Letters From Baby

I signed up for a website that sends you letters from your unborn baby. I am going to start sharing them. These are the first two letters I received. Very cute!

Hi Mama,

Did you know that a little bit of chocolate every day makes for a
happier baby? And even if that's not exactly true, it sure makes
for a happier mama -- and THAT makes ME happy too!

Joyfully indulge,
Your Chocolate-Covered Baby


Hi Mama,

We found each other! I always knew we would--it's part of a promise we
made a long time ago. Don't be surprised if you recognize me once I
get there -- even if with only your heart.

I love you,
Bambino

Ode to my Hubby

This entry is dedicated to my husband, Chris. I can't help but to think that I would not have made it through this pregnancy thus far without him. When I first came down ill with this horrid morning sickness I wasn't sure just how I was going to handle everything. With Chris working full-time and the kids at school, I was left with no help. It made me feel even more sick just thinking about how the kids were going to get fed, how the laundry was going to get done, and how I was going to be able to take care of Ethan and Noah. Not to mention every errand and business related task that needed to be done. To be honest with you, I was scared.

I know that I went into this pregnancy knowing that there was a really good chance that I was going to go through this. But I think I didn't want to go through it and sort of pushed it towards the back of my mind. But since it is a real fact now and it looks like it won't be letting up for several more weeks, it is time to face it. That is just what Chris has done. Instead of grumbling, he has stepped up and become Mom and Dad. He works all day and comes home to continue working through the evening. I just wanted to mention what happened yesterday.

So yesterday was probably the hardest day so far. The day before was hard as well. But I actually woke up already sick as a dog. Abby of course comes into my bedroom and asks me if I need anything. I decided to eat some crackers before getting out of the bed. I sat up and ate my crackers and Chris is getting ready and telling me exactly all he had done beforehand to make my day easier. I immediately got up and had to get rid of everything I ate. Chris didn't hesitate to stay home and take care of me and the boys. I knew he needed to go to work, but he made no fuss and stayed really busy all day doing laundry, cleaning, cooking, and taking care of us.

I feel so lucky. I know that he didn't make my morning sickness better, but I felt good knowing that he cared so much about helping me. He was up early and went to bed late. He got up early again this morning and is working. So far I am managing things okay even though I am feeling really bad. I really want to do something nice for Chris once I start to feel better. He really deserves it.

Happy Fetus Day!

No, this is not a national holiday but it is a milestone. Today is a brand new day and my little embryo has graduated into the fetus club! Congratulations Beanie Baby!! Most people will probably think I am completely crazy for such a celebration, but this is huge for me. On a more unpleasant note, my morning sickness is still sticking around like glue. Last night was really a true test for me. For the first time since experiencing this horrible sickness, I went out with Chris. Here is the rundown.

Chris wanted to go out and grab some dinner and catch a late movie. Well, there were several things wrong with this idea but some positive things as well. As much as I love, love, love to go out on a kid-free night on the town, I wasn't exactly feeling "up to it." I sat here all day contemplating on if I should and justifying it as well. With much deliberation I decided it might do me some good to get out of the house for a few hours. I drug myself around and got ready. It is amazing how much you can shock yourself when you actually shower, apply makeup and style your hair. I felt like I just received an Extreme Makeover. I managed to get ready before our appointed time to leave!

We were off to Chili's and then to see Cloverfield. When we arrived at Chili's we were not shocked to see that the establishment was completely packed out! I was actually relieved because I did not want to be in a hot, crowded restaurant. So we left and decided to go to a little place we have frequented many times in the past 8 years we have lived here. We chose to eat at Monjuni's. It is a real authentic Italian cafe. It is little and quaint and the food is really awesome. Even I was getting a little excitement out for the fact that I really love eating there. Our server was really nice and she offered us the special, Shrimp Aurora. It was a dish that the owner came up with one day I guess while business was slow. Chris didn't hesitate to order that. It was their original red sauce mixed with alfredo sauce with shrimp and angel hair pasta topped with provolone cheese and twice baked. It took me a little longer on my decision. Well, for obvious reasons. After about 10 minutes of decision making I finally chose the Homemade Lasagna.

