You may or may not have noticed, but I have been absent. Â Not blogging. Â Not really facebooking. Â Not tweeting. Â Not Instagraming. Â Not pinning.
And I have missed you. Â Missed your kind words and your blogs and your awesome pins and seeing what you are up to on twitter.
And soon, I am hoping to get back in the groove again.  The separation anxiety has been too much.
Well, I might as well tell you why.
In about five months we will be gaining another member to our family. Â We are pregnant! Â Well, *I* am pregnant. Â But my dear hubby has been picking up the slack like crazy for the last few months so he gets full credit too.
Although we are thrilled and beaming and so, so thankful for this blessing, it has not been easy.  I have been very sick.  Its been severe nausea/sickness and exhaustion and migraines and some other not so fun stuff.  For someone who suffers from motion sickness even when not preggers, this nausea has been debilitation for me.  I would look at my computer screen and get sick.  It got to the point where I had to hide my computer because the mere idea of being on it would make me sick.
But, as of the last couple days, things are starting to look up. Â I am typing and not dizzy. Â YAY!
The idea of baking doesn’t make me want to set my kitchen on fire so I will not have to go near it.  I mean, not that I thought that.  That would be crazy.
So hopefully, over the next five months, I will be able to get back to what I love. Â Baking. Blogging. Â And hanging out with you.
For the first time ever, we are planning on not finding out the gender of our newest miracle.  This being our fifth child, I think we will be able to handle it.  I mean, logistically.  Emotionally I might be in the fetal position in my closet eating cool ranch Doritos and ceasar salad (that has been my cravings of late) because I CANT TAKE THE SUSPENSE.
I might need to lean on you for support.  Please tell me you have done this and it didn’t make you crazy.  Because if there is the slightest chance it will be stressful I might start stalking our ulstrasound tech.
My husband and children have unanimously decided that its a girl.  However, we currently have three boys and one girl, so I think the odds are in favor of a boy.  I have no idea.  I have never guessed right with any of them!
But no matter what we are blessed with, we know he/she is already so completely and utterly loved.
And I just want to really apologize for how absent I have been. Â I know I mentioned it before, but I sincerely miss you all. Â Your comments and interaction in the iambaker community has been such a delight! Â Getting to know you better is a true joy.
Oh, and one more thought. In making this cake I got to thinking… not only is this is fun “We’re Pregnant!” cake, but could also be a fun Gender Reveal cake!
Maybe I will just update this post when our new addition arrives! 🙂
***Just in case you want to know, I call this cake the Rose Cake. Â Its an original cake the I created in Feb. of 2011 and have made many since! Â You can see my full tutorial here, or my video tutorial here!
WOW! CONGRATS!! I was just wondering where you have been last night…but this makes total sense…Such a cute cake!! Very brave not finding out the sex beforehand I do not think I would be able to do that if I ever got pregnant. I am so happy for you!
Congratulations Amanda and family! 🙂 We didn’t find out for our first and did find out for the second. I think it’s fun both ways, so try to enjoy it!! Cannot wait to find out five or so months from now. Looking forward to “seeing” you around more 🙂
Congratulations! I hope the rest of your pregnancy goes by a little smoother. Best wishes to you and your family, and this cake is as lovely as ever.
Congratulations!! Not find out is definitely against the norm, and I found that it was harder on the people around me–friends and family–than it was on my husband and me. We did not find out with either of ours, and we did not go crazy, so you have hope. Good luck, and hope you continue to feel better! 🙂
Glad to hear you are feeling better. I am the mother of two boys, my first we knew it was going to be a boy, but our second, well he hid during the ultrasound so we didn’t know. It drove me crazy for months, but I couldn’t justify paying for a second ultrasound and my pregnancy was without complications and my doctor would only do a second if medically necessary, so he was surprise. I am a planner, so it was very difficult for me. By the eighth month I had finally come to terms with not knowing. But the best part was when he was delivered, I could care less what the gender of our baby was because he was born with the most gorgeous, golden blonde hair. I was in total shock. Both my husband and I have dark brown hair and it was so unexpected. He was so beautiful and healthy and all I could keep saying was, “He has blonde hair,” over and over again. My husband just kept laughing at me. I have to say that the surprise was a lot more fun than I thought. The best part was telling the family after the long anticipation. Many prayers and blessings as you wait on your new addition.
What wonderful news! You can get through it! We never wanted to know — found out by accident on our second child — was accidentally handed a pink card after the sonogram! Ugh oh! The technician felt terrible — but it was OK! We had a feeling it was going to be another girl! Always thought each pregnancy was a boy! Ended up having 3 girls! LOL! I was very sick with all 3 — doctor said it’s a sign of a healthy baby! Okaaaay! Hope you feel better! Best Wishes!
Congratulations!!!!
I’m so excited for you and your family.
Yeah, nausea is awful combined with dizziness UGH, I remember it well.
Hope that is all behind you and you are able to enjoy more now.
What a fun cake!!!
I could never wait to find out what I was having, but it was only to confirm what I already knew 🙂
Congratulations!!!!
What great news. 🙂 Well I have to say you are a much stronger woman than I. I have three children and my first two were a boy and then a girl. For the third, you’d think I would want to wait but I could not! The add to it, my doctor kept putting off the ultra sound. But bottom line, what matters is that you feel so you can enjoy your pregnancy. Hugs to you and your family and may the rest of the time that you are baking your little sweet bunde of joy goes smoothly and more than perfect. Thank you for sharing your happy news with us all.
Congrats! I sure hope that the yuckys go away from you for good so you can enjoy your pregnancy.
So happy to read your sweet news today, Amanda.
I will be praying for health and comfort for you.
What a beautiful, beautiful blessing.
xoxo
~Kate