When we found out that we would be expecting a new addition to our family, I was just around 4 and 1/2 weeks pregnant.  Like I mentioned in my previous posts, my doctor wouldn't see me for three more weeks, so that meant three more weeks of waiting... Waiting for that "formal" confirmation that I was pregnant-as if two positive pregnancy tests weren't enough... Waiting to have a medical professional give me their medical opinion on what changes I needed to make to provide the healthiest and safest environment for our Little Nugget... Waiting to see our baby and hear its tiny heartbeat for the very first time.  I don't think time has ever moved as slow as it did during those three weeks.  But because being impatient is one of my most adorable traits (wink, wink), I decided to do my own research and get a head-start on my new-momma-health kick.  I bought "What to Expect When You're Expecting", read what seemed like hundreds of blogs, and vowed to be th...

After finding out that I was pregnant, and telling Tilton that he was going to be a Dad, we were so excited about our Little Nugget that we could hardly wait to share the news with everyone else.  But during our hour-long discussion while laying in bed after I shared the good news with my amazing husband, we decided that it would be best to wait until after our first appointment with the doctor... Which if you read my previous post, you will remember that I thought would be sometime that week.  After the disappointment of knowing that we would have to wait three weeks for that first appointment, we decided to go ahead and share the news with our parents and siblings.  And I'm so glad that we did!  As close as I am to my family and as much as we see them, I definitely would have spilled the beans! So on Thursday, January 3rd, we took the whole day (I was off work) to surprise our families with the news of our growing family! Here are the stories of how we told eac...

A BABY!! That's right folks.. In September 2013, Tilton and I will be welcoming a beautiful new addition to our family!  And we couldn't be more thrilled, although we were a bit surprised!  We had decided only a few weeks before we found out that we were ready to "start trying", but I was SURE that it would take a few months before anything would happen.  But from the very beginning I guess this child was out to prove me wrong, because after just a month of trying, we found out we were pregnant!  Like I said before, it came as quite a shock that it was so easy for us, but for that very same reason, we felt completely blessed!   I "passed the big test" on December 31, 2012.  I was off work for the New Year holiday, and Tilton and I were planning to sleep in, run some errands, and relax before heading to my sister's house with the family to celebrate New Year's Eve.  But that morning, I couldn't sleep in.  I woke up around 7:30, and just ...