Our Unexpected Beautiful Life

This week, the food aversions are getting stronger. My cravings aren't so much for weird stuff, but it's more like one thing sounds really good and EVERY OTHER SINGLE THING IN THE WORLD sounds disgusting, so I must have the thing I'm craving or I'll want to throw up. Yesterday, it was mashed potatoes, today it was a Taco Bell Tostada. So random! And I can honestly say that during pregnancy is the ONLY time I would ever say, "Fried food, Gross!" Ask me tomorrow, I might be craving it! LOL so funny!

Today was an interesting pregnancy day. I woke up feeling pretty tired like normal and went about my day as usual. I haven't had any weird reactions thus far to any food like all the books say and I was very proud of that fact. Well! Today, I pulled a math group and was working with them on a word problem and they brought their snacks with them and ate them as they were working. There's a little girl that was eating Cheezits and I got a strong whiff and it made me sick! I immediately covered my mouth, my eyes started watering and I had to back away from them. She says, "Ms. Jones! What is wrong??" I said, "Your Cheezits stink!" She says, "What?" Haha. Then I had to get water and basically stay 10 feet away from the Cheezits without barfing. WHAT the heck?! I love Cheezits!!!! So weird how your nose betrays you when you're pregnant. She finally says, "Geez, they're just Cheezits!" LOL I also have been pretty hormonal. Yesterday I w...

I found a dresser! I'm so excited!! I spent all day Saturday looking for something I had in mind and everything was SO expensive, it was depressing. I can't justify spending over 300$ on a dresser, but I want something to put clothes in. WELL! My friend Christina sent me a picture of one she looked at for me and it's PERFECT! And only 50 dollars! YAY!!! I am so excited, it fits perfectly with what I was thinking. I'm going to call the lady and set up a time on Saturday to go pick it up. So so far I have a crib and a dresser! Making progress!  And Christina if you are reading this, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! That was so sweet of you to look for me. And OMG, these crazy dreams I've been having are insane. They are all very vivid and all involve some kind of whacky adventure. It's so funny waking up and remembering the wild story that was my sleep! LOL.. I read today that my baby is now able to move. This was very exciting for me. Though it's arms and legs are very ...

I am SO lucky! I've only felt sick two or three days and I've never thrown up! I noticed it the most when I first found out but now that I'm in week 8, I feel awesome! The fatigue seems to be lifting a little, and I feel fantastic! Oh and food tastes AMAZING!!!! My doctor only wants me gaining ten lbs (because I've gained weight) so I'm keeping myself on track with that but man, meals taste better when you're pregnant. Who knew?!  I am counting my blessings for a very easy pregnancy so far because the girls I have talked to have had a very hard time. Hoping to continue the trend!!

This past Monday was a special day. I got to see my baby's heartbeat for the first time. Also, this appointment was the first time I'd seen my doctor since I'd found out I was pregnant. Backstory: we've tried for 5 months to get me pregnant, altering meds, doing double procedures, the whole nine yards. And my doctor is WONDERFUL, I absolutely adore him. He's hilarious, SO sweet to me and we have bonded through the 5 months of me seeing him all the time about my failed pregnancy attempts. Well, fast forward to heart beat day he asked me if I wanted an ultrasound and I said yes! He turns the screen towards him, I guess to not upset me if he doesn't see anything and he immediately says in his adorable excited voice, "I see a baby and a heartbeat!" YAY!! Then he proceeds with, "but before I show you, I need to look at your ovaries, because I care." Then he turned the screen to me, and before my eyes stood a blurb of cuteness with a visual bulging...

Last night I cancelled my cable. Between choosing the internet or cable, I chose to keep the internet because of how much I'm on the computer and researching things online. I think I made the right choice. Cutting cable saves me 90$ a month! YAY!

See that piece of crap? That's my new phone lol! I decided to downgrade significantly because it will save money and go towards daycare. With the crap phone, I have unlimited calling and texting, even though half of my texts don't come through, and it saves me 70$ a month! It doesn't even have a camera haha! It feels so good cutting expenses if it means my sweet baby is taken care of! 

Now that I'm done processing the fact that I'm growing a human, I now have to get financially prepared for a little one. I crunched some numbers and life is definitely going to need to change. I want a baby more than anything so I'm willing to do whatever I need to do, I'm just a little sad that I can't provide us a comfortable life. I guess that is one down side to doing this alone. I am going to cancel my cable and internet and I'm going to figure out how to sell stuff on craigslist and see if I can get some money for a lot of stuff I don't want anymore. I really don't want to work a second job because I want that time with my baby, but I'm a bit worried about where the daycare money is going to come from. It's so expensive. I saved all of my Christmas money and have budgeted saving each month but I don't know how much it's going to cover over time, and that's not even considering how much it costs to actually have the baby. I...

Well, morning sickness finally made it's appearance. I was so excited thinking how lucky I am because up until today, I've felt fantastic! Well this morning I woke up feeling nauseous, with a headache, twinges in my abdomen and a feeling that feels like a bad hangover. It's lasted all day and I've stayed in bed and am still in my pajamas. It's dinner time. I hope this is a rare occurrence, I can imagine it will be unpleasant teaching 100 kids a day feeling like this. It's not fun but it's still the best reason ever for feeling like crap!