Week 7 - Tailgating

Well baby and mama had the first tailgate on September 6th, Notre Dame vs San Diego.

A win for the IRISH! I had lots of my college friends in town so they officially found out that they are going to be aunts. It was kinda hard to keep it a secret when we were shopping at the bookstore and there was a little 2T shirt of the "ND shirt" they they all thought would be awesome for one of us to have a baby. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face so Beth and Lauren were the first of my college friends to know. They are super excited to be aunts and I can't leave out Uncle Larry (Lauren's hubby). So they officially found out on September 5th, Friday night before the tailgate.

Now it was tailgating Saturday and the first people to arrive at the tailgate were Aunt Lisa, Aunt Julie and Uncle Tony. They had bloody mary's. Aunt Lisa offered for me to try hers and I said "NO" really quickly. It was just my instant reaction. She said are you sure and I said "positive" she repeated back to me "positive" I said yes... so she knew! We still wanted to keep this a secret as we are still in the first trimester and still in the risky stages of pregnancy. So we kindly asked them to keep it a secret and not say anything for a few more weeks until we were 12 weeks. Again our plan was just to tell the parents, Adam and Elizabeth for now and then wait til 12 weeks for the official announcement.

Well as more and more people came to the tailgate, my friends from work all noticed that I wasn't drinking. They were very good detectives (Sam and Josh....) So now Lisa, Kelli, Leslie, Sam, Josh, and David all know. They are all going to be aunts and uncles. Our baby will have a ton of aunts and uncles!!! I grew up calling my parents close friends aunt and uncle so I want to carry that tradition on with my kids. They only way I want my kids calling someone by their first name is if its with Aunt or Uncle in front of it. I totally think its inappropriate to call an adult that they are officially related to by their first name. So either Mr. or Mrs. or Aunt and Uncle. They will have manners right off the bat... at least that is the goal!

So far, the symptoms are just being tired, eating alot and sleeping alot. The baby has been very good to both Jeremy and me as I feel I haven't been too hormonal yet (I am sure that will come in time).

So this week the baby received its first set of clothes, thanks to my mom. She went shopping and just couldn't resist picking up some outfits!!!