This song by Florence + The Machine has pretty much been my anthem for the past 5 weeks. I've got some news. And, if you haven't caught the drift yet, well, MY dog days are OVER! God has blessed us once again!
Our bundle of joy is due to arrive January 22nd and we cannot wait!
I've been writing this post for a little while now.... We've done our best to keep a lid on shouting from the rooftops. I started this entry a month ago:
May 20th: We've known almost a week now. Patrick has been glued to this old baby names book with the exception of the past few nights he's been studying for another class for his certification. I've had a couple mild bouts of nausea (which I'm completely thrilled about after they pass, but not so lovin 'em in the midst!) I'm ridiculously tired... sleeping 8-9 deep hours of sleep every night with a nap thrown into the mix as well. I knew something was up when my usual PMS-cranky self didn't appear and neither did my greasy food cravings. Instead.... smoothies have been after my heart.... many delicious berry smoothies with fro-yo. I'm not your typical health-kick kinda girl.... so I figured something was up. Boy, was I right! I tested early, but the results were not positive, so I figured this would just be a randomly low pms kinda cycle. Two days late and I tested again - this time the test came up POSITIVE! I have had this mix of pure thrill and anxiety at the same time. Anxiety that this won't last again. I've been praying constantly. Praying to keep this baby. Praying for health. Constantly. It's funny how life works out sometimes. The other day I was saying goodbye to a few of the managers and one said out of the blue, "Danielle, I feel like we need to have a baby shower for you soon." I don't know how I managed to not shout my good news. I did my best to brush it off casually and asked for happy thoughts and good mo-jo towards my tummy. I denied that I was currently pregnant. Today, one of our associates looked at me and declared that I was glowing and she wanted to know what good news I had recently received. I again brushed it off as casually as possible and proclaimed it was because I finally had the new filing cabinets in the office. (for those that don't know, I do have a bit of an affinity for office supplies.....)
June 17th: O.M.G. What a rollercoaster this has been. Especially the last two weeks. The nausea... oh the nausea. Not my friend at all! I don't handle getting physically sick well and add in ridiculous hormones.... not so much a good mix at all these days. We had our first pre-natal visit Wednesday and our first ultrasound yesterday. We were originally going to wait until our second pre-natal before we shared with the world, but, after hearing our baby's heart beat - I truly don't know how we can contain this excitement! This tiny human has this amazingly strong heart already - 175 beats per minute! We won't be in the clear for a few more weeks, so lots of prayers are still being had. Our "wolf-pack" has grown exponentially as we have started telling extended family and the closest of our friends. Welcome to the Baby Bailey Wolf Pack!
