New Addition to Geller-Cheney Family

Ch-Ch-Ch-Change is coming to the Geller-Cheney Family! We are delighted to share that we are expecting a baby March 28, 2011, which is 4 days after Sam’s second birthday. We had hoped to have kids 2 years apart and are thrilled that the timing worked out so well.

First trimester was pretty tough and I was much sicker than I was with Sam. Thankfully I’m starting to feel better! But it always seems like the days when I’m the most exhausted are the days when Sam has the most energy! Why is that? :) Brad is still trying to adjust to my new 9pm bedtime (we are normally night owls and go to bed around 1130-12).

The beginning of the pregnancy was quite intense. I found out I was pregnant in July when Sam was in the hospital for 4 days with a scary virus. It was quite the contrast of different parts of my life to take a home pregnancy test in my toddler son’s hospital bathroom. I had a feeling I was pregnant (since we had just started trying) so it wasn’t a total surprise when the test came back positive but it felt very overwhelming to receive the news in the midst of Sam’s hospital crisis.

My tummy is already beginning to show a bit which I hear is normal with a second pregnancy, something about your muscles already being stretched out from a previous baby that makes you show much earlier with a second kid. Every morning is a challenge as I try to figure out what fits me and what doesn’t! I’m trying to be very careful to not gain much weight since I had just lost over 50 pounds (80 pounds if you include the pregnancy weight!). I seem to only want to eat carbs which doesn’t help much :) I’m pretty disgusted by red meat (much to Brad’s dismay since he would be happy eating steak every night of the week) and my sense of smell has changed significantly.

The first few months of a pregnancy are challenging on a number of levels. We were very excited, but cautiously optimistic because you never know what can happen in the early stages of a pregnancy. We told a few people, but it was so hard to keep it a secret for so long! As you can see from the blog, we’re not private people and were bursting to share our news! It feels great to be able to share this exciting chapter of our life.

We welcome your thoughts, comments, etc on this blog and look forward to experiencing this next stage with so many wonderful people. If you’d like, you sign up to receive emails notifying you each time we update it.

To our Jewish friends – we hope that you have an easy and meaningful fast over Yom Kippur and l’shana tovah!