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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Quick update!
Here's a quick update! Everything is still going well. Our last aapointment was great. Met the new Dr. and really liked her. I'm trying to take it easy before school starts back up in 2 WEEKS!!! This summer has gone by quickly. We see the Dr. again on the 10th. Stay tuned! Hopefully we will have exciting news regarding blue or pink.
And lastly.....
The first belly pics!
Maybe....can't seem to get them uploaded.....
And lastly.....
The first belly pics!
Maybe....can't seem to get them uploaded.....
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Finding out!
So here Mike and I were. We had decided to expand our family and add a baby. As it turns out, it's not as easy as it seems. But, we worked through it and kept trying. After trying for months, I was ready to take a break. I mentally decided that I needed to start focusing on something other that babies (and they were everywhere! I could count on both hands and one foot the number of women I knew that were pregnant.) Mike and I compete in triathlons, so I began training for my
3rd season. School was coming to an end for the year and I was really busy. Around the 2nd or 3rd week of May I started feeling pretty crappy. I didn't want to think about the possiblity of being pregnant at all. Although I had the number one symptom (and for those that don't know it, I will let you do your own research), I thought it was going to be a fluke. Stress from school ending and my body getting used to training hard again. Through all this, Mike wasn't too worried. He's a guy! They just don't get it. So I told myself (and Mike) I would wait another week. By then surely something would have happened. As that week went on, I couldn't stand it! By May 20th, I had to know. So 2 tests (one digital, one not) and about 5 minutes later, it was confirmed in black and white (and pink!) that I was indeed PREGNANT. Unfortunately, Mike was still asleep. Most mornings I quietly move about the house so he can sleep 30 more minutes that I (so unfair). But that morning was different. I ran upstairs and told him "It says pregnant!" The response I got was "Ok, I'm going back to sleep now. See you later". So I went back downstairs and waited. Mike came down about 5 minutes later and said "I can't go back to sleep after that". So we were going to be parents...
3rd season. School was coming to an end for the year and I was really busy. Around the 2nd or 3rd week of May I started feeling pretty crappy. I didn't want to think about the possiblity of being pregnant at all. Although I had the number one symptom (and for those that don't know it, I will let you do your own research), I thought it was going to be a fluke. Stress from school ending and my body getting used to training hard again. Through all this, Mike wasn't too worried. He's a guy! They just don't get it. So I told myself (and Mike) I would wait another week. By then surely something would have happened. As that week went on, I couldn't stand it! By May 20th, I had to know. So 2 tests (one digital, one not) and about 5 minutes later, it was confirmed in black and white (and pink!) that I was indeed PREGNANT. Unfortunately, Mike was still asleep. Most mornings I quietly move about the house so he can sleep 30 more minutes that I (so unfair). But that morning was different. I ran upstairs and told him "It says pregnant!" The response I got was "Ok, I'm going back to sleep now. See you later". So I went back downstairs and waited. Mike came down about 5 minutes later and said "I can't go back to sleep after that". So we were going to be parents...
First post!
Welcome to the Balich Baby Blog! (Try saying Balich Baby Blog 5 times fast) So as Mike and I embark on our adventure into parenthood I thought I would create a blog. I am terrible at making scrapbooks and other memory type books (see the not one but 2 blank wedding albums). I might actually keep up an online archive of our story. So to start with background on the two of us to refresh your memory and so baby knows more about Mom and Dad.
Mike and I met in 2002 after he moved to Evansville, IN to begin his career as a Mechanical Engineer at Whirlpool. I was still in college earning my teaching degree at the University of Evansville. We met at Penny Lane coffeehouse in downtown Evansville. Although Mike clearly remembers meeting me for the first time, I do not remember that first meeting. We began our friendship with Mike attending my weekly D&D (yes, I was a total geek at one time) sessions to "hang out". Our friendship slowly grew over the months with Mike tagging along and eventually joining the game and watching me do homework at my house. Then one day I decided that this really sweet guy was NEVER GOING TO ASK ME OUT! So, I made the first move and asked him out. We went to dinner and a movie the classic first date. Not long after that Mike left to go on a week long trip to Germany with his dad and brother. The longest week of my life! So in order not to bore the baby and everyone I will fast forward a little. I traveled to Harlaxton College in England in January of 2004. Mike and I prepared ourselves for a long 4 month separation. It would be hard, but we both knew it would go by quickly. Mike came to visit 2 times, once in February and once in April. The first visit was spent in London seeing the sights and enjoying being together again. The second visit was planned and when Mike arrived we traveled to Brighton, England (the gay capital of England!). The first morning in Brighton, we planned on doing a double-decker bus tour of the city. Having just missed a tour, we decided to wait about 30 minutes for the next. We walked along the pier and stopped at this large copper donut. Now, Mike will claim until the end of time that I stuck my hand in his pocket and felt the ring in the box. I will insist until the end of time that it never happened. So Mike proposed and I said yes. Fast forward 2 years later. Mike and I purchased our first home in 2005 and got married on June 24, 2006. It was a wonderful ceremony and we spent a wonderful week in Maui.
So, here we are just shy of 4 years later. Mike is now working at Berry Plastics and getting ready to start his MBA in the fall. I am teaching Special Education at Dexter Elementary. It has been a great almost 4 years with just the two of us (plus 2 dogs and one cat). Last year we decided that we were ready to start expanding our family. So the journey began...
Mike and I met in 2002 after he moved to Evansville, IN to begin his career as a Mechanical Engineer at Whirlpool. I was still in college earning my teaching degree at the University of Evansville. We met at Penny Lane coffeehouse in downtown Evansville. Although Mike clearly remembers meeting me for the first time, I do not remember that first meeting. We began our friendship with Mike attending my weekly D&D (yes, I was a total geek at one time) sessions to "hang out". Our friendship slowly grew over the months with Mike tagging along and eventually joining the game and watching me do homework at my house. Then one day I decided that this really sweet guy was NEVER GOING TO ASK ME OUT! So, I made the first move and asked him out. We went to dinner and a movie the classic first date. Not long after that Mike left to go on a week long trip to Germany with his dad and brother. The longest week of my life! So in order not to bore the baby and everyone I will fast forward a little. I traveled to Harlaxton College in England in January of 2004. Mike and I prepared ourselves for a long 4 month separation. It would be hard, but we both knew it would go by quickly. Mike came to visit 2 times, once in February and once in April. The first visit was spent in London seeing the sights and enjoying being together again. The second visit was planned and when Mike arrived we traveled to Brighton, England (the gay capital of England!). The first morning in Brighton, we planned on doing a double-decker bus tour of the city. Having just missed a tour, we decided to wait about 30 minutes for the next. We walked along the pier and stopped at this large copper donut. Now, Mike will claim until the end of time that I stuck my hand in his pocket and felt the ring in the box. I will insist until the end of time that it never happened. So Mike proposed and I said yes. Fast forward 2 years later. Mike and I purchased our first home in 2005 and got married on June 24, 2006. It was a wonderful ceremony and we spent a wonderful week in Maui.
So, here we are just shy of 4 years later. Mike is now working at Berry Plastics and getting ready to start his MBA in the fall. I am teaching Special Education at Dexter Elementary. It has been a great almost 4 years with just the two of us (plus 2 dogs and one cat). Last year we decided that we were ready to start expanding our family. So the journey began...
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