Well January 6, 2o1o started off just like any other day. Woke up and got ready for work. After work i came home, more exhausted than usual, and decided to take a nap while James was at work. I woke up with a strong urge to go buy a pregnancy test... so i drove to Walgreen's and picked one up. Once i got home i opened the test, read the directions and peed on the stick:) Certain that it was going to be negative i finished up in the bathroom and walked away for a couple of minutes. After about 2 minutes i went back and to my suprise..... "pregnant" flashed across the screen! Thank God i was alone because my reaction would probably shock most... i threw the test and went running for the door, grabbing my cell phone on the way out! Now where we lived we get NO cell phone reception so i knew if i was going to share news like this i had to have service! i jumped in my car crying(scared but happy at the same time) and drove to where i got reception. Now this might sound funny to some, but.. the first person i called wasnt James, it wasn't my family... it was my best friend Cori Muhle!! LoL! She was soooooo happy and calmed me down enough to attempt to call James. But before calling James i needed some reassurance... so i called his MOM! lol! I cant even describe how excited and happy she sounded! it made me cry even more! What a proud grandma already!! I then called James!! But not wanting to tell him over the phone i cried "Get home NOW!!!" and left it at that! He must have ran out of work! LoL! 15 minutes later he was walking through the door with a bouquet of flowers and a huge smile across his face! Before i could say anything he said "I'm HAPPY!" Boy was this a relief!! Now we weren't "planning' this but we definitely weren't avoiding it either! (**lol**) He knew i was late and have been wanting to take a test so he had assumed this was why i called him telling him to get home!
Well Grandma and Grandpa Shine (haha) were set to visit the next day. We had a great weekend with the "in laws". Then the weeks started going by.. i felt fine except for being extremely tired! I thought i had escaped morning sickness... then week 9 came!! Oh boy was i sick!! I'm not even going to use the term "morning sickness' because it was more like ALL DAY sickness! I couldn't even work for 5 minutes without running to the restroom to "hug the toilet"! Worst feeling ever!! EVER! (so far.. haha!) Well shortly after 9 weeks i scheduled an ultrasound! We couldn't believe what we saw!! James's parents were also down for this!! So i had my little entourage in the room! :) Our baby was already the most BEAUTIFUL thing i have ever seen!!
I cried like a baby.... Dad stared with wide open eyes at the screen looking happy and terrified at the same time! LoL! Grandpa Shine kept cracking jokes and Grandma Shine took lots of pictures! :) 
I chose my Dr. shortly after! His name is Dr. Tatarin and he works at St. Josephs Hospital in Orange, CA. James and I both really liked him!! He even has an awesome staff! I have never had a male OB so i was scared but he made me feel very comfortable!! At my first appointment he said everything looked great and i was very healthy!!
Around 15 weeks we scheduled an ultrasound at an elective U/S center. I have heard that sex can be determined around this time but i was more concerned with just seeing our baby again!! Well... we got to see her!! Yes.. HER!!! It's a GIRL!! I couldn't believe it! I was certain that i was going to have a boy! Don't get me wrong... i would be happy either way BUT James's mom only has boys... 4 of them! I didn't think the Shine's were capable of having a girl! lol! I should've known though because i could only come up with girl names and girl nursery themes! haha! James was..well.. lets just go with scared! haha! He wasn't raised around girls.. he said "what am i gonna do with a girl?!?!" He was happy as well just.. SCARED! After the initial shock wore off we were soooooo excited and the shopping began! :))
Well my tummy started to grow around 16 weeks.... 
17 weeks...
Around 18 weeks we were scheduled to go in for our anatomy scan! This is the u/s that the hospital does to take measurements of the baby and make sure she is growing accordingly! I had high hopes for this u/s after hearing how detailed and cool it is.. well we didn't think it was all that great! :( Maybe we just had a bum u/s tech but he didn't explain what we were looking at on the screen and it was over within 15 minutes! Friends had told me it was a long u/s lasting at least 30 minutes:( But on a positive note, we got to see our baby again!!!! :)
A few days later the nurse called to tell me everything looks GREAT! She was measuring perfectly!! What a relief!!! So by now i had done all the blood tests and everything came back great as well!! I feel accomplished.. my oven is doing a great job at baking this lil' bun of ours! hehe! :)
a few more pictures of my growing tummy...
19 weeks:
21 weeks:
Im a lil' crazy when it comes to this but i cant help but want to see our baby girl at least once a month... our insurance only pays for ONE ultrasound! Ughhh! SO... we decided to get another elective ultrasound. So at 21 weeks we went back to the same place that we went to at 15 weeks! i also wanted to confirm the gender (just in case! lol!) and YUP still a GIRL! :) Auntie Lizzy got to come to this one! I was so excited to show off our baby to someone else! haha!
As the weeks went by my body kept changing.... i was finally starting to look PREGNANT and not just FAT!! yayy! and people started noticing and congratulating me! :)22 weeks:
24 weeks:
26 weeks:
Finally the time came.. 3d ultrasound time!! :) James's parents were coming down to visit again so i set the appointment for that weekend! I was about 27 weeks!! This lil' booger was not cooperating though! haha! She had no problem showing us her "parts' to confirm she was still SHE but when it came to showing us her full face... no way Jose! She kept both hands in front of her mouth at ALL times.. well she finally put down one hand only to replace it with a FOOT! hehe! And let me tell you.. she sure does have her mom's feet and hands! poor girl! Long toes and long fingers! :) Still an AWESOME experience! She is ADORABLE!!!
And here she is pointing to her big foot;)
Well that's our lil' girl's story so far!! Madison Shine! Cant wait to meet her!
I'm very new to this whole blogging thing so hopefully i can learn a few things on how to really do this! ha! But for now this should do!
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