Up to Date Now! 14 Weeks and 4 Days Along!

This could possibly be a long one! So much has happened! First things first...we FINALLY told family and the world our news!!

At the beginning of July my family took a trip out to Missouri to visit Tyler, Michelle, and Cal. Jon and I thought that this would be the perfect time to tell my family because everyone would be together and then we decided that it would be even funner to wait a couple of days while we are there to tell them on the 4th of July. So we made plans to hand out these pop-its to all of my family!

I was so anxious all week to tell my family our big news. A few times I caught myself from saying things like, "I wish I knew if our baby was going to be a boy or a girl" or "at our first appointment..."  - the secret definitely got harder to keep as we got closer to telling! But the morning we told my family, I woke up and for some reason I got really nervous - I think it is mainly because it was a secret that just Jon and I had kept together and it was fun talking about it with only him and whispering fun things to each other about our little babe. (Don't get me wrong - it is also very fun to talk about our up and coming little Wilkey to everyone else too!) But back to the story! As we were eating breakfast everyone was in and out of the room so I kept waiting until everyone was in the same general area and finally that happened!! I told everyone that we had brought fireworks for everyone and then I went and grabbed them and started handing them out to my family. 

I handed the first one out to my mom because I wanted her to be the first to know and then just went around the room. Sadly though my mom did not have her reading glasses on so she ran to the bedroom to grab her glasses while asking me over and over again, "what does it say? Jessica read it to me!" Haha by the time she got back everyone else was up and hugging Jon and I. Tyler and Michelle were probably the first to actually read the pop-its and understand what it said - their reaction was one that I will always remember. Both Tyler and Michelle read it, gasped, and said "What! No Way! Congratulations!" and then they jumped up and ran to give me a hug. At that point I was shaking and crying like a little baby. Geesh, it was so fun to finally tell family!

A week after the 4th we got to tell Jon's family the big news and it was just as fun! I love having the big news out there but it is also kind of bittersweet - I'd love to tell family all over again just because everyone was so happy and excited! Anyways at this point Jon's sister Rachel was about the leave for her mission and his other sister Lizzy and her hubby decided to have a family BBQ since a lot of family would be in town for the weekend - so this was our chance to tell Jon's family! We got Rachel a little gift for her mission and we also got Jon's parents a gift to "help them get through the next year and half." For his parents we got them a framed picture of one of our ultrasound pictures and up at the top I wrote, Coming January 2016.

Jon and I planned to tell his family when everyone got to the house but some things came up (I will expand on this a little later! :)) and we ended up telling his family near the end of the night when everyone was about to leave. It was so fun, everyone was gathered around in the kitchen and Jon handed Rachel her gift first and then the other to his mom. When his mom opened the gift she was so surprised, she squealed, and ran over to give Jon and I a hug. Jon's siblings were a little confused for a split second until they saw the picture as well and then they all ran over to give us a hug too. Lots of tears were shed and everyone was just so excited. Telling families made this even more real to me - I love it! 

I really wish I would have video taped the reactions we received from both families. Jon and I are truly blessed to have such amazing and supportive families.    

Here's how we told the world!!!

ICE ICE BABY! :) 

In other news....

We just recently had our 2nd appointment this week! I love going to my appointments - I am always reassured that everything is going well and it just reminds me more and more that this is really happening! We were able to hear our sweet babe's heartbeat at this quick appointment. I was surprised to find out that I actually lost a pound...the doctor was pretty witty and said "that's probably something I wouldn't go out and tell other expecting moms in the waiting room!" Haha. I thought for sure that I had gained a few pounds , I am eating so much more and I rarely exercise. I guess the pounds will come as the days go on! I was really hoping that they would do another ultrasound, but they didn't - our doctor talked with us about options for testing and then we listened to the baby's heartbeat. Our sweet little baby Wilkey has a strong heartbeat that I could listen to all day long! It was pretty loud too, the doctor even said, "it sounds like your little baby is galloping inside of you!" Haha. At our next appointment we find out if we are having a sweet little girl or boy. What do you think? :)    

I will post a picture in the next post - I have got to document this little bump I am getting!

First Appointment...10 Weeks and 2 Days Along!

I am in love you guys....

Today we heard our sweet little babes' heart beat and got to see him/her squirming around inside of me. Holy cow...I am really going to be a momma! Seriously today was the best, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. The past few weeks I have been so anxious and scared to see our little one and find out if he/she is healthy or not. I feel so comforted and happy..... :)

I have had such a good first trimester. My mom had told me before that she really enjoyed pregnancy and it was not too bad for her - I was thinking that her experience would skip right over me - but I really have lucked out! - knock on wood! - Lately my biggest issue is sleeping. If I could get one good nights rest one of these days in the near future I would be extremely happy. I feel like I fall asleep for about 3 hours and then I wake up to go to the bathroom and then the night is shot from there on out. I have the hardest time getting comfortable and staying comfortable! Any tips anybody?

Besides being sleep deprived, the first trimester has been pretty peachy. I am dying to tell family and friends that we are pregnant though. Especially now that we have the ultrasound pictures! We do have plans to tell family. Details will come soon :)

Anyways here I am at 8 weeks and then at 10...no difference! :)

8 Weeks

10 Weeks

Today I am 10 weeks and 2 days along. Almost to the 2nd trimester! Time is flying by! :) :) :)

At 4 Weeks and 4 Days Along

So I found out that I was pregnant exactly one week ago! I still can't believe it! Yesterday I took another pregnancy test just to confirm AGAIN that I am pregnant. Haha, I don't know how many tests it will take for me to truly believe that this is happening. But it is happening and this last week I have started to feel some symptoms (I think!)....

