We are Pregnant!
Last week we sent out the following email:
"Happy New Year to you all! I hope you all had a good holiday break and have managed to get back into the swing of things. So our good news is that we are pregnant! I'm 15 weeks along with an estimated due date of July 2nd. Our parents and immediate families were told after our first appointment, but we were mean and made them keep it quiet until we came home and told much of our extended family and close friends in person while we were home for Christmas.
We are excited and so far everything has been going smoothly. Not too much nausea and overall feeling pretty good. I'm now unable to button my jeans and have begun using rubber bands to hold my bind my pants together. Thankfully I received some maternity clothes as Christmas presents and hand-me-downs while I was home for the holidays. Soon I'll be ready to sport them.
We plan to deliver here in TX. I didn't want to get into a post-doc position and then leave right away on maternity leave. This way I can use the good medical benefits I currently have and then use up my sick leave. I have about 2 months left of research and then I'll begin writing my disseration. I should be defending in late April or early May. After that I'll work on writing up a few manuscripts and do a few experiments for the lab. My boss said I could stick around as long as I like; he has been very supportive. Ideally we would like to move back to the NW after this, but we will have to wait and see what kind of job I can get. Unfortunately the job market isn't great right now. Ryan plans to continue to golf (cross our fingers that this is HIS YEAR) on the Adams Tour this spring and summer and play in more Nationwide events throughout. Overall he played quite well this past season, but unfortunately didn't make it all the way through Q school.
Our parents' are both very excited, as this will be the 1st grandchild on both sides. No- we are not finding out the sex, we will be waiting for the suprise at delivery! Which I know will be hard and have already been told that we are brats for doing this to everyone.
Stick with your resolutions!
Miss you all.
Much love, Michelle and Ryan"
With that being said, we just hope our baby is a bit more pretty when he/she arrives than I was! Suprised my parents even kept me!
YAY! So good to see you broadcast the news...I will check back often for belly photos! PLEASE post! Love the ticker - will be helpful to track the little Nelson. Oh, and I too am surprised Jan & Steve kept you!! Here's to a beautiful, HEALTHY, baby in early July (or late June).
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