My oh my, a lot has happened in the last week! Wednesday wasn’t a good day. It was a stress filled day that left me crying at the table in the middle of Sloan’s restaurant; but Francine saved the day, and was able to put a smile on my face! She’s been doing that a lot this week! I’m truly blessed to have her in my life! My favorite part of Wednesday (aside from it sprinkling/raining while I was inside the restaurant) was the fact that it was freezing cold!!! Wooohoooo!!! The weather has officially started cooling off!!! :D

 Last Thursday was my 24^th birthday, and Jesse surprised me with an amazing card, a slice of cake with candles, my favorite chile con carne, and a clean house when I got home from work! I was sooo not looking forward to cleaning and cooking when I got home from work, so it was awesome! And the card made me cry (happy tears of course!) We had a nice evening relaxing and watching movies. We even got to feel Delaney hiccupping—which made me very excited since I don’t feel her hiccup often at all.

Friday was a busy day too! After a full day of work, Cody was waiting for me in the lobby of my office building. We went to Francine’s to pick up some clothes for the weekend, and the beer she bought for the baby shower, then to Jimmy & Vanessa’s to drop of baby shower invitations for the shower at my mom’s. THEN to my house to get everything I needed ready for our trip to OC. I made Cody was my dishes (muahhahaha) while I got stuff ready. We then went to the 99 cent only store, and Target to finish buying the things we needed for the baby shower. And then we were off to my mom’s. My dad had just gotten home, so we all finished getting everything together and headed off to Francine’s to pick up Jason’s stuff, then we were finally on the road to OC at about 10pm! We ended up getting to Janell’s house a few minutes after 12, and we hung out for a bit before I went off to bed.

Saturday was my maternity photo shoot and baby shower in OC!!! J It was an early morning—so you know I had my coffee! The photo shoot was amazing! The pictures turned out great! I’ll post a few below for you to see. J The baby shower was fun, I spent a lot of time with Becca and Gabi—two of my friends who are both pregnant as well. My parents and I came home Saturday night (I really wasn’t comfortable being almost 9 months pregnant and being 2 hours away from my hospital/doctor/boyfriend). The trip home was fun, me and mom talked the whole time! Haha. I noticed throughout the day Saturday that my belly was getting stiff, but just thought Delaney was pushing weirdly on me—I now (Wednesday) think I may possibly be having Braxton Hicks contractions!!! Ahhhh!! J

Jesse worked Sunday, so I spent the day at my parent’s house with them and Tommy. (Hopefully Tommy will come home with us this Friday!) And most importantly on Sunday—THE STEELERS WON THEIR GAME AGAINST THE JETS!!!!! Woooohooooo!!! Finally! That bye week obviously did us good! I’m hoping this is the start of a winning streak for them! FINGERS CROSSED!

Delaney had the hiccups again Monday—Yeay! J

Tuesday—my favorite day of the week (while pregnant)! Holy crap! I’m officially 9 months pregnant!!! That’s right—I turned 36 weeks pregnant Tuesday! There was an issue with my insurance showing as cancelled (stupid Blue Cross!) so I was on the phone for about a half an hour with my benefits center from work and Blue Cross trying to get things situated so I could be seen. The woman from my benefits center said I might have to reschedule my appointment for next week—umm no! I’m 9 months pregnant, and need to be seen every week! There’s no way I could go two long weeks without hearing Delaney’s heartbeat, seeing how much she measured, and talking to my doc about my upcoming delivery! Plus, this visit I’d get the results of my GBS testing, so there was no way I was rescheduling! Finally I got things figured out, and signed a form saying I’d pay for the visit if my insurance didn’t cover it. Phew! I was ok now—no need to start crying! Pregnancy is so emotionally draining at times—you turn into a big sissy and cry a lot! Lol. Back to the visit—Delaney measured at 35 weeks. That worried me a little since she measured 37 last week, but doc said she could have dropped some, or she could just be laying in a different position that she was last time. Phew! Ok, no need to worry mama bear! I of course forgot again to ask what her heartbeat was, as we were having a discussion about her measurements- but it sounded great as usual. I asked about the dilation checks, because even though it isn’t a good indication as to when you are going into delivery, I am still very curious as to whether or not I’m dilated at all. Welllllll, she doesn’t do them until 39 weeks (no need to introduce unnecessary bacteria up there). That makes sense—sucks because the curiosity is killing me, but it makes sense. Doc said she thinks Delaney is around 6 lbs! And she also thinks she’ll be a slightly bigger baby because I’m a bigger person (whether she meant weight or height wise I’m not sure. Haha). Vanessa offered to give me an ultrasound on Friday, so hopefully they can give me a good estimate on weight, we’ll be able to see if she’s head down, and who knows, MAYBE they can even tell if I’m dilated/effaced at all! J Now the not so good news—my GBS (group beta streptococcus) test came back as positive. Yea, this shocked the doc and I both! How the heck is it possible that I have any bacteria in/on my body after being on IV antibiotics for a month, and oral antibiotics for a week or two before that?!?!?! Ugh!!! Well, this means to lessen the chance of Delaney getting sick, I need to receive IV antibiotics (again) for four hours prior to delivering. Let’s pray I am able to get the full dose before delivery, and also that Delaney doesn’t get GBS disease! Did you know group B strep is the #1 cause for meningitis and sepsis (infection of the blood stream) in newborns? Lovellllyyyyyy!!! >_<

