"She's a soccer playa, she is, she IIISSSS..."

Yes that is a quote, Billy Madison of course....Now to the point of that quote :). Though the winter Olympics are over, apparently the Uterus Olympics have just begun! Our little Trixie (Apparently I need to make clear that we aren't actually naming her that but what a great nickname Aunty Heath!) has been kicking and pretty sure flipping all over the place! Though we haven't seen any protruding hands or feet yet, my stomach has changed shapes a few time I am pretty sure. The nurse warned us at our appointment that the Placenta (eewww I know) is at the top and we probably wont feel much for a bit. Monday, March 1st I kept feeling goofy feelings and didn't think much of it, then it dawned on me to push a little harder on my tummy and low and behold... CONTACT! I yelled for Nate and within minutes he felt it too. Well something has gotten into her because she is going nuts now. Pretty sure today she is doing somersaults because I feel like I am on the down hill part of a roller coaster every few minutes. She is a synchronized swimmer!

On another note, there is so much going on right now that we are just going non stop. Nate has proven to be quit the juggler as he deals with his preggo needy wife (trying not to be to bad), work, personal stuff, and getting ready for baby. Poor guy needs a vacation from life at this point! We will have to work on that for him. We have a crib set up and some clothes put together. I ordered our carseat which was REALLY exciting. Can't wait to get that.

We may just have to hook it up for the heck of it.

And don't think we wont! Here it is! I know pink is a bit ridiculous but Nate, the loving compromising husband he is, let me have it even though if we have a boy next I will have to figure out how to cover it. Hey I am pregnant leave me alone :) (Only have 4 months to take advantage of that!)

Jenee + The Girl

Jenee: February 16, 2010.

Fun and Games

Well, now we know we are having a little girl, everything is starting to become very real to Jenee and I. Everything is starting to crystalize in my mind that I am going to be a daddy and Jenee is going to me a mommy, and we have been on a high since finding out. The moms and dad's reading this know what I am talking about when I say that things are changing in us as we prepare for our little girl, like our priorities for example. That new bed we were wanting for ourselves is taking a back seat to the things the baby needs, and to my supprise, its not as hard as I though it would be to make that adjustment.

Well, after finding out and emailing / texting everyone on the planet as to what we are expecting, we have been receiving plenty of name recommendations. I thought I would share some with you. I wont share the whole story for each of them, Jenee may if she has the energy, but I will say that Jenee and I do have some names we like, now all we have to do is agree on one. Anyway, here are some 'special' names that have been recommended for us...

• April Jeana
• Jeana April Susan Betty
• JoeLin
• Jeana April Susan Betty JoLin
• Jeana April Susan Betty JoLin Greg-Weena
• Jeana Greg-Weena
• Cougar
• Trixiebelle Jasmina Greg-Weena

So much specialness here. Last Saturday we went to Babies 'R Us to register and we had a great time. It has become alarmingly apparent how easily my heartstrings can be tugged at the sight of a cute onesy that says Daddy's Girl, or Mommy's Little Angel. It would be far too easy to have spent hundreds of dollars on these things, I really didn't think I would be so sentimental, I guess I was wrong. Here are some photos from Saturdays fun.

Mommy and Daddy do not condone the skanky infant 2-Piece bikini.

Aaaaand a few hours later we found dad...

Jenee as of Tuesday, Februay 2, 2010

You can see the bump! She said, " I feel like I need to hold something", thus the book, hahaha.

Telling Linda

Jenee and I decided that the funnest way to tell her Mom she was expecting was using our Wedding Album as a decoy. First I should say that Linda had no idea, nor was she expecting this as Jenee had told her we had stopped trying (which we had).

We printed a new wedding album with a surprise last page for her. It had pictures of the pregnancy tests (one of which is digital, having PREGNANT written nice and large) as well as a copy of our first ultrasound.

Upon arriving in Texas, we went out to a late dinner with Linda and Joe and Uncle Sam and Aunt Karen. Karen as observant as always saw what I was holding and asked what it was. I mentioned it was a gift for Linda and at that point handed the album over to Linda, who with much joy and excitement, opened it up and went through each page slowly. It was torture. Both Jenee and I had our adrenaline pumping, yet we couldn't say anything...



Hahaha, priceless. Notice how it took Aunt Karen about 0.1 seconds to figure it out! Apparently all that country air is not doing her that much good? Apparently when she saw the sonogram she read "North Florida Womens" and her brain filled in "State Penitentiary", so that look of confusion was her trying to think why we have a sonogram for a pregnant lady in jail (or so she says). We used similar tactics to break the news to a few other family members:

A Scare Turned Blessing

I have discovered that internet is a mixed blessing. You really can create your own reality when it comes to Google. When we were trying to get pregnant, it was amazing at how many "signs" of pregnancy there were. I could have Googled, "I grew and elephants ear" and like 6 other people would agree that they had experienced this as their earliest sign of pregnancy. Well on Thursday, November 19, 2009 we had a bit of a scare. My only theory is that I was working out a little to hard and noticed very little bleeding. Well of course my first response is GOOGLE!! Oh my goodness, we got so many responses it was crazy. Nate and I agreed to call the doctor just in case this was in fact an alien birth or quads. When we called, to my surprise the nurse, who I love in the first place already (I have only met her once before) made me an appointment immediately. I arrive at the Dr's and of course I am in my workout clothes, thank goodness I at least rinsed off the night before but my hair was really gross and lets just say, I try not to wear shorts willingly in public places but the doctor met them. Anyway, to get to the blessing, we met our doctor for the first time and we immediately love her, and she quickly decided that the bleeding was probably from over-working and she would do an ultrasound just to put our mind at ease. Keep in mind that Nate and I still don't REALLY believe we are pregnant still at this point. But there was no doubt about it. We saw our little chipmunk's heart beating so fast. Still not looking like the baby that will come out in July but still one of the most precious and exciting sights we have seen. She even gave us a picture. Keep in mind, our first ultrasound wasn't scheduled until December 11th.

