Should I update???

Okay - so it is fastly approaching almost a full year since I have updated this blog - clearly I am not into the whole blog thing. But, I am thinking that I might want to pick it back up again so I can keep everyone informed of our new addition. I am not making any promises, but here is an update for now... Then we will see how it goes!

As you all know by now - I am PREGNANT! This news just doesn't seem too exciting anymore since really, I am just wanting it to come to an end (I am 31.5 weeks) rather than being all excited about it beginning. But here is a quick run-through: I found out I was pregnant the day before Halloween. I actually had my suspicions, so a co-worker convinced me to go get a blood test. So, I did. And I then called and got the results over the phone an hour later - the poor nurse that read the results was likely a bit concerned. As soon as she said positive, I burst into tears. She clearly didn't know if they were happy or sad tears, so she just kind of said - thanks. But before she hung up I told her they were happy tears and I was SO excited. She sighed in relief and said - good, I didn't know which way that was going! I of course told Greg immediately and (don't tell him I told!), but he also shed a tear. I also told my sister that night - which I am glad I did. She had the great idea of 'trick or treating' to the family the next night (Halloween) and wearing a t-shirt that said BABY with an arrow pointing down. It was great. I was in my parents house for a full-on 5-10 minutes with Jay, Janeal and Greg trying to make it extremely obvious to look at my shirt. My parents didn't notice and Janeal had to basically say - Look at Jackie's costume. My mom and dad got SO happy - it was fun. We then told several other members of the family (including Mickele and Mindy, Carol and Grandpa). Then Greg and I went to his parents. We weren't going to tell, but I can't keep a secret, so after being there for a minute, I quickly unzipped my sweater and Amanda was the first to notice. She screamed and my mother in law literally screamed and jumped off the couch - they were SO happy! So then I told pretty much everyone else in the entire world that I knew. I cannot keep things a secret at all.

Fast forward to Feb 2. I was 17 weeks along - we had a routine doc appointment. My wonderful doc asked if we were going to find out the gender at our 20 week ultrasound - I told him Of course we were, as it was taking all my self-control to not go to Fetal Fotos and find out then! So, he got a grin and said, should we take a looksy? I was THRILLED! When he found the region - he said It looks like we have a girl! Greg got a big old smile and said - a girl! I got a perplexed look on my face and said, "A girl, really - are you sure?" For some reason, I thought it was a boy, so I was surprised by this! I am SO excited for my beautiful little girl, and after I have had 3 ultrasounds since then confirming it is in fact a girl; I finally believe it! On a side note, the official ultrasound was Feb 13, and Greg and I were very happy to see that everything was very healthy and progressing just as it should be!

I can't remember exactly when I started feeling her move, but I think it was sometime around 17 weeks and just kept getting stronger and stronger. Now, she moves constantly! I am kind of worried about her sleeping patterns - I can't quite tell when she sleeps, she just moves! It is a very good thing that I gave up caffeine for the pregnancy, I would be so worried right now that I did something to 'ruin' her! Clearly, she is just one active little girl - especially in the middle of the night. Greg can actually feel her moving the bed (as she kicks me). He will wake up and tell her that she needs to go to bed right now young lady and stop kicking her mother! She never listens, so hopefully that will change before she becomes a teenager, or else we are in real trouble. While I am so excited to meet her, we are preparing for some LONG nights ahead of us.

Which brings me to the final. I am due July 9th and Greg and I have had a fantastic time painting the nursery and getting all sorts of pepto-bismal colored objects to fill it. She is going to be one spoiled little girl! When we picked out our furniture, I was describing it to my Mom. She reminded us that we probably didn't need much furniture as we had a big closet with an organizer in the nursery already. Greg answered her with - well we don't have that much space in the bathroom for all her stuff, like bows and ribbons for her hair and stuff. My mom said, so you are buying a dresser for bows? Greg and I responded - Yes! So see, this little girl will be one spoiled little girl. She better have a lot of bows to fill the dresser. Come to think of it, she has no bows yet. Uh oh - I better get on this!

Oh - and I almost forgot. Our little girl's name is Adalyn. Adalyn Johnson. However, we are currently in debate about the middle name. If you have any suggestions, please let us know! We will likely be calling her Addy for short as well. So - send any suggestions you have my way!

Sorry for the novel. But people say to treat these blog things like a journal or scrapbook or something so you can remember things. So - here you go! And yes, we do have other things going on in our lives, like jobs and school and such, but nothing is as fun to talk about as our little Adalyn! I will try to post more often so I don't have to sum up a full year next time!