Less than 200 days!!!

W00t! I officially have 199 days until my EDD =)

Not too much going on this past week. The morning sickness subsided slightly again, though it still pops up from time to time. I was able to get into a normal pair of jeans on Wednesday, though by the end of the day they were very uncomfortable.
C has been so cute lately making a point of kissing my belly or resting his head on my abdomen. I think it's actually becoming real to him, which I didn't expect this early. It's absolutely adorable, though!

I'm trying to feel better and confident in this pregnancy, especially as I'm telling more people. I told my boss and the Godly Play coordinator yesterday. Telling my boss went surprisingly well! She actually seemed happy. Weird. My dad and his mother fly in this afternoon, so I'll be telling my paternal grandmother in person today, which should be fun. She already has one great-grandchild and another due in a month, so it's not as big of a deal for her.

I'm very nervous about my NT scan and next appointment on Monday. I did get everything scheduled with the NT scan so C can just come in late to work after both appointments, so that's nice. And if they have a hard time finding the heartbeat with the doppler at my OB, I won't be as anxious if I would've just seen the little one on the ultrasound. I can't wait to see Stretch now! Actually moving around and looking like a baby! But there's also this panic that they'll turn on the machine, and I'll just see a little blob because baby stopped growing a few weeks ago. And then I'll have to untell everyone and start all over again. And that's terrifying. I'm trying to be positive and convince myself that everything is fine and we'll see exactly what we're supposed to see. But I'm still scared.

Assuming everything goes well on Monday (8:00 AM appointment!), I'll come out at the div. school on Tuesday. I think some of my friends may suspect since they know I've been feeling poorly, and I keep reassuring people I'm not contagious. And then sometime next week or the following, I'll tell extended family, including my sure-to-be-angry cousin. And we might also go ahead and start buying nursery furniture. I know it's still early, but I like to have things planned out and settled. My mom bought all of the furniture and set up the nursery during the 1st tri of her first pregnancy. It ended up being a molar pregnancy, and it took her another 5 years to have my oldest brother. However, she said it was comforting to her to have the nursery set up. It was a promise that some day they would have a child. As a result, my parents are giving us 1k to spend on the nursery. What an amazing and generous gift!!! So in part, I want to go ahead and get everything set up because I know it would make my parents even more excited (side note: they're going out and buying a crib for their house... we live 7 hours away, none of my brothers are close to having kids, and yet they've decided they need a crib at their house for visiting grandbabies... gotta love 'em!)

There's a lot of excitement pending, but I have a lot of anxiety until then. Send me good thoughts and prayers on Monday morning!!!