Good Genes

Seriously??  MS was a freakin' cute kid!  I hope our children get his good genes!  Such an amazing little smile on that child!

"The ONE"

Wedding countdown...4 weeks 5 days.  After you've been with someone for a certain amount of time, you always ask yourself "is this person the one for me?".  And yes, I did ask myself this question when MS and I were dating - multiple times.  My opinion on this whole notion, of soul mate, the one, and so on is this - at some point, when all of the butterflies and honeymoon period is over, love is a conscious choice.  MS and I have been together for 4.5 years, we got engaged after being together for 4, living together for 1.5 years, and what I do know, is that we have had our ups and downs, we have had the butterflies and romance, and at the end of the day, when we have had awful days and are grumpy, it always puts a smile on my face to know that I get to lie down next to my best friend and fall asleep in his arms.  We have gone through a cancer scare, a death of a close friend, moving to a new place together, finding out we are pregnant, and still, we are here; we have survived it!  And the reason is - we find little ways to make sure that the other person knows that they are on our minds, and that we love each other.  Our love has progressed from butterflies, to comfortableness, to a deep, strong love for one another.  If you marry someone after only knowing them for a short period of time, it's hard to tell if that person is really going to make that decision at the end of the day to make sure that the other person feels special.  Love is difficult - it's down right almost impossible at times - but if you have made the conscious decision that this is the person that you are going to love for the rest of your life, your relationship will survive.  End of story....  

Our bugaboo is growing!!

People have told me that I have officially "popped" this week.  Not sure if I really believe this, because I think that I look like I have eaten an entire turkey for dinner.  My clothes officially don't fit anymore, but I am still too small to be in maternity clothes.  I think I really just feel self-conscious about the way I look.  But, I have been really watching what I eat, and making sure that I am walking every day, too.  I have been craving every kind of fruit - today I ate 2 tangerines, 1 apple, 1 banana, applesauce, and 2 glasses of orange juice - yeah, I am pretty sure that if you put me in front of a fruit stand right now, I would easily clean them out.  It's a pretty bizarre feeling to be eating really well, and feel like you are getting fatter by the second.   

Last night, MS and I had dinner with our friends (who are also expecting their first in November), and it was so much fun to think that we have friends who are going through pregnancy stuff right there with us.  Can't wait to have play dates with them and to have someone to lean on - what a blessing they are!! 

Did someone push fast-forward?

I have been stalking several blogs in the last several months - some dear friends of mine, others I will never meet (feels a little spooky peering into their lives), but I have finally decided to take the plunge...here's to my first post.  

I have found that most people refer to their husbands as DH (Dear Husband) and since I have never followed the grain of what is normal, I have decided to make my love's name make more sense for us, so from now on I will refer to him as MS, which is an acronym for a nickname that we have been calling each other for years, of which I won't embarrass and tell the full name. :)  

MS and I moved our wedding date up, and we will be getting married 6 weeks from tomorrow.  And in other countdown (or count-up) news, I am 13 weeks and 2 days pregnant today.  It feels as though our life has drastically changed in the last 2 months, and yet nothing has changed at all.  What a bizarre feeling.  MS and I have been together for 4 1/2 years, and I knew that I wanted to marry him after being with him for 1 year.  I have been waiting for our lives to start together for years now, and all of a sudden we will be married AND starting our family all in one year!  It seems crazy to me, but thrilling all at the same time.  When I tell people that we are expecting and moving our wedding date up, I have described what has happened and someone pushing the fast-forward button on our lives.  

So much to blog about, especially because of all of the new things that are happening, but for now...deep breath...and POST!