The food was excellent as always. I actually tried a bite of Chris' and it was really good too. We couldn't finish our food but we took some home. The owner of the restaurant joined us. He told his servers that if they sold 3 of the Shrimp Aurora dished that he would give them a free Milky Way Cake. OMG! We tried one of those and it was sinful! I ate more than Chris and that is really saying something at this point. So we left full and ready to go see a movie. Cloverfield was a pretty decent movie. I am sure I would be able to give it a better review if I had felt better. I got really dizzy and hot and had a couple of "close calls." Meaning I felt like I was gonna throw up at least a half dozen times. I actually left the theater and went to the bathroom. I guess I was just stuffy because I didn't actually throw up. I started feeling a little better after we left. Nonetheless we had a good time and it was definitely worth going on for. I am sure once I have finally kicked the morning sickness phase of my pregnancy I won't be such a cheap date. I will be eating more than Chris! I actually can't wait. Ha Ha!

So today I am going to hang out with the kids, eat steak, attempt to clean a little, help Mikey get started on his Social Studies Project and basically just take it easy. I am really excited to be here and at least able to enjoy life.

Is It Over YET?

Call me Mrs. Impatient. The horrible saga of the morning sickness continues. It is like a plague really. I can't help but in a way to feel like I am the only sick person around here. I also can't help but to feel like I am alienating myself from my family. I am in a totally different world anymore. My mind is telling me to get up but my body is telling me don't you dare. I am approaching the 9th week. I get excited just knowing that another week has passed. Everyday my baby is growing and I am that much closer to my 2nd trimester. That is usually when the sickness subsides. Surprisingly I don't have too much to blog about. I have been sleeping so much lately. It is nothing for me to sleep over 12 hours! I usually can't do that even at my sleepiest.

I can only say that my body is definitely working overtime. I bought some food and other items that may help relieve my sickness. I hadn't left my house in about a week so I was very nervous. I did okay but I constantly felt like I was either gonna pass out or throw up right in Walmart. I also had 3 kids with me too. I am just hanging in there because this too shall pass.

The picture of the baby is what my baby should look like at this point. 8 weeks.

Blah, Blah, Blah

From the sound of this title you pretty much know where I am going with this. This weekend was very hard on me. I am still feeling rather nasty this morning too. How can something that is only about an inch long make me feel so nasty? Mystery. I hate feeling nauseated. I would rather go through labor than feel this way. I am currently trying every home remedy imaginable. If that doesn't work then my next step is prescription medication. I really don't wanna go there. I don't take so much as a Tylenol when I am preggo. I don't care how bad my head hurts. I have been getting some good advice from people on how to cope with this. My Mom's advice has been the best yet. The lemons are really helping in the form of lemonade. Blow Pops have been good too.

My loving husband pretty much "took over" this weekend. He orchestrated the kids into doing a lot of things around the house. I could only lay back and observe with my nauseated, pregnant self. He cooked dinner Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I could barely eat what he made because it was all "Southern Soul Food" AKA lots of salt, fat content and spice. Those are 3 things that I cannot tolerate right now. But I managed to eat enough and not have to get rid of it later. I am hoping that in a few weeks this chapter of my pregnancy will come to an end and I will start feeling like my old self again.

Chris is back to work today and I have all 5 of the kids alone. Believe it or not, I was the first one awake. Yesterday I didn't crawl out of bed until 11 am. I figured I may as well beat them to it. I have already eaten so I hope I feel better soon. One thing I have noticed about my last 3 pregnancies is that I have had this horrendous morning sickness in the wintertime. That just adds to the blah feeling.