Symptoms—

·         Fatigue/Exhaustion/Super duper tired!

·         Occasional swelling of my feet

·         Achy hips

·         Back pain

·         Emotional/Crying/Easily stressed

·         Braxton Hicks?!?!?!

Cravings—

·         Watermelon

·         Peanut butter cookies

·         Frosted Shredded Mini Wheats

·         Chile con carne

·         Enchiladas

·         Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade Kool-Aid

Maternity Photos <3 o:p="">

30 Days left my little Cupcake! <3 p="">

 Delaney's Second Cousin, Jaycee

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 Delaney's Great Aunt Janell

Delaney's Uncles Cody & Dylan, and her Bumpa (Grandpa)

Silly Uncles & Bumpa! 

 Delaney's Second Cousins Jaycee & Jazmine

 Holy baby bump!!! Coming soon! <3 p="">

 Laney will be born a Steelers fan!!!

Holy crap! Mama is a giant... Or Uncle Dylan is a midget! Haha.

35 Week Update! :)

My oh my, what a busy week it has been! Friday was the busiest day of the past week. I was up at 5am, and didn’t get to sleep until asleep around 12am! We went to our second wedding since cupcake has been baking in my tummy. Congratulations again to Mei-Ling and Alexis!!!

 (The first wedding we went to was Jimmy & Vanessa’s, also the day we found out cupcake was a girl!)

After the wedding, I went back to work, and Jesse went to celebrate with our lovely friends. Afterwards, he went and paid rent and picked up our keys to our new home! I packed up things at Francine’s into her van, my awesome brothers loaded up my stuff from my parent’s house in my mom’s van, and Jesse loaded stuff up his stuff from his mom’s into his car, and we all met at our new place. It was so funny to me, because of the three cars meeting up I was the only one who had been to the condo before! After we unloaded my mom’s van, Cody & Dylan went home while Jess and I unloaded the rest of our stuff. My dad and the boys came by later with our couch and bed. Dad and I went out and I got KFC and a 30 pack of beer as a thank you for them helping us move—not to mention we were all starving! It is a tradition of mine to cook dinner as a thank you for everyone who helps us move, but moving at 8 and a half months pregnant SUCKS, so I decided to make dinner Saturday night instead.

Cody stayed over Friday and Saturday night, and mom and Dylan came over Saturday for dinner (spaghetti, garlic bread & salad with fancy croutons). Unfortunately dad had worked his butt off all day and was exhausted, so we just sent a plate home for him.

Sunday Jesse had to go back to work, so I spent the day at my mom’s with Tommy. I’m still sooo bummed he can’t come home with us yet. :( Hurry up October 18^th!!! I almost fell twice Sunday night getting up to use the restroom; my back was hurting sooo bad! Oh yea, I forgot to mention my feet were the size of blue whales all weekend. They were so swollen, I had pitting edema half way up my shins!!! And I felt I had no strength what-so-ever in my lower back, hence the almost falls. Monday wasn’t better at all, worse actually as far as my back hurting. I am hoping my “nesting” urge will kick in and overpower my pain, I want so badly to get the rest of our home put away, and start organizing stuff in Cupcake’s nursery. :)

This picture pretty much describes how I currently feel—very similar to a turtle stuck on its shell trying to get up! Why didn’t I get that SUV again? Haha.

