{oh baby}

{12 weeks}

I am filled with such joy and happiness when I look at this picture above. To say that we are over the moon excited to have another little baby join our family is an understatement. What gets me the most excited I think, is seeing the joy in my kids' faces, when they talk about getting a new little brother or sister next Spring. (April 21st to be exact.)

I have been feeling pretty good over these past few weeks, aside from the 1st trimester fatigue and exhaustion--I have felt great. Really my only "real" complaint is that I had about a 3 week period from about 7-10 weeks, where I had major aversions to almost all foods. I got extremely queasy even thinking about food, or preparing food for that matter. And then one morning, it just magically went away. Kind of strange for me, since I never had that experience with my previous two.

And oddly enough, the only lingering aversion from that 3 week period of time, is a MAJOR aversion and STRONG distaste to my once beloved beverage of choice--Diet Coke or my favorite which (is/was) diet Dr. Pepper! How weird is that?! Something that I would look forward to almost everyday--and brought me much happiness (sad, but true) now literally makes me want to throw up even thinking about it. I know, I know I shouldn't even be drinking caffeinated drinks during pregnancy in the first place--so I "suppose" it is for the best right?

I just wonder if my love for cola will ever come back?? But the one thing I know for sure.....

is that my LOVE for this growing little baby of mine--is here to stay!!