Monday, January 9, 2012

There's a Baby in There!



I couldn't help it.  Had to take a nerdy photo to help tell you all that we are having a baby!! 


Hooray!! 


I'm due July 27th  :)


True Confession:  Back in 2008 when I started this blog, I seriously did it so that I would have an established blog all ready to go once I had a baby.  No joke. I had this brilliant epiphany at work one day after seeing a friend-of-a-friend's blog who had pictures of herself pregnant and then with her baby.  I thought, Wow! great idea!  So that's what a blog thing is for!  I want to start one now so I won't have to do that once I'm pregnant.


Lucky for me (and you) I realized there is much more to a blog than that, and so many other things you can talk about!  The willy-nillyness of this little blog has probably reflected my total lack of direction and focus from the start, which lucky for me means I just talk about my life most of the time.  Baby S will be a part of my life for ... well, ever... so I will probably talk a lot about that.  Sorry.  Warned you.  However, we have a lot of projects coming up to get ready for this, so I will certainly share alllll about that as well.  Probably overshare.  But that's what I do.


Anyway, we are excited!  My due date is actually finals week for summer semester.... which, not ideal, but I'm taking online classes so I hope it will be ok.  Also, wow.  They are not joking about morning all day sickness.  I have been pretty much incapacitated for the past 6 weeks, but hoping it's coming to an end soon. I literally had to stop using Pinterest for a while because the sight of the food made me sick.  Tony has starved because I won't let him cook basically anything.   Ick.  Good thing it's all worth it.  And thank goodness for Canada Dry and saltines.


And probably due to my complete disregard for proper nutrition over the last month (inadvertently, sorry Baby... use that monster vitamin well) I feel like my stomach got huge early (despite the fact that I've lost weight...).  I totally get that it's not baby and more so the inability to suck in what was already there, but I'm running with it.  I've been waiting to replace fat bump with baby bump  :)  Plus, my generous sister and sister-in-law gave me a bunch of cute clothes that I just want to wear.  So there. :)


Yay baby!

27 comments:

  1. Congrats! I may have gasped audibly when I read this. I'm excited for you, and to read about more babies!

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  2. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! CLAIRE!!!! OHMYGOODNESSGRACIOUS!!!! I HAD NO IDEA!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO EXCITING!!!!! SO SO EXCITING!!!!! You just made my entire day!!!! Babies! Babies! Everywhere!!! :):):)

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  3. Congrats lady!! My goodness-- this is the year of the baby in blogland!

    Are you going to find out the sex??

    LB

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  4. Congrats!! This is so exciting!

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  5. Oh yay Claire! I can't wait to read more posts about baby S! So excited for you and Tony! :)

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  7. Yay babies! Cannot wait to see this cute little one in July!!! So thrilled for you and T, Claire!!! (also, I had a hunch that you might have a baby brewing, but convinced myself I was crazy and that maybe I just think everyone should be knocked up since I am?).

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  8. Wahoo! Congrats!!! So exciting :)

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  9. Congrats! That's such wonderful news. Can't wait to read all about it!

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  10. Hey thats my shirt :) its cute on you! xoxo

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  11. Yay! I'm so happy for you! Congrats! :)

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  12. oh my... so, so, soooooooooooo happy for you both!!!!!

    i cannot wait to hear about all baby-related projects, pictures, posts... cannot wait. over-share all you want.

    you two are so cute (haven't met you, but i know enough from your posts ;)), and you will be such loving, creative, supportive parents. yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    and pregnancy. morning sickness is the very worst, right?? had it with both, and all of my nutrition went out the window as well. mine lasted 4 months with one, and 4 1/2 months with the other... so it should get better!

    congratulations!!!!

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  13. Congratulations! They are such a blessing! Hoping you have a wonderful pregnancy :)

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  14. Even though I've known, I can't wait to see the progress pictures of bump and nursery! :)

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  15. Holy smokes, whaaaaa?!! That is amazing!!

    I am so excited for you and that summer babe! This absolutely made my night....which up to now included a ton of food that Iwont tell you about. ;)

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  16. CONGRATS! I love babies and baby blogs and other blogs who blog about babies from time to time! That is sooo exciting! Hope the all day sickness ends soon! Can't wait to read about all your amazing projects & baby news!

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  17. Congratulations!!! So excited for you!!!

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  19. Ummm I LOVE your pic...hilarious....so excited for ya'll!!

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  20. This is so amazing. It's in writing. This is HAPPENING. I can NOT wait to meet Nebakanezzer Artickzerksees Maximus Decimus Meridius Stravelakis.

    Oops - was the name supposed to be a surprise?

    Love you!

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  21. That's it! EVERYONE STOP DRINKING THE WATER!!!!!!!!!! Kidding.

    But seriously!!! Me, Sarah, you, Kim, Emily... a bunch of non-bloggers who I know personally... all due between May and July. Kind of ridonkulous!!

    I'll admit that everytime you post something to "future bebes" on Pinterest, I squinted suspiciously at it and wondered if you were knocked up. Then, I'd talk myself out of it. WOW! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! I'm very, very excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  22. Yay! You look awesome, girl, even with that crazy face! ;) Happy happy happy for you! Congrats!

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  23. 1. I'm sorry it's taken me this long to officially congratulate you! Congratulations mama! I am so happy for you and Tony (and mama Laurie :) You guys are gonna be awesome parents. I am so excited to read all about your pregnancy and then the wee one, yay!!! Really, the day I saw it on FB, I called John and was like, "guess who's pregnant!!!" (meanwhile, I had already done this about 4 times the week before for all the other preg blog girls) and he guessed it was you! We're such dorks but obvs. big fans of the S family :)

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