Shhh...Team Goldin Expands

So I've wanted to start a blog since the moment I found out my hubby and I were expecting our first little Goldin, but as you can tell I got a late start (Ashlyn is 3 months on June 30th, 2011).  I wanted to be able to document our experiences, thoughts and create lasting memories since everyone tells me they will fly past and some will be forgotten in the crazy hecticness of mommyhood.  I don't want to miss a beat when I look back, but of course this is inevitable and that's why a blog is important for me - to help relive those moments I want to cherish forever.  As such, the first few blogs will be a look back to the milestones of being pregnant through now.

My journey of mommyhood all began mid-summer of 2010.  My husband, Matt, and I had just returned from my 10 year highschool reunion in Tallahassee, FL the weekend of July 17th.  We'd had a blast carrying on into the wee hours with my old friends and even got to visit/stay with my mom while there...double bonus!  

 A few weeks following I'd started to notice 'man my stomach feels funny and wow my monthly Aunt Flow hadn't visited me yet?'.  I thought it just meant that she'd be here any day.  Boy was I wrong!  Eventually I told Matt and we both decided I should pee on a stick for peace of mind.  Both of us were thinking this was just a fluke since we weren't trying to get pregnant and I was on birth control.  I remember getting a horrible sick to my stomach feeling when I saw a faint pink line, which meant YEP YOUR EGGO IS PREGO.  I had a rush of mixed emotions at first and thought ok its faint so let's just go to the doctor for a blood test and they'll confirm it's not our time yet.  I scheduled my first doctor's appointment for August 12th and BAM our lives changed forever that day.  Later I'd find out that I was 8 weeks along the parenting path and hadn't even known it yet.  Everything was surreal still at this time for us - especially since we didn't plan to tell anyone for a while.  

The very next day after my doctor's appointment I was heading with some girlfriends to Miami for a little girls trip.  Little did I know that I'd be drinking Sprite this whole trip as we'd dance our tushies off each night at the clubs.  Totally changed my perspective in a hurry.      

My brother-in-law, Ryan, had two children and had asked us from the moment we were married when we'd start trying so they could have another and our little Goldin cousins could be close in age.  We insisted that we'd wait until I was 30 (will hit that over-the-hill status this Dec. 2nd) before we got to that point.  On that note, let's skip a little farther back in time.  We'd just found out a few weeks prior that my brother-in-law and his gorgeous, genetically blessed, wife Abbey were expecting their third child and due Valentine's Day 2011.

Once I was over my scared outta my pants feelings of OMG I'm going to be a mommy, we were so thrilled to unexpectantly be fullfilling Ryan's wishes.  We were only 6 weeks behind them in our due dates (EDD for us was March 24, 2011)!!!  Now obviously we wanted to keep it a secret for a tiny bit until we got a little farther along.  Until the next blog...shhh don't tell. ;)