The big announcement!

Blogworld....get ready....

Baby Wood will be making HIS appearance around December 6th of this year and we're thrilled!

Get ready for lots 'o updates from here on out, but just a little backstory...

We found out we were expecting on March 24. Without going into too many details, let's just say that we were both very surprised, but happy surprised. Caleb had always told me from the very beginning of our marriage that if I thought I was pregnant, take a test....and only let him know if it was positive. So, that's what I did this time after I got home from work. We had already scheduled to meet for track workout and had some other friends meeting that night as well....so, me and my I-cannot-believe-I'm-pregnant self went and ran my 'lil heart out and kept my mouth shut.

Caleb came home to a gift sack of miniature Disney frisbees on his pillow. He opened them and thought I bought him disc golf disc markers....he was a little surprised by the random gift, but when he saw my face of utter shock that read "those are not for disc golf" (I was speechless honestly) he looked at me and said "are you pregnant?" and my response was...."I think so!". I took another test that actually read "pregnant" or "not pregnant" and when it was plain and clear "pregnant" we went to Braum's for peanut butter cup ice cream to celebrate/be in gleeful shock together. Caleb's first question to me was "where is the baby going to sleep?"---haha, we have plenty of time, babe.

So, that was the big reveal between the 2 of us. We wanted to wait to tell family/friends until after the 10 week appointment. At first it was difficult, as we were so excited we wanted to shout it out to everyone. I did have to tell the speech girls at work, as I could no longer do swallow studies. I also told a random stranger, just because it was fun :). Other than that, we kept our word. We were able to tell all 3 sets of parents within a 3 day period which was fabulous. I have the reactions of all on video, tried to post them, but it's just not working tonight. I'll work on that for a later post.

We were then able to share with our family and friends, and it has taken us over a month to get to the point where we feel comfortable announcing to cyber-world. I just took the plunge and wrote it on facebook after having to delete a few birthday posts today that alluded to pregnancy.

As far as pregnancy symptoms, I had my share of nausea and all-day sickness weeks 6-10, my Dr. even prescribed me Zofran which I took occasionally so I could make it through work. This 2nd trimester has been a breeze thus far. I've had a few bloody noses and unfortunately, headaches are becoming more of a daily occurence around 2-3 pm everyday. Other than that, feeling great. I'm still attempting to run, wearing my HR monitor, and lately it's been more of a jog/walk vs run, but it's still nice to get out around the lake and "run" socially.

We had a sonogram yesterday....and we're having a boy! I don't think Caleb has stopped smiling since we heard the news! We're both thrilled. I really had it in my mind it was a girl---it wasn't really a preference, just a hunch, that I'm a-okay with being wrong about. I've had a ball looking at boy nursery bedding and all things "boy"--THRILLED.

So, folks, that's our update. I will try to keep this blog a little more up to date as things progress and we become a family of 3! We head on a mini "babymoon" a week from tomorrow for a 'lil Cozumel, Mexico getaway, ahh...can't wait.

I'll leave the blog with a few pics of the 'lil guy. I'm also taking a few belly pics, but it was a big plunge to announce on the blog/fb...not sure I'm ready for the blogworld to see my growing tummy!

This is baby boy chillin', you can see the ribs really well (head is on right)

He is active just like his Daddy....here he is tumbling around upside down:

Ready for vacation :)

I just booked us a trip to Cozumel 7/1-7/4. It was a fabulous deal, but of course there's a catch....we will find out our hotel once we board the plane. It was through applevacations.com and we know we're going to get a "5 apple" deal which narrows it down to the top 5 hotels in Cozumel. A good beach, a good read, a pool, and lots 'o sunscreen will keep this girl happy for 4 days. I'm very excited. I didn't think Caleb would go for it since he is crazy busy at work right now, but I think he just needs a break....it will be perfect, and he was all game after I told him the price. He has been gone 5 of the last 6 weeks traveling. The first 3-4 weeks weren't too bad. We all know that I cherish my "alone" time, so it was kinda nice for a while to have more time to myself. Of course I missed him, but it wasn't terrible to be home by myself either. But geez, it's getting old and I'm SO GLAD that he comes home tomorrow and should be here to stay for awhile. I make it sound bad on me, I know it has to be worse on him--I love me some hotels, but I know hotel "living" gets old fast. He also hates checking bags, so just imagine Caleb attemtping to pack 5 days worth of suits/ties + work out clothes + casual night clothes all in a carry-on. Of course he does it, then comes home with a wrinkled mess that I try to help him de-wrinkle and put back together for Monday morning and another week of it. Oh well, we are blessed that in this economy he has a job and he's actually getting great experience taking depositions and no longer being "low man" sitting at a computer doing legal research for 10 hours/day. Less complaining now....I think of friends who have husbands that deploy overseas for years, changes perspective. I admire military families so much, I just can't imagine.


In other news...

The hospital has picked up and it's been nice. I am supervising a graduate student intern this summer, so far so good. It's crazy to read back on this blog to my student intern days and now I'm supervising, makes me feel old. It's good for me though, keeps me on my toes. I'm back with the cardiac babies whom I adore---the cardiac rotation is by far my favorite. We should be switching in the next month, and for my student's sake I'm going to request trauma/ICU so she can see some teenage cognitive language and swallowing stuff. Not my fave, but know it will be good for me to brush up on those skills as well.

We're both still running, Caleb a little more than me. He's actually signed up for marathon training and will likely be running a 2nd marathon in November or December, I will happily cheer him on from the crowd! This heat is already brutal, I've been sticking to 6 am lake runs or the treadmill, not pushing it too much.

Not sure if I'll update before Mexico.....if not, be ready for some fun photos up next :). Adios amigos!

Proud to be a Longhorn

A couple of weeks ago we may the trip down to Austin for my cousin Ali's graduation from UT. I was excited to be back in Austin and hang out with family and friends, but wasn't thinking the graduation would be much of a highlight....we all know, graduations are notoriously boring. However, UT does it right and makes the Saturday night university-wide graduation quite entertaining. So, sitting in the audience with thousands of other people, listening to graduating students, faculty, and alumni speak about what is going on around the University and the impact it's making world-wide made me proud to be a longhorn. And yes, I did get a little teary as I stood up that night to sing the Eyes of Texas to this in the background.....