Start of the nursery

Here's a pic of Poke putting the crib together...getting the nursery ready...but we still have lots left to do.

Update - 07/10/09

We got great news from the doctor this morning, my blood work came back normal...Praise God!!! Which means out of the 40 birth defects they test for, the baby does not have any of them (to include my birth defect, spina bifida, which was a risk of me passing down). We would have loved it either way, but a blessing that it is healthy. So this means the next doctor's appointment wont be until August, when we will find out what our little miracle is. I will try to get more pictures up soon. Especially of this wonderful new figure I am sporting these days...lol...things are definitely getting tighter.

Happy Fourth of July

Went to the doctor on Friday and all went well. The baby's heart beat was 162. I'm am going in on Monday for blood work, to rule out birth defects. Although this test is optional, he strongly recommended it due to my history of spina bifida (which increases the chance the baby will have it.) So please remember us in your prayers, as I will keep you all posted on the results.
Stay tuned we get an ultrasound on August 1st to determine the sex!!!!

Update

I thought I would set up this blog to help keep family and friends updated and involved in our journey to parenthood. I will do my best to keep it up to date! Today June 29th I am 15 weeks and 1 day. The last doctor's visit I had was on June 05th and the heartbeat was strong at 168 bpm. We are getting super excited planning and preparing for the arrival of our new little one. Our next doctor's visit will be July 3rd...where we will set the date to have our ultrasound to determine the sex :) ...we will keep you posted!!!

Keith Urban Concert

The baby's first concert...and yes those are my pink fingers nails in the photo :)...he came off the stage to our row and stood on a table and sang a song...what are the odds...I thought I would for sure go into labor!!!

First shopping trip!

On our way to the Keith Urban concert we stopped at Motherhood Maternity for my first shopping trip!!! Here's me trying on some clothes with the baby bump pillow!!!

Sharing the joy with our families!

Although I did not manage to capture all the jumping up and down, hugging, laughter, screams and tears of joy, after we told our families...I did manage to capture one aftermath! Peggy wrote it on the side of her new shop in paint...too funny :) (we were at her painting party when we told them.)