Baby on the way!

Jeff and I are happy to announce that we are expecting a baby on January 23rd, 2014. We are so excited to be parents! We've had to hold this news in for a while, but now that I am through the first trimester we are glad to finally be able to let everyone know. We told our families earlier by giving our Dad's a Father's Day card from our new baby...such a blast to see their reactions, although Don had been up all night and day doing flood work so he fell asleep right after the news. We don't take it personally! We got some photos taken of just me and Jeff, and some fun ones to announce our pregnancy. I've been wanting updated photos of us anyway, so it worked out well that we could also take a few announcement ones! Somehow the planner in me made this baby come just when I wanted...although Jeff was hoping for a few more months I think!!
I told my boss the other day that I was pregnant and she was quite surprised because I've been working as normal and even though I've been feeling a little nauseous, I think I've done a good job of hiding it at work. She was very happy for me though, but sad that I will be leaving for maternity leave. I think the hardest part of the first trimester is how tired I feel all the time. I usually keep a very clean house and cook dinner each day, but I have been having trouble doing anything besides working and sleeping lately, so I feel pretty bad about that. Poor Jeff doesn't get many dinners from me anymore. I've tried making a few meals but start feeling sick each time so I gave up on that for a while, and am just starting to get back into it. 
Anyways, that's our big news and we are nervous of course, but also very excited! Jeff and I each have pregnancy apps on our phones that tell us what is happening to me and the baby each week. It's so fun when Jeff asks me about it and we look together to see what size our baby is, which is right now the size of a tangerine! I had to have an ultrasound to see how far along I was so I told Jeff  to come and it was a really cool experience. It's so hard to believe that there's actually a baby inside of me until we can see it and hear it's heartbeat! Anyways, here's some of our photos...