expectations

I've been thinking about this post for a while. One of the things I like about blogging is being able to 'talk' to my friends that live away. Over my 33 years I've moved approximately 15 times, making friends all along the way and, remarkably, even before the days of the interweb, staying in touch with a lot of them.
So when it comes time to share news, big news, I always struggle with how exactly to share it. For me, my blog seems like the best fit, outside of emails of course. So, here we go ... we have some news to share ::


M and I are going to be parents!


WHAT?! I know. It's definitely something we've wanted and talked about, yet I still feel completely surprised and freaked out. Which makes me wonder about those poor souls who are 'surprised'. Yowza.

I'm 10 weeks, due the end of January and figuring things out day by day. People have told me to keep a journal and start recording things to look back on. I'm not really a sentimentalist, but I did looked at a pregnancy journal today at Hallmark and promptly gagged. I thought I'd write letters along the way instead. This is it so far:

I'm excited to be a mom. I'm excited for M to be a dad. I'm excited that my brother will be an uncle, that my parents will be grandparents and that this baby will be surrounded by two families that will love it so much. What more could you ask for, right?

xo Jill.