The reason for not posting for the last 2 months...

Here's a little something to know about Holly (you might already know this) I have the hardest time keeping a secret about something really exciting. Know that I can be very confidential but when it comes to Christmas surprises or Birthday surprises I literally have to tape my mouth shut in order to not say anything. This is why I have not posted for 2 months...
Because the most exciting thing in our life right now we were keeping quiet,
but now I'm past the three month mark and everyone can know...
Jon and I are EXPECTING!!!
We found out on February 15, the day we went out for Valentine's Day.
Here's the short hand story:

I came home from work and Jon was upstairs getting ready for our Valentine's date. I took a pregnancy test downstairs and it was positive. I totally wanted to scream!! I set up the table so that the instructions for the pregnancy test and the test were visible. I circled what it looked like if it was positive on the instructions so Jon would have no questions. I told him I had a surprise for him and I made him close his eyes until he got to the table. He opened his eyes and this is what he saw...

This is Jon trying to figure it out. Haha, his first response was, "Is this real?" When I told him it was he picked me up and kissed me and yelled that we were going to be parents!!
He was very excited.

I had a few indicators prior to this positive pregnancy test that I really was pregnant,
it was nice to know I wasn't feeling crazy without a reason.

The happy "Parents to Be"

To give you a little update on the pregnancy since then...
Week 6 to week 11(ish) were pretty rocky. I was really nauseous and sick feeling. Because I've never been pregnant it just seemed like I had the flu and not that a little baby was growing inside of me. I didn't cook much for those 6 weeks or eat meat really or enjoy any smells in our house. I did eat a lot of pasta and cheese, lie on the couch after work each night and bring crackers wherever I went. During week 8 we had an early ultra sound where got to see our little alien and here the heartbeat. Hearing the heartbeat made me cry, it became more real to me then which was so tender and exciting.

This week I started to feel MUCH better!! I've been making dinner, feeling less nauseous everyday and with greater energy.

Know that I'll be blogging again now that the big news is out.
I hope all of you are well!