Sunday, September 18, 2011

March 10, 2012

Yes.  The oven is preheated.  We are having a baby! We are really excited to have a little one in our lives.  We are really excited to be out of the first trimester and feeling good.  I am 15 weeks and praying things continue to go as well as they have already.  I hope that having a baby in Josh's last semester of law school works well for us.  We don't care if it is a boy or a girl, and yes we will be finding out hopefully next month sometime.  I have kids in my class who love to come up to me and constantly tell me how I am going to have such a big baby.  This scares me because I don't really want to have a huge baby.  I grew up my whole life thinking that my younger brother who 7lbs2oz was HUGE when in fact that is normal to probably small, so I am super scared about that. But I am just not going to worry about because let's be honest, I just want a healthy baby at the end of all of this.  My mom really wanted me to post a belly shot.  I think I am showing a lot, and apparently I am because I have had parents come up and ask me if I am pregnant.  I feel like I look bigger in this picture than I normally do, but this was taken right before work on Friday, so I didn't just eat a big meal or anything.  I thought I'd be able to hide it longer like my mom did, but apparently not.  Oh well, we are pretty excited. 

16 comments:

Carly said...

YAAAAYYY!!!! I am SO excited for you!!!! Congrats to you and Josh!

Brave Brooke said...

That's awesome! I'm so excited for you! Oh having a baby is so amazing. Being pregnant is really hard physically and emotionally but it is so worth it to watch your baby sleep in your arms and know they will be yours forever. I really hated the in between stage when I started kinda looking pregnant but really I just looked like I was chubbing up but your belly is so cute! I was a huge worry-wart all during my pregnancy so if you are like me and have a million questions don't hesitate to ask! Love you and I'm SO excited for you!

Debbie said...

Yay! Alana, you are not showing at all! Yesterday I made a comment to a couple people that there were 4 pregnant people at the bday party... and people were shocked you were pregnant! (Sorry if I was not supposed to say anything... but it is online now! :)) You look great, and I hope that you don't worry about how you look as much as I have. I think we are all our own worst critic. You look beautiful!!

kels said...

Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you guys :) That's wonderful news, and you look wonderful.

Laurel said...

We are so excited!! Having a baby the last semester of law school worked for us, except I think that Chris might have earned slightly lower grades that semseter. . .

Alicia said...

Congratulations! Your bump is so cute. Having a baby during school can be hard, but my best grades were post-baby. :D Try not to stress too much and don't be afraid to pester your doctors with questions. I'm so excited for you!!

Whitney Rice said...

Woo-hoo!!! Congratulations! you look so adorable.

jksfam said...

Congratulations! So exciting!!! Big babies scare me less - James was 8 lb. 5 oz., Wesley was 9 lb. 6 oz. and I was worried about having little twins that I might break... Megan was 7 lb. 8 oz. and Matt was 6 lb. 11 oz. I hope you are feeling well. That's the hardest part for me, being so incredibly sick in the beginning. Good luck with all that is to come!

Amy said...

Congratulations Alana! I'm so excited for you! You and Josh are going to make outstanding parents!

Kim said...

Oh Congrats! You guys will be wonderful parents!

hales said...

Congratulations!! You look so cute!
Melody

Unknown said...

Yay!!!! I've been hoping so much that you and Josh would get to be parents! Every time I see your blog is updated I keep hoping that it'll be a pregnancy announcement. :) Don't worry about having a baby in the last semester of law school. Everything will be fine. I'm so excited for you guys!

Jill said...

You look so cute! Thanks for posting!

Scott said...

You look gorgeous! We are so happy for both of you.

alexandria said...

Umm unless you have gained 5 lbs since Sunday, you are no where near as showing as that picture makes you. You are seriously so tiny and everytime I see you I cant believe you are in your 2nd trimester! Cant wait to find out the gender!!

Dalene said...

So, so exciting! My baby bump is bigger than yours... and I had my baby 6 months ago! :-) Seriously, we are THRILLED, THRILLED, THRILLED for you and Josh. You'll be great parents! Plus, Olson babies are super cute... every single one!