Happy New Year 2013!

Ok, so I guess now is as good a time any to announce on the Internet that we're expecting in Mid-June. Most of the people who read this blog will not be surprised. In fact ALL of you people won't be surprised...it just had to be said since I'm going to start chronicling my journey here.

First, my new years resolutions:
1. To live in each moment. Be present and appreciate everything that's happening around me.
2. To write down each day 3 things I'm grateful for in my life. There's an app! U
3. To be physically and mentally stronger.
4. To be more proactive in the evenings (instead of watching tv). Get stuff done. And be creative.
5. Create...whatever it is- food, a sewing item, photos, an art project from pinterest, paint something!

Well, and I realize the last few will be hard once this new baby arrives, but let's just see how things go. I read that you tend to follow through on things if you write them down, so I'm trying it.

So Gwen is now starting at a daycare tomorrow at 15 months old. I'm nervous, but I think it'll be ok. She's so sweet. She understands so much now. Today I asked her if I could change her diaper and if she could get me one and she brought it over to me. I then asked her if she could lay down and she tried to! She's so adorable. She also sits on her bottom and gets anything we ask for. She can say "woof" and "vroom". She answers most "what does a --- say?" questions with one if those sounds. We started brushing her teeth today, and she now drinks mostly from a sippy (with one bottle in the morning and one at night). She has recently bonded with daddy and loves him very much and will go to him without complaining. Sometimes she will run to one of us with her arms out and her mouth wide open and falls into our laps... Her version of a hug. And an open mouth lick is her version of a kiss. She will dance and spin. She loves Bobo and Panda Bear and baby dolls. She scrunches her face when she smiles. She gives high fives cautiously. She loves to read books in your lap forever!

As for this pregnancy, its been...ok. I've had some pretty bad nausea and a few stomach viruses so far, so I've actually lost a few pounds my first trimester. Trying not to worry about that. I'm 15 weeks tomorrow, and at our 12 week appointment, when we had the NT test, that there is an 80% chance that it's a girl. It's called "the angle of the dangle" and if the nub is straight its a girl, and if it's angled up 30 degrees it's a boy. And our little nub was straight!! Poor Jeff! ;) But we won't know for sure until February 5th (my 32nd birthday)!
:) Hope to update again soon!