Thursday, August 27, 2009

Thank goodness

So the other day I sat down at my desk first thing in the morning and was going through my mail from the day before. I was opening a large manilla envelope that had some drawings in it that I needed to process some orders. As I was pulling the drawings out of the envelope I got a paper cut on my finger. (The above picture is not me, but it looked a lot like that) As I sat at my desk and clutched that paper cut finger with my other hand and complained, out loud, to the guy that I share my office with I thought to myself, "thank goodness I cant get pregnant." Anna tells me all the time about how I complain about the littlest things, and Ill admit Im kind of a baby when it comes to the small stuff. But I got to thinking about my wife and what she's going through right now. There was a time when Anna was about 9 weeks pregnant that she was AVERAGING throwing up 10 times a day for two weeks! Every time she ate, she threw up. Every time she woke up in the morning, she threw up. Every time she showered, she threw up. Just sitting at her desk at work, she would throw up. During all of this Anna very rarely got upset. She never got mad at her situation, she never cried. And Im sitting at my desk complaining about a paper cut. Now I must say that paper cut was very nasty and Im sure due to the sevarity of it I ran a serious risk of infection! That can lead to a loss of time accident from work and no one wants that.

Seriously though, I cant explain how proud I am of my wife for the discomfort and pain she deals with for our family. She does it with with grace and beauty and I find myself loving her more every day because of her toughness. We all know if this pregnancy were up to me to do, it would be a miserable nine months full of crying and self pitty.

Anna is over 18 weeks pregnant now, almost half way there! She is starting to show and looks radiant! Thank you so much Anna for doing this for our family. I love you and Im so proud that you are my wife!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Things are getting exciting!

We had our third appointment with our doctor yesterday! We got to hear our baby's heartbeat again and had the opportunity to ask any questions that have come up to this point. Our doctor found the heartbeat right away and it is an amazing thing to hear my child's heart beating from inside my wife. I heard it last month and was overwhelmed and again yesterday it was still just as overwhelming as the first time I heard it.

Our doctor also told us that within this next month Anna might start feeling the "fluttering" of the baby inside her. She also told us that about a month after Anna starts to feel it the baby is strong enough to be felt from the outside. Which means I'll be able to feel it! Anna and I are totally overjoyed by this blessing that has been given to us.

Also we scheduled the ultrasound for September 11th! Less than one month from being able to see our baby. At that time we have the choice of whether or not we want to find out the gender. We are still undecided but definitely leaning toward one decision. I wont put it out there yet what we are leaning towards, because I haven't asked Anna if it's okay to do that. So Ill update everyone when I ask. (I have learned how to avoid conflict). I think, just like hearing the heartbeat for the first time was overwhelming to me, actually seeing our baby in the ultrasound will be just as overwhelming.

God has truly blessed Anna and I with this baby, also with wonderful friends and family who have been more than supportive. Thank you everyone.