Greetings Friends and Family:
Most of you already know, but to some of you it will be news, Michael and I are expecting a baby on October 21.......so yes I am pregnant. Just this week we hit the half-way point and things are looking good. We had an ultrasound done about two weeks ago and the baby is healthy and a bit of a mover and a shaker. As of last week I started to feel the baby move, and just two days ago saw it move for the first time. Which is great because Michael also got to feel it. I am starting to show, but I just started to inform people at work that I was pregnant, they couldn't believe it. So to people who know me well say I am looking pregnant, but to those who don't simply think look a little big.
I have been lucky because throughout the entire pregnancy I have felt great and have been able to continue exercising daily. I ride my bike to work and back which is about and hour total, then if I'm up to it I either run or swim after work. But if I feel tired I know I just need to rest, and I do so. So I am still racing triathlons, but really just participating and enjoying the experience. Plus I have to find some way to burn off all the food I am eating, and believe me I can really consume quite a bit.
Michael has been great throughout the whole pregnancy. He has been able to attend all the appointments and always has good questions for the nurse. I feel very lucky to have someone who is so supportive and plays an active role in the pregnancy. In the morning he even gets breakfast ready and prepares my lunch for me to take to work. Really, it doesn't get much better than that.
Some of you have been asking if we are going to get married, and I will confess there has been talk of it. But for now we really want to get Michael through the bike racing season, school, and the on the job track before the baby is born. Then, obviously, the baby will be born. So once we get settled into our lives together as a family unit and things are running smoothly, then I'm sure you will hear more talk of marriage. But right now we are enjoying life together as a twosome and preparing for our new little baby to arrive.
Our next baby appointment is in about four weeks at which point I will be about six months pregnant. I'll be sure to send out another update after that appointment. If you know someone who would like to be on our baby update email list, please send me their name and email.
Oh, and please send me family addresses and emails. We are trying to get them together so we can send out baby announcements and holiday cards this year.
Hope all is well with everybody!
Love,
Jessica
P.S. Attached is a sonogram of the baby at 17 weeks!!! Plus a picture of the two of us in Florida last Fall.
Scroll down if you want to know the sex of the baby ........It's a boy!
We are taking suggestions for names.
Most of you already know, but to some of you it will be news, Michael and I are expecting a baby on October 21.......so yes I am pregnant. Just this week we hit the half-way point and things are looking good. We had an ultrasound done about two weeks ago and the baby is healthy and a bit of a mover and a shaker. As of last week I started to feel the baby move, and just two days ago saw it move for the first time. Which is great because Michael also got to feel it. I am starting to show, but I just started to inform people at work that I was pregnant, they couldn't believe it. So to people who know me well say I am looking pregnant, but to those who don't simply think look a little big.
I have been lucky because throughout the entire pregnancy I have felt great and have been able to continue exercising daily. I ride my bike to work and back which is about and hour total, then if I'm up to it I either run or swim after work. But if I feel tired I know I just need to rest, and I do so. So I am still racing triathlons, but really just participating and enjoying the experience. Plus I have to find some way to burn off all the food I am eating, and believe me I can really consume quite a bit.
Michael has been great throughout the whole pregnancy. He has been able to attend all the appointments and always has good questions for the nurse. I feel very lucky to have someone who is so supportive and plays an active role in the pregnancy. In the morning he even gets breakfast ready and prepares my lunch for me to take to work. Really, it doesn't get much better than that.
Some of you have been asking if we are going to get married, and I will confess there has been talk of it. But for now we really want to get Michael through the bike racing season, school, and the on the job track before the baby is born. Then, obviously, the baby will be born. So once we get settled into our lives together as a family unit and things are running smoothly, then I'm sure you will hear more talk of marriage. But right now we are enjoying life together as a twosome and preparing for our new little baby to arrive.
Our next baby appointment is in about four weeks at which point I will be about six months pregnant. I'll be sure to send out another update after that appointment. If you know someone who would like to be on our baby update email list, please send me their name and email.
Oh, and please send me family addresses and emails. We are trying to get them together so we can send out baby announcements and holiday cards this year.
Hope all is well with everybody!
Love,
Jessica
P.S. Attached is a sonogram of the baby at 17 weeks!!! Plus a picture of the two of us in Florida last Fall.
Scroll down if you want to know the sex of the baby ........It's a boy!
We are taking suggestions for names.
