I'm gonna have a little tiny baby!

It's official: 

 I'm pregnant! 

Jonathon have been trying since April and we found out December 11, 2011 that we are indeed going to have a baby. This month, we decided to hold off on trying during the holidays and pick back up after my birthday in February. I guess this relieved a lot of stress and totally unexpectedly, a baby was conceived! And I'm pretty sure it was Thanksgiving morning - haha. Sunday night, I had a sneaking suspicion that I was so I decided to test before we went to bed. I was thinking it would be negative regardless since you're supposed to always test in the morning, but I got 2 lines immediately - didn't even have to wait a whole 30 seconds. I freaked out, ran in the bedroom and threw the test at Jonathon who was already asleep. He wasn't sure what to say so he kinda sat there and stared at it and said "well, looks like we're pregnant" or something non-exciting like that. The next morning, I came in late to work and stopped at CVS to get more tests. And yes, I tested in the office bathroom when I got in and got 2 very, very dark lines. Go me :)

I'm a solid 6 weeks, 1 day pregnant today 

and my due date is August 11, 2012. 

I had my first OB appointment this past Tuesday with Dr. Stephenson who was fantastic. I'm actually disappointed she doesn't get to be my doctor for the whole pregnancy. Kinda strange, this military thing - my first appointment was at the Quantico clinic with one OB where they did bloodwork (but never did a pregnancy test which I found amusing...what if I was crazy and lied about being pregnant? they just wasted a whole 2 hours....but whatever! Figured that would've been priority numero uno!) and I signed more papers than I did when we bought our car. The rest of my appointments will be in Woodbridge, which is oh so convenient for me since it's about 10 minutes from my office. Woohoo!

My next appointment is when I'm 10w1d where I'll get my first ultrasound. Can't wait to see my little jelly bean (baby's nickname, by the way)!

Today was especially exciting. I got my first baby and maternity clothes from Angelfood (along with a box of food - mmmm) which is an organization that gives boxes of food to military families E-5 and below, as well as gobs of clothes. They have a whole room set up with clothes that you can pick through and just take whatever you need. I got a pair of maternity capris and a maternity skirt, and a whole bag full of neutral baby clothes. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be working on cleaning out the to-be nursery so that when I slowly start collecting baby items, I'll have somewhere to put them! It's a good thing I won't find out the gender for several more months, otherwise, I'd have already have the nursery bought and put together lol. 

one of my favorites - says "my best friend" and is covered in dogs hehe

So, that's pretty much it. My head is swimming with baby thoughts, so there's really not much room left for anything else at the moment. I think it's time for a nap!

DC tour guide...or not

I am not, nor will I ever be, a tour guide of Washington DC. Living only an hour away from the city, all my friends and family who visit from Georgia just beg to go to DC. This would be fine with me except for the fact that I do not like the outdoors, the heat, or seeing places over and over again. These things make me hate playing tour guide.

The Capitol is beautiful. It has impressive architecture, beautiful statues and intricate paintings. I could probably give you a tour on my own and do just as good a job as the professional tour guides. I could probably quote the movie at the beginning of the tour (the past few times I've slept through it, so maybe not). I hate tours. With a passion.

The Smithsonian museums are huge. And there are so many of them. When my guests tell me they want to visit all the Smithsonians, I just roll my eyes and plan to take them to the 3 major ones. I will admit, I do enjoy the museums....I just hate the crowds. The Natural History museum houses the Hope Diamond - really guys, not that impressive. Especially not worth getting close enough to 20 of your closest strangers to see the hairs on their noses and feel their sweat drip down your arm. Gross. And ridiculous.

The Metro is the best rail system I've been on. Granted, the only other one I've been on is Marta in Atlanta which is terrifying. The Metro has super clean stations, the trains are mostly air-conditioned and they are really efficient. I'm still scared to go over the water or go really fast, though. The trains shake and let's face it, the only thing keeping them out of the water or off the pavement is this relatively thin rail. Uhhh, no thanks!

The monuments are cool...for the first one or two visits. After that, they're just plain irritating. The Lincoln memorial houses a humongous statue of President Lincoln. Gorgeous. But by the time you've climbed the 8 million (ok, I think it's like 78) stairs, you're too tired to even lift your head up to see him and even if you could, the stifling heat and humidity and body odor is enough to make you want out immediately. The Washington memorial is ridiculously huge. It, however, is incredibly far away from anything else, i.e. the other memorials, a bathroom, food and the Metro.

Don't get me wrong - I am always in awe at our country's capital and respect all the monuments and memorials and what they stand for. Let's just say, I'm ready for a move to anywhere far from here - North Carolina, Georgia, California, or even Japan. C'mon Marine Corps, help me out here!