FAQ: Baby Hillam

Q: When did you find out you were pregnant?

A: We found out in October. We were both taking a full load of classes, on a couple sports teams and managing an apartment complex. On top of that, I was working 20 hours a week and serving in the Relief Society Presidency. So we were busy! And then I started getting exhausted! I'd come home and just fall asleep. No energy to do anything. I was taking 2-3 naps a day and falling asleep in class! (I NEVER fall asleep in class!) I started ditching my aerobics class simply because I was just so stinking tired! We took a pregnancy test and it came back negative. Oh I should also mention that I was always thirsty and using the restroom. After the test came back negative, Eric jokingly told me that I probably had diabetes. I didn't know he was joking and lost sleep over that for days! We decided to spend a few bucks and get a better test, so we did and one Sunday morning at 6 am, we found out we were going to be parents! Eric jumped up and down with excitement, I fell back asleep.

Q: Have you been sick?

In a word. Yes. I won't go into too much detail. I will say that I have spent more time on the bathroom floor then I ever thought imaginable. Eric thinks it's hilarious when I throw up. I can hear him in the other room trying to stifle his laughter. I'll admit, he has good reason to. These are violent episodes of gagging, gasping for air, dry heaves and all sorts of other noises I didn't know I could make. Add a tear stained, raccoon-eyed face and you'll see why he laughs. 

Q: Why didn't you tell anyone?!

 I don't really have a good answer for this one. A lot of different little reasons I guess. We told our family at about 9 weeks and then saved the big announcement for when we found out the gender. So don't be offended if you had no idea we were pregnant, hardly any one did :) I'm not really showing very much, so it was easy to hide!

Q: Did you want a boy or a girl?

A: We both would have been happy with whatever. But I've always heard that girl pregnancies are more difficult than boy ones, so I was hoping it was a girl because I didn't want to ever be more sick than I already was. My mom also had a hunch early on that it was a girl. My mom is ALWAYS right about these kinds of thinks (her hunches). So I piggybacked off of that until I had myself totally convinced it was a girl! 

Q: How did the ultrasound go?

It went great! She was doing a headstand so we saw right off that she was a girl. We could hardly see her face at all, so we didn't get too many good pictures of her face. For both of the ultrasounds, she was wiggling and squirming the whole time. They measured her up and looked for any warning signs and said that she was right on track and looked great!

This picture is from our first ultrasound. Eric practicing holding a baby.

Q: How did you tell your family?

We were planning on waiting til Christmas, but we spent Thanksgiving with Eric's family and I just slept the entire time and didn't eat any of their delicious food, so they probably just thought I was a lame-o. I couldn't hide it anymore, so one night we decided to tell them. Eric volunteered to say the blessing on the food and in the middle of the prayer he said, "And please bless our little baby that it will grow healthy and strong and that Noelle won't be sick anymore." Needless to say, that prayer ended quickly.

Q: Do you have any names picked out?

We have a handful that we both like, but we'll probably wait til she's born to decide on one.

Q: Due date?
She's due on July 25th. Right during finals week for Eric. I actually think it's perfect timing because I'll be graduated (in 5 weeks!!) and Eric will have just finished up Spring semester, so we'll have her for 7 weeks before school starts up again for Eric. It's also kind of funny because one girl who serves with me in the Relief Society presidency is due on the same day!

Q: Does Natalie know?
Natalie is my little sister on a mission in Ecuador. We tried to tell her at Christmas when we skyped with her but the connection was really bad. We showed her the ultrasound pictures and typed to her that we were having a baby, but she totally didn't believe it. So we kind of dropped it and thought it would be funny to not mention it again until we have the baby (Which will probably come on or around her birthday).

Really bad picture, but the internet was so bad that she was frozen like this alll the time.

Welp, hopefully we answered all your questions! We are SOOO excited to have this little girl be apart of our family! I can't believe I'm only barely half way done, but I'm hoping the next half will fly.

Thanks for your love and support!

Eric and Noelle