{a baby burnett}

 We're Pregnant!

We weren't necessarily planning on starting a family just yet... we would've liked to start trying towards the end of this year (2009) so we are a little ahead of our own "life schedule", but we are super excited that God decided to change our plans a little. 

After very clear pregnancy symptoms, we found out that we were pregnant the night of December 30, after a couple of negative pregnancy tests earlier that week. We told everyone on Dec. 31, cause we just couldn't contain our excitement. It was wonderful surprising our friends and family, since we weren't trying, it came as a huge shock to everyone, and it was great seeing and hearing everyone's reactions.

According to the due date calendars online, I am 6 weeks pregnant, with an estimated delivery date of August 24th. But i think we'll be able to have a more definite time frame after our first doctor's appointment.

We are obviously very new at being pregnant, so i quickly had to do some research and figure out what we needed to do next... and pretty much my whole lifestyle needs to change. That wasn't very shocking news though... i get small amounts of sleep, i eat one meal a day(maybe), i stand on my feet for 12-14 hours a day... so needless to say, i knew things would have to change drastically!

So the first thing I had to do today was go grocery shopping for healthy pregnant food, because our pantry was stocked with junk. Also, got some prenatal vitamins and started taking those today. I wasn't exactly sure which brand to get, but i knew i needed one with folic acid, iron, and calcium, thanks to my "parent friends" so I decided on One A Day Women's Prenatal. Hope it was a good choice...

Called the doctor to see about scheduling my first prenatal visit, but offices were closed because of the new year, so I will have to call on Monday...

So far, I haven't had any morning sickness, but i am definitely feeling hungry all the time, and feel like i should eat like every 2 hours. Just today, I got to a point where even just thinking about certain foods made my stomach a little queasy, but so far, i haven't actually gotten sick yet. Hopefully it will stay that way...

Anyways, we'll keep posting updates as we go through this pregnancy! So keep reading with us!