pregnancy..

since i didnt post forever i thought i would fill you in on how everything went with the pregnancy.

the plus sign:

uh oh.. no monthly visit.. but hey.. im on birth control so there is no way.. right?! just to be safe we went to the store for a pee stick. yep.. sure enough.. there it was.. the plus sign. we found out around the beginning of may.. it was definitely a surprise. we were not planning on trying for a while but were so excited that it happened that way. we probably would have waited forever because we (pete) wanted to be "ready". i dont think anyone ever feels "ready" to have a baby though. we were going to wait to tell everyone about the good news but ive never been good at secrets and that lasted only a couple of days.

first trimester:

wow.. i didnt realize morning sickness did not mean it only hits you in the morning. i was sick all day every day. i was working at su casa mexican restaurant downtown and going to work at 10:30 in the morning. the smell of mexican food that early did not help the nausea to say the least. but i loved my job so much and could not picture ever leaving. the customers were amazing.. the food was/is amazing (i still loved it throughout my whole pregnancy).. and my coworkers were so much fun to be around. it was like going to hang out with friends every day and getting paid. the nausea lasted about 4 months and then slowly went away until one day it was just gone. yay.. now i can enjoy the pregnancy.

second trimester:

we found out punchie was a girl. hooray for pink.. skirts.. leggings.. headbands.. bows.. ponytails.. and everything girl! i loved being pregnant. i loved feeling that amazing baby inside me kicking and punching and growing. i loved seeing my belly grow and knowing our baby girl olive was in there just getting ready to come change our lives for the better. i loved getting asked questions (well some questions).. "how far along are you?" "do you know if its a boy or a girl?" "what are you going to name her?" "how are you feeling?" the thought of her being ours was so exciting to me. i always wanted to be a mother. she was so active and i loved every kick and punch and nudge.. even if it made me pee my pants a little. i felt great!

third trimester:

everyone said this would be the worst trimester. for me.. they were wrong. it was nothing like the first trimester. i still felt great. she would be here so soon and i was so excited! a little nervous but good nervous. she dropped about 2 months before my due date. that made breathing easier but walking not as easy. so i cut my days down at work. but still felt wonderful.. still sleeping peacefully. my wonderful ob.. dr jason johnson (highly highly recommend him) told me that little punchie punch was lower then he had ever seen a baby that he wasnt delivering. so that explained the thousand potty breaks a day and the sciatic pain. but i still felt really good. cute little olive juice was just getting more and more active.. when i lifted up my shirt you could literally see her stretching her leg out and across my belly an inch and then right up to my ribs where she liked to keep them. towards the end it was getting a little harder to run around during the craziest lunch rush i have ever seen at a restaurant. we were moving the week before christmas so i figured it was time to take my maternity leave. i left the second week of december and we moved the next week. then we waited for her.. and waited.. and waited. my due date was january 6th. around january 2nd i got a wicked bad cold and the pregnancy fun was over. i couldnt handle both. i wanted her here already. then my due date came.. still sick and still no baby. january 7th my back was hurting and i didnt feel so hot so i picked up pete from work and drove us to the hospital. january 8th olive dee anderson was born. the labor will be saved for another post.

the story of the ultrasound to check how she is growing and is punchie a girl or boy is another story in itself.. i will fill you in on that someday as well. i had some pregnancy belly pictures but in the process of moving i have misplaced the cord to my old camera. as soon as i find it i will post those.