I’m bACK! And feeling craftier than ever… July 20, 2009
Yep. You have probably heard by now that we are expecting our first child. And no, he was not conceived in Spain but our hiatus to Europe most definitely changed our minds on creating a family. Since our lives are going to change drastically I suppose my blog will as well. AND I AM SO EXCITED!
A few stats:
We are 26 weeks pregnant.
Due February 15th, 2010.
Just one (Whew!)
A boy.
This is a post that I wrote on March 8, 2009 but never posted.
March 8, 2009:
Wells and I have spent the last few days discussing the pros and cons of having a baby. We have both been more than vocal about our desire to not have babies for the last several years. Actually, we even discussed in detail our agreed desire to live life child-free in our pre-marriage counseling. We both felt vindicated by the other in our separate desires to not have kids. But oddly enough Wells came to me the other night and said that he wanted to have kids. I was shocked! But SO happy! I had been thinking the same thing for several months. We are both so scared.
The following morning the oddest thing happened. We decided to have scrambled eggs and toast for breakfast. I cracked the eggs into a glass to stir them up before putting them into the skillet and guess what we found? A FERTILIZED EGG! Most people live their whole lives never seeing a fertilized egg even if they are an avid egg eater, myself included. The fertilized egg obvious to the naked eye, so don’t think for one minute that you have to see a picture of a fertilized egg to recognize when it happens in lands in your bowl. Nope. You will most certainly recognize it. Because of the rarity of this event and its clear and obvious timing I TOTALLY FREAKED OUT! I talked about it for the rest of the day because I am still in sheer disbelief. This is our baby sign. (END)
The rest is history and we couldn’t be happier!
To all of you Moms and Dads out there – please accept this formal invitation to give us all of the unsolicited advice you want. We welcome it! Any tips on any part of parenting would be graciously accepted because we are both thrilled and terrified at the same time.
P.S. “I Like The Way You Burke It” missed you.
XOXO,
Kate
Had not heard the fertile egg story!! I believe in concindences.
Whaho!!
Congrats again,,,and again.
Glad you’re blogging again. Congrats. I’m still waiting for you to post a http://babynamey.com pregnancy badge. : )
Only advice is sleep in on weekends and see lots of movies. Movies become stupidly expensive when you factor in babysitters.
That egg story is pretty crazy, I don’t think I will be eating eggs for a while.