Feeling Rather Gross

So once again I am layed up feeling nasty. Yesterday was hard and today isn't much better. Not a good time to go on a diet. I am not eating much due to the morning sickness. Nothing sounds good to me. I asked Chris when he goes to the grocery store tonight to get me some lemons and limes. My mom told me that lemons helped her when she was pregnant with me. I am willing to try anything. All I have had today is a hand full of cereal and a glass of water. I stopped taking my prenatals because I think those didn't help the situation any. I am hoping this will improve in the upcoming weeks. I really don't want to be 4 months before I start feeling good again.

Hannah and Abby's birthdays are coming up soon and I really need to start feeling better for that. Chris can only do so much and I am insisting that this time he doesn't get stuck doing it all. He has enough on his plate. This weekend the kids and Chris are going to take care of the chores around the house. I believe after that I can manage things better. I hope so at least. It is amazing how awful you can feel when your hormones are all out of whack. I know it is for the best though because in 32 weeks I will be holding my new baby in my arms and none of this will matter then. But until then I need to stay healthy and strong, physically, mentally and spiritually.

Ugh! Morning Sickness..Blessing and Burden

Yes, that's right. What was I saying in my previous posts? Oh yeah, how lucky I am not to have the horrible morning sickness? Well, from my title here you can see how I am feeling. I have to say that I am challenged right now. Don't ask me how I have the strength to even blog about it. I am not sure at this point. So far no vomiting. But I am really not eating. Uh, that can't be good. I am infamous for this sort of thing. I am trying other sorts of remedies besides the ones I tried in my other pregnancies. Of course the Web has helped a lot. I am getting tons of support and help from women probably a lot less seasoned than myself. But hey, I don't know it all!!! I have decided that starving myself is out of the question. I don't care if I hurl it all up in 5 minutes. I am gonna eat, just not a lot. Morning sickness isn't all bad either. It is also a good sign that things are going well. The placenta is starting to develop and soon it can do all of the dirty work.

The challenge lately has been trying to overcome all of this icky feeling and maintain order here at Castle Cato. Not been easy. Being pregnant alone is stressful at times, but then add 5 kids and a husband into the mix. Yeah. No, but seriously the kids have really been great lately. It is easy in that department this go around. They are suddenly not these "little kids" anymore. They are actually independent and I really have to say that has been great on me. I think in about 2 months I will be able to manage things solely again. But tonight Chris is bringing home dinner. Ahhh, gotta love a working husband!

I am still waiting on the UPS guy to bring my Fetal Monitor. I am so excited about it. I will let y'all know if I hear anything. Should be able to by now. On another note, I have officially made my 1st Dr. appt. He couldn't see me until February 7th. At first I was pretty disappointed because that will put me at 11 weeks. But oh well, I am doing okay as of now, so waiting 3 more weeks won't kill me. Ethan is sick. He has a horrible croupy cough. I gave him some meds and stuck the Vicks Vaporizer in the Playroom so he can get some of that stuff in his chest. I hate it when the little ones are sick most of all. They don't understand it and I feel so sorry for them. I guess you can say we are sickly around here.

Well, I am off to attempt to do something productive. Just nothing in the bathroom..

7 weeks, 2 days...

It would appear like I am obsessed. Really I am not. I had this bright idea to post a belly shot every 4 weeks. I quickly decided that was sort of dumb. This is my 8th pregnancy...I really have given up on the fact that you can really even tell when I show or not. This is my belly at 7 weeks, 2 days. Hard to believe something that looks like a seahorse and as small as a raisin is residing deep down in my uterus. I look huge!! I had a pretty nice figure around Thanksgiving. I tried putting on a pair of jeans I wore while I was in West Virginia..ha ha! They wouldn't even button. What is up with that? What is going on? The weird thing to is that my stomach is hard. I look like I typically do when I am around 5 months. Can you imagine what I am going to look like in August? Watch out! I am not complaining. Pregnancy is a good time in my life. I have become a pro at it all. I could write my very own book. I have to ask the question though, "What is going on in there?"

