The First Trimester

Here is a picture of me in May. This is proof that I was in shape pre baby! I will need this later as motivation I'm sure.

So the first few weeks after finding out that I was pregnant were great! My mom and sister didn't have morning sickness so I thought I was off the hook too. I was determined to go to the gym every night and eat the exact amount of fruit and veggies that are recommended. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was so sick the first weekend that I was in bed and didnt go back to work until the next Wednesday. It was terrible. I couldn’t keep anything down and nothing ever sounded good to eat. When I could finally eat something, all I wanted was bread and any type of carb. Including French fries. I was this sick up until week 13. It was literally the entire first trimester but I know I'm lucky that it ended after that.

Backing up a little bit, the first time we got the see the baby on the ultrasound was at week 8. Andy went with me and it was the coolest thing I have ever seen. There on the screen was our little baby kicking and moving his or her tiny little arms. You don’t really believe it until you see it! The look on Andy's face was priceless. He was in such awe it made me want to cry :) Even though we didn’t get to hear the heart beat that day, they measured it on the screen somehow and said it was around 160. My sister thinks its a girl but we will see!

I finally told everyone at my work at week 10. I wanted to wait a little longer but being as sick as I was, I couldn’t really hide it much longer. I'm lucky to work at a place that was as excited for me as my family was.

Week 11-12 were sort of a blur because of the holidays. Thanksgiving wasn’t as enjoyable as it should have been. All of that wonderful food that just made my stomach turn by the smell of it. Either way it was really exciting to talk about the baby with my family and think about how the holidays would be very different the next year.

Announcing Baby Riva

Before Andy and I wanted to start a family, we had a dream of traveling to Europe. We were lucky enough to fulfill our dream last May when we traveled to Italy for 2 weeks! It was the most amazing experience that I have had until....we found out we were pregnant.

The picture above is a photo taken after a race we participated in. This was the day we found out I was officially pregnant! We werent in any hurry or anything but God blessed us in his timing of course and we couldnt be happier. That was one of the best and most exciting days of our life!

We were able to keep the secret for about 4 whole days before telling our parents the big news. We surprised them with a funny gift. Andy and I were both little trouble makers and both happened to get the wooden spoon on our butts quite a bit. Also, I never could seem to not get into things and not break things. My Grandma had to "Katie-ize" her house before I came over. So we thought it would be funny to give our parents wooden spoons. Attached to the spoons was a card that said "Get your wooden spoons ready, June is drawing near, Put away your breakables, Baby Riva will soon be here". their reactions were priceless! We told the rest of the family about a week later and gave them Baby Ruth bars that actually said Baby Riva on them. The picture picture above is the announcement that we sent to all of our family and friends. So far everything has been a whirlwind of emotions (litterally) and very surreal. I know that the next best day of my life will be when we finally get to meet our sweet little baby.