Baby Boom

I can't believe it has been almost a year since I have blogged. I used to be so good at it! Boy, oh , Boy has a lot happened in both Josh and I's lives since my last post! Speaking of boys...we were pleasantly surprised to discover we were pregnant at the end of November this past year. I had been pregnant since October and didn't actually take a pregnancy test until the end of November. The whole month of October I had been so tired and not feeling like doing ANYTHING. I was getting so frustrated that after teaching all day, I couldn't come home and run like I used to always do! Josh and I joked around al ot about picking up pregnancy tests while at the grocery , but one trip to Target after feeling just not myself, I told Josh we should "try one of these out"...After going home and taking 4 tests, it was confirmed. The Clancy's were about to add on to their team. At first, I have to admit, I was completely shocked and scared. I mean, taking care of another human being along with myself? I found this hard to take. It's not that I didn't love the fact that we were going to be having a baby, I just didn't realize it would happen so quickly! It was like one of those things you've always talked about wanting to do, but once it actually happens, you are sorta taken back and overwhelmed. After the initial shock and calling of my mom to come over immediately to tell the news to, I have been so extremely excited! I cannot wait to become a mom. I have no doubt that Josh and I will do whatever it takes to raise this little man to the best of our ability!  I have lots of pictures to share of the past 8 months of pregnancy , so I'm sorry for the picture overload...but I'm sure this is ONLY the beginning of many many photos to come. :)

        I , of course, told my mom the news right away and called her over in a hurry. While crying and saying "I'm pregnant!" she was so relieved that I hadn't called her over to discuss problems with our marriage or wanting a change in occupation like she thought.  We told Josh's family the next night and had a power point slide up on the computer saying that we were having a baby. We turned the laptop screen toward them during a casual conversation to see their reactions and it was awesome. I told my close friends soon after and Josh did the same.  The picture above is of our "social media" baby announcement.

            Here I am at  17 Weeks! Hard to believe my belly was ever that little... :)

                       

                               Here I am at 19 Weeks. Paisley knows exactly what's going on...

 At 20 weeks and our gender reveal party! We had the ultrasound technician write the sex of the baby on the ultrasound and put it in an envelope. We then went to the mall and picked out one girl outfit and one boy outfit. We took the two outfits to the cashier and told her to open and see if it was a boy or a girl. If it was a boy, wrap the boy outfit , and same if it was a girl. We walked away while she put the right outfit in the box along with the ultrasound. We took the box to be gift-wrapped. My parents had both sides of the family over for dinner and we unwrapped the gift! I had a feeling it was going to be a boy, and Josh was thrilled when we unwrapped the awesome Polo outfit. :)

   Here I am at 23weeks..getting bigger!

 24 weeks

 26 weeks and this was taken at our first baby shower with both sides of the family. It was so awesome to see everyone and receive such thoughtful gifts for our little man!

 30 weeks and in the nursery

 32 weeks!

 33 weeks and this was taken at my shower thrown by my friends! Yes, Baby Clancy's name will be Christian Michael Clancy! Josh and I have always both loved the name and had talked about naming our first boy Christian since before we were married.  There is actually a pretty cool story to go along with this choice. Some of the things that happened to be coincidental were pretty cool too. When Josh and I were not together (this was back in '09) , my mom and I went to a juvenile diabetes walk for one of her favorite students named Christian. Before the walk started, my mom spotted Josh from a distance. At that time he was interning with the Colts and was in charge of a "colts in motion" trailer that he would take to different events. He just so happened to be assigned that race that we were at.  That day we saw/talked to eachother, which  was the first time in a couple years and led to us getting back together/married! So it's pretty ironic that the name Christian was chosen, which was technically "who" brought us back together, and we just so happened to both be at a diabetes walk which Josh didn't know he would be diagnosed with 3 years later. Crazy how God works, but I gotta say I like the way he made it all happen! :)

 34 weeks! The hospital bag is halfway packed and the car seat is ready to go! This pregnancy has seriously flown by but I know I have a pretty exhausting month still ahead of me! My next appointment I will be 36 weeks , and they will be able to tell me if I have dilated and the position of Christian...I am so anxious I can hardly stand it!

This was a 4D ultrasound we got (without asking-SCORE!) It was so freaky to see his facial features that clear! I hope those chubby cheeks stay just the way they are here...how cute, right?!

 Christian's nursery is pretty much complete. Thanks to my parents for our beautiful bed! We were able to use what we already had for the rest of the furniture which was awesome. Nothing that a little spray paint can't fix! Josh may or may not be obsessed with spray painting anything these days! Our theme for the room is elephants. My mamaw who passed away in 2004 loved elephants and collected them (not the real thing, but you know what I mean ) :) . I feel like she will be watching over Christian. His room's colors are grey, blue, and some green.

Here's another side of this room. We hangout in here a lot these days. We have read a few stories from his bookshelf to him in here (not excited parents AT ALL) . 

Well, that's enough catching up for today! I will be filling you in as the delivery gets closer!