A Biker and a Book Nerd : A Christmas to Remember

Merry Christmas! Did everyone have a good Christmas? Wow, we certainly did! We were able to spend so much time with so much family this year and it was amazing! We are so incredibly blessed to have the wonderful families that we do. I was talking to my mom last night and telling her how I realized that this Christmas I wasn't even anticipating what gifts I would get. This may sound insanely selfish, but in Christmas's past the thing I would look forward to most, were the gifts. Well, I must be growing up or something because getting presents was the last thing on my mind this year. I honestly could not wait to spend all of this uninterrupted time with my family. This entire month I could not wait to see all of my extended family members. I just don't get enough time with them. Justin and I have A LOT of cousins, so when we get a lot of them together at one time it is always a special thing. In all honesty, I think the biggest reason I was so looking forward to seeing my family this year was to share our BIG NEWS! Drum roll please.............................................................................

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WE'RE PREGNANT!!!

That's right folks. There is a bun in this oven! Surprised? So were we! I mean, yes we had been trying, but it had been so long I was beginning to think that there was something wrong. I found out on November 30'th and let me tell you what- that was the hardest secret I have ever ever ever had to keep! I was planning on telling our immediate families on Christmas and then sharing it with the world around New Years. However, just after one week (the longest week of my life I might add) I cracked and had to tell my family. Mostly because there were about a million times that week where I wanted to call my mamma up and ask her pregnancy questions. Well, all the Wrights were getting together that week to do our family Christmas card so Justin and I wrapped up some baby items; diapers, pacifiers, a toy, a bottle, and a onesie, and told my family that they were getting an early Christmas present that we couldn't wait to give to them until Christmas. They were so surprised! That day definitely goes down into one of my favorite days ever- my families reactions were priceless.

Next it was time to tell the Palmers. So one night we were over for dinner at my in-laws and Justin gives me this look that says, "I'm doing it RIGHT NOW cause I can't wait one more second!" I of course nod my approval. Just a quick side note: when it comes to food the power of suggestion is freaking strong with me right now. If someone mentions a food that sounds good I crave it until I get it. Well that night a commercial came on the TV with homemade chocolate chip cookies. And I HAD TO HAVE THEM! So being the good husband that he is, Justin goes into his mom's kitchen and starts whipping up a batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies. When they are finally in the oven cooking Justin tells his family that the cookies are not the only thing in the oven. It took them a split second to figure it out but when they finally did it was a very good moment. Two families down. Yes!

The next people to find out were not scheduled to find out until after the holidays. However, when you are running to the employee bathroom every hour to puke your guts out, your coworkers start getting suspicious. So I figured that it was best to tell them where I kept disappearing to, so they didn't think I was the worst employee in the history of ever. Most of them admitted that they kind of already knew, or at least suspected. And can I just say right now, telling people is fun! haha

Soooo. Now enter Christmas. We had three family parties scheduled so three different opportunities to deliver the news. At the Olsen family party we had Santa sit Grandma and Grandpa Olsen on his lap, ask them what they wanted for Christmas, and then told them that they had a gift from Justin and Kristi on the way but that it wouldn't be there until the summer. At the Paulsen family party we had my mom announce it after the prayer and before dinner by saying that someone in the room was about to be a grandma. This announcement took a minute to figure out who she was talking about, and then all joy broke loose. At the Wright family party I walked in with a onesie pinned to my stomach that said 'My First Christmas'. Both Pa and Grandma gave me a hug without noticing it, but when Aunt Robin came to give me a hug she picked up on it right away. There were some tears shed at this one and it was very touching. So yeah- basically this Christmas rocked the socks off of all of the others! Not only did we get insanely spoiled, we also got to share some of the greatest news ever.

Here are the answers to the questions I know you are all asking yourself ;)

-I am due August 10'th

- I am only about 7 weeks along so it is pretty early to be telling people. However, at the doctors appointment we saw the heartbeat (that was surreal!) and she said that once you see the heartbeat your chances of losing it drop to under 10%. I felt like those were good enough odds to tell people. Plus I am a horrible secret keeper. You've seen my Facebook. I'm an open book.

- I am sooooo sick! My record is throwing up 5 times in one day. I HATE brushing my teeth!! It gets my gag reflexes every single stupid time! And 'morning' sickness? Psh. Try 24/7 sickness! I have to constantly remind myself that the sickness is a blessing though because it means that the baby is there.

Well, if you made it through that post I applaud you. Sorry it was so long and tedious but I had a lot to say haha. Basically to sum things up we are just happy and blessed and yes, a little bit sick. We had a wonderful Christmas and so much fun telling our happy happy news to everyone. And now I can shout it out from the rooftops! I'M GONNA BE A MOMMY!

Ps- I didn't document everything this week but here are some of the pictures that I did get.