I also FINALLY got around to creating the invitations for my baby shower in the valley. My mom has been hounding me to get them done, but of course, I have been procrastinating. Hehe. Whatcha think?

Yesterday I turned 35 weeks pregnant! Only 5 more weeks to go!!! :)

My OB visit went great. Cupcake measured 37 weeks!!! I was so shocked; especially since she measured exactly spot on at 34 weeks last week! Her heart rate was a perfect 165. Doc and I talked about my back acting up, and she said if it gets to the point where I feel I can’t work, she can take me out on a disability leave for back pain, rather than pregnancy. That was comforting to hear. My pregnancy up until mid week 34 had been so smooth (pregnancy symptom wise), but these last few days have worried me. If I continue to be in as much pain as I am in now, I don’t see how I will be able to work for five more weeks, give or take a couple.

My 24th birthday is this Thursday! :) And then Friday night Dad and I, and possibly both my brothers, are heading out to OC! It’s been a while since I’ve been, and it’s been a year since Dad has been. We’ll get to hang out with the family Friday, then Saturday morning I have a maternity photo shoot (Thanks Aunt Neli!) and then my baby shower at 2!!! Mom and Francine will be driving out Saturday morning. Another busy weekend! I can’t wait!!!!! :) 

I decided to try something new at the end of each weekly update that I had seen on a friend’s pregnancy blog the other day, so hopefully you’ll enjoy it. :)

Week 34 Info:

I started using a new oil on my bump/boobs, it’s supposed to help lighten/fade your stretch marks and scars. I’ve been religiously putting it on three times a day, so hopefully it will help!

Symptoms—

-Pitting edema in my legs and feet

-Back pain (pretty intense)

-Achy/painful hips (whenever I sit longer than a couple minutes, worse when walking around)

-Mild nausea (not much, but occasional)

-Tiredness (that word is an understatement!)

Cravings—

-Frosted Shredded Mini Wheat’s

-Dr. Pepper

-Peanut Butter Cookies

-Spaghetti

-Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breasts

-KFC

34 Week Update!

Hi Everyone,
I just got back from my OB appt. Baby D is doing great! She measured spot on (34 cm), and her heartbeat sounded GREAT! (I totally forgot to ask what her heartbeat was... Oops!)
I've been having some really mild cramping the last couple days, and doc said it is normal to start having contractions (Braxton Hicks) around this point in my pregnancy. Eek!
We also talked about my upcoming trip to OC on the 11th for my baby shower & maternity photo shoot. She said she usually doesn't advise traveling after 35 weeks, but as long as I'm not contracting a lot before the trip she is fine with me going. I'll be heading up on the afternoon of the 11th, and coming back the following night, so hopefully all goes well and Baby D doesn't attempt to make her entrance into the world while I'm 2+ hours from home!
I've hit the weekly OB appt mark as well!!! :) That's right, I'll now be seeing her every Tuesday! Woooo! I so look forward to my OB appts; getting to hear Baby D's heartbeat and finding out how big she is measuring. My next appt is scheduled for the 8th at 10:20. :)

Today officially marks the beginning of October, which just so happens to be MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!!! :) Also, the beginning to my favorite three months of the year! Our families have so many birthdays the next two months, we're moving this Friday (my excitement can no longer be contained!), we have Baby D's arrival fast approaching, the weather is getting cooler (Thank God!), and its holiday season!!!

'Tis The Season! :)

MRSA & Shingles While Pregnant (detailed post)

*I will start the post with a "Readers Discretion". If you get grossed out/queasy easily, you may want to think about skipping this post. I will discuss in great detail my MRSA skin infection, and it gets a little gross.*

