From the beginning...

Like most newlyweds, I had every intention on starting this blog to post fun stories about Christian and my new adventures and experiences.  Of course 3 and a half years later you can see just how good I got at making it actually happen.  HA!

By now you have heard the great news though… we are having our first baby together!! Woo Hoo!! I figured since this baby will be “Newly Eagleston” as well and we have a lot of family that lives so far, we could attempt to start this blog thing again.  This way, we can give our friends and family updates without making everyone on Facebook suffer through a million posts they really could probably care less about.  So let’s get it started!  Let me first say that I write how I talk so please excuse any random babbling.

I will start from the beginning which will probably make this a super long post.  I promise not all of them will be like this, but we have 13 weeks to cover.

We found out I was pregnant on Feb 6^th and it’s been a so hard to keep this secret!  The reason we decided to wait had a lot to do with Axel.  He had been praying for a brother or sister every night.  So I had a realistic talk with him (as I usually do) and told him “ok, there is a time in pregnancy where it’s possible that a baby could not make it.  When we get pregnant do you want me to tell you as soon as I know and if something happens we get through it together OR do you want me to wait until the ‘safe zone’ to tell you?”  His response was a classic Axel response.  He said “No, wait until everything is ok.  It would hurt my heart too bad if I knew something happened.”  (I know… sweetest kid ever!)  So his request was granted.  It wouldn’t make sense to tell everyone except him so we opted to tell just my parents and Christian’s parents.  (Side note: I am SO proud of my mom for keeping it to herself.  She was going to explode at any moment!) 

Now let’s get into the excitement… the symptoms.  So at about 5 weeks the dreaded morning sickness hit me.  Fun fact about me: I HATE and I mean HATE throwing up and will do anything and everything in my power to avoid it.  The nausea came in waves but I managed to survive it since I found a few things that cured it for me… pickles, pink lemonade and mint gum.  When one wouldn’t work, I would move on to the next.  If the three of those didn’t work, I immediately put myself to sleep.  A trip to the toilet just wasn’t going to happen if I could help it at all.  Christian was my rock during this time.  I was more of a ‘suffer silently’ type.  No one wants to hear someone complain all the time and since no one knew, I kept it to myself…. Except for Christian.  I would let him know when I felt bad and BAM… a bowl of pickles showed up next me.  And I think he bought every pink lemonade in existence to figure out which one I liked best.  He’s amazing!  Even though I did get sick often, it was WAY and I mean WAY better than my pregnancy with Axel (which I was constantly going to the hospital for dehydration because I couldn’t even keep water down).  Throughout the entire process of morning sickness I just kept reminding myself… sickness equals a good sign… there is still a baby in there (more about this shortly).  I think the hardest part about it all was having to work through the sickness and exhaustion.  I mean c’mon, we should get 2 leaves, one to get through the first trimester in the comfort of our own home, and then after we have the baby of course.

Around 11 weeks, my symptoms started to really subside.  Instead of getting happy about that… I got ridiculously paranoid.  Why am I not sick?  Why do I feel like I have a little more energy today?  Is something wrong?  UGH!  This paranoia is 100% due to the fact that back in September I had a miscarriage.  I know… I know… you just sighed and felt sad because you didn’t know.  It was something I didn’t feel like I wanted to share.  For the most part, I am a pretty private person when it comes to things like that.  I realize now that I should be more open about it.  So many women go through it and they too keep it to themselves and suffer silently.  We shouldn’t have to.  We should be able to have full support because it is SO NOT easy!  It’s one of the hardest losses I have ever had to deal with actually.  We were sad but in the end I prayed the hardest I have ever prayed for help to get through it.  I also turned the faith switch on and thought ‘Heavenly Father has a plan and a baby couldn’t happen for us right now so I just need to have faith that it will happen again and that He knows what’s best for me’.  Funny how when I turned it over to Him, all got better.  I started to look at things differently.  Christian and I had been trying to have a baby for 2 years with no success… BUT this was a sign that it could and would happen for us.  Anyway, back to the paranoia.  So when the symptoms started fading, I immediately thought everything was wrong again.  I was soooo anxious for my 12 week appointment and it was a week away!!  Ugh!

So we finally get to our 2^nd ultrasound at 12 weeks.    And guess what?!  There was the sweetest little heart beating on the screen letting me know “I’m ok mom!”  I was so happy and got to enjoy the rest of the ultrasound.  One thing we noticed is that the baby is STUBBORN already and it’s only 2.5 inches big.  Sucking on its thumb/hand already and didn’t stop no matter how many times the ultrasound tech poked and pushed.  She even had me cough hard and wiggle around.  Baby would move but never took the hand away from its mouth enough for the tech to get the picture she wanted.  I thought the picture still turned out cute.

 

So after that appointment, we were given the green light and decided it was time to tell Axel.  On April 2^nd we gave him an Easter egg from us with a little note inside saying “Baby Eagleston hatching October 2015”.  It went right over his head.  He was like “ok… great… thanks?”  We had to explain what it meant and then he was excited.  Now he can’t wait! He took pics with the ultrasound pic and off went the announcements to our closest friends and family members that live far away.  We wanted all of them to know first before making a general announcement.  Family members and friends in TX received an egg like Axel’s but of course they were able to understand it when they read it.  Haha!

This brings us to today!  I am 13 weeks which is the last week in the first trimester.  Baby is about the size of a peach at this point (2.9inches and .5oz).  My morning sickness is almost non-existence… woo hoo!!  My current symptoms right now are more exhaustion and acne! ß I mean I look like a 12 year old all over again.  I am craving shrimp fajitas… like ALL THE TIME!  And watermelon too.  But shrimp fajitas… mmmm!!  Not showing yet.  Let’s be honest, I am a little overweight so it’s going to take a little longer for me to show.  We are looking forward to finding out if it’s a girl or boy on Friday!  The ultrasound tech said it may be a little early still but we will try and look.  If we find out, we will definitely be following the same pattern and letting family and friends know first before making an announcement about it.  Love you all!!