Well, that went fast!

Well, it's been 7 months since I updated my blog! Where has the time gone?! I'll try and be brief in updating you what has transpired in those 7 months to get to the real reason that drew me to want to write today! 

Soon after my last post I flew back to the U.S. Jim and I found out we were pregnant the first week I was over in Germany which was exciting and terrifying at the same time. The funniest part of the entire thing was taking a pregnancy test in German and then using google translate to see what "Schwanger" meant! I knew in my gut but I had to see it in English for it to really be real. Then I woke Jim up at the crack of dawn to tell him, it seriously felt like it was Christmas morning! Even more exciting was telling our family and asking them to learn a new vocabulary word for us. 

 Thankfully, I was able to email my doctor back and forth but after suffering a loss 2 years ago I was overly anxious to meet with him in person and the consults via email just weren't cutting it anymore. So right around Labor Day I was en route back to the great state of NJ. 

A few weeks later my parents and my youngest brother came up and my dad, brother and I got to go to Derek Jeter's last home game at Yankee stadium. All I can say is wow. How absolutely amazing it was to be there for a part of Yankees history and honestly you could not have written a better ending. I don't care if you are a Yankees fan or not, Derek Jeter is a classy, classy guy and i've been obsessed with him for a long while. I even own a Mrs. Jeter jersey custom thanks to Mamma T ;)
If you don't know how Derek Jeter won the game for the Yankees you need to watch ;)  I still get goosebumps watching it. Trust me, you'll thank me later. 

A few more weeks went by before Jim got home at the end of October, it definitely sucked going to the all the drs appointments without him and so I was so excited when he could finally come and see the little nugget at one of the ultrasounds. A look on his face I definitely won't forget! :) 

My first ultrasound looks more like a sour patch kid to me haha 

At the end of October we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary and went to this awesome restaurant (same venue that my sister in law and brother in law got married at!) 

Happy 3rd Anniversary to us! 

In November, we had our 20 week ultrasound and got to find out if we would be Team Tutu or Team Tie. I really thought boy but turns out-- It's A Girl! We were both so so excited and I was glad that my mom was able to be there in person to share in the moment even if she was OVERLY convinced it was a boy.  Since we had reached the 20 week mark we thought it was time to let the rest of the world know we were expecting so we announced with a little bit of help from our Furbaby ;) 

He may not look like it but Bruiser is really excited to become a big brother! 

Jim and I drove to Florida to spend the holidays with my family. The drive was long and I don't think i'll be in a HUGE rush to do it again but at least I can happily say Jim and I didn't kill each other being in the car for that many hours together. Because, let's be honest we all know how Jim feels about my driving! haha  Holidays with my family is always a fun time between annual golf tournaments, catching up with friends and just being in the warm weather! However, it is definitely weird to be eating Christmas dinner on the pool deck in a dress. That is a feeling I don't think i'll ever get used to. 

Cutting down our Christmas tree in Shelton, CT even if we didn't get to spend Christmas with it we had to have a tree in our house! 

All smiles in the beginning of our road trip even though Bruiser was a little confused! 

Christmas dinner and palm trees! 

My brother, Andrew playing Santa haha a sight I will not ever be able to erase out of my head! 

In January was the annual ski/snowboard trip to Stowe, VT that we've been doing since I can remember. This year was definitely different in that I couldn't snowboard which I was really sad about even if it's for a good reason! I got to experience some of the non-athletic things Stowe has to offer and even took a day trip to Canada with my mom. An experience in itself! :) 

Soo now to the real reason that drew me to want to post. I'll admit, I definitely have not been as good as my friend Tracy who has been doing an awesome job documenting her pregnancy on her blog. You can check it out here and I can't wait to meet her sweet little Lyon cub (ha, get it? Her last name is Lyons). 

So read on to the next post to hear my all insightful (and only) post about pregnancy before Baby Edwards makes her arrival on Monday!