To ease my mind a little I rented one of those fetal dopplers. My sister told me about a girl she saw on Youtube that had one. They came from BellyBeats . I was skeptical at first. I really didn't want to invest in something like that. But it is only $25.00 a month! I should get it in the mail (free shipping!) on Thursday. It should detect the baby's heartbeat now. I can listen to it anytime I want between Dr. visits. Not to mention Chris and the kids can listen too. I think it is wonderful. I am pretty anxious to hear this baby's heartbeat.

It would appear too that I have all but forgotten about the other kids. Fact is that I haven't. I have some pictures I need to upload from Christmas. They are all pretty excited about the baby. I just wished I felt a little better. But I am not going to complain once again because it could be worse. A lot worse! I am just hoping and praying this is as bad as it gets. I am hungry, but nothing sounds good. I hate that. Well you can pretty much count on me having another pic posted in 2 weeks. I will be 9 weeks. Hopefully by then my Dr. will have seen me I will have more to write about. Until then.....wish me luck!

I Spoke Too Soon!

Yeah, that's right. I officially having the dreaded morning sickness. Well, it isn't too bad, yet. I have learned now that I need to choose my words wisely. In my last entry I was bragging about how good I felt. I should have known that the morning sickness usually starts around this time. I am trying to fight back and hopefully it won't last long. It is amazing how it can just hit a person. One day you are great, the next you are ill. Those pregger hormones really are no joke. I am out of crackers, (wouldn't ya know it?) so I am eating on some croutons. That is really the only thing that sounds even somewhat appealing to me at this point. I am 7 weeks, 1 day pregnant. I hope to go to the Dr. for my 1st appointment soon. He won't see patients until they are 8 weeks or so. I hope he can give me something to help my icky feeling.

I have been doing some research on the Web and have found that Vitamin B6 and Unisom help. I will do anything as long as this doesn't put me on my rear. I also want what is best for the baby as well. I feel like I have gained like 10 pounds since Thanksgiving. I am bloated and my stomach already looks round. But pregnancy is beautiful, right? I think it is anyway. I am taking my prenatal vitamins. I started taking those a day after I found out I was pregnant. You know how one of the symptoms of pregnancy is excess saliva? Yeah, I got that. My mouth fills up with spit like every 2 minutes. So far I haven't had the urge to run to the bathroom. But then again I better not SPEAK TOO SOON! I have to say that a part of me is a little relieved that I do feel sick. It is a good sign that things are going as they should. I know that it won't last forever and by my 4th month everything should be as it should.

I have begun my 2nd month of pregnancy even if I have 6 days left until I am 8 weeks. I am just anxious to go to the Dr. and for him to confirm everything is okay. When you are pregnant you think of everything that could possibly go wrong. I do anyway. I don't know if I could handle anymore bad news at this point. We have already went through it twice. I am just praying. That is all I can do.

Well, I better try and do something productive while I feel like it.

Still Feeling Good!

Ya know, I am probably gonna be eating those words in about a week or two. So far my pregnancy has been uneventful. I have my moments when I am tired and other symptoms kick in. The most bothersome symptom I have during my pregnancies is the dreaded morning sickness. Of course in the past I have always started feeling the icky feeling at around 7-8 weeks. I am at 6 weeks, 4 days today! So, if I am an unfortunate mom-to-be I will get it soon. I am hoping that it passes over me and my baby is still okay. I will be going to the Dr. soon. I usually have to start going by 7-8 weeks. That is generally when they start seeing patients at my stage of pregnancy. I am so excited to hear that little heartbeat to reassure me everything is going well. This is the part where I get nervous and worried. Because I have had 2 miscarriages in the past, I am more cautious of every ache or pain. The only things I feel right now are some pinching sensations in my right abdomen. Those are mainly due to the stretching and pulling of the ligaments that surround the uterus. I read somewhere that means that the baby is where it is supposed to be. I sure hope so! I can honestly say that I am actually nervous about the pregnancy overall. Not a bad nervous, but just knowing and then again not knowing what to expect.

