now that it's out in the open. . .

A lot of people have commented about how surprised they were that John and I were able to keep the pregnancy under wraps for fifteen weeks. I guess it was technically eleven weeks since we didn't know about it the first month. Honestly, it wasn't that difficult-- we told our parents and a few close friends almost immediately, and I shared it with a few others as time went on. We wanted to wait until I was twelve weeks before we publicly announced it, but thanks to Tropical Storm Ida my twelve week appointment was postponed until yesterday. So we waited.

For me, the hardest part of holding it in was the fact that I couldn't talk about how exhausted I was from mid-September through about mid-November. . . honestly, exhaustion is putting it mildly. I felt like I was sedated for two months (which explains why I blogged so little during that time). I had no energy to do any major cleaning, cooking, or errand running. Even driving wore me out.

But I've re-gained a lot of my energy, and I haven't taken a nap in a couple of weeks. Actually I took a short one yesterday, but I blame that on waking up at 4 'o clock in the morning and not falling asleep again until 6:00 and then waking up an hour later for the day.

One thing I find funny about the whole thing is what I've been craving: cheeseburgers. Seriously. I've never eaten burgers on a regular basis, but for about a month or so, all I've wanted to eat is Sonic, What A Burger, Hardees, and any other place that's got a good burger. I even found myself asking John to get me a hot dog from Sam's! A hot dog. I never eat those unless I'm at a cookout!

In other news. . .

We're going to be moving to a larger place later this month; it's more room and the rent is less than what we're paying now, so we jumped at the opportunity! While I'm not all that thrilled about moving for the third time since April, I am thankful that we're going to have a little more space to spread out and have an extra room to put the baby's things in.

Christmas is also soon. Like, way soon. And the only present I have picked out is for my dad. You'd think I'd know what to get my own husband, but he usually just buys what he wants (when finances allow), so it's hard to pick something out when he already pretty much has what he wants (within reason-- there's no way we can get the Hyundai Genesis he's had his eye on for a year).

I'll figure something out.