We're going to have a baby next March! We don't know the gender yet, but we'll keep you guys posted. So far I have not been very sick all things considered. My morning sickness lasted about two weeks and was pretty mild, by which I mean that it was, in fact, only in the morning. For me it's mostly just scattered bouts of heartburn and a constant, irrepressible exhaustion. I have never slept so much in my life. And I know, I know, this will soon change forever, and once the baby comes I may never sleep again, so I should enjoy this while I can. Trust me, I am. :) Substituting is quite possibly the most flexible job known to man. While I am glad to be doing it again this school year, I'm very grateful that I can take a day or a whole week off whenever I'm not feeling too great, and no one minds.We've got a lot to learn and plan, so advice is always welcome. Name suggestions are always appreciated too. So far the most unique has probably been Athena Grimelda Bingham, haha. Ryan and I do have some favorites, but we feel that we just want to see his/her face first before we're really decided. After all, what if the baby just doesn't look like a Gunter or a Grimelda? ;)
The first big step for us is to....ding ding ding! You guessed it: rearrange furniture. I know, that's just sooo exciting to read about. But really, its going to take a lot of work and a good amount of ingenious storing to turn our junk storage room into, you know, a half-storage, half-baby room.
Best "Pregnant" Story so far:
A couple weeks ago, Ryan discovered that I had never seen the Sixth Sense. This seemed like too much a cultural classic for me to have missed, so he promptly rented it. I knew it was a thriller, which isn't my favorite genre, so I mentally prepped to be scared at the tiniest things throughout the movie. Neither of us could have ever prepared for my insanely hormonal-driven reaction at the ending. I balled. Honestly! I cried like a baby at the "sad" ending, and I can't even explain why. I was beside myself for a long time afterward, and Ryan was so confused. A pregnant lady crying about a puppy adoption commercial makes some kind of sense, but this just didn't.
As we start preparing for this important and serious change in our lives, there are a lot of little details that have been very surprising to learn, and I just can't figure out why no one ever told me. For instance, I'm not showing much of a bump yet, but it is simply impossible to be comfortable in jeans, or really anything that isn't sweatpants. Why didn't anyone warn me that there will be this strange adjustment period when regular clothes are too small and maternity clothes are too big? The good thing about subbing is that I rarely go to the same school twice in one week so....mwhahaha no one will ever know if I just wear the same three outfits everywhere now. Another surprise has been the hunger. My gosh, it is so intense. One minute I'm feeling normal, the next minute I feel like I have been fasting for two days straight and I'll have to eat a pre-lunch sandwich while I wait for that mac-n-cheese to cook. On a more serious and real note, the best little surprises were the first time Ryan and I saw the ultrasound, and we could see the heart flutter. That was just beyond amazing. The next time we got to actually hear the heartbeat and it was so fast and so loud! Those are the moments when it all feels so real and so sacred.
All our love, from the hungry but excited Binghams