I have decided to not push myself beyond belief. Yeah, I may have lots to do around here, but right now my baby is my concern. I will do what I can but then I will have to delegate responsibility to the kids. They are actually happy to help. I think once I get past the 3 month mark things will be different. I will be out of the woods and hopefully my energy will be regained. Today I have to take Hannah to the Dr. She has some awful rash on her arms. It isn't healing on its own so we need to figure out what it is. On top of that it is raining. Yeah, not the best traveling weather, huh?


Well, I am off to get things ready. Bye!

Dedicated to Mikey

As I sit here I ponder on so many different things. Yeah, it may be only 7:30 am, and I may be ready to go back to bed. But today is a special day for me. I have a child that is celebrating a birthday. My Mikey is 12 years old today! WOW, how time flies! First I would like to say that I love my children all equally, as mothers should. I remember the whole pregnancy experience with each and everyone of them. But of course you never forget your first child. I can still remember it like it was yesterday. Seeing that little face look up at me when I was finally alone with this little man. I saw something in him that I never saw before. Something innocent and pure. I looked into his eyes and knew he was going to be special. I gave birth to Michael Christopher Edward Cato on January 8, 1996 at approximately 7:10 pm. Today, I know that from the very start Mikey and I had this bond. As we rode in the ambulance through a terrible snow storm on that cold West Virginia winter night, I could feel his pain just as I know somehow he was feeling mine. As both of us were having our ups and downs physically, we had something that a single person could take away. God was there. He gave me this perfect little 6 lb. 15 oz baby boy. I had no prenatal care and he was born with only me to assist. I went on to be healthy and to have to opportunity to have more children. Those 9 months were single handedly one of the hardest times in my life. I can't even begin to explain all of the emotions I had during that time. But once the smoke cleared and I realized what was before me, I couldn't help but to feel so blessed. I did, however, ask the question a million times, "Why me? Why now?" Being 17 was hard enough, but throw a baby into the mix, that is serious. I consider myself one of the "lucky ones" because I wasn't left raising Mikey on my own. He forever has had his Dad, and I forever grateful.

Mikey is an extraordinary person. He is unique and special in his own way. I see him growing stronger each and everyday. I have enjoyed seeing him grow and mature into this young man that I only imagined in my mind when he was only a baby. I am proud of the stands he takes and how much love he has for others. Mikey may be small in size, but his heart is bigger than the biggest man in the world. I can't put into words how much he has been there for me. He lets me know he cares when he hugs me at random moments just to let me know, "Hey Mom, it's okay. Don't worry about us." He knows I do. He is very smart and I know someday he is going to make someone very happy! Mikey is a good friend and he is loyal. I can't imagine my life without him, or my other kids for that matter. I am blessed beyond measure.

If you would have asked me when I had Mikey if I would have the kids I have today I would have thought you were crazy. My life was so unclear at that time. But today I have life once again growing ever so rapidly inside of me. Funny how things work, huh? What an amazing journey I have had. I feel so fortunate to be able to have as many kids as I have had. Even my 2 angel babies are in my thoughts. Today I am happy to be a Mom. I know that having a 12 year old will bring many new adventures. But to be honest with you I embrace them. I actually can't wait. I know that sounds funny, but I am going to love traveling down the road ahead and helping not only Mikey, but my other children become what they want to be.

Happy Birthday Mikey! I love you!!!

My Water Broke!! JUST KIDDING!

