Marriage Observation #2

I thought it was time for another blog post so here I am! (Also this morning Ethan was like pleeeeease write another post, I like reading them - so this one is dedicated to you ;) haha)

I quite enjoyed writing my previous post about my marriage observations, particularly being married quite young I think its something that other people are also quite curious about like how life is being married (and expecting our baby!) at 19 and maybe trying to found out whether its a choice I've regretted and didn't think seriously about etc. If the latter is the case you have come to the wrong place I'm afraid, marrying Ethan Wilkinson was the best decision I ever made! There hasn't been a second let alone a day where I've thought maybe we've rushed into things a bit. We knew what we wanted so we did it, age had nothing to do with it :)

I often wake up a few minutes before Ethan in the morning and my favourite thing is before he is awake enough to even talk (I'm pretty sure he's actually 3/4 asleep still) he will come over to my side of the bed (generally not very far to move as our bed is tiny and he often is partly on my side to start with...) and give me the nicest cuddle which is just the best start to the day ever!

But anyway that is just a small insight into my life which wasn't the point of my post...

My Marriage observation for today - Ethan is a bad influence!
Not actually in a negative way before anyone gets concerned, but before we were married if I wanted to buy anything I'd usually think twice and then dismiss the idea or if I wanted some chocolate I'd resist half the time (and give in the other half). Where as now if I see something I like when we're shopping Ethan will be like ahh you should get it, you know you want it etc. which is quite nice but also results in me giving in to far more things than I use to! And even worse when it comes to food because if one of us is fancying something naughty we both end up having it! In reality it's actually one of the many wonderful things about being married, however I maintain that Ethan is a bad influence :)

In other news our little baby is 14 weeks today! My feeling sick has gone but in its place I have a very sensitive gag reflex! So most mornings and evenings my throat makes me feel like I'm about to be sick any second (and has made me sick once so far but I've managed to avoid that since thankfully). I don't know why people are under the impression that pregnancy is glamorous in anyway, I've yet to discover this... But still enjoying all the unexpected things that my hormones seem to be doing, there is never a dull moment! (Apart from the regular naps haha)

Baby!

So I was going to wait till Sunday to write a blog post as I have two essays I really should be doing but I cannot concentrate on reading for the life of me right now because we're expecting a baby! So I shall write my post now :)

We had the 12 week scan yesterday which was the most amazing thing I have ever seen! It moved around so much stretching out its legs and lifting its hands up, watching it was the most amazing feeling!
My mum had a number of miscarriages and so it's been something I've been particularly wary of as I've grown up being aware (to only a tiny extent) of the heartache that that causes and also worrying that I might have the same difficulties as her (which I may still in the future but for now I'm counting my blessings). So I have spent the last 9 weeks since we found out being on edge, constantly checking that there is never any blood and being wary of any feelings of cramps etc. so to have been able to see our little baby moving around so much gave the most amazing feeling of relief and happiness in the world, I may have even got a little bit emotional... But who could not get slightly emotional at seeing this tiny little baby with its little face, hand, fingers and legs which are growing just as they should be so far!

Now, we all know everyone loves a good gossip so we might as well clear it all up now. As much as it may come as a surprise to some, this little baby was completely planned! Ethan and I have always said we wanted to have children pretty early on but thought that after our degrees was when we'd think about it a bit more. However after we'd been married for a couple of months the subject of children kept on coming up everywhere which we dismissed as not an option the first few times, then after a while we decided maybe this is something we should pray about, which we did and the idea still didn't go away! So we decided to fast and go to the temple to pray about it and we both very strongly felt that actually this was the right thing for us at this time! And then within a month and a half we had a positive pregnancy test! The timing happens to work out perfectly as from September this year I have a year out from university as Ethan has a compulsory  year abroad on his course and so our little baby will be a year old before it has to go into any form of childcare and even then it will only be for a couple of mornings a week during term time for my final year which is far better than people who work full time with children so it's really not a problem.

But anyway we are both very excited! We may have even bought a couple of things for it already, Ethan's personal favourite is a little toy giraffe or horse (I can't remember which) with little wobbly legs and a chime inside so it makes a little noise when you play with it, it's cute! So much love for this little baby already! :)