Nursery

Before we learned that Zachary was a Zachary and not a Zoey or Magnolia, my husband's mom took us crib shopping and we picked out the PERFECT crib. I had decided long ago that the bedroom colors would be blue, yellow, and bright red no matter what, so with the exception of a mural, there wouldn't be much painting needed. So the day the crib arrived, we were ready to set it up. I'm in LOVE with it!

We've been holding off buying anything else for the room until we knew the gender, but we had a plan. If baby was a girl, the room would be themed to houses and the movie "Up," and if baby was a boy, there would be a cowboy and "Toy Story" theme. We SWORE we wouldn't go crazy... and then we went to Costco. 

Are those not the biggest stuffed animals you've ever seen?? You'll probably be seeing those a lot when Zach is born in April because my photographer sister already has big plans to use them as props in his newborn pictures.

Life

Ever since High School I've had a set plan for how my life was going to be, and there was no room for changes.

1.) I would work at Disneyland to get through college. (Done!)

2.) When graduating college, I would get my dream job at a very specific radio station, doing one very specific thing. (Nobody believed I would ever do that, but I did. Done!)

3.) Meet the man of my dreams and marry him. (Done!)

4.) Get pregnant with my first, and quit my job to be a stay at home mom. (Now this is where it gets interesting...)

In my life plan I said I would have two kids, a boy first, then a girl. Throughout this pregnancy, I SWORE I was having a girl and it was strange to me because that wasn't part of my "plan." Also, being a stay at home mom just wasn't an option yet because of money.

Last Thursday I was sitting at home and noticed that I wasn't getting my work email on my phone, then the text messages starting coming in from friends, "Are you ok?" "OMG... Call me when you can..." At that point I knew I was getting laid off, and sure enough the phone call came. Hearing the words "Your position has been eliminated" was like getting hit by a truck, and with my hormones already raging, I didn't take the news lightly. I'm five months pregnant, and unemployed.  

Later that day while rehashing what had happened, I came to a shocking realization... whether I like it or not, I'm a stay at home mom, and this was all part of my life plan. Oh crap... that means there's no way I'm having a girl, I'm having a boy!

The next morning while laying on the table in the doctor's office waiting for the ultrasound, I asked the woman to please give me good news because I really needed some. She smiling and started the ultrasound and typed up on the screen the big letters "BOY."

At that very moment I knew I was exactly where I needed to be, and everything was going to be ok.