Telling People

Then came the hard part of not telling anyone the news. This is also not my strong suit. We did manage to get through the birthday party and not look too guilty when our friends asked when we were having baby #2. I blabbed the news to our waiter at dinner on our anniversary. I find telling strangers helps me keep the secret with friends and family.

And then we made the mistake of starting to talk about babies in front of Rylee. It had all happened so quickly that we hadn't really prepared her. I guess talking about babies in the abstract with a 3 year old is more delicate than we realized. She got so excited that soon she was convinced there was a baby in my tummy already (which there was!). We managed to keep it a secret until Rylee went to school and blabbed the news to her teachers and all her friends.

Ah well, we really wanted to tell people too so we started making the calls. And the rest is history as they say...

Finding Out

I was waiting to post some "baby stories" until after I was 12 weeks along and then we just plain got busy so now I'm over 15 weeks and I still haven't even had the chance to tell you how it all happened. :)

When I got back from MN in early August, Jon and I decided it was time to start trying for another baby. He had two work trips and then a trip back home to see his parents so let's just say there wasn't a lot of time for trying. Then at the beginning of September I was prescribed some medicine for an infection. Being the overly cautious person that I am, I read through the list of warnings on the label before taking it. Of course, one of them advised not to take if you are or could be pregnant. Considering it took us over two years to get pregnant with Rylee I didn't really think there was any chance, but I bought the pregnancy test anyway.

I woke up early that Saturday morning (it was the day of Rylee's birthday party) and took the test. I'm pretty sure my mouth dropped open like one of those cartoon characters when it came back positive. I found myself with a dilemma. The last time I found out I was pregnant it was also very early on a Saturday morning and I basically woke Jon from a dead sleep by shoving the stick under his nose. Not surprisingly, I've gotten a little flak for that moment over the last couple of years. If I could just keep this info to myself for one day then the next day would be our 12th wedding anniversary and I could tell him over dinner. It seemed like a more sophisticated idea. So I snuck out of the room and attempted to distract myself with other things. This lasted for all of about 30 minutes and then I ran back in, woke Jon up and told him I was pregnant. I didn't have the pee stick in his face so I guess it was a small improvement. :)

Naughty or Nice?

This weekend, my Mom watched Rylee for a few hours so I could put up the Christmas tree (don't worry I saved the bottom fourth of the tree for Rylee to decorate) and Jon could put up all the outside decorations. When we brought Rylee home she was so excited she used the adjective "wow" at least 30 times in 3 minutes. She used a whole bunch of other adjectives too, but "wow" seems to be a favorite right now. She also declared the place "very Santa-y." It's really not that spectacular, Rylee is just easily impressed.

One Rylee story: Jon and I decided we're not buying each other Christmas presents this year. I just had to replace my camera and he had to replace his grill so those two purchases will have to suffice as our gifts. Anyway, tonight Jon joked that he didn't see his name on my Christmas list. So I teased him back by saying that we were both on the naughty list this year. All of sudden Rylee shouts: "No, you are both nice!" Ahh, what a sweetie.

Happy Turkey Day!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! Jon and I have much to be thankful for this year with our new baby on the way. Rylee has been practicing her "I'm thankfuls" at bedtime all week. It will be interesting if she's brave enough to say any of them today.

Happy Thanksgiving!

*Sorry for the break in blog action, but I had that busy weekend and then our entire household decided to get sick early in the week. We're all on the mend now and the house has been "lysoled" to within an inch of its life in hopes of not infecting our Thanksgiving guests. I guess we can also be thankful for that! :)

GNO & GDO

Girl's Night Out:
Tonight my Mom and I are heading out to see a friend's art exhibit and then we're taking in an Elvis impersonator show. My Mom joked that she wished we were seeing the "real Elvis" in concert (she was lucky enough to see him once as a teenager). I joked that if that were the case then we'd be paying a lot more than $17 a ticket! :)

Girl's Day Out:
Tomorrow is another fun girl's only activity. My friend, Venessa, is taking a bunch of us with her on her wedding dress shopping excursion in Miami. For those of you who have seen the movie "Bridesmaids," we aren't planning on eating in any hole in the wall establishments... just in case!

Wishy Washy (Dry-ey)

I have to give a special shout out to my amazing parents who are always so good Jon and me. Upon hearing that our clothes dryer had died and our washing machine was on its last leg, they decided to buy us a new set for Christmas. And since they are extra sweet and didn't want to see their pregnant daughter lugging her laundry to her mommy's house every weekend (I did it once and that was enough!), they bought them last week and gave them to us early. I did our first loads over the weekend and both machines worked great. Thank you! Thank you!

In other dead electronic news, my camera was officially pronounced terminal a week or so ago. No idea what could have happened to it. It never got dropped or wet and I always took good care of it. Stupid black cat is all I have to say. Anyway, I ordered a new Canon T3 last night. Fingers crossed I like it as much as my XSi.

Picture Perfect

Rylee had her Christmas card photo shoot yesterday (the upside to a broken camera is that I had a professional take them). I'm not sure if it was the photographer, my adorable kid, or the gorgeous dress that Gaga bought for her to wear, but the photos turned out great!

We got a couple of cute ones for the Christmas card, a couple that look like they should be in that fancy schmancy "Chasing Fireflies" catalog, and we even got a new family photo of the three of us.

I've already started mocking up some Christmas cards online! I guess I'll have to wait till after Thanksgiving to mail them out though.

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas... :)