Can you please go draw a stick figure next to Carrie's hand and write that she was pregnant this year." Debbi said, " Ahh, are you serious!!" She was so excited, then she shouted out Carrie's Pregnant! lol Kaiti and Jason heard and we could hear Kaiti in the background! Then we told Jessi and Aunt Mary on the phone. Later in the day they shared the news with Jordan's entire extended family. I really wish we could have been there and told them in person, but it was still very exciting and special!

JULY 4TH

We woke up and headed to Babies R Us just to take a look. Then we will be going to my Aunt Angie and Uncle Robbie's house. We go there every year for the fourth of July. We really wanted to wait a while to tell everyone, but we were just too excited. We decided that we would have faith in God and we want to share every minute of this new experience with our family and friends, if anything were to happen, then we would have a big support group. So we decided to tell all of my family at the party. We had my mom and dad wear their new shirts, and they walked into the house. It was SO funny, everyone was staring at my mom's shirt, but no one said anything. Then Stacy asked about it, this was my Aunt Ange's expression, she was so excited she teared up:

It was so much fun telling everyone. The next people to come in the door was my Aunt Corkie and my cousin Cori. She was reading my mom's shirt and she didn't get it at first, but when she did she FREAKED out lol. Here is a picture of her and my cousin:

All night long we continued to tell everyone, it was so excited and so funny watching everyone's expression. This last picture is of my cousin Alyssa, I told her I wanted to take a picture of her and my cousin Stephanie, and I said on the count of three repeat after me.... "Carrie's Pregnant" It was SOoooooooooooo FUNNY! Here is the picture:

It has been a great two days. It seems like it has been two weeks, but it was great having so much support from our family and friends. We know this baby is going to be loved! We are so excited!