The last two weeks of my second trimester, my immune system (or lack there of) got the best of me. One morning, I woke up and noticed what I thought was a mosquito bite on the left side of my belly. Over the next two or three days I complained a lot about how it hurt more than most bug bites usually do, and I remember my co-worker telling me that I was a big baby, and sounded like her 9 year old. It just didn't feel like a normal bug bite though- it was more swollen than usual, and really hurt a lot. I tried taking some Benadryl to help with the swelling, but that didn't help. I ended up going to the ER that evening (a Thursday) as the swelling had grown to about the size of my palm, and was starting to get red. The ER physician saw me in the triage bay (didn't even take me back to a bed), and told me that I had been bit by a spider. He prescribed me Bactrim and Keflex. After doing some research, I found out that Bactrim is a pregnancy category C drug, and called my OBGYN right away. I informed her I was uncomfortable taking a category C drug, and asked if it would be fine to just take the Keflex. She told me that was ok, so I continued taking the Keflex as ordered. The swelling still got worse, the redness got larger, and the pain got worse… a lot worse. Sunday afternoon I got a bit of pus to come out when I picked the scab off and applied pressure. I was so happy, and expecting to wake up Monday feeling much better. Well I was WRONG about that! I was not able to sleep that night. I woke up at about 3am, in an insane amount of pain. I tried adjusting my position, moving to the couch, the recliner, etc., but nothing I did would take the pain away. I tried my hardest to wait until 8am for an urgent care to open, as I had just spent $100 in the ER that Thursday for my bite, and that Friday for some spotting. There was no waiting however. I was in tears the pain was so bad, so at 6am, I got off the couch, dressed myself, and drove myself to the ER. This time, the ER physician (a different doc), saw me very briefly in the triage bay, then in the waiting room (they were not busy at all!) where he told me I had MRSA, and then told the nurse to give me a tetanus shot and discharged me. I asked him begged him to incise and drain the wound and do a culture. (After all, with MRSA, you have to do a culture & sensitivity to determine if it is MRSA, and if so, what drugs it is susceptible to) I KNEW there had to be a pocket of pus there. But, he said he couldn't feel any pockets of pus. He prescribed me Augmentin (which DOES NOT work for MRSA!) and Clindamycin. Meanwhile I was so unbelievably frustrated, I just cried and cried. I called my mom and told her I was so upset, I was in so much pain, and no one was willing to do squat! My next step was trying an urgent care. Surely enough maybe they would be willing to incise and drain me, to do a culture to confirm it was MRSA, SOMETHING! I called a local urgent care and asked to speak with the nurse. They said they would not incise and drain me as I was pregnant. I told her “I know if I pull the scab off I will be able to get some pus out. If I do that, will you guys culture my wound so I can figure out if it truly is MRSA or not? After all, I know MRSA can kill people!” She said yes, so I was off to the urgent care! Unfortunately the NP I saw didn’t want me pulling the scab off with my finger nails, so she decided she would poke a hole in the scab with the needle. Well, that didn’t work. She tried, and pressed on my stomach, and I cried and about threw up I was in so much pain. I asked her to stop, and didn’t care at that point that I had wasted $50 on the visit for absolutely nothing. She did advise me to use warm compresses and take probiotics, plus drink a lot of water though. I took her advice and used the warm compresses, and the following afternoon I attempted to drain the abscess again. I (thankfully) sat down prepared with toilet paper, and peeled the scab back. It started gushing out pus like a river!!! That lasted for about a minute and a half, without me applying any pressure to my stomach at all. I then spent the next 30 minutes draining about 2 cups of pus from the abscess… Yea Dr. _______, there wasn't any pus in there… IDIOT! Thankfully I started feeling a lot better, and the pain decreased drastically after it drained. In case it was indeed MRSA, I covered it, and then went out and spent like $30 in bandages and tape to keep it covered so I couldn't spread it—after all, MRSA is highly contagious. In the hospital they keep patients in contact isolation when they have MRSA, which means anyone who enters the room must wear a gown, gloves and a mask. I still continued working, but I let the infection control nurse know what was going on, and kept them up to date with my appointments and efforts at figuring out exactly what was going on. I made an appointment to see an Infectious Disease Specialist that Friday, Dr. Bachir Younes, in Palm Desert. I saw his wound care specialist at my appointment, where they took a swab of the fluid draining from the abscess for a culture. They gave me another appointment for the following Tuesday to review the results. MRSA cultures take a few days, as they have to wait for the bacteria to grow, and then test different drugs on it to see what it is resistant and susceptible to.  Fast forward to Tuesday… I’m sitting in the room waiting to see the doctor. Brett, the wound care specialist comes in and tells me it is indeed MRSA (which we were all pretty sure of anyways at that point), and that the doctor would be in soon. My hole from the abscess had fully closed by this point, and Brett said I may be just fine, but we’d have to see the doctor to see if I needed further treatment. Dr. Younes came in, introduced himself, and then the rest happened so fast. He said I was infected with MRSA, and needed 4 WEEKS of IV antibiotics (Cubicin), 4 weeks of putting an antibiotic ointment (Bactroban) up my nose, and needed to use a special body wash (Hibiclens) once the first day of treatment and once the last day of treatment. (Usually he would make patients wash with it every day, but I am pregnant and it is a pregnancy category C wash) I would be off work for at least two weeks, if not four, and my roommates and boyfriend would need to use the special body wash and put the antibiotic ointment up their nose as well. My treatment began an hour later, after I went out to get something to eat, as it’s not advised to get the infusion on an empty stomach. (Picture on right is of my first day of IV treament)

