Sick and Tired of Being Pregnant

Despite Michelle's claims, I think this pregnancy is already much more difficult than her previous pregnancies. She has started having her morning sickness which lasts all day. Not only that but she so tired that she is having a hard time getting the basics done.


We have discovered that sitting and laying down have helped to ease the nausea. However, sleeping doesn't seem to help with the tiredness. Right now she is taking naps that range from 1 hour to all day and she is still exhausted.


I feel bad for her but there doesn't seem to be much that I can do to help. On occasion she'll want a glass of milk to settle her stomach so I rush to the kitchen to get it for her. During "quiet time," while Aleky is sleeping, I try to pull double duty and watch the kids (and try to keep them quiet) so that Michelle can get a good nap. While I know that Michelle appreciates the help I don't really know how much good it is really doing. Michelle may just have to survive this first tri-mester of her pregnancy.

We're Gonna Have A Baby!

Well, it's official. Michelle had a positive pregnancy test today. I'm pretty excited but Michelle is something close to ecstatic! She has been secretly trying to get pregnant since the beginning of the year; she wanted to surprise me on Father's Day (in June) with an ultrasound of a baby girl. Now we're hoping that we'll be able to surprise everyone with the ultra-sound by Pioneer Day in July (that's still pretty early for an ultra-sound to identify the gender).

Michelle has informed me that since she is going to be carrying the baby for 9 months that she gets to decide when we will announce the pregnancy to the world, or at least our friends and family. Our current projected due date is January 14, 2010.

The timing is ironic because we just discovered that Alexis and Autumn (my sisters) and Heather (my cousin) are all pregnant as well. Alexis and Heather are due around mid-November (when Michelle wanted to be due) and I'm not sure when Autumn is due but probably around the same time. I guess it is the season to be having kids!