Intro to my life...

Hello there! Welcome to my Blog. I wanted to create a blog to document my pregnancy and share my adventures as a new mom with friends and family that do not live close. However, all who are interested are welcome to follow my adventures and give me their input as I embark on this new stage of my life.That said... I should start by sharing a little about myself....

My husband Rich and I are both accountants (I know such boring jobs... however, I promise we are fun people). We met in 2008 when we were both working for Ernst & Young and got married on July 3, 2011. Our wedding was at Little Gardens in Lawrenceville, Georgia and we honeymooned in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

From our wedding at Little Gardens.

From our honeymoon in Mexico.

We have enjoyed married life and so far it's been really easy. I love the life we've built together and our little starter home just outside of Atlanta in a city called Brookhaven. We are so excited about entering the next stage of our lives... though it has not been easy getting here.

Although I was ready to be a mother soon after we got married, we had some things we wanted to cross off our list first; take a trip to Europe, pay off all of my student debt. pay off car loans etc. Once we had checked all of those things off our list, we were ready to start our family. I thought it would happen right away, but became very frustrated when month after month it wasn't happening. I have been ready to be a mother long before we even started trying, so you can imagine my anguish when it wasn't happening. I talked to my OB about it at my regular appointment (about 8 months into trying) and she did some tests and referred us to a fertility specialist. Although at the time I wished she had just prescribed some fertility drugs for me to try before going to a specialist, I'm glad she didn't because I believe it would have just let to more frustration and waiting. It was really scary going to a specialist, but I'm really glad I went right away and got things figured out, because if I hadn't I would still probably be frustrated and depressed trying to conceive. The specialist diagnosed me with something called PCOS which was causing me not to ovulate on a regular basis. I had 2 cycles of treatment at the fertility specialist... it was a really hard and depressing time in my life, but I am so glad I did it because there was a light at the end of the tunnel! I think it's prepared me for what's ahead and made me a stronger person. I am also so thankful it only took 2 cycles... we know and met other people through this process that it took a lot longer for.

We found out on January 31, 2014 that we are officially pregnant!!!! We are over the moon excited. It was so hard to keep our secret. Rich was ready to tell everyone right away, but I told him I would like to wait until our first ultrasound and then we can tell our families. We waited until we got closer to 12 weeks to tell most other people.... and those weeks crept by so SLOWLY. Today we are 17 weeks and 3 days pregnant (only 22 weeks until baby Mayk.... aka "Pumpkin" is here). My due date is October 11, 2014.

This is Pumpkin's first ultrasound picture at 6 weeks, he was the size of a poppy seed! I was so thankful to see a baby in there.... I had a fear before going to the doctor that they would look and there would be nothing in there!!!!

This ultrasound was at 7 weeks.... he doubled in size over the week!

This was our ultrasound at 12 weeks. I was so excited to see Pumpkin looking more baby-like. They had to take some measurements and he was in the wrong position, so they poked at my belly to get him to move around. It was so cool to see!

I plan to update my blog with a pregnancy picture every week, but want to "play catch up" post all of the bump pictures we've taken so far.

Weeks 9 to 15

16 weeks

17 weeks

So far my pregnancy has been great... I've felt great. I didn't really have much morning sickness in the first trimester, I was just very tired. I want to enjoy every moment of being pregnant. I can't wait for all the milestones to come... feeling him kick for the first time, hearing his heart beat and seeing his ultrasound picture at each appointment. I can't believe in just 22 weeks I will be holding my precious little boy! 

Until next time....

Tressa