I tolerated the infusions well, absolutely loved the nurses at the infusion center (connected to Dr. Younes’ office), and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy being able to sleep in for two weeks.

Two days before I was due to go back to work, I started feeling nerve pain radiating down my right arm, on my right upper back, and up the right side of my neck. At first I thought maybe I had a pimple on my back or something because it was irritated, but then the nerve pain started radiating to the other areas. I asked my roommate, as well as my mom the following day if they saw anything on my back or arm, and they both said no. The night before I was due to go back to work, I was still having the radiating pain, and my back hurt (nerve pain) quite a bit. I looked in the mirror and noticed a small rash on my back, and a small rash under/on my armpit, both on the right side of the body. I took my brother to the doctors and helped him a lot when he had shingles in high school, so I had a feeling I had shingles. I can be a hypochondriac at times, so I figured I wouldn't stress on it and would just ask the infusion nurses to take a look at it the next morning. I was hoping I was just having a reaction of some sort to a medication I was on—God knows I was taking a lot!

(On the left is a picture all the different bottles of medication I was on during this month long ordeal.) Sure enough, the following morning when I went for my daily infusion, the nurses all agreed it looked like shingles, and immediately put me in the isolation room (in case one of the other patients hadn't had chicken pox before). I was there for four hours before the NP could squeeze me in. She initially didn’t think it was shingles because it didn’t seem to have the characteristics of shingles to her. She wrote me a note however to keep me out of work for two more weeks—until the end of my iv infusions, as she wanted to be safe (Yes! Two more weeks of sleeping in every day!). She believed it to be contact dermatitis at that time. Over the next couple days, the rash began to get bigger, more painful, and start to blister… There we go, more characteristics of shingles. At my next appointment with the NP, she agreed it was shingles, and wrote me a prescription for Valtrex (see picture of giant blue pills on right, which I had to take 3 times a day),

and told me to use calamine lotion to help dry it up, and oatmeal baths to help with the itching. My lord did it itch! Thankfully we either caught it soon enough or it was just a mild case, because by the time I went back to work, the scabs were already gone. To this day (two weeks later), the scars left from the shingles still itch a lot; but thankfully I do not have PHN (postherpetic neuralgia), which happens when the shingles virus damages the nerves on the skin (PHN can last up to a year!) I am so thankful the MRSA and shingles are behing me now, and I can focus on the task at hand— moving, and getting ready for baby Delaney to arrive. J

Our Miscarriage Scare

I found out I was pregnant the evening of March 9^th. It was a surprise pregnancy (I don’t believe in considering pregnancies accidents), but regardless of that, I was beyond excited! Three days later, while at work, I had some bleeding and ran straight over to the ER to see what was wrong. About 5 long terrifying hours later, the doctor came in and told us that they did not see anything on the ultrasound, and I had miscarried. For the next week I was a wreck. I didn't want to do anything other than lay in my bed and cry. I had wanted to start a family for over 5 years, and now that it was finally happening, that dream I had was being ripped away from me. Exactly a week after my ER visit, I had a follow-up visit with my OBGYN to see if I needed to have a D&C or not. They gave me a form for lab work, and the nurse said “Who knows, maybe it was just too early for them to see anything on the ultrasound.” I remember being so upset that she had said that; I called my mom on my way to school and cried to her, telling her it wasn't right for her to say that and give me false hope. I had lost my baby, and that wasn't going to help me grieve at all. Welllllllll…….. The following day I had the blood work done, and as it turns out the nurse was right! It was too early for the ultrasound techs to see anything on the ultrasound! I WAS STILL PREGNANT!!!!! As you can imagine though, I was terrified that something was wrong, something HAD TO be wrong; after all, I had still been spotting/bleeding. I continued spotting/bleeding until around 11 weeks (which was completely and totally terrifying), when I found out I had a very common bacterial infection pregnant women get, and after a week on antibiotics, the infection was gone, along with the bleeding and spotting. I am now happily almost 34 weeks pregnant! J I encourage any pregnant woman who is experiencing spotting/bleeding to ask for a culture test to be done. Had I known sooner, I would have asked my OBGYN to do a culture sooner, and would have avoided unneeded stress and worry for weeks!

