Movement

We are about one week from closing on our house and 3 weeks from moving! We haven't packed a single item yet. It doesn't feel real yet. And Zach just got back from a 2 week long work trip. He also leaves for 4weeks one week after we move into the house. I'm not looking forward to that at all.

Monday I will be 18 weeks pregnant! 2 more weeks until we find out the gender of our little one :) Pregnancy has been pretty wonderful so far! Lately the nausea has been pretty bad. Dr gave me zofran to help. It has been a miracle drug :) gotta keep food down for the baby! This week I started feeling the baby move/kick/flutter or whatever you wanna call it! It's a very weird sensation but wonderful at the same time :) I can't wait until Zach can feel the baby kick! I just hope it's before he leaves for work.

The Good Life

Zach and I have lots of good in our life recently :) we are in the process of buying a house! We are supposed to close September 24th, as of now! We are also expecting our first little one February 18, 2013! Today marks the first day of the 2nd trimester (13w)!! I'm hoping a lot of the symptoms will subside now. Nausea has been almost constant and I can tell its easing up a little bit. I'm hoping to get energy back and be able to study and take my RT exam by thanksgiving! That's my goal :)

Frustrated.

Zach and I have been house hunting since June. One offer we pulled for numerous reasons... Sat down to write 2 others and found out there was complications so we couldn't submit those offers. Now we found another house we love but they are way overpriced for the market. We are submitting an offer tonight but we are prepared to get denied. I am not over-paying for a house. at least we are going to try.
We have each other and that's the important thing. God has a plan and we will find what's meant to be ours!

Until next time...

St Patricks Day

Zachs parent came to town this weekend and we went downtown! It was so crazy!!! Took us an hour and a half to get to river north! (normally its about 30-40mins) Crazy crazy drunk people everywhere! But we had fun :) we also went to the girl and the goat for dinner and it was awesome :) so fun!!

Tonight, Zach and I are going to the Black Keys concert at the United Center! I'm very excited! This will be our first concert together! (we are also celebrating 6 years of being together next week!) woo!

Daily Struggles

Everyday is different for me. For the past 18months, my life has revolved around pain. My body took two steps backwards in September 2011, when I had to change medications, and ever since then the pain has kept me sedentary. It's been very difficult to look at myself and know that I am not useless. I feel that way sometimes. I cannot study or even read for pleasure!

In January I went and saw a neurosurgeon (he says i have a condition called anesthesia dolorosa) and he told me I had very few options. 1: very radical brain surgery to insert a brain stimulator to decrease the firing of nerves in order to relieve the pain. (not gunna happen) or 2: time. This is the option I am going with but it's really hard! He gave me a projected healing time--> a few more years? I am trying another medication to try and calm the nerves down but so far I haven't had any improvement.

I'm really trying to be positive and see the light at the end of the tunnel but it's definitely a struggle. I've had to put a lot of faith in God to get me through this because I CANNOT do this on my own.