I am very happy that it’s the second trimester. (Wahoo!!!) I feel better, things smell better, and I can cook dinner without passing out before eating it.

Here’s some answers to questions we’ve been asked and random trivia about the first three months.

When’s the due date?
March 6th. 

When do we get to find out if it’s a boy or a girl? 
We could find out at the end of the month. But we’re going to wait until the delivery.

Do you have a feeling about the sex of the baby?
Yes. Josh and I both think it’s a boy. Which means it’s a girl.

Any names picked out?
Yes. But we’re not sharing them just yet. We want to be sure we’re not going to change our minds before declaring names.

Have you felt the baby move?
I honestly can’t say for sure, but I think I have. 

How did I tell Josh?
Not very gracefully. I took the test really early. I saw the control line, which was thick and dark blue. Next to it was a line that was so light and pale and non-committal. If I looked at it too long, it disappeared. But each time I convinced myself it wasn’t there, I saw it. Like a distant rainbow or comet. Only incredibly frustrating. So I decided to bring in Josh for his opinion by regressing 20 years and yelling “Jooooooooooshhhhhh!” in a voice so whiny it surprised me.

Then I ran in his office. He was on the phone. With his mom. Shoo–oot. So I backed up out of the room, hoping she hadn’t heard me. (Come to think of it, I still don’t know if she did.) After they hung up, I walked back in, hung my head, showed him the test and whined, “I can’t read it.”

Josh’s response: “Oh, my. What did you do?” 

And ever since he saw that puny, wimpy little line, Josh has been very confident and sure that we are having a baby.

How’d you handle the nausea?
Uh. Well…

Most Surprising Aversion: Starbucks. I know, I know, I couldn’t believe it either, but it’s true. I couldn’t even walk by one without a wave of nausea. 

Weirdest Taste Change: It’s like I forgot processed sugar existed. My usual sweet tooth was replaced by a greasy, fried anything tooth. I could still eat sweet stuff, I just didn’t think to. 

First Thing That Caused Me to Run to the Bathroom: A direct shot of Remy’s dog breath, right to the face.

Things That Made Me Cry: Opening ceremonies of the Olympics and watching Air Force One on TNT.

Best Meal I Ate: Spicy Chicken sandwich from Wendy’s. I could NOT get over how AMAZING it was. 

Biggest Airhead Move so Far: Filling out a form for my new library card, I wrote down my birthday as 11/30/08.

One of the best parts of being pregnant so far has been sharing the news! Thanks so much for all the support and enthusiasm. We can’t wait for the baby to meet our wonderful family and friends. =)

New job, new city, new apartment, and soon…. a New Teague!

Josh and I are completely thrilled and feel so blessed and humbled. As of publication time, we are four months into this thing. Why did we wait so long to tell such exciting news?!? Well…

We found out about two weeks before the move. Rather than tell friends and family so early on, we decided to wait. We also knew we wanted to tell as many people at the same time and in person as possible. There were plans to come back to Atlanta in September for Josh’s dad’s birthday and the annual Petrella Beach Retreat. At that point we’d be into the second trimester and eager to tell.

So one cross-country move, two and a half months, and a plane trip back to Atlanta later, it was time to tell the families. 

The Teagues were up first.  Our sister-in-law, Jeanine, is expecting their third child in December. We also owed her a belated birthday gift. Google will stick their name on any kind of gift. So Josh bought two Google infant onesies and put both in a purse we bought for Jeanine. The plan was to let her find both and then…

Josh: “Oh, how’d that one get in there? That’s supposed to be for us!”

Lauren: “That’s okay. We don’t need it until March.”

BOOM! They’d all get it and it would be so fun! And that’s almost what happened. Only one thing  threw us off. Right before Jeanine found the onesies, the phone rang and Josh’s mom went to answer it. By the time she got back (Reality-she was gone about two seconds. To us, it felt like ten minutes) we were even more nervous and tongue-tied. Mission accomplished anyway. Good thing the Teagues are quick.

Here’s the reaction:

Next up: The Petrellas. My mom has been begging for pictures of the apartment. The nieces have been longing to see Remy. So we created a virtual tour of our new city and home, complete with Remy footage for the girls. The Baby Bomb drops at the end.

Here’s the short video we edited together:

This time nothing could frazzle us, right? We’re pros at this point. Just before we were going to subtly get everyone’s attention, our 6 year old niece stood up and announced: “Everyone, I have some news. Mommy’s going to have a baby!” 

Naturally, we were incredibly happy and excited! Also a little confused. ( “Wait, does she mean us? Wasn’t that what we were going to say?” ) We were also not sure what to do next. Postpone? Piggy-back with an “us, too!” ? About ten minutes later, all four nieces were asking to go to the pool. So I panic. “Who wants to see Remy?! We have a video we want to show, but it’s really short! No big deal, we can watch it later, but it’s really short so we can just watch it real quick. Mom, it shows our apartment! Whatever, we don’t care or anything. It has Remy, girls!” Smooth, I know.

Here’s their reaction: (Watch my mom in the white robe. She doesn’t make a move until she’s 100% positive we are definitely announcing a pregnancy.)

 
Up until this point, this baby had been kept our little (pun?) secret for over three months. So you can imagine that most discussion for the rest of the weekend pertained directly to pregnancy. Such a relief! 

We cannot believe our families have so many babies on the way! Jeanine and Katie, my sister-in-law, are both in their sixth months and my sister Mandy is only three weeks behind me. FOUR, I repeat, FOUR women in our immediate families are expecting! It’s our own mini Baby Boom. 2009 promises to be an extremely interesting and busy year. Stay tuned!