Finally!

YAY!!!

Yesterday marked a day of things that were a long time coming!

But first, I want to give a huge shout out to my buddy Julia and her recent post in ~"Just Relax!"~. After two years of trying, she and her husband are expecting and I could not be more happy and excited for them! Yay!

I hope it's okay that I give you love here Julia :)

Now for more firsts.

Saturday morning we went to the rhododendron gardens to have maternity photos taken. It was a beautiful day and I think we got really lucky with the temporary nice weather. We were all very amused at how many other pregnant ladies were there having pictures taken too. I will post pictures as soon as I have them. I know I probably won't be thrilled with how huge I look in the pictures, but in several months/years I will look at the pictures with fond memories of being pregnant and won't feel quite so unattractive as I do now.

I stayed the night at my parents Saturday night to help cook and clean to get ready for Zombie Jesus / fertility day. As usual, Charlotte was doing somersaults in my belly first thing in the morning and my mom actually saw my belly jumping! So now I'm not the only one that has seen her moving.

Later after the big binge I was sitting on the couch with my sister when I saw her kicking and wiggling and grabbed my sisters hand to stick on my belly. She said she could actually feel her kick. This is another first that only I have been privy to so far. I was happy to have my mom and sister get to see proof of her existence - other than the sight of my giant belly of course!

Our baby shower is in the works. I'm very amused at how my mom keeps asking for my input and then tells me that my opinion doesn't matter because they get to throw the shower how they want to - but what do I want to do for food? They'll be sending out invitations soon, but if you want to save the date, it will be Saturday June 4th, and it will be an open house (meaning you can come anytime during the 3 hour window). I see this as a chance to see our friends and family while we're still sane and not sleep deprived so Paul will be there and boys should come too! Did you really think we'd be traditional about this? haha!