Prego...not Ragu

We are very excited to announce that we are pregnant with Baby Thorne 2.0! We have been trying for a couple of months and apparently, the 3rd [month's] the charm. ;) I had been planning on doing something cute and elaborate to tell my husband when the test turned positive, but I was so overcome by emotion when that second line showed up, I just ran into Sydney's room where he was getting her up from a nap, and starting crying and just flat out told him. It may have not been cutesy and well-planned, but it was in the moment and I wouldn't ever change that moment! I felt so much joy that we are going to be parents to another amazing child of God! Before finding out I had also thought I would wait til I had at least gone to the doctor before telling everyone, but if you know me well you know I just can't keep excitement inside! Even though we only waited a few months to get pregnant, it felt much longer and I really feel for those who are still waiting or have had to wait for years to either have one of their own or adopt. I know 3 months is no time in the scheme of things, but each day I waited and each negative test broke me down a little more. I have so much respect for those of you who wait and sometimes never get the gift of little ones. <3

I am very excited to be pregnant and experience all of the fun and not so fun parts. Some of my favorite parts of my last pregnancy were feeling the kicks, the baby bump (I loved how I looked, for the most part, when I was pregnant  with Syd) seeing how people (even strangers) treated me more gently, the cravings, each new experience (with my first everything was so new, wondering if this time will be close to the same or quite different), having Michael feel my tummy and both of us trying to wrap our heads around the idea that we created a human and it was inside me. Some of my not so favorite parts (though I am still very grateful for them since they are just a part of the process of creating a darling little human) are the back aches, baby using my ribs as a foot rest, peeing what seems like every 10 minutes (especially in the middle of the night), the aversions to some foods, the swelling, nausea (blech), and the weight gain. All in all, I love being pregnant and the joy a new baby brings. Joy, hope, dreams, and more are created along with little humans. For my children, I hope they have lives full of happiness and growth, that they can fulfill their dreams and I can help guide them to figure out for themselves what those dreams are. I hope they develop a strong relationship with their Heavenly Father and Jesus, and that they stay close to the spirit throughout their lives. I hope they will see the importance of being kind, generous, creative, funny, frugal, thoughtful, grateful, spiritual, and most importantly, being themselves!

I realize I am jumping around from topic to topic...I just want to get all the things I am thinking about out so I can sleep a little more tonight instead of lying awake thinking. So...some of the names we are thinking of are:

Girl:

Savannah Jean (Savvy J) --- this will most likely be our next girls' name

Roxanne

Berlin

Eleanor

Boy:

Logan Michael --- this will most likely be our first boys' name

Clayton Grant

Spencer Grant

There are plenty more, but my brain is not working well and Michael is asleep so I can't ask him to help me remember...and that sounds super lame. Oh well.

Another random topic, there are a bunch of things that I would just LOVE to get done this week before the morning sickness sets in next week...assuming that it is, it did with my last pregnancy 6 weeks on the dot. So looks like I have until this saturday to:

Cut out and organize all of my coupons

Go grocery shopping

Reorganize furniture in bedrooms and living room...and kitchen for that matter

Declutter

Dishes and laundry (I know, those are never done)

Get Sydney off the bottle before she actually gets attached (I am the one attached...)

Figure out an exercise routine

Call the doctor

Call my clients

Clean my house

 Organize, organize, organize

Yep, that's about it. Too bad most of it is recurring. Glad I realized that now...it really is getting late.

A few goals:

Don't complain so much about pregnancy "hardships"

Be more organized

Stop worrying about capturing every moment and just live them.

Thanks to whoever read this random spout of thoughts and emotions. Hope you are having a great day, I know I am!