Well the news is out…we’re having a baby! I have been so ready to share this news but it was also nice to just have this time together to be thankful for this sweet blessing. Seriously, over the past few weeks I have felt so overwhelmed with emotions…from being tired to excited, scared to extremely thankful…we are SO ready for this. I feel SO relieved that you all know the news and I am SO excited to begin this journey with you guys!
As people have begun to find out, they keep asking me if I feel different. Well, to be honest…yes. I can definitely tell that my body is changing which is something I have to get used to. I can’t say I feel completely comfortable in this change but it is AMAZING none-the-less. As I said before, I have been super overwhelmed with emotions also. I am nervous when I begin to research certain things, but I get SO excited when I research others. It has been a rollercoaster of emotion for sure!
I have gotten so many questions already in regards to the baby so I am going to start answering some of them for you here. (I will start with these few, but I promise I will work on a first trimester post where I will answer ALL of your questions as well!) But before we get in to that, I just want to say how excited I am to share this with you all. You guys have been such a huge support system for us and we truly feel like you are all family. This is going to be a WILD ride but SO MUCH FUN at the same time…let’s do this!
When are you due?
Baby J will be here July 2020! My due date is actually July 5th so maybe early June? Although most people tell me that your first one will come late so…it is going to be a warm summer for me.
How did you tell JL?
So, I actually just put up an IGTV where you can see exactly how we found out. I had this grand plan to tell him during a photoshoot and get the entire thing on camera, but, as I have learned during a lot of this, things are not always going to go as planned. I was SEVERAL days late before I even thought about taking a test. At that point I started to get super nervous because I had also been late the month before…but nothing. So this time, I waited even longer. Then as the days went by I could tell I was very anxious about the whole thing and to be very honest, just wanted JL with me. I went to the store on my way home one night and then told him that we were going to take the test in the morning. At this point I was eleven days late I think? so my nerves were high. Anyways, we got up the next morning, made coffee, then took a test and sat on the bathroom floor until it was ready. Like I said, it was nothing like what I planned but it was us…and it was perfect.
How long have you known?
We took the test on November 6th but it was confirmed at the doctor on November 19th!
How long have you been trying?
I came off birth control December of 2018 so I guess technically a year? But we didn’t really start tracking things until March (our five year anniversary) so nine months of tracking.
Do you know what you are having yet? If not, are you finding out?!
Not yet! But we will find out and have a gender reveal so stay tuned!
Another thing people have asked about a lot is how we told our friends and family. Well good news, I made a video and will be sharing that soon! But what I will say is nothing went the way I thought in my head. Again, this entire process has really thrown me for a loop and has taught me to just “let go”. I like to have so much control and this is something that I have not been able to control FOR SURE.
As soon as we found out, we decided that we wanted to tell as many people in person as possible. That was important to us. Well, we weren’t going to see Jon Luke’s family until Christmas so you can imagine how hard it was for me to talk to my mother and sister-in-law and not be able to tell them. I will wait until you can see the video, but you will see that I just kind of had to go with it in certain situations. It all worked out and obviously people were excited but sometimes it was just me basically dropping the mic. But it has been so fun!
I seriously cannot thank you all enough for all of the kind words. You guys are truly amazing and like I said, I cannot wait to take you along on this journey. I promise I will get videos and the first trimester post up soon so bare with me, but for now, JL and I just want to say thank you. We love you all and will cherish these memories SO much!
