Something's in the water...

I love finding out that my friends are pregnant, especially because it means my baby will have friends his/her own age.  :)  Just found out about 2 more friends due a short time after me.  So fun.  I guess something must be in the water...

Latest Lewis news-  (picture- our house last Christmas)

We decided to put our house on the market and to build something a little bigger that we could grow into.  So of course we think our house is cute and perfect, but we never would have thought in a million years that the first person to look at our house would buy it, especially in this crazy market.  Well it happened!  We are closing Oct. 9 and have to be out the next day!  I have been so busy with school that I feel like I am never home.  I don't know when we will have time to pack.  We are starting this weekend.

Has anyone ever used one of those PODS for storage?  We are using something similar, same concept but called SAM (storage and moving, for those of you who could figure out the abbreviation).  Sounds like a great deal.  They deliver, you take as much time as you need to pack, they pick up and store in a climate controlled location, and deliver when you are ready! Really convenient for us, since we don't have trucks to haul furniture and don't want to make 50 thousand trips to the storage building.  We will let you know how it goes.

Doctor Appt. #2

Just got back from my second doctors appointment.  Quick and painless is what we will call it.  Took my weight, blood pressure, and checked for the heartbeat.  She made me a little nervous when she couldn't locate the heartbeat, but we kept hearing these loud "womp" sounds.  The doctor assured us we have a very active baby, which is why she couldn't find the heartbeat at first.  We found it and got to hear it again!  How cool and how refreshing to hear for the second time.  I am so lucky to not have had ANY sickness, morning or evening.  Needless to say, I was a little concerned I was still pregnant, even though I knew in my mind I still was.

Gabe's thoughts - we have an A.D.D. baby and it isn't even born!  

I go back in mid-October to hopefully find out the sex of the baby!  We shall keep you posted.  Not too much to report on other than we have never been busier!  Don't have much time in our days.  I am so excited to get to see some of my Fossil friends tomorrow for an early diner/appetizers!  I can't wait to catch up with them!  I am really looking forward to it.

Have a great night, hope everyone is well!

Love, Lindsay

It's going to be a juggling act...

The first week of school is officially over! Overall it was a good week I think. Although I am glad to have a long weekend! :) Eventhough this is the 1st week of school, and it is very exhausting it makes me wonder how I am going to juggle my school, home (cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc.), and family(Gabe, Rocky and the new baby) lives...especially beginning in March?? I guess I shouldn't worry about something that is so far off, but at the same time, I know this year is going to fly by! We are lucky to have such a wonderful family who most are close-by and happy to help! Gabe and I could become magicians...that might be good. The house could magically be clean when I got home, the dinner could magically appear on the table hot and ready! Wouldn't that be nice? Or let's just hire a cleaning lady- something I have been talking about for a while now.

Ending One Chapter and Beginning a New One

Today was my last day at Fossil, a place where I have spent my last 3+ years working.  What a great job to have straight out of college!  I have learned and grown so much with that job both personally and professionally.  The people are by far the hardest thing to leave behind!  (I'll miss you guys! :))  But, this bittersweet time in my life means that I am starting a new chapter as well.  I am beginning a career in education, teaching 4th grade.  Going from somewhere I am completely comfortable with to something I am unfamiliar with is extremely scary!   The school is wonderful and my team couldn't be a better one...I feel very fortunate to begin this "chapter" in the setting I am in.  I start working in my room officially tomorrow!  My wonderful team at Fossil gave me this huge, massive gift basket FULL of teacher heaven!  I could not have asked for a better send-off.  I will hopefully post pictures once I have my room complete so you can see my "wild about 4th grade" setup!  Good things are ahead...

