First Trimester done!

I know you all are very curious and are dieing to know how my first trimester went.

I know it might sounds like I'm bragging, but I just feel VERY lucky that I didn't get any morning sickness at all. But I was just waiting for the moment I had to run to the bathroom in the most inconvenient time. 

I was on the other hand always tired and working with children four days a week for 10 hours a day can wear you out normally, but adding being prego and you have a very tired and grumpy person. And don't get me wrong, I love what I do! 

Not only was I tired all the time, but I have to eat all the time too. And no, not all pregnant women know what they want to eat either. I still find that frustrating when I'm starving and have no idea what I want.  

The first trimester isn't all that bad

One of the best feelings in the world was telling my family and friends that we were having a baby. So going through the tiredness was completely worth it.

The other best feeling in the world was being able to hear the heartbeat of our little one. I couldn't stop smiling or giggling. The Doctor made a comment, "Are you ever going to stop smiling?" My response was a very quick "Nope!" and I wasn't lying. I've been smiling and laughing every since and can't wait to be done with my second and third trimester so I can see this wonderful little person who has already filled me with so much joy.

June 9th we are going in to see the Baby and maybe just maybe we can find out what we are having.

19 more days and counting.

So I also posted a blog when we told the family that we were pregnant. I was 7 weeks when we told them. I had butterflies in my stomach, all day that day!!!

Here's the post:

Telling the Family

Monday, April 11, 2011 2:02:00 PM

We thought long and hard about when, how, and

where we were going to tell our families. It's so hard

sometimes to get both sides of the family together;

so we decided to do lunch with my family and then

dinner with his, all in the same day. We went out the

morning of to look for a gift for the Grandmas to be.

We easily found something for Jim's Mom, being that

this baby will be the first Grand Baby in the family.

We got her a pink t-shirt that read Never fear

Grandma is here! My Mom was a little more tricky,

she is a Grandma already to 7 other grandkids. So

finding something for her took a little more time, but

we did. I decided to get her a picture frame that

read, Grandchildren are the sunshine of life.  

I got everything wrapped and ready to go for the big

day, and we were excited as all get out. When we got

to my sister's house (where we were having lunch) I

started to get really nervous, which then made me

very nausea. Me and Jim couldn't wait any longer, so

before we ate we handed my Mom the present (my

heart was beating like crazy). When she finally read

the note (which it seemed like forever for her to

unwrap it) her face lit up and you could see the

excitement in her eyes, which of course made my

eyes water.  I then got a hug from my Mom, a slap

on the leg from my sister Becky followed by a hug,

my sister Lisa gave me a hug (never really happens,

not a touchy feely kind of person), my Dad gave me

the biggest hug I've EVER received from him, and my

Brother sat there in shock. The rest of the time there

was filled with smiles, laugher, and many questions.

Over all a very successful surprise!  

After we stuffed our faces with food at my Sister's

house we moved on to dinner with the Felps. By this

time I was getting very tired, but still very excited to

tell them our secret. When we got there we had our

small talk about how everyone was and what was

new in our lives, while we waited for Grandma M. to

arrive. I'm more than positive that I was biting my lip

and twitching my feet waiting for her to arrive. When

she finally arrived (in reality was only 8 mins) Jim

went outside to grab the gift. Julie was surprised just

by the fact we got her the gift, little did she know

was why. When she opened the gift, she was the

only one who knew what the gift ment. Ed and

Grandma where a bit confused when they saw Julie

jumping and screaming. When she unfolded the shirt

for everyone to see the excitement then filled the

room with congratulations and hugs.

The funny thing about both of our Moms was that

they both asked if they could brag on Facebook. You

got to love the bragging rights a Grandma gets to

have, but sadly to them we didn't want to put it up on

at the moment. But I can only imagine what is going

to be said when we give the green light! 

Baby Felps

So keeping a secert as big as being pregnant was very hard for me. Luckily, I had something that helped me. the bump has on there website sooo many things about being pregnant and the life saver for me that helped me not tell everyone in the world that I was pregnant was their blog. So I blogged the first time I found out I was pregnant.

