We did it!
Yay! We are finally pregnant! March would have been two full years since we started this long process of trying to conceive, and God has finally blessed us! Christopher and I are both ecstatic about this as well as nervous. We are aware that our lives are changing forever, but we also know that it will be great!
We found out Sunday night. I decided to test so that I could see the negative result and stop thinking that I could be pregnant, but instead of seeing a negative, a second line immediately started to show up. I started shaking and laughing and I got Christopher to come take a look at it. He saw the line, too, and it was pretty dark, but we still weren't sure. So we bought some digital tests that night and tested again. Less than a minute went by before the test read "Pregnant."
I believe that the baby will be due on November 1, give or take a week. My first appointment will be in about two and a half weeks, and I will update everyone then. I will be giving regular updates (I hope) on the pregnancy as well as progression pictures because, well, it's just fun!
We covet the prayers of everyone right now that this will be a good pregnancy and that our baby will grow and develop properly and not come before the proper time.
Today's MonopolyChristopher and I ran across a new Monopoly a few days ago. It uses credit/debit cards instead of paper money and all the properties are updated by name and price. It looks really cool, and I'd like to play it just to see how well the card system works. But I do not believe it will actually help me enjoy Monopoly.
Recipe of the DayCook and shred 5 or 6 chicken breasts.
Mix 16 oz. sour cream with two cans cream of chicken soup.
Mix chicken into sour cream and soup mix and pour evenly into 9X13 pan.
Melt two sticks butter and crush 80 Ritz Crackers into butter and mix.
Sprinkle buttered crackers evenly on top of chicken mix.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
I have heard that this recipe is also very tasty when you add broccoli to it although I have yet to try that for myself. Experiment with seasonings if you'd like but it is absolutely delicious if you follow the recipe exactly! (I'm sure some minced onions, garlic, and Tony's Seasonings would make it taste even more amazing.)
Thanksgiving is over (it was a lot of fun) and Christmas is only a week away! Reminds me of that song:
Wishing, hoping, boxes to open,
but we agreed it's right to wait.
Turkey and dressing after the blessing
and there's just a night to wait!
Round and round the Christmas tree,
opening presents with the family!
One for you and two for me!
Oh, what a Christmas Day!
Well, I thought of that song because somewhere in there, the guy sings, "Christmas a week away!"
Christopher and I will be spending his birthday and Christmas with my family and then we will leave for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York on the 26th. I'm sorry I don't get to spend more time with my family but we are both soooooo excited to be going up north to see Christopher's family. It's been two years since we've seen some of them.
I'm a little nervous about Christmas with my family because, since we will all be together, it will be blantantly obvious that Mom is missing. I'm trying hard to remember why we celebrate Christmas instead of allowing myself to dwell on how different and difficult the celebration will be without Mom.
I hope everyone has a very happy Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Lord.
Wedding day is over!!! Christina and Thomas did a great job and it was a beautiful wedding. The wedding day, November 17th, marked exactly three months since Mom died, but we all just tried to keep our minds on the happy occassion. It was difficult. Now Christina and Thomas should be happily on their honeymoon cruise.
Dad took off yesterday morning about about 3:30 for Las Vegas to spend Thanksgiving with his family. He's driving byhimself and he's having a hard time. Mom was his navigator. He gets lost without her.
Christopher and I will be spending Thanksgiving with Granny and Papaw. It will be so different. I still don't know what we will be doing for Christmas except for our trip to New England to visit all of Christopher's family. I'm really looking forward to that.
This weekend is Christina's wedding, and boy am I ready to get that over with! I have been driving down to LA by myself nearly ever other weekend since August, and I am exhausted. This past weekend was her lingerie shower and bachelorette party. Both went well and were fun.
I am really proud of Christina for being able to pick up where Mom left off after Mom died. Christina has done a good job and I look forward to seeing her happily married.
I just had to comment on the procession of Thursday posts. It struck me as funny. I'm grasping at anything to keep me laughing these days.
Last night I dished out some ice cream for our brownie a la modes and I wanted to lick the ice cream spoon afterwards. I put my whole mouth over the spoon and my lip stuck to it! I ripped it off and then put my lips back on the spoon and they got stuck again! So I ripped my lip off again and noticed that some skin stayed behind on the spoon. I was tasting blood for a while after that. I can't believe I put my lips on the spoon a second time after they got stuck the first time. I am such an idiot sometimes. My mom allways called me her dumb blonde child. The funny thing is that I am the only child who was NEVER blonde. Anyway, I had to laugh at myself for being so stupid. My dad did, too. When I asked why in the world I do such stupid things all the time Dad said, "Maybe so we'll all have something to laugh about."