Goodnight,

Lindsay

The Story

Since more and more people are finding out, we decided to let you in on the whole story and how we found out.  We had just had a great fourth of July weekend with some friends and as the weekend was winding down, I needed to make a quick run to Target to get a few things...you know, like toothpaste, a lean cuisine...all the fun stuff.  Gabe was leaving for Atlanta the next morning to see a client, and while he was there he was able to have dinner with his aunt and cousins.  With my list in hand, we begin walking around Target getting everything I need.  Gabe says lets just take a preggy test just to see.  We head over to that "section" of the store when Gabe starts to joke around with me and starts asking "what percent pregnant do you think we are?"  I reply with "4%."  So I ask him the same question and he replies with "12%."  Very low percents!!  We check out at Target, go home and get settled in for the evening.  I get everything all ready for the next morning, since they say your hormone that detects the pregnancy in the at-home tests is highest first thing in the morning.  Off to bed we go...  I wake up the next morning, take the test and go to get Rocky up and take him outside to do his business.  Next thing I know, Gabe is right there behind me asking me what 2 lines mean?  I reply with nuh-uh...  He says, "no, really.  What does 2 lines mean?"  I immediately run to look at the test, and sure enough, there they were.  Two lines clear as day...not even a faint second line.  It was just as strong of a line as the first one.  There we are Monday, July 7th...just another morning to most everyone else, and we were finding out we are going to be first time parents!!  Off to the airport we go...  :(   What a day to leave town!  We shared many, many phone calls that day, as you can imagine!  Very exciting news.

Since my pregnancy tests came in a pack of three,  Gabe asked me to take another one that evening, which I did (even though it is just about impossible to get a false positive).  Exact same result, 2 very very clear lines!  A few weeks later Gabe asks, "are you sure we are pregnant?"  I take the third and final test in my 3 pack...sure enough, same happy result!  And the rest is history, which we will be documenting on here for each of you to keep up with us and the little nugget!

We are so happy and blessed to have each of you in our lives, and cannot wait to meet our little one as well as have you meet him/her.  And by the way, we will be finding out the sex of the baby the second we are able to.  

Thanks for being so special to us!

Goodnight!

Lindsay and Gabe

Baby's First Photo!

So, we are about 8 weeks in and we got to hear and see our baby's heart beat.  We still have not let the word out and it has not been easy.  That is all about to finally change!

The little love nugget is 1.2 cm long and looks kinda like a peanut.  In the picture above, the head is the bottom right portion of the "nugget".  According to the lady who conducted the ultrasound, the head is always the biggest part.  

I feel a lot of emotions as of this moment, anxious, excited, nervous, curious, hopeful, etc.  And Gabe is just excited!!!!

As of now the due date is March 12th, but I am a little behind my original schedule so I am not going to be surprised if I am later than that.  We hope you enjoy our picture and I know there will be many more to come!

Goodnight, this little lady is TIRED!

Lindsay

7 weeks

Today I am officially 7 weeks preggers and my first doctor's visit is in one week.  I am so anxious.  I have questions that I have been writing down so I won't forget to ask her anything.  As far as feeling pregnant, I really don't feel any different.  Haven't had any morning sickness...the only thing is, I don't really have much of a taste for anything but I am definitely still eating!!  So as of now, please don't ask me "what sounds good to you?"  It is good to know my friend Brooke who is a few days to a week ahead of me is feeling the same way (about food).  She just doesn't know I am pregnant yet!  It is such a hard thing to keep to yourself especially when you see people at work everyday and your close family and friends.  I just want to blurt out the good news, but I also want to be safe and wait 5 more weeks.  We will probably start telling more and more people after the doctor visit.  It's too hard!

Happy Tuesday!

Lindsay

Secrets are no fun

Secrets secrets are no fun!  I can't keep this a secret any longer!  It is killing me inside not being able to tell people for 3 months and I am only about 6 weeks...half way there.  I want to tell all of my friends so bad.  I guess I technically could, but not sure I want to take that risk just yet.   Only some family knows at this point.  More will find out after my doctors appointment on July 29th.  

I feel like this is making me act as though I am a different person.  I definitely do not feel myself keeping this secret from people. 

I am not feeling pregnant really.  My tummy has "cramps" every now and again throughout the day, and thats about it.  I hope this is normal...  I guess I will find out in 2 weeks.

Have a good night!

Lindsay

Holy Cow!!!

On July 7th of 2008, we were blessed to find out that we are now expecting our first addition to the Lewis family.  After almost 10 years of "just the two of us," we are going to be proud parents come March!  To those of you who have been with us since the beginning, we couldn't be happier to share this time with you and what better way than with a BLOG.  This gives us an opportunity to invite you into our home, especially to those who are so far away.