Here it is:



A New Chapter in our Life

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:23:00 PM

Hello, my nameis Sarah and my husband's name is Jim. We've been together for four

years,married six months out of that total. I had been talking to my husband for awhile about starting

a family and one day he said, "Let's do it." Pure happiness filled me. We started trying the end of

February. March 18th I was a week late, not thinking that I could possibly be pregnant I went to the

dollar tree to get two test ( I really didn't think I was pregnant, I thought my body playing a tricks on

me).I got two thinking that the first one would be negative and I would have theother one for the next

time. I took the test...  I guess I didn't wait long enough for the result to show, sadden I told Jim I was

not pregnant; but when I went back later that night and looked at the test I saw a tiny  line. I was

thinking to myself, no way is that right, I'll take the other test tomorrow morning and see. The next

morning I was up and ready to pee, sure enough the pink line appeared. Shocked I woke up my

husband to show him the test. "Does that look like a line?", I asked? "Yeah it does." he replied.

"That was fast!" those were his last words to me before falling back to sleep. STILL in disbelief I

asked my wonderful husband later that day to go to CVS and pick up one of those test that says

pregnant or not pregnant. Because he's such an amazing man he did it (bickering about the price

the whole ride home). I took the test bright and early the next morning. And there I sat on the

bathroom floor in tears and a pee stick that read Pregnant. Once I gained control over myself I jump

on the bed and whispered into Jim's ear, "You're going to be a Daddy." I've never seen him wake

up so fast in the time we've been together. The rest of the day was full of hugs and kisses which still

remain till today. Are we excited? I would say so

Tuesday: A Few of My Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
brown paper packages tied up with strings,
And A Pasta Boat! These are a few of my favorite things.

Yeah I know, but the Pasta Boat IS one of my favorite things. This item is a as seen on TV item, but let me tell ya, if you don't have it, get it. Here I'll help As Seen on TV- Pasta Boat the commercial is pretty much awesome! :-p (you can also buy the pasta boat in stores now!)

I am happy to say I got this item from my Mother-in-Law for Christmas and have't stopped using it since. I am very thankful for it!

Monday: A Few of My Favorite Things

Thinking back in the day when I first sang the song A Few of My Favorite Things, from the Sound of Music, it got me thinking about the things in my life that I don't think I could live without.

So, when the dog bites, when the bee stings or when I'm just feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then, I don't feel so bad.

My first favorite thing that I want to share is this lovely coffee mug I received from a friend of mine.

Complete with a cute skull in front of the mug.

AND the most wonderful and comfortable handle for a coffee mug.

I know it's easy to think of things that you WISHED you had (trust I do that too), but why not think of things that you already do have and enjoyed in your life.

Thank you Rachael for this lovely/wonderful mug. I use it daily to start my day off right!

Classic Chicken Pot Pie

If you're wanting something tasty and easy for dinner, this would be a good choice!

Ingredients

Crust

1 box refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

Filling

1/3 cup butter or margarine

1/3 cup chopped onion

1/3 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 can (14 oz) chicken broth

1/2 cup milk (I have made this without milk and you couldn't taste any difference)

2 1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken

2 cups of mixed vegetables

Directions

1. Heat oven to 425*. Make pie crust as directed on box for two crust pie using 9 inch pie plate.

2. In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until well blended. Gradually stir in broth and mild, cooking and stirring until bubbly and thickened.

3. Stir in chicken and mixed vegetables. Remove from heat. Spoon into crust lined pie plate. Top with second crust; seal edge and flute. Cut slits in several places in top crust.

4. Bake 30 to 40 Minutes or until crust is golden brown. ( I normally cooked it for 30 mins)

 Step 3- Spoon filling into pie crust. 

 Step 3- Cover pie with second pie crust, cut slits into top crust.

 Step 4- Cook pot pie for 30-40 Minutes

Step 5- ENJOY!!

Oh, so YUMMY!!

So, I've noticed that I haven't been writing so much on this blog because of my love for cupcakes and posting my wonderful cupcakes on Treat Yourself Cupcakes Blog spot.

But Jim and myself have found a wonderful restaurant that we BOTH love. Where is this marvelous place you ask? None other than 75th Street Brewery in Kansas City MO. It has wonderful food and yes beer!

I give it two thumbs up and suggest that you all go and check it out!