So it's time to get back to some happy things.
I am currently 23 weeks along with de babe. The babe that we were certain was a boy and is definitely not. We are super lucky to have Shannon do all our ultrasounds because she welcomes us in any time. We were able to go in around 16 ish weeks to look at the gender. On the way in I asked Kolton for his final prediction even though I knew what he would say. Of course he said boy. I wanted to guess girl just to be contrary and put a little money on the deal but I was pretty dang sure it was a boy too. Anyway, when Shannon said, "Girl" we were both thrown for a loop! I had always pictured my first babe to be a girl but I had been so sure it was a boy that I convinced myself to be excited about that so I wouldn't be disappointed. And I definitely wasn't disappointed about it being a girl but it did take a little mind flip to get used to the idea. But I'm pretty dang excited to have a little buddy to do girly things with. Really excited.
We were going to a BBQ with some friends that night and decided to announce our news then. So we ran to Broulims and I grabbed some fruit and very pink fruit dip attempting to be subtle but also assuming that everyone thinks as weirdly as I do. It turns out that they don't because when Andra and Lexi asked about what we had found out I laughed and mentioned the fruit dip. Andra thought the answer was inside the dip and started digging through it with a strawberry until I had to saw that the answer WAS the fruit dip. When we all figured it out it was all very exciting.
That night we took bags full of pink assorted candy to our families. They guessed it within seconds even though they didn't know that we had gone to the doc that day. Brevan was disappointed for half a second but then got over it. (I think...)
The next day I filled bowls of pink candy to put on the desks of my students. They guessed correctly pretty quickly too. And though I had a few moms tell me that my big news was all the talk at their house I'm pretty sure that the kids were way more concerned with the fact that they were given candy.
Which brings me to how we announced the news in the first place. I decided to do a little hangman on the board for the kids to guess. They were able to get it and then it was super awkward. I read the message out loud, "Baby Hansen coming in October!" and then no one said anything. Like, really. There I am standing in front of the class and they all just shrug their shoulders and look at me like, "What now?" It was pretty dang awkward.
The afternoon class gave me a reaction at least that consisted of about 15 kids raising their hands to say, "My mom had a baby." "My aunt's having a baby" "My neighbor had a baby last year" etc. But at least that was something!
We just told our parents after my mom already knew. Then after an ultrasound we sent a picture. My dad handed Brevan his phone to read him his text that had just come in and Brevan figured it out pretty quick. I had told Tylee so Addi was left. My mom sent her over one night to deliver us some bread. I had the ultrasound picture hanging on the fridge so I told her to put the bread in the fridge. No reaction. Then I asked her to get in the fridge to get the jam out. Nothing. Then I had her get the milk out. Still nothing. All the while she is rolling her eyes at Kolton like I am the most annoying and needy person ever. We are just watching her and cracking up. When I asked her to put the milk back in the fridge I suggested that she just be really careful with my fridge door. THEN she finally saw it and tears and hugging commenced.
Anyway, I was not feeling so great for the first 20 weeks. My doctor told me around 10 weeks I'd feel better, I figured I would definitely be better by 14 and of course it took til 20. But I have been feeling quite fabulous since then and life has been good. Luckily (I actually think of it as a blessing) I was never too sick at school. I would always throw up before and then after school, but never while there. That was definitely heaven sent. Weirdly enough, I would get the most sick after eating meat. Any kind of meat. So I went on a little vegetarian diet for a few weeks and I'll tell you what. I do not understand people who do that willingly. It was miserable. But having food as my friend again has really just been the best. If you know anything about me you know how much I enjoy food, so you can understand that it was a little rough.
I felt her kick for the first time around 19-20 weeks. I can't remember exactly when the first time was but I felt a definite kick while watching the maturation video with the 5th grade girls and their moms. It must have been all the estrogen in the room that baby girl could connect with. Then on Mother's Day during sacrament meeting she was going crazy. Ever since then I have felt her more and more and Kolton was able to feel her kick for the first time the other night. Pregnancy is pretty fun at this point in time. My belly is about the perfect size and I wish it could just stay this way. Although my belly button is stretched to the max. I worry about that thing because I just don't know how I can stretch any more.
We are feeling so blessed right now and even though I have minor (and major) freakouts often that this is actually happening and that life is changing in a very big way we are mostly excited. And happy that I have the whole summer to prepare. And that's life!
