Decorating the room

Well, we're finally making some progress on getting the room ready. After 4 or 5 trips to Lowe's, including 3 in one day, we finally decided on a color for the walls. We went with a green-ish color. I believe it's actually the one on the far right of the picture. We ended up spreading the task out over a few weeks because we had to keep moving stuff into, out of, and around the room to get to everything. I'm pretty sure I swore off painting after that fiasco.

Furniture-wise, the only thing we've bought so far is the crib. It came in last Saturday and I knocked it out in an hour. So, as of right now she's got a freshly painted room, a ton of clothes, and a bed. A good start.

I think even Lindsey would tell you that my biggest task these last 6 months has been to keep her from going crazy from worrying. All I'll say is that her Google history provides daily entertainment for me. However, I think I'll get in trouble if I actually post any of her searches. In all fairness, she's been a trooper so far.

At 25 and a half weeks, our trusty iPhone app says that our sweet little girl is the size of a rutabaga and that Lindsey's uterus is the size of a soccer ball. Next week the baby will be the size of a hothouse cucumber. If you know what that is or the general size that it's supposed to be, you are weird. She's also been kicking and squirming like crazy and sometimes you can even see Lindsey's stomach move. It's all becoming very real!

22 Weeks!

This has been a crazy and busy summer so far. I can really tell a difference in how much my belly is growing every week. The most exciting day of the summer so far was when we got to find out what we're having.

The day we went to the doctor for the sonogram, we were both a little nervous, but at the same time completely excited to finally find out who this little person is so that we could stop saying "the baby" and instead say "he or she." Jess and I had both previously had dreams that we were having a little girl, but the morning of the sonogram I woke up thinking it might be a boy. In the waiting room I leaned over to Jess and said, "I really think that it is going to be a boy" and he just said, "me too." So the lady began the sonogram by looking at all of the important parts to make sure all of the organs looked good. After about 15 minutes of this she finally she said, "Are you ready to know?!" We both of course shouted out "YES!" Without any hesitation, she said, "It's a baby girl!" I was a little in shock and I watched the color disappear from Jess' face. It was great! It was the best surprise! The doctor said that she got a pretty good look because she was folded like a taco with her feet up by her face. After the appointment, we instantly went shopping and got to finally start buying stuff for our little girl! It was really funny when we were shopping, because everything I was looking at made Jess now concerned that it "wasn't girly enough." I just like yellows and greens and I tried to reassure Jess that just because we are having a girl it does not mean that we can only buy pink! His response was, "Well I don't know anything about little girls!" He will definitely learn. :) Now he can't go into a store without wanting to look in the baby section and he says everything is "the cutest thing he has ever seen."

Right after the appointment we called my parents to tell them because they were out of town and my mom wanted to know instantly! They were so excited to find out! Since we got to tell Jess' family in person, we wanted to tell them in a fun way. We decided to make a cake with either blue or pink in the middle for them to cut into. I made the cake (with strawberry cake of course) and we headed over to his parents house. I tried to make the cake all cute and fancy, but I did not take into account the fact that we could be bringing the cake outside in the 105 degree weather. As we were riding in the car, we were watching all of the cute decorations I made melt off of the sides. By the time we got there, the cake looked completely ridiculous. As soon as we got there, everyone was ready to cut the cake so we went ahead. It was a great reaction because they were so surprised and happy to add a little girl to the family since she would be the first Williams girl since his aunt!
We couldn't be more excited about having our little girl and we just can't wait to meet her!

18 Weeks

These eighteen weeks have already gone by so fast! I am still feeling good, but this heat is exhausting. I definitely can't stay outside as long as normal and I get worn out so much faster!
I love having my new bump, but it has presented a challenge when finding a swimsuit. We're heading to the beach and I am definitely not brave enough to rock a bikini pregnant!

We find out if it is a boy or a girl on July 1st. It is so hard to wait! It would be really exciting to wait until the end, but I want to start decorating the room and buying things. Neither of us have a feeling that it is a boy or girl because it would probably be the opposite of whatever we thought. We both actually had dreams that it is a girl, which is interesting, but only time will tell if that is true! On a side note, in Jess' dream, he said that we had named our sweet little girl, Lava. That being said, we'll probably try to finalize our name after we find out what it's going to be. Lava will not be in the running.

I'm pretty sure I felt the baby moving for the first time last week. It's hard to tell because it really just feels like fluttering. I'm excited for it to get more obvious as the weeks pass!

16 Weeks!

It has been a while since our first post because things have been a little hectic with Jess starting a new job and me finishing up the school year. We are finally slowing down and I will be home all summer to update more often! Things so far have been really good. I can't complain because I honestly have had an easy pregnancy so far. I am slowly getting to that stage of actually looking pregnant and not like I ate a huge lunch! I just bought my first pair of maternity shorts. I have been reluctant, but I decided that it was time. They are honestly incredibly comfortable. I just have to make sure all of my shirts are long enough to cover the horrible flesh colored band at the top that makes it look like I am wearing a fake stomach! I did have a lady at the gym very timidly ask me if I was pregnant. It was great because I could see the relief on her face when I said yes! That was pretty brave of her because that could have been way embarrassing for us both if I wasn't!
The one thing that I have had trouble with so far is sleeping comfortably. I broke down and bought a Snoogle. Best money I have ever spent! For those that don't know what a Snoogle is, it is a huge C shaped pillow they make for pregnant women, but I love it so much that I will continue its use indefinitely. The Snoogle has been one of my favorite new things and probably one of Jess' most hated. It takes up a huge portion of the bed. The combination of that and a cat who won't leave my side and a dog makes for an interesting night of sleep. Every morning I hear the complaint that "we need a bigger bed." This is hilarious because neither of us are big people, but our bed has become pretty ridiculous.
I have not really been having many cravings besides being hungry right before I go to bed (not the best time to eat, which I am aware of). Jess will say that the most classic example of my nightly cravings was one night when I was trying to go to sleep and I was just complaining that I was hungry. Jess asked me what I wanted and all I could think of was queso, grilled cheese and nachos.
We will upload our weekly pictures soon. We have been taking a weekly picture since 9 weeks to remember the changes. It is unbelievable how you can tell a difference each week! We are still so excited and thankful. We will write again soon with pictures and updates.

Beginnings

So a funny story. We went to the OB/GYN for a checkup a little over 3 months ago because Lindsey was having some weird pains that she wanted to get checked out. She was somehow able to convince me to go (I was incredibly excited, needless to say). I speak for both of us when I say neither of us were expecting what happened next.

We got there around 3 o'clock, checked in, and waited forever. Ironically, this has been a trend over the last 3 months.

First step, pee test. I was sitting right outside the bathroom, likely playing Angry Birds, waiting for my beautiful bride to exit the lavish clinic bathroom. Lindsey finished up and we waited for a few minutes for the nurse to return and escort us to our roomy suite.

After a few minutes, the nurse poked her head out of the little lab area and said, "Lindsey, do you want to come in here for a minute?" We walked into the lab and she had us look in the sink. Peering over the edge, we saw a pregnancy test sitting in a little plastic cup. I preface this next part with the following - our nurse was a large, sweet, black lady with an even sweeter up-do. The next words out of her mouth were, "Girlfriend, you pregnant!"

Thinking we were coming in for a checkup, we then found ourselves rushing around the building trying to squeeze in blood work and an ultrasound before the office closed for the day. It was quite a unique rush of excitement that I'm not sure either of us have experienced before.

This has been an incredibly hard secret to keep for the last few months and we're very excited to share it with all of you. We're due November 17th and couldn't be more excited! That said, keep checking back for updates...