The Secret

Okay everyone.  We have a confession to make.  We've been keeping some things from the general public for the last couple months.  In fact, our awesome spy week never really happened.  And there's actually an explanation for zombie Marinda.  We've been keeping a secret.  A state secret of the police state of Mayester.

We're having a baby!!!!!

We've known for two months now.  Marinda is 13 weeks along, and just coming out of the first trimester.

There are so many stories to tell.  The ones that will warm your heart.  The ones that will convince you that like really is wonderful.  And ones that will make you laugh hysterically.

The way this is going to work is that I (Amit) will write in black.  Anything written in purple will be Marinda talking.  Got it?

We found out sometime around Oct 19th, I think.  We were trying to get pregnant so we were keeping track of things, and on the day when her temperature should have gone down Marinda took two pregnancy tests, and they were both positive!  Two at first, later on in the day I took three more just to be sure...  We immediately set up an appointment with the doctor for a month later.  But that didn't stop us from going a little crazy!  We put on hold every baby book at the library, reviewed our layout for the nursery, and went out to celebrate!  We were so happy that we couldn't stop smiling all day!

The first little bit was quite surreal.  I didn't seem real to me at all.  So life went blissfully along for a few weeks until the morning sickness started.  Then things started becoming very real.  It was around this time that our library books came in, and suddenly I wasn't interested.  Actually, I wasn't interested in much of anything.  Like moving - or drinking water - or eating.  Frozen burritos became my best and sometimes it felt like my only friend.  They understood me.  I'm not trying to show off or anything, but I had to do a lot more than usual for a while.  And I already do my fair share of the housework, so it was a little overwhelming for a while.  School became more stressful, life became harder, but I think its good preparation for when the baby actually comes.  Amit was amazing!  We should have asked for help sooner, but we were told to keep the number of people we told down to a minimum.  I spent all day (and most of the evenings) on the couch, feeling like I was going to die, and Amit just would appear and make everything better.  I'm glad that no one really saw me during that time - I was a little more than a mess.

The other thing that made things feel much more real was seeing the baby.  We've gotten 2 ultrasounds already, one at 8 weeks and one at 12 weeks.  The first one really just showed us a blob.  No offense Baby but you really weren't much to look at at first.  It was a big deal for me.  I wasn't convinced I was actually pregnant until I saw that there was actually something inside me.  I also was thinking about it one night during my sick days and decided that all the horrid bad stuff I was going through isn't quite enough to cancel out how amazing it was to see that blob inside me.  But this last time we saw a head, a nose, some arms.  Good job, kiddo.  It's real!  There's a THING growing inside me!!!  Way to grow!

Baby at 8 weeks.

We told my parents over Thanksgiving, which was a bit odd considering my mom was in India.  Telling my family was kind of like a trickle effect, where it just became necessary to tell people until finally everyone knew.  It was such a relief last Tuesday when we got the go to go public.  But all is well.

That's all I really think needs to be said.  YAY US!!!