Announcement

We would like to welcome you to our new Blog. We are very excited! Not just because we want the world to know what's up with the Root's, but because it is now more than just Lauren and I. That's right, the Root family is growing! We're expecting!!! The baby is due July 5th, but we are kind of hoping for a Independence Day baby!

So, we found out we were pregnant around Halloween...Pregnancy tests are tricky little things, so after going through two different brands and a couple days of testing, we were finally convinced. It didn't sink in until the doctor confirmed it the next day though. (Actually, I'm not sure it has really sunk in for either of us yet). We have been to a couple of appointments since then. At week 9, just after Thanksgiving, we had an ultrasound done. The picture is below. We got to see and hear our baby's heartbeat. That was one of the coolest moments in both of our lives. One of the best Christmas presents we received this year was being able to hear the heartbeat of our baby for the second time, two days before Christmas, at our third appointment.
Lauren told me a couple weeks before we found out that she felt weird and that she thought she was pregnant. I told her she was crazy, because we had literally just stopped "preventing" and there was no way it had happened that quickly. Come to find out Lauren is very in tune with her body. She has had, what sounds like, a pretty normal first trimester. She felt very strange in the beginning, and was sick on and off for a few weeks. She hasn't really had any weird cravings, but I've ran to the store a few times to pick up some things that sounded good to her. No pickle flavored ice cream though, at least not yet. She has starting feeling a lot better the last couple of weeks and it shows. She told me it almost doesn't feel real any more, because she's only showing a little bit and the major symptoms have subsided for the most part. She is still tired a lot, but that has gotten better also. She did make it until midnight on New Year's Eve, which I was proud of.

We have had a ton of support from our family and friends. Which is very humbling, and we thank God for all of you. Our parents are very excited to be grandparents. Ian, Zach, and Brittany are super excited to be aunts and uncles.

We have decided to keep the gender of the baby a surprise. We didn't want to call the baby "it", but Brittany, cleverly, came up with "Cletus the fetus" and after a good laugh, it stuck.

These past couple of weeks we've really started getting more prepared. We have been very excited about getting stuff for the baby's room. She has been watching craigslist like a hawk, and has found some great stuff for us to use in the nursery. So far we've collected a crib and matching changing table, glider, bassenette, and pack-n-play. All for great deals.

We are now at week 15 of our 40 week (plus or minus) journey, just starting the second trimester. Our lives are about to change forever and we are so excited to share with you! We will do our best to keep everyone posted along the path.


-----------------Addition to first post. -- January 17, 2010--------------------

Well, it has been an eventful week and will continue to be eventful this week to come. On Monday January 11th, Josh's birthday, he got a call at 8:30 in the morning to inform him that he got the job with Jacobs in their downtown office. You can imagine what a relief that was for both of us. Josh starts work tomorrow morning at 7:30. So in turn, tomorrow morning I will officially feel comfortable telling my office the big news. I thought about waiting another week, but I just can't do it. We were nervous to make our announcement before I had told my boss, so now that he knows, we finally feel safe posting our big news for everyone.

I have a follow up appointment for my knee Tuesday afternoon. This recovery has been very tough. A little over a month ago, I started getting a lot of pain in my knee and they restricted the amount of walking I could do. I don't sit still well, so the fact that I can't even walk much without pain has been really frustrating. I have my next baby appointment on Wednesday. I am 16 weeks tomorrow. This will be the first appointment that Josh will miss. We decided he shouldn't miss any work his first week, so my mom is going to head up from Steamboat to fill in. Thanks mom!

Love, Lauren and Josh