No, it isn't what you think. Way too soon for that to happen! Let me explain what happened. I wake up this morning feeling somewhat icky and of course fatigued. The kids were getting ready for school and Chris was off to work. Everyone leaves and I am left to my chores and the little ones are still sleeping. Good time for me to get started. A part of me really just wanted to crawl back into bed with the boys, but I resisted because I knew that my housework would not get done that way. As I am looking in my bedroom going through all of my "skinny clothes" I look up and I see water seeping out of the kids' bathroom into the hallway. My immediate thought is "OMG!! What is going on?" I ran in there to discover that one of the kids flushed the toilet before they left but the handle got stuck. Water had overflowed all over their floor! It was over my feet and probably about 2-3 inches deep. I was so mad and I knew that cleaning up was going to be no easy task. I got sponges and mops out, no luck. I had to get all the towels I could find to actually soak up the water.

I have managed to get it under control after about 2 hours of cleaning. Not what I wanted to do today. Now, I have about 20 towels to wash. UGH! But the water is gone, that is all that matters. So today the boys have been more than animated. They are not fighting much, but they are hungry. I hear them asking for their "Peanut Butter Jelwy Sandwich." I have so much to do with little energy to do it with. I feel pretty good if I eat Bread and Butter Pickles. Yeah, I know. Pickles! Every pregnant woman's comfort food. I guess the acid in the pickle juice is helping my stomach. I don't feel like I did earlier. Just tired. On Sunday I will be 6 weeks along! I am hoping that the morning sickness doesn't get any worse than this. But I am not getting my hopes up. I just want a healthy baby and it doesn't matter what I have to go through to get one.

I feel so frumpy right now. I have been in the same outfit for about 2 days now. Well, with the exception of the times I went out to town. I came straight home and put on jogging pants and a sweatshirt. It is sad that I have to put up all of my skinny jeans and shirts. But maternity clothes are just fine too. I am not quite ready for them but I know that it won't be long. I better go so I can feed these boys. I will update y'all again tomorrow!!

Baby Under Construction

So, I guess this will be the sign I should have put on a T-shirt for the next several months. Today, I am feeling some of the joys of pregnancy. I have felt some of these fun symptoms before I even confirmed my news. Fatigue seems to be the culprit today. Although staying up and watching the Mountaineers play one heck of game didn't help much, I still feel exhausted. Another symptom has been dizziness. I felt dizzy on and off yesterday and a good part of today. Nausea has yet to set in, but I am still early to feel it. I didn't feel that until right around 8 weeks with my others. So for now I am going to enjoy it and hope it lasts. I still have some family to tell and then after that we just wait. I have been getting a lot of comments from people who think my belly is big for as far along as I am. Yeah, I agree. I keep hearing, "Maybe there are 2 in there!" I am exhausted just thinking about it. So in the meantime, I will pull out the maternity clothes from the storage building and wait until the day comes when I will have to wear them. From the look and feel of things it won't be long. I am going to admit that I am pretty excited about finding out what the sex is going to be. I just hope that when the time comes, this baby won't cross it's legs. Ha! It is time for a nap. I am so tired.

Belly Shot #1

So here it is. The first belly shot of many I hope. I can't believe after seeing this picture how swollen up I am at only 5 1/2 weeks. I guess I could blame it on the holidays and get away with it considering my little offspring is presumably the size of a peanut. Yesterday was pretty uneventful. New Year's Day seemed like any other day. It was the kids' last full day off before returning to school today. I think in a way they were actually ready to go back. Now I have to get used to having just my lil ones here at home again. It does take a day or two to get readjusted.

People have been asking me how I am feeling so far. Well, considering I only have known about my pregnancy for a few days, I would say I am fine. I am still very early in it and I haven't had any major symptoms...yet. I am very prone to the whole morning sickness trauma. I had it with Abby, Ethan, and Noah. With Mikey and Hannah I could probably count on my hands the number of time I actually was sick. I hope that this time is like that. I could handle the aches and pains of an 8 lb. baby kicking me every way possible, but I hate feeling sick. I know it is a good sign that things are going well, but I could do without it and still have a healthy baby. Chris is excited and we are "officially" starting to pick out names. I feel like it is a little premature to do such a thing. I also thought that maybe sharing the news of my pregnancy at this point would be considered bad luck. I am taking a chance in hopes that everything will be fine.

