Questions

I don't know why, but I absolutely LOVE these questionnaires! I love reading them on others' blogs and I love to answer them too! This is one that has been circulating on Facebook... but I'm not addicted to Facebook. I'm addicted to Blogging. So, in following Andrea's example... here it goes.

* Was your first pregnancy planned? Yes!

* Were you married at the time? Yes, for two-and-a-half years.

* What were your reactions? I was completely shocked and I couldn’t WAIT to tell Nic. I wanted to do it in some cool, creative way… but my excitement got the best of me. We were driving in our truck, taking a lawn mower to a family-friend’s place and I just said, “so, guess what?” And, jokingly he said, “You’re pregnant.” And I said, “Yup.” He was totally blown away! He lifted his arms up (while driving) and shouted “Wahooooo!” It was great!

* How did you find out you were pregnant? The first time I noticed something weird was when I was helping Nic mow his parent’s backyard. We were each on separate riding lawn mowers. I pulled my lawn mower over, turned it off, and fell asleep. I was sooooo tired during my pregnancy. It didn’t matter how much sleep I had the night before, I was still wasted.

* Who did you tell first? NIC!!!!

* Did you want to find out the sex? Yes, we did! I always knew we’d have a little girl first. It’s tradition in the Haws family to have a girl first.

* What was your due date? January 24th, 2008.

* Did you have morning sickness? Does Maple Syrup have sugar in it??? THEN YES!!! (Sorry, couldn’t resist quoting Elf) Um, yeah. I was really, really, really, REALLY sick. I was starving and literally could not eat anything. And NOTHING worked for me. I truly thought I was going to die. But, I didn’t. Will I do it again? YES!

* What did you crave? Sour Skittles and Salsa.

* What is the sex of that baby? A sweet li’l princess.

* How many pounds did you gain? I actually only gained about 16 lbs. Probably because I couldn’t eat anything. I’m surprised I gained anything. In the beginning, I actually lost weight. It was scary.

* Did you have any complications? Yes. My little sweetie has CHARGE syndrome. This comes with many complications… the most pressing was her heart. She’s our sweet”heart”. I was also extremely sick the whole time. They wanted to hospitalize me, but I disagreed.

* How many hours were you in labor? Zero. She was delivered via C-Section earlier than planned. I never felt any labor pains. Although, I suffered greatly afterward.

* Who was in the delivery room? A few doctors, Peter my anesthesiologist (he was awesome) and of course, my forever prince, Nic. He watched the whole thing and thoroughly enjoyed it.

* When was your baby actually born? January 3rd.

* How much did she weigh? 5 lbs 4 oz

* What did you name her? Mercydez (said like the car, Mercedes… but spelled much cuter… she’s our Mercy)