And here comes the sickness...

Dear Baby,

My body is really starting to change already. I am starting to feel pregnant. The last few days have been tough… I am feeling weak, tired, and my stomach hurts. I feel really bad because I am starting to get moody. I have to keep apologizing to your dad because I haven’t been very nice. All of this is just the start of the pregnancy and I hear it will get worse. It’s crazy how tired you make me. I wake up, and I am so tired for the rest of the day. My legs feel weak, and I feel so heavy. I haven’t felt hungry the last few days, I keep feeling like I just ate. Everything I am feeling is totally worth it for you. Your dad has been so great through all my mood swings and craziness. He is such a trouper…you will love him!

Love, Mommy

Your family knows

Dear Baby,

We told your grandmas and grandpas, and your aunts and uncles of your arrival. Of course there was shock of the news and concern of us being such a new family, and then there came excitement. Your dad and I know that everything will be okay, and that we will always find a way to support you. Your mom now needs to find a doctor to help us through the pregnancy to make sure that you come out healthy and perfect. I am so excited for this blessing of having you in our lives. We promise to do everything we can to make you happy and show you our love…

Love, mommy

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!

So it has been confirmed...you are coming! We took four tests at home and they all came back positive and then we got a real test taken this morning. They say that you may be coming to our family on April 3, 2009. I guess how they count your pregnancy is that you start your pregnancy on the first day of your previous period. So, that means I am now four weeks along. It's crazy how that works. Your dad and I are so excited and a little scared, but we know that everything works out the way that it should. We love you!

You're going to be a dad!

I found out yesterday I was pregnant. You're dad and I have only been married three weeks as of yesterday. I was feeling like maybe I was pregnant because I started feeling a few symptoms, so I decided to take a test to find out. The test was a little unclear but was showing that I was indeed pregnant. I had to think of a way to tell your daddy that you were coming (seeing that we are such a new family and I didn't know how he would react). I put together my plan and went shopping and then to bed.

I woke up this morning at 7:15 and started making breakfast for dad. I wrote on a plate (that I bought last night) a poem from you to him. This is what it said...

I do not have a face to see, or to put inside a frame.
I do not have soft cheeks to kiss, I don't yet have a name.
You can't yet hold my tiny hands, nor whisper in my ear.
It's still too soon to sing a song, or cuddle me so near.
But all will change soon whenever I am due...
I'm you new child and I can't wait to meet you!
All I ask between now and then, is your patience while I grow.
I promise I'll be worth the wait, because of all the love we know.
So what I have to give you now, is a wish to you from me.
I cannot wait to be a part of this great new family.

I covered the plate with a homemade Belgium waffle, sausage, bacon, and strawberries. I filled up a cup with orange juice, and another with milk (those are your dad's favorites to drink in the morning). I have a breakfast in bed tray and I piled it with all the breakfast. I walked into the bedroom and laid the tray in his lap. He started eating his food and discovered the poem. He started reading it aloud and by the middle of the second line he knew what was up...

we are having a baby! :) After he finished reading the poem I handed him a present. He opened it up and inside the box was a bib that says, "I love daddy", two pairs to baby socks (one pink and one blue because we don't know yet if you are a boy or girl), and the pregnancy test I took. When dad opened the box he was very taken back. It took him a few minutes of taking everything in, and then he got so excited! We are so excited that Heavenly Father is giving you to us, that he sees us fit as parents to love you and teach you. Even though we are such a new family, we have so much love and can hardly wait to share it with you. We love you so much!