I am currently 23 weeks along with de babe. The babe that we were certain was a boy and is definitely not. We are super lucky to have Shannon do all our ultrasounds because she welcomes us in any time. We were able to go in around 16 ish weeks to look at the gender. On the way in I asked Kolton for his final prediction even though I knew what he would say. Of course he said boy. I wanted to guess girl just to be contrary and put a little money on the deal but I was pretty dang sure it was a boy too. Anyway, when Shannon said, "Girl" we were both thrown for a loop! I had always pictured my first babe to be a girl but I had been so sure it was a boy that I convinced myself to be excited about that so I wouldn't be disappointed. And I definitely wasn't disappointed about it being a girl but it did take a little mind flip to get used to the idea. But I'm pretty dang excited to have a little buddy to do girly things with. Really excited.
We were going to a BBQ with some friends that night and decided to announce our news then. So we ran to Broulims and I grabbed some fruit and very pink fruit dip attempting to be subtle but also assuming that everyone thinks as weirdly as I do. It turns out that they don't because when Andra and Lexi asked about what we had found out I laughed and mentioned the fruit dip. Andra thought the answer was inside the dip and started digging through it with a strawberry until I had to saw that the answer WAS the fruit dip. When we all figured it out it was all very exciting.
That night we took bags full of pink assorted candy to our families. They guessed it within seconds even though they didn't know that we had gone to the doc that day. Brevan was disappointed for half a second but then got over it. (I think...)
The next day I filled bowls of pink candy to put on the desks of my students. They guessed correctly pretty quickly too. And though I had a few moms tell me that my big news was all the talk at their house I'm pretty sure that the kids were way more concerned with the fact that they were given candy.
Which brings me to how we announced the news in the first place. I decided to do a little hangman on the board for the kids to guess. They were able to get it and then it was super awkward. I read the message out loud, "Baby Hansen coming in October!" and then no one said anything. Like, really. There I am standing in front of the class and they all just shrug their shoulders and look at me like, "What now?" It was pretty dang awkward.
The afternoon class gave me a reaction at least that consisted of about 15 kids raising their hands to say, "My mom had a baby." "My aunt's having a baby" "My neighbor had a baby last year" etc. But at least that was something!
We just told our parents after my mom already knew. Then after an ultrasound we sent a picture. My dad handed Brevan his phone to read him his text that had just come in and Brevan figured it out pretty quick. I had told Tylee so Addi was left. My mom sent her over one night to deliver us some bread. I had the ultrasound picture hanging on the fridge so I told her to put the bread in the fridge. No reaction. Then I asked her to get in the fridge to get the jam out. Nothing. Then I had her get the milk out. Still nothing. All the while she is rolling her eyes at Kolton like I am the most annoying and needy person ever. We are just watching her and cracking up. When I asked her to put the milk back in the fridge I suggested that she just be really careful with my fridge door. THEN she finally saw it and tears and hugging commenced.
Anyway, I was not feeling so great for the first 20 weeks. My doctor told me around 10 weeks I'd feel better, I figured I would definitely be better by 14 and of course it took til 20. But I have been feeling quite fabulous since then and life has been good. Luckily (I actually think of it as a blessing) I was never too sick at school. I would always throw up before and then after school, but never while there. That was definitely heaven sent. Weirdly enough, I would get the most sick after eating meat. Any kind of meat. So I went on a little vegetarian diet for a few weeks and I'll tell you what. I do not understand people who do that willingly. It was miserable. But having food as my friend again has really just been the best. If you know anything about me you know how much I enjoy food, so you can understand that it was a little rough.
I felt her kick for the first time around 19-20 weeks. I can't remember exactly when the first time was but I felt a definite kick while watching the maturation video with the 5th grade girls and their moms. It must have been all the estrogen in the room that baby girl could connect with. Then on Mother's Day during sacrament meeting she was going crazy. Ever since then I have felt her more and more and Kolton was able to feel her kick for the first time the other night. Pregnancy is pretty fun at this point in time. My belly is about the perfect size and I wish it could just stay this way. Although my belly button is stretched to the max. I worry about that thing because I just don't know how I can stretch any more.
We are feeling so blessed right now and even though I have minor (and major) freakouts often that this is actually happening and that life is changing in a very big way we are mostly excited. And happy that I have the whole summer to prepare. And that's life!
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