Welcome to My New Life As "Mommy"!

Hello Everyone & Welcome to My New Life As “Mommy”!

For my initial post, I figure it would be best to tell you a bit about myself, my pregnancy thus far, and what you can expect from this blog.

For starters, my name is Chelsea Marie Allen. I’m 23 years old, a nurse working as a Nurse Chart Auditor at a local hospital, and currently pregnant with my first child. I have an amazing boyfriend, Jesse, who I have been with for over 5 and a half years now. We are expecting our first daughter, Delaney, on November 12^th, 2013. Not gonna lie, I think 11/12/13 is a pretty awesome due date! J

My pregnancy thus far. I’ve had an interesting pregnancy to say the least…

FIRST TRIMESTER-

I found out I was pregnant the evening of March 9^th. It was a surprise pregnancy (I don’t believe in considering pregnancies accidents), but regardless of that, I was beyond excited! Three days later, after an ER visit for bleeding (I will be writing a smaller more detailed post about this even in a little bit) I was told I miscarried. After a long miserable & depressing week I found out I was actually still pregnant. I continued to spot/bleed for another 5 weeks or so; those few weeks of spotting/bleeding were terrifying, nerve-wracking and torturous to say the least. I was so terrified I would still end up losing my baby! Aside from that issue, my first trimester was a breeze compared to most. I was completely exhausted 24/7. At the time I was working full time at the hospital, and going to school full time as well. I HAD TO nap every day between work and school. I lucked out with morning sickness though. I had it from about Week 8 to Week 10 or 11, very mildly, and only in the afternoons. I never (to this day) threw up, and eating always seemed to make my nausea better.

SECOND TRIMESTER-

My second trimester was the best (up until the last 2 weeks)! I had normal amounts of energy, gained very few pounds, only had heartburn 2 or 3 times, and was happy all the time! I started showing around 20 weeks, but really didn’t “pop out” until my third trimester. At 19 weeks we found out we were having a girl (the day of Jesse’s best friend’s wedding). We also found out that day that they were expecting their second child. Yeay! Our cupcake (as I call her) would have a cousin to grow up with! The last two weeks of my second trimester my immune system (or lack there of) got the best of me. I will save the story for another post, as I know I am already rambling on. Long story short, I ended up getting a MRSA skin infection on my belly. I also ended up in Labor & Delivery one night with some spotting and contractions (which I couldn’t feel, but were picked up on the monitor), but thankfully that turned out to be from stress and dehydration.

THIRD TRIMESTER-

My third trimester didn’t start off great as I was still dealing with the MRSA infection, which wasn’t confirmed MRSA until about 29 weeks. Once confirmed, I had to be off work for at least two weeks, for 4 weeks of IV antibiotics. Two weeks after I started by IV antibiotics I developed shingles in my right armpit and on my right upper back. There went another two weeks off work, and more doctors appts. I was put on Norco to help with the shingles pain, which caused my bad back to act up and caused even more pain. I went a day without taking the Norco, and Voila! My back pain was gone! Since finishing my antibiotics and getting back to work, I’ve been doing MUCH better than before! The tiredness is still present, along lovely pitting edema, stress and being overwhelmed this last week or so because….. WE’RE MOVING! J We were approved for a cute 2 bedroom condo in Bermuda Dunes, and will be moving October 4^th! This sums up my third trimester to this point (33 weeks and 3 days). I will try to post pregnancy updates at least each Tuesday, which is the day of the week I move up a week in my pregnancy. ONLY 6 MORE WEEKS!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

What can you expect from this blog? Well as you can see, I ramble on. I enjoy writing, although at times I may not be that entertaining. What I accomplish with this blog is to document my excitement, struggles, and life as a first time mom; an online journal if you will. I will pour my heart out, be brutally honest, and most likely sound crazy at times. It will be very personal, but I love the idea of sharing my experience with others. Not to mention, my soon to be niece Daisy is teaching abroad in Spain until next summer, and I want to be able to keep her up to date with baby Delaney!

I hope you enjoy this blog as much as I know I will. J