Ups and Downs

We had a lot of ups and downs in the last few days. Since the baby decided it wanted to get out of the Oregon/Michigan fiasco early, my belly decided to pop out last Saturday (the photographic proof is in the last post). So... while my clothes had been getting really tight already, they just plain did not fit after Saturday. This was quite a problem with the new job starting next week. Thankfully I have wonderful family. Mom and Grandma Lorriane helped get me all fixed up with the start of a maternity wardrobe. Then came the downs - first a tumble down a flight of stairs. Luckily I managed to ride it out on my hands and knees, so there wasn't any risk to Sparky, but my knees are now a lovely shade of purple. Then the cold. And of course you can't take cold medicine while pregnant. Such is life. Our first trip to the doctor was moved to this Friday and we are looking forward to getting more information and hearing Sparky's heart beating.

Baby Bump at 8 Weeks

Before - Not as slender as high school, but still respectable.

At 8 weeks - already in maternity clothes

The Cat is Out of the Bag

Today is the day we decided to let the proverbial cat out of the bag. Many factors have lead us to this decision 4 weeks before we had initially planned to make the announcement. First, Grandma Lorraine will not buy the "ate something bad" excuse for too many more days of feeling sick and will come and start cooking for us soon. Second, most of Jen's regular clothing no longer fits and shopping trips with Grandma Lorraine have been increasing and increasingly awkward explanations about not needing to pick up anything will not last much longer. Third, we did not want friends from Sunday School to figure out that we were expecting before the future Grandmas and Great-Grandmas got the big news (we want to live to see 30). Finally, Grandma Mary will only have a first grandbaby once and needs to start preparing early and Great-Grandma Jennie is just itching to have another baby around now that David is 3. So, by the end of the day the news will be out and you will have been emailed the link to this page so that you can all keep up with the minutest details about the first Obreiter pregnancy.