Wow. Okay.
So it’s officially been FOREVER since I blogged.
But, you guys, things have been crazy.
Here is the 30 second update via my Instagram account:
I started working full time at my old Marketing/Design position again. Joe and I bought and moved into our first home annnndddd about 5 minutes later I found out that I am pregnant. Ahhh!
In between all of this I shot some amazing weddings which I will *FINALLY* get to blog in the next few weeks.
I wanted to pop in here and update so many times. I really did. But the struggle.was.real. I even drafted a blog post in the throws of my misery. I just reread it now for the first time in a few months and it made me laugh, so I’ll share it here:
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Things No One Tells you about Being Pregnant
1 – You might be equal parts excited and terrified to find out you are expecting.
2 – You might download a cheery pregnancy app for your phone that will send you updates about the development of a baby. This might be fun at first.
2 – In the first few weeks, you might think…”this isn’t so bad” and 2 weeks later, you might change your mind.
3 – You might read a book titled something along the lines of “The Organic Pregnancy” and decide that you will be the healthiest pregnant woman on earth. You will only eat or drink all natural healthy things. Three weeks later you might have two glasses of Pepsi Max for dinner. And then throw it up.
3 – In the middle of getting sick (for the 5th time that day) your pregnancy app might send you a notification saying something like…”Your baby is the size of a grape!” and you might think…”HOW HOW HOW could a grape baby create such havoc!?”
4 – You might find one food or drink that you can actually tolerate and instruct your husband to buy it in bulk. Two days later you might change your mind completely and never want to eat that thing again. (Anyone in the market for some Apple Juice?)
5 – You might consider Frozen Orange Juice Pops to be it’s own food group.
6 – You might start to feel very sorry for people with chronic illnesses. You might wonder how they go on. You will remind yourself how lucky you are.
7 – You might start choosing food to eat based on how sucky you think it will be to throw it up.
8 – You might start researching how to obtain a feeding tube.
9 – You might speak in very dramatic terms, which do not feel at all dramatic to you. Ie…”I won’t survive this!”…”I’m burning alive!” (heartburn…see #5)….”I won’t make it”….etc.
10 – You might not know how to answer when well-meaning friends and family ask you how you’re feeling.
11 – You might start considering 7 p.m. a completely respectable time to go to bed.
12 – You might realize how lucky you are to have an older sister. She is really the only one who truly understands how difficult this is.
13 – You might thank your husband, who has just returned from the grocery store at 11:30 p.m. because you randomly thought of something that could make you feel better and think “I married the right guy.”
14 – You might worry about the health and safety of your baby constantly.
15 – You might feel guilty because your parents are worried about you. After all, you are their baby.
16 – You might wonder why the heck your sister, friend, coworker never warned you appropriately about how hard the first 3 months could be.
Then you will have an ultrasound and see your baby doing flips and wiggling all around. You will realize that no one warned you because they don’t remember it. All they remember is the healthy baby they were handed when it was all over.
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I am now more than halfway through this pregnancy (baby is due in May), the daily nausea and vomiting are behind me and things are becoming more real. We found out right before the holidays that we are having a girl (!!!!)
So in general, my apologies for the ridiculously long lull. Now that I am feeling better I hope to get back to regular blogging and over-sharing. Happy Sunday!