It's been a while

But I'm still alive. This blog didn't work out quite like I planned. I have been to sick to post for most of the pregnancy up until now. I'm still not feeling wonderful, but I am surviving none the less. I had planned to take belly pictures each week and post them and I haven't even taken pictures so I can't post them. Maybe I can turn this into an after the baby is born blog or something. I am currently 22 weeks along so that gives me a while to prepare.

I won!

I won these super cute burp rags from White Lace Designs hosted by Alicia's Reviews & Giveaways. Aren't they so cute? This etsy shop has lots of really great things!

Today is...

My first doctor's appointment.

Here is what has been happening lately.

- Sick
-Sick
-More sick
-Tired
- Vomiting
-More sick
- And a little weight gain to top it off....

...Every woman's dream right?

But all in all it hasn't been as bad as my past pregnancies.

Today is our first appointment, so we will finally know how far along we are and get a due date :o) Yea!

The revelation...

By the title you may have figured out that I have now told Clark that we are going to be having another baby. I figured it was time since I am already getting sick! Yuck!

How it happened...

I didn't plan it really. It just kind of happened. As we were standing in the kitchen trying to figure out what to eat for dinner he mentioned some kind of food and I just blurted out "the baby isn't in the mood for that". Smooth? Not really, but that's how it happened. And to my dismay, he wasn't surprised!

Our first doctor appointment is coming up near the end of this month and I will be posting then with our official due date.

Officially Pregnant

I tested twice this morning and both are positive! My estimated due date (by my calculations) is April 13, 2010.

How it all began....

Once upon a time....

It all started a little over a year ago, when my sister in law quit taking her birth control without telling Clark's brother and got pregnant. On the way home, after hearing their story, i asked Clark how he would feel if I had done that to him. He said he didn't know.....

......Several Months Later.......

Clark says to Lois, "When we have our last baby I want you to surprise me."
"Surprise you?" She says.
"Yes, just get off of birth control and don't tell me. You just plan it and surprise me. I think it would be fun."

"Okay."

At one point I thought I was ready to have another baby and was getting ready to go in and have my IUD taken out, but then one night as we were playing a game with our best friends, Clark jokingly says something about how he hoped I wasn't pregnant. That was the end of me being ready. He later said he was just kidding, but I wasn't going to take that chance....

.......Several More Months Pass......

Clark won't let the baby subject drop. He is constantly talking about having another baby and asking me if I could be pregnant. I convince him that I don't know if I EVER want to have another baby. Eventually, I (silently) agree and go in to have my IUD taken out. I am such a bad secret keeper that I almost gave it away the first night by mentioning the Doctor, but we were laying in bed so I blamed it on my sleep deprivation and went to sleep. (That's why I am writing this blog, in hopes that if I tell someone I don't know I won't slip up and tell someone I do know) We went to a family event and he dropped so many hints that many people in the family came up to me and said "I think it's obvious that Clark wants you to have a baby." Little does everyone know, my IUD is out and I am trying to get pregnant. As month one passes, my period is a week late. I am never late - usually I'm a week early, sometimes more than that. 7 pregnancy tests later, my period finally starts. :o(

Month one - failed.

We are now in month two and just past ovulation day. Some days I don't think much about my BIG secret, but other days it nearly eats me alive! I plan to keep the pregnancy a secret from our families and friends until I'm over half way through. I figure it shouldn't be too hard (physically anyways) because my family, some of his family and all of our friends live 1,000 miles away and his nearest family lives 80 miles away.

I should mention that we want a girl so I am trying to only have sex a few days before ovulation and then not again (unprotected anyways) until after I know if we succeeded. This makes it tricky to keep the secret from Clark because we have hardly ever used condoms and I don't want him to get suspicious as to why I suddenly want him to use them all of the time.

As for the names....

I chose Lois and Clark because of Lois lane and Clark Kent. Clark has this GIANT secret that he is keeping from Lois. He has another entire life she doesn't know about. In our situation, the story is reversed and Lois is the one with the giant secret. Soon enough, Lois will tell Clark, but the rest of their world (family and friends) will still be on the outside of the secret. You, on the other hand, are here with me on the inside - from the beginning.