Okay I’ve been tagged by my cousin sarah to complete this meme. All questions relating to my first child (for me the only child).
1. Were you married at the time? Yes
2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? Excited, Happy, Nervous, Elated!
3. How old were you? 25
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? The first month we tried we tested and it was negative. A few weeks later we were getting ready to go out to dinner with some friends and I had to go pee really bad and thought hey why not just take a pregnancy test for the heck of it we had one left over from the first time. I yelled for dh and we waited and could NOT believe it was showing 2 lines!! What?? We were running late for dinner so we said afterwards we’ll go by Target and get another test just to be sure. Of course that was one of the LONGEST dinners we ever had. Went back home and took the test again and what do you know it was POSITIVE!! We were preggers!! Just writing about it now makes me teary eyed and happy thinking about the pure excitement of finding out. What a blessing!
5. Who did you tell first? We told my mom first. Everyone else we waited until we were 3 months + along.
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Yes…at 13 weeks. I am a planner and just HAD HAD HAD to know the sex as far in advance as I could.
7. Due date: July 26
8. Did you deliver child early or late? 1 week early
9. Did you have morning sickness? Nope. I thank God for the wonderful pregnancy that we had and am believing for the next one to go so smoothly.
10. What did you crave? Only had 1 craving and only had it once…a funnel cake. Had to make it myself but it was worth it and oh so yummy!!!
11. Who irritated you the most? I don’t think I got irritated…maybe I should ask hubby on that one???
12. What was your first child's sex? Boy! Exactly what we were believing for. God is Great!
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? I have no idea. Just remember once gaining 10 pounds in like 2 or 3 weeks and the drs not too happy about it. Of course it was mostly all baby!
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope.
15. Where did you give birth to your child? At the hospital.
16. How many hours were you in labor? not very long 3 am started…7am left for the hospital…2pm the baby was born.
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Hubby with my mom in the back seat
18. Who watched? Hubby, Mom, and sister becca (the photographer)
19. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Yes. I was so flustered and nervous b/c he was a week early I didn’t think I was ready. The first set of drugs calmed me very much. Then I went for the epidural and thank goodness I did b/c he was a BIG boy!
20. How much did your child weigh? 8lbs 11oz
21. Why did you name him/her the name you picked? We had his first name Jack and we knew we liked how it sounded b/c of the character on Law & Order with the same name. For his middle name it took us a long time to figure out what we thought worked with Jack. We would come to each other with middle name options and see how we liked the way his first name and middle name sounded together. Finally while watching L&O SVU the character Elliot Stabler was on and and I said to dh what about Elliott for his middle name? And there you have it our son got his name from the Law & Order series :-)
I going to tag: Amanda, Meg, my cousin tina, my cousin angela,
Saw this on my Cousin Angela’s blog, Cousin Tina’s blog too. Thought I’d go ahead and participate also. You can find out your own personal dna at http://www.personaldna.com/
You are an Analyst
Your attention to detail, confidence, sense of order, and focus on functionality combine to make you an ANALYST.
You are very curious about how things work, delving into the mechanics behind things.
Along those lines, how well something works is usually more important to you than what it looks like.
You find beauty and wonder mainly in concrete, functional, earthly things.
You are very aware of your own abilities, and you believe that you will find the best way of doing things.
Accordingly, problems do not intimidate you, as you believe in yourself.
You trust yourself to find solutions within the boundaries of your knowledge.
You don't spend a lot of time imagining how things could be different—you're well-grounded in the here-and-now.
It is important for you to follow a routine, and you prefer the familiar to the unknown.
You prefer to have time to plan for things, feeling better with a schedule than with keeping plans up in the air until the last minute.
You do your own thing when it comes to clothing, guided more by practical concerns than by other people's notions of style.
Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you.
If you want to be different:
Try to embrace the imaginative, creative part of your personality more often.
Try moving beyond the things that you find comfortable—open yourself up to a broader range of experiences.
how you relate to others
You are Encouraging
Your outgoing nature, understanding of others, and directness make you ENCOURAGING.
You want others to do well for themselves, and you generally believe in their abilities.
You often know what's good for people because of your caring nature and your worldview.
When you care about someone, you don't keep it to yourself: you are good at letting people know that you're thinking of them.
Because you trust people, you take violations of that trust very seriously.
You thrive in social situations, and even though you know who you like and who you don't like, you can interact well with many different types of people.
You have a healthy respect for people who have earned what they have, and you strive to be similar to successful others.
You are a loyal friend and a good listener.
If you want to be different:
Sometimes, in the course of being encouraging, you can be a bit judgmental—this can make it more difficult for others to follow your advice.
While you are an expert at getting the most out of the world and taking advantage of many experiences, you might gain some insight by taking the time to be alone, reflect on things, or just observe the goings-on in the world.
