I'm having so many problems focusing on my work at hand that I thought I'd take a few minutes to simply write about what's on my mind - maybe getting it out will let me get down to the business of being productive!

 

I'm pregnant!

 

So there it is...I'm about 10 weeks along, and I had my first doc appointment this morning - hence the official-ness of it all. Having heard a heartbeat it now is much more tangible. That and my growing mid-section...

 

Jay and I (and our families) are thrilled, of course. We were just starting to "try" when we were successful - what a happy surprise compared to trying to get pregnant with Kate! I think my due date is ~July 6, but I have a sonogram scheduled for the 22nd so that the docs can determine exactly how far along I am. I guess they'll give me a better due date after that appointment. Regardless of the date, it should be in the early July timeframe, which means Kate will be 2yrs 9mo or so when baby #2 comes along. It's a larger spacing than I had expected us to have between kids, but this has been a crazy year and adding another kid just never seemed like the best idea. 2009 is wide open, though, so a baby will be more than welcome!

 

I held off on posting here until I had told my manager (this being a public blog and all). I was planning on telling her during my performance review (next week), but last Friday I just couldn't keep it in any longer and told her. She's thrilled for me and so supportive. This morning (the first time she's seen me since Friday) she asked me if I'm feeling like I'm starting to show. I just looked at her and said, don't you think so? as I stood up. Her mouth dropped open and she said, well I guess that just happened overnight. *lol* I got dressed this morning and said, man, if people don't start suspecting sometihng they are really unobservant. You know, it's the whole bending thing that gives it away - I simply don't bend in the middle the way non-pregnant people do. I'm not sure how to go about telling my co-workers, so for now I haven't told anyone but Sarah (she's told a few people, mostly those that have to know). I guess a few people will find out before Xmas, and then I think it will be obvious enough in January that the topic will come up easily.

 

I've proven that I am one of the lucky ones - two pregnancies and not a hint of nausea. I'm pretty tired and ravenous all the time, but other than that I feel pretty good. We're looking forward to telling Kate, although that will definitely wait until 2009...it seems silly to try to explain it to her before there's any real evidence of something going on in my belly. Watching her at home I keep getting hit with this thought: her world is going to be rocked. What an adjustment, to go from being the center of everything to having to share the stage...we'll cross that transition bridge when we get there! Here's to hoping that she looks forward to being a helpful, loving big sister from day one.

 

So, that's what's going on here. Now I have to get some work done...