Thursday night, I just remember being terrified by what I was reading on the net. I just remember standing in the shower being so worried and telling the Lord, "I know YOU are in control and I know that I want his plan for our lives, but I am scared that I am not ready for the plan if it involves losing our baby." On Monday, after the fear had settled and we had picture in hand (don't think we didn't carry that puppy around the rest of the day) I was looking at facebook and Rebekah had the most real quote that summed up my moment of fear, "We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." - CS Lewis. That is truly what I was going through. I did not doubt that I wanted what God had for us as a family, but I was still so terrified of what the best was to bring. But no matter what the outcome, we would be praising our Lord! Nate and I have been truly blessed finding such a wonderful doctor when we knew no one, and to be able to see our sweet baby.

Our Little Suprise!

How we found out

Well, some of you out there know we had been trying to start a family for a year now. We had tried all the advice we could find and still we were not pregnant. This was becoming quite disheartening but we had put this all in the Lord's hands so we knew that what ever was to happen was His plan for us. Jenee had started working out at Crossfit (a Marine style workout) and was getting in really awesome shape so perhaps we could start trying again in January as she didn't want to travel internationally as a preggy mommy. So we actually stopped trying. About 2 weeks later Jenee experienced a bazaar flare up from some earrings she has worn for many years. Then, she started complaining of a stitch in her side. A little wary, she decided to test if she was pregnant just in case, as she was on some medication the Dr had told her not to get pregnant on. Well, to her surprise there was the faintest of faint lines on the test. She brought the test to me to see if I saw what she was seeing and I agreed, there was a second line there, but it was very faint. So, to be safe she stopped her medication, and we decided to wait a few days and test again. Guess what, we tested again, and the second line was there, still faint, but more visible then before. Excited but used to disappointment we cautiously started to celebrate, but agreed to test one more time in another few days. And wouldn't you know it, that faint line was nice and pronounced! We're pregnant - woooohoooo!

Still after 3 tests we were in disbelief. So we did what we needed to and made a Dr's appointment. Randomly, we were assigned the nicest Dr we could have hoped for and about 2 weeks after we found out, we had our very first ultrasound which you can read about above.

Keeping the secret quiet

That's no mean feat. Bubbling with excitement, Jenee and I had to dodge the topic with our parents, family and friends when on the phone. We came so close to spilling the beans so many times, however since this is to be our first, we wanted to tell Jenee's parents in a special way and we had planned to tell my parents and sisters in Australia as a kind of Christmas surprise. Well, at least that was the plan. Needing to tell someone otherwise we may physically burst, we decided to tell my parents early (since they typically don't get to find out anything about us first).

We got them on Skype and I casually dropped the line that we were pregnant. It took a second for them to process what I had said, but once it did sink in, there were tears of joy and smiles that couldn't stop. What an adreniline rush, its so exciting to tell someone that you're expecting a baby.

A week passed and we decided that we had to tell someone else or once again we might spontaneously rupture so we decided that we'd tell Rob and Sarah because they are our closest friends (figuratively and literally), and if we needed them, they would be there for us. Then a few days later (apparently you should not trust us with exciting news...) we decided to tell my sisters. Helen was ecstatic, Heather apparently had figured it out when she heard both of us on the phone but was equally excited for us.
Telling Momma (J's Parents)

We decided that Linda needed to find out in a special way. I won't say much hear because there is a video that is far better to watch than reading my words...

And the Crazy food things start

Really, Jenee hasn't had as rough of a time as I was expecting. Not to say that it has been a pleasant walk in the park. She's nauseaus and has some pretty uncomfortable indigestion which leads to a lack of sleep but praise the Lord she hasn't been vomiting, although apparently she'd rather that and have it over and done with for a few hours.

I think the most amusing thing for me is her new super power: super sense of smell. Jenee is a food person, so I can't imagine what it's like for her to be repelled by something she loves to eat. But she can smell something a long time before I can and the cravings start. For example on the plane to Texas for thanksgiving, someone opened up a Subway sandwich and not only could she tell what type of sandwich it was, she knew it had iceberg lettuce and swiss cheese. LOL. See the picture for the sad "I know what your sandwich is and I can't have a bite of it" face. That's not the first time she has smelled iceberg lettuce from afar either.

As for cravings she has been pretty good. I have had to make 2 late night trips for her, one for Oreo cookies and another for ice cream cookie sandwiches. And lets face it, it wasn't much of a sacrifice to share in those goodies with her.

Well, now you know our surprise.