I wanted to start this blog as a digital journal for our family and friends as well as our unborn child. I hope one day to be able to share this detailed journey with him or her. We want to give a sense on what we went through also including the styles of our time, the top movies/TV/songs, the fun things we did, major world events, etc. So here begins our journey into parenthood!
On the morning of Jan 22nd, 2011, Lisa took a pregnancy test while I was still sleeping. I awoke to..."Honey!...I'm pregnant!". With consciousness still trying to push it's way forward, the words took hold! We held each other and enjoyed the moment. That day we started reading various pregnancy books and started gathering all the info we could. We had decided to keep this news to ourselves until the "high risk" period was over. We were excited and wanted to share the news, but we played it smart and remained silent. During this time Lisa made an appointment to see a doctor and got our first ultra-sound. It was real, we really were pregnant!
Because there is such a high risk of losing the baby in the first 8 weeks we went on with life as normal and tried not to get too attached to the idea. March 5th, after over a month of remaining silent and the risk dropped significantly, we started to make the announcement. First to family -In the video I played like I was taking a family photo to send to my mom, I made the announcement and started snapping away. By the end of the weekend, pretty much all of our family knew. It was time to tell our friends and co-workers. Lisa and I had our second appointment on March 7th where we got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. Awesome! It just got a little more real! Lisa is showing a little baby bump. We thought we'd take photos every couple of weeks and maybe do a time lapse at the end of the pregnancy.
Lisa has been feeling really good overall. We'll find out the sex of the baby in May with a due date around September 19th. We are very excited and are looking forward to every step. I plan on doing an update every other week or so. Check back for updates.The World Today(Last several months):
-Grandma Nicky moved to South Carolina(Sep 2010)
-Bought Carnegie Dr. home(Dec 2010)
-Offical end to Iraq war(2010)
-First Total Lunar Eclipse since 1638(Dec 2010)
-Japan Earthquake(March 11th 2010)
-Skinny jeans are in style (hopefully gone by the time the baby is born)
-Movie of the Year- The King's Speech
-The Hobbit starts filming and The Lord of the Rings coming to Blu Ray(I'm so happy)
-Eminem's Recovery CD-#1 on the charts
-"Eco-Friendly" is huge-appliances,cars,etc.
-Same Sex Marriage battle
-Popular Good Painters- Morgan Weistling, Richard Schmid, Mian Situ, Jermey Lipking, Howard Terpning, Suzan Lyon
-Some of our favorite TV shows right now- The Wire(Best show ever!), The Office, Glee, Breaking Bad, Friends, Deadwood, Parks and Recreation, Lost, Dexter, Scrubs, Arrested Development, and Mad Men
-Some of our favorite movies of 2010-2011- How to Train Your Dragon, True Grit, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Inception
-Some popular music artists- Lady Gaga, Mumford and Sons, Eminem, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Pink, Justin Beiber, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas(These don't mean that we listen to all of them!)
-Popular Video Games- Angry Birds, Mass Effect series, World of Warcraft, Red Dead Redemption, Halo, BioShock, The X Box Kinect, Wii
-i-Phone/i-Pad
-Reality TV
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This is awesome bro. Im stoked for the both of you.
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