Saturday, July 08, 2006
Andrea's pregnant!!!! Current mood: excited
So for all my pals who actually talk to me and know what's been going on in my life I would just like to fill you in on the latest news.... As you can tell by the heading I found out yesterday morning that John and I are pregnant! The baby is estimated to be due on March 16 or sometime around then. I feel fine, no morning sickness and my bbs aren't overly sore... Yet. I have slight cramping and my back has been sore all week but this is just a prelude to everything else that will be happening the next 8 months. We are celebrating our one year anniversary today and this news couldn't have been a better present for either of us... I hope all of you (Lesa) who have been through this will be able to give me loads of advice.... But mainly just pray for all three of us that we will have a healthy pregnancy and the transition to parenthood won't be traumatic. Love ya'll, Andrea

Just to add more to your reading pleasure... I'll add some of my old myspace blogs here...

Peanut update and work issues Current mood: Stinky
Okay now I'm 10 weeks and 4 days along... things are starting to pick up.... I haven't had more than one episode of morning sickness but i tend to get naucious often, I don't know which is worse. I seemd to have felt better after I threw up... I have been so tired lately though, If i don't get atleast 10 hours of sleep then i nearly crash before 7 and if I'm at work it's worse. For some reason they don't allow naps while your on the clock... Dumb!!! I have my next Dr.'s appointment on Monday and Hopefully will be able to hear the heartbeat. Last time i was in I was just 8 1/2 weeks and we saw the heartbeat but she didn't use the dopler to listen for it.
John's back has been killing him lately and does he go to the dr??? no. he just complains about it and has me rub it.... I would kill for a massage, back pain... he has no idea. Why the heck am I paying $300 a month for insurance for the both of us if he hasn't gone to the dr.s once since we've been married??? It's less than $100 for just me...that's $2,400 we could have saved. Hmm
The assistant manager to the restaurant and lounge either got fired or he quit, no one seems to want to talk about it. Amber had me "fill in" for two days.... I have a horrible feeling she'll want me to do it full time, until i leave permanately in Feb. and if that's the case, i'm ready for her.... I already have my demands as far as salary and hours worked.... just incase. I did that job for over three years and under terrible terms, I was just anxcious to learn anything and was naive to ask for why i actually earned and deserved. After three and a half years, I went from $8.00 an hour to $8.75. Infact, my first raise was for $.03. that's right, I made not even a nickle more... that should have been a sign there. I had to wear a uniform which was terrible, they never gave me what i needed to do my job properly, and my hours were terrible. After John and I got engaged I quit so I could pay for the wedding and began serving, I made almost double in that year than the previous as an assistant!!! makes sense right!!!
Well ladies... (I'm assuming no man is going to read about my pregnancy) I have to get going. I have B.O. and need to shower... Talk to you soon, Love Andrea

Well since everyone else is coming over here and creating their own blog I feel I must join you. I don't want to get left out like when I refused to join Alyssa and Aaron in their "clapping club".... Yea, that one was stupid anyway and it wasn't even a club, just another way for them to torture me cause I'm so much cuter than they are and they're jealous . Okay so now is the part where I tell everyone what I have been up to and what is going to be happening Right??? I am nearing the end of my first trimester with our first baby. And it seems to be going fabulously. I'm currently just under 11 weeks and I seem to be having all the symptoms, peeing three times a night, 3-6-9 almost like clockwork, I can tell what time it is just by remembering which pee of the night it is. Amazing. Morning sickness is just great. I love hovering over the toilet in hopes that something will produce but alas I am just left with a sore throat and lots of spit in the toilet!!! I haven't had any weird cravings, lots of carbs... Honeynut cherrios are Heaven sent. I have an aversion to fruit. I buy it at the store so it's available but John usually eats it because I just can't bring myself to... So I eat sugar free apple sauce so I don't feel so guilty about it. I feel if I don't get at least 10 hours of sleep I am a zombie after 7pm and when your at work and don't get off until 11:30 and home just before midnight it can be really difficult. I get hungry every 3-4 hours and I get cranky if I am and don't have a chance to get anything in me. I usually have a bowl of "Heaven" at night around 6 or 7 whenever I'm done peein' but just like many of you who have gone through this, until I actually feel this miracle move inside me I scarcely believe it's true.
I have one pair of jeans that still fit and my work pants (not to be worn outside of work for lack of attractiveness), Thank goodness it's still warm enough and I don't need to wear pants too often, and some drawstring shorts from last summer that still fit. If it's not stretchy or too big for me in the first place, all my shirts no longer fit. I had a wedding to go to last Saturday and the only nicer top that fit was a sweater tank.... And it was not in the greatest condition, I even attempted to wear some of the nicer maternity blouses Alyssa lent to me and my boobs just don't want to cooperate. I'm not even half way there yet and already I am having clothing issues. NO BUENO!!! I am tempet to go to Motherhood Maternity and look at their sales racks but it's weird being in there when I really don't have much of a belly yet, bloating yes and that pooch thing that I got after puberty....What's that about???
So besides this pregnancy there isn't that much else soo exciting to report. John and I are trying to decide where we should spend our vacation this year. Sometime in October, and cheap.... Dad suggested Victoria, B.C. I have never been to Canada and would love to go. Never thought I would go there, I was more thinking about P.E.I. on the East Coast where L.M. Montgomery was inspired to write her Anne of Green Gables books. I have always been a fan and hope to one day make it up there to see it. But anywhere but here would be nice. A week at the coast would be great too. Something different. But not too far away.
I get to go grocery shopping today and make banana bread... I love that smell... I might go to Michael's craftstore to see if any of their Holiday decor is finally on sale. They do that on purpose you know, all of us crafters and decorators who drool in the ribbon and paint aisle; can't wait to start this years decorating projects and it seems forever for the store to put them on sale. I know that they will, but it's like Christmas presents, You see one with your name on it and want to open it. You know you'll be able to on Christmas morning but you are still tempted to shake it right.
Romans 15:5 May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other - each with the attitude of Christ Jesus toward the other.
Well I think I have rambled on long enough. This was fun and I hope to have something to write everyday... I hope everyone is doing wonderful and is staying healthy and out of trouble. I hope you enjoyed reading about me and my life right now. Maybe I can convince John to get into this too and you'll have two contributors to the Cimino Home. Take care and GodBlesss, Love Andrea