1. I am hungry all the time! My stomach is constantly growling and if I don't eat then I start to feel like I am going to throw up and I get light headed and dizzy. It has been a little different but nothing too extreme that I can't handle.

2. I am exhausted....all the time!! By 3 I am done. Enough said....

3. Even though I am exhausted I have been having a hard time falling asleep. My legs and arms ache and I just can't get comfortable...isn't that supposed to happen later on in pregnancy? Maybe I just need to work out more!?

I am so excited to be a Mother. I have loved having this little poppy seed inside of me and thinking about the future. Even though I am excited, I am also really nervous and hesitant. Thoughts of losing this little baby keep flooding my mind and I hate it! Why can't I just be at ease with knowing that my Heavenly Father has a plan for me and that everything will work out? I do believe that everything will work out, I just don't want my heart to be broken. I am just way too excited and hopeful that in January 2016 Jon and I will become parents. I guess for now I should just work on being happy and enjoy pregnancy now.

By the way....we scheduled our first doctor's appointment a couple of days ago too. We will be meeting him on June 29th. That's a little over 10 weeks! I have a feeling that it is going to be a looonnnnggg 5 weeks until that appointment. Wish us luck!

We Are Pregnant!!!!

Yep you got it! Jon and I are expecting our first little Wilkey - due January 23, 2016! I have been so hesitant to be happy and excited because I am aware of how common miscarriages are and sometimes I worry that maybe the tests I have taken at home aren't accurate! Silly me, I should be soaking up this fun and exciting news! I have been wanting to be a mother for as long as I can remember.
So here is the full length story of how Jon and I got to where we are now! Bear with me!

When Jon and I first got married we decided that we would wait a little longer and get more school done before we started to have kids. Right from the bat we both knew that we wanted to have kids and we would always talk about the future and what kind of parents we would be. I loved all of those conversations that we had. But back to the story....when we first got married I was on birth control and took it for a little less than a year if I remember right. I stopped taking it because I really felt like it was our time to hop on the baby train and start having little Wilkey's and to add to it I kept getting bad stomach aches and I felt like that linked to the pill. So Jon and I officially started trying to have kids and we tried for a little less than a year with no success. Truth be told I was sad and felt discouraged and I kept asking myself, Would this ever happen? Would I get to be a mom in this life? Jon and I would talk about our worries and concerns but we kept coming to the conclusion that it just wasn't our time and that everything would work out.

So I switched my major and Jon and I put having babies on the back burner while we both focused more on our schooling. We tried other forms of birth control besides the pill and went on with our lives. We continued to have fun conversations about what kind of parents we wanted to be, baby names we liked, etc. I continued dreaming of the day when Jon and I would be parents.

During the Fall of 2014 I decided that I wanted to go on accutane while I was still in school and while we weren't planning on having kids any time soon. So I had to go back on the pill and I was fine with that if I could get rid of the acne that liked to live on my face! I think I officially started the treatments in November and only took accutane for a month. There was nothing wrong with the treatment, but bills started coming in and I felt like maybe I shouldn't be doing this treatment. It was a weird time and a couple of mistakes were made on my part with the long process of the iPledge program. All in all it was a weird and short experience! So come January 2015 I was still on birth control because I did not want to get pregnant and risk any birth defects that could come from having been on accutane. I stayed on the pill until March just to be safe and to ensure that I could finish my schooling by December if I did become pregnant.

As you can probably tell Jon and I put a lot of thought into when we should start trying to have kids again and I am happy that we did! SO we started trying to have little kiddos again in April. April was a lucky month for us because I am prego!!!! All through April I tried not to get my hopes up and I definitely did not think that I would get pregnant so quickly.

How did I find out? Well as I was nearing closer and closer to when I was expecting my period. I became so anxious to see if I was pregnant or not. And I think more than that I didn't want my hopes to be up any longer than they had to be if my period were to come or not. Does that make sense? So anyways, 3 days before my period was supposed to start I took an at home pregnancy test and I was so surprised to see a faint second line appear (WOOHOO!) (Wednesday, May 13, 2015)! I got so giddy and I worried that maybe it was not real (I still feel that way)! I kept thinking I haven't seen or felt any symptoms of pregnancy yet and what if I took the test wrong or what if it was a faulty pregnancy test?! Haha the joys of having a woman's mind..... I decided that I would wait a day or two and take another test because I did a TON of research on faint lines on a pregnancy test. All of the research led me to believe that I truly was pregnant and that if I gave it a day or two the line would appear darker because my hormones would be increased. So I waited...

See it's so faint! Can you understand why I was worried?

At the same time I made this decision I kept debating whether or not to tell Jon or to wait until I knew for sure that we would be expecting a little one. By the time we were together that I night I could not handle not telling him the news so as we were walking to a friends birthday party (yep, Megan...your birthday party!) that night I spilt the news that I "might be pregnant." Haha bless Jon's heart I don't think he knew what to say! I probably should have told him a little earlier that day because we did not get to talk about it much since we were with our friends for a few hours. When we got home that night we both stayed up late talking about the amazing possibility that we had ahead of us and we both looked up a ton of things on the internet. It has been so much fun playing with this possibility with Jon. He is going to be such a great Dad! I am so happy that we are in this together!

Jon and I both agreed that we would wait until Saturday before I took another test, but my anxious self could not handle the wait. I took another test on Friday morning and guess what? The second line was there again and it appeared darker! :) :) :) I told Jon right away and as of now I think it is safe to say that I am pregnant. I am going to be a momma!!! It seems so unreal. I hate to say this because I think it will probably kick me in the bum but I want to start feeling some symptoms so that I actually feel pregnant! I guess we will see what comes my way in this journey....

Yeah I know this is upside down...but you still get the idea right?It's darker! :)

January 23, 2016..... so excited!