I can only say that I am feeling tired and dizzy at times, but other than that my appetite is fine and I feel good overall. I plan on posting belly shots each month so you can see how much "we" are growing. I guess for now the wait has begun!

My Big Fat Positive..

So, we are at the start of another year and I already have something great happening to me. I am still pinching myself like every 5 minutes, sometimes every 2 minutes just to make sure that I am not dreaming. I have decided to take a journey like never before and blog about my daily emotions and of course my ever growing belly. So far I have got nothing but support with the news of my pregnancy. I have realized that it isn't everyday that you post on your Myspace that you are preggers with your 6th child. But I also have come to realize that not everyone has the same mindset as I do.

Just in case you don't know how this all came to be, let me fill you in. First and foremost, more children were never out of the question. Yeah, we wanted more. But we weren't sure when. We do actually plan, yeah, it is so hard to believe based on the brood we already have. But there were times when I would wonder if it were a good time. So, I decided that I wasn't getting any younger and so what the heck...you only live once right?

Chris was always for it. He loves having a lot of kids and so do I. So, we decided to just go for it. The funny thing is that when you get older it becomes harder to conceive. With my other 5 and the 2 babies I lost..it seemed so easy. I could just watch for all the signs my body would throw out and bam..I would be pregnant. This time was a little more difficult I must say. I watched for a couple of months for all the signs and I actually thought they were there. I would get disappointed when we didn't get pregnant. But this past time was different. I really watched for the signs and it happened. I even went as far as to buy one of those ClearBlue Easy Fertility Monitors w/ the ClearBlue Easy Fertility Sticks. You know, those monitors are over $200.00!!! The sticks are pretty pricey as well.

I managed to win one off of eBay for $52.50 including shipping. I got a 3 month supply of the sticks for $36.00! Those were never opened. The lady I bought the monitor off of used it for 1 month and got pregnant. So, as I am trying to conceive, I thought to myself..Wow! This is what I need. Well......needless to say, I never got to use them. I got pregnant before I could. I hit my high peak before the items arrived to me. I am going to turn around and resell the items. I am sure if we ever decided to get pregnant again I will just buy another one. No doubt there will be something else better out on the market. I thought that was very funny.

So Chris and I conceived by using the Natural Method. Same way as before, but with just a little more effort. For Christmas we went to my Mom's in Oklahoma. I was telling my mom and sister about how there is a chance I could be preggers. I didn't think I was far enough along at that point to test. Although it would have been great to surprise them with the news while I was there. So, I decided to wait until we got back to Louisiana to test. I wasn't even sure if the test would even be positive, but I knew that it should be by now. Yesterday, Noah and I went to Walmart to buy some groceries. I decided to just give in and not wait any longer. I bought the best pregnancy test out there. First Response had given me luck in the past, so I got one with 2 in a box. I got home and decided to take it then. It was early afternoon, but I figured that it would show up no matter if I took it early in the morning or not. So, with my fingers crossed I took it.

In less than 10 seconds it was a positive! I couldn't believe it! I watched as the line got darker and darker. I called Chris right away and my Mom and sister. We told the kids last night. They were so happy. I plan on telling my other family once I go to the Dr. They are very supportive, but they worry about me and my health. So just to relieve them, I will wait for a definite that everything is ok.

How am I feeling? So far, I am feeling the same. A little tired, but nothing major yet. I am dreading the morning sickness phase, but I know that is part of it. I have a lot of support from all around me, so I know things will be okay. My kids are getting older and they will be there as well. Not to mention Chris. He babies me when I am pregnant. I feel better just know that I am going into this again with a lot of support. I plan on posting pics each month of my ever so growing belly. My babies tend to get bigger the more I have. We are all so happy and anxious for what the next 8 months will bring.