Ohhhh the many joys of pregnancy..

I always knew that my first time being pregnant would be interesting. I always wondered....what would it be like to have a child growing inside of your belly? What would I look like? How would I change? Would I be moody? All kinds of questions... now I know and it is so amazing!

I thought I would take the time to document some of these things...

• I didn't think it was possible to throw up so much. Nausea has reared its ugly head for this pregnant woman. Whats funny is that it almost always hits when I'm in the car... so lets just say many streets and parking lots have been "blessed" by my sickness...
• When your muscles are being stretched it is an interesting feeling. The last few days my hips have been killing me! And my stomach feels like its a balloon that it too small so it has to be stretched. Plus my right leg randomly cramps up...its so weird!
• I had no idea how much I had grown. When I first found out I was pregnant (June) I went to go get fitted for a bridesmaids dress for a wedding I'm in in October. The lady told me to try on dresses to see what I would normally wear and then we can order a few sizes bigger. I wore a 2... and to be super safe I ordered an 8. I tried it on last night (3 months later) Its almost too tight!
• Every day it seems like I switch from being super sleepy... so much so that I can barely make it through work and when I get home I just want to put sweatpants on and curl up in bed (thats what I'm doing right now actually.. :)) OR I have this INSANE energy and I texture and paint our whole hallway (is this what nesting is??).
• I'm finally to the stage where I want to eat all the time! I have a pretty impressive stock of snacks at the office, and Chris is always laughing at the random things I eat around the house.
• I haven't had any major food diversions except I have recently refused to eat at Which Wich... not really sure why...
• I'm hoping that I haven't been grumpy but I definately have been emotional! Mention one thing about a baby and I'm tearing up!
• Baby Darryl is moving now! It keeps me up at night but its sooo cool. Feels like a butterfly trying to punch my stomach. Chris felt it for the first time the other night. It is really weird when he's moving while I'm talking to people...its really hard to concentrate on a conversation!!
• It still doesn't seem real. Every day is like a dream...sometimes I have to remind myself that I really am pregnant (or the nausea reminds me!)

There have definately been rough days, but in all its been so great. I'm already a little sad for the day when I'm not pregnant anymore...but then I realize that that means baby Darryl is here so I'm ok with that!

WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!!!!!

I can't even begin to express how excited I am... words can't even explain this feeling...

We both were so excited all day, I was at work and Chris was at school. Neither of us could concentrate... all we wanted was for it to be 4:15 p.m. so we could go to the ultrasound and see if we were having a boy or girl...

My day definitely brightened when Sara walked by my office and said... you should really go up front... so I walked up front and there was a HUGE bouquet of roses from Chris. There were pink roses and white roses with blue tips. The vase had a blue and pink ribbon. It was awesome! I felt so loved and spoiled..

When 2:30p.m. finally rolled around my mom and grandma picked me up. We went home and anxiously waited for Chris to get home and for 4 p.m. to come so we could leave for the doctor. We left and then had to sit in the waiting room what felt like FOREVER. Chris's aunt Kim met us there and we were all shaking with excited. I gripped tight to Chris's hand.... we were soooo nervous. Was our baby ok? Was it a boy or a girl? Was it healthy? So many thoughts raced through our mind.

They called us back and we got our first piece of good news...the blood test results were negative. No sign of Spina Bifida. (Once we did the ultrasound they were confident that there are no signs of Spina Bifida, we are so thankful for the prayers of our friends and family).

The nurse left for a few moments and I turned to Chris and said..."Can I be honest with you about something? I really do want a boy..." Chris agreed but we both knew that we would be excited either way.

Once they got started, after only a few moments, the nurse said..."oohh! Look at his hand! Five fingers!" To which I replied "Did you just say HIS?!?!?!" Yes it was true (and VERY obvious...our son was not shy!) that it is a boy!! Everyone in the room started to cry. I turned to Chris and said, "We have a 'Little Man!'

We took lots of pictures, I'll scan them and post them soon. We are so incredibly blessed and excited. Thank you to everyone who has prayed for us. We could feel your prayers while we were in that room. So please help us in continueing to pray for little Darryl Wehunt! :)

Only two more days!

Two more days to go and we will find out if our baby is a boy or a girl!!! I am so excited. I can't believe that its already time to find that out! It seems like just yesterday we were telling everyone that we were pregnant. It still doesn't seem real. I'm sure that once we know the gender it will seem more real (plus..my belly is growing now.... weird!!!)

I've finally come to the point that I will be excited either way. Forever I was strictly "I want a boy....all boys..no girls" but over the last few weeks I've been thinking about how amazing it would be to have a little girl... so now either way I'll be excited. I can't wait to tell you the news!!!! Look for an update on Tuesday... my appointment is at 4:15 p.m.

What a surprise!

It is official...the Wehunts are having a baby! It was definately a surprise but we are so excited. I have been trying to think of ways to chronicle this event in our lives that is bound to bring up some very entertaining stories. Then I looked at my friend Stephanie's blog and was inspired to write my own! So here we go world, get ready to hear what its like in the Wehunt household with a baby on the way!

I guess the best way to start this story is with how we found out that I was pregnant. I always had this picture in my head that I would find out and then be able to tell Chris in some really creative, romantic way.

Well... it definately wasn't romantic...

But it wound up happening in a far better way!!

I had been shopping all day with Jacie and I kept mentioning little things that had been strange... I had gained weight, my face had broken out, etc. We didn't really think about it (we were very focused on the clothes we were shopping for) but when we got back to her house I mentioned how tired I had been lately. It was like something clicked in all of our minds at the same time. Jokingly, we laughed about running out and getting a pregnancy test. Now, you must realize that I had been very paranoid in the past and had probably taken dozens of pregnancy tests..and they were always negative. So I really didn't think much of it. But after much coaxing Jacie and I ran to Walgreens to grab the test.

I got back to their house and went to take the test. Let me tell you...it was so romantic (I hope you can hear the sarcasm in my voice :) While waiting on the test Chris is beating on the door, yelling about how he has to use the restroom. Troy and Jacie are laughing... and then two lines show up on the test. POSITIVE.

I opened the door...blank expression on my face. Chris just looked at me and said...are you SERIOUS?? All I could muster was a brief "Am I reading this right??" We looked at the test, looked at the instructions, and then looked at the test again... it was definately positive. Troy and Jacie didn't know what was going on yet so they were still laughing at the whole idea of it when Troy saw Chris's face. The entire house erupted into celebration as I started crying and Chris stood in absolute shock.

We didn't want to tell anyone until we went to the doctor, but that night we had promised a bunch of kids from church that we would play underground church with them. We went....but you couldn't ignore the shock on Chris and I's face (as well as Troy and Jacie's!) The entire time, Troy kept whispering... Keep you hand off your stomach!

It was an amazing night. We went home, cried and celebrated and then went to the doctor the next day (He just laughed when he saw the test was positive...thanks Willie! :).

We are scared but beyond excited. Parenthood here we come....