27 weeks in a nutshell!

I have been feeling horrible lately about not blogging or keeping some kind of journal about my pregnancy so I decided that I would try to write it all down in a nutshell up until this point. For those that don't know I had a previous miscarriage so part of me not blogging or journaling was a big fear that things were going to go wrong again. This post might be a little long and a little boring but it is mostly for myself to keep record of such an amazing experience.

FINDING OUT
Earlier this year Garrett and I were planning on moving to Colorado. Garrett worked for URS and they were laying off all of their employees due to some law that they needed to close the plant down. With no other options besides transferring to Colorado with the company we felt that it would be an adventure and we would make the best of it (even though we were scared to death.) Around the first of April we were getting ready to call a realtor to put our house on the market. Garrett received a phone call on a Friday to come interview for a job here on Monday. We were excited but trying not to get too hopeful. He interviewed that Monday and it went well, meanwhile I had been feeling a little funny and kind of had a feeling I might be pregnant. Wednesday, April 9th came and I decided to take a test. It was positive. I told Garrett and we were both excited and kind of nervous. Literally about 10 minutes after I took the test Garrett got a phone call offering him the job here. It was a HUGE relief knowing that we didn't have to move away being pregnant and leaving our families.

FIRST TRIMESTER
I don't really think there is a lot to tell about this part of the pregnancy besides I was literally sick as a dog the whole time. I went MIA for a while because I never wanted to leave my house (or the toilet). I went from working full time to part time because I was so sick I couldn't handle being at work all day, every day. I had an early ultrasound at 6 weeks and sure enough there was a baby with a heartbeat. The 12 week appointment was the one we had been waiting for and were so nervous about because my last 12 week appointment was when we couldn't find the heartbeat. It took my doctor a while to find it but it was there :)

SECOND TRIMESTER
Everyone kept telling me I would feel better in the second trimester but I was still pretty sick up to about 21 weeks and I am still sick (just in the mornings though). I have thrown up every day except maybe 2 since I was 6 weeks pregnant. I'm pretty used to it now and actually think it would be weird to wake up and not be sick. lol. I am still just working part time so that when the baby comes I can just go back two days a week if I decide to. At 15 weeks we went to Fetal Fotos and found out we were having a GIRL!!! Right after we went shopping with our moms and picked out some cute outfits. Garrett and I didn't care either way what the gender was but I am pretty excited about having a girl. Garrett is excited but a little nervous about all the girly stuff ;) We had our 20 week anatomy ultrasound also and our baby girl looks perfectly healthy! Besides being sick I have had a pretty awesome pregnancy so far with no complications at all. I had my glucose test last week and it made me feel so sick afterwards but I passed and everything is good. I can't believe I am almost in my third trimester. CRAZY! Time is flying!

I am so thankful that I get the opportunity to experience such a miracle. I love being able to feel my baby girl move and kick around. It is such an amazing thing. I also am learning that timing is everything. I can now see why I had a miscarriage and why it just didn't work. We are beyond excited to meet our little girl right around Christmas time!