Our new adventure begins...

Here are the first pictures taken of Baby Beckstrom who is due November 2nd, 2008! Brian and I are so excited and both a little nervous about this new adventure. Me being a nurse doesn't really help this because I have seen and know what and how things can go wrong. At our first appointment the Practicioner told me to "put my nursing side away and relax" she must have gotten that I was a tad bit obsessed with all the stuff I was rambling on about, she is awesome though and made me feel really comfortable about the whole thing, ha ha (luckily Brian is so mellow and calm, he laughed at me with all the stuff I was going on and on about....).

So far this pregnancy has been going well other than I have felt utterly "paralyzed" or rather "disabled" due to my ALL FREAKIN' DAY SICKNESS!! Luckily I have found some relief from my new best friend--a drug we call Zofran. I never thought I would be "one of those girls" who HAD to have Zofran or IV fluids, but I've given up on planning and expecting, I decided I am learning a lot of patience from this experience. Now, I can actually function and go to work without feeling like I am going to die from nausea/dry heaving/throwing up. I am so lucky to have a great husband who has picked up the slack and has cooked, cleaned, done the laundry, gone shopping and beckoned my every need and call since I have been struck with "the sickness." He is so sweet and I am grateful to have such a wonderful guy in my life.

I wasn't planning on announcing so early, but since I was so sick when we went home during spring break, my mom guessed it right on the money and so did my Grandma Snow. How can you lie when you can't eat anything, are dryheaving, and not acting normal?? My mom then said I had to tell my dad, who was speechless when I told him, he was so cute and excited about it, so even though I was not feeling well it made it a special and exciting moment(my parents have been waiting for this moment since Brian and I have been married and my dad now wants to get a horse that the grandkids can ride...a little premature I know). My brothers were even excited about the news. So, since we told my family Brian wanted to tell his family etc. etc. and so I gave up and gave in and so the news has spread to other friends and family who have now shared in our exciting news. We are happy and ready for this new addition to our family...we are taking bets now on what it is. I think its a boy and so does Brian (he made a joke about its little dinga ling being the umbilical cord,so Brian). Nat my sister in law says that the "Beckstrom Boy gene" is pretty strong and lethal so we'll see. I am up for either. I'm just rooting to make it to the 2nd trimester!