Baby Guy Coming July 2014!!!

We are excited to finally be able to announce that we are having a baby y'all!  On Sunday, November 24th I took a pregnancy test after feeling abnormally tired and experiencing severe heartburn for a few weeks prior.  Positive.  It took all of 3 seconds for that test to show that little positive sign.  It was by far the most life changing experience I've ever had.  I took another one the following morning just to "make sure"... which of course was also positive. 

We had so many thoughts racing through our minds, my first being I need to get to the dang doctor - I know nothing about pregnancy and I need to get some answers!  With it being the week of Thanksgiving, our primary physician wasn't able to see me until the following Monday, which seemed like an eternity.  That appointment just confirmed what we already knew.  I also made an appointment with an OB/GYN and they wouldn't be able to see me until the 30th.

On Thanksgiving while my family was in town to spend some time with us, Graham let our secret out during the prayer before we had dinner.  I'll save that story for another post.  =)

The month of December was a whirlwind and we kind of just kept to ourselves in order to keep from telling everyone too early.  We had a little bit of a scare around the 8th week which led to me being able to get an OB appointment sooner than expected.  I had my first sonogram that afternoon and was so blessed to be able to see/hear the heartbeat - what a truly amazing experience.  My only regret was that Graham was unable to go with me, since it was a last minute appointment.  All of our fears were put to rest as we found out that Baby Guy was coming along just like he/she should be.

 

 

We decided to wait to tell everyone else once we were a little further along and Christmas day would put me right at 10 weeks, so we figured that would be the perfect time to tell Graham's family, since they would all be together at that time.  We had a couple photos taken to send to family and friends once we were ready to spill the beans and we decided that picture would be perfect to give to Graham's mom as her Christmas gift too. 

 

I was so anxious to tell everyone at Christmas and it felt like the day just drug on and on!  Finally after dodging the huge pitcher of sangria all afternoon and trying to come up with good excuses as to why I wasn't drinking, it was time to open presents.  The kids each opened their presents first, then the grandparents, and then finally it was Debbie's turn to open hers.  At the last minute I thought it would be a good idea to try to get their reactions on video, so I asked Staci to take care of that for me.  The picture isn't the best quality, but it's so awesome to be able to look back and see how excited everyone was for us and our big surprise!

 

 



We had our second OB appointment on 12/30 and as fate would have it, Graham came down with a horrible case of strep (which later turned into tonsillitis) and he also had to miss that visit with our doctor.  It was mostly routine stuff including blood work and meeting with the billing department to get everything in order.  I was able to hear the baby's heartbeat via the fetal doppler again.  Amazing.  God is so good!

I sent out our announcements to everyone on the 31st, just shy of 11 weeks.  I had intended on waiting until I was out of the first trimester, but I was worried that some of my family would find out about it from other people and I didn't want any hurt feelings so we sent them out a little early.  I'm a little nervous about everyone finding out, but it is also such a big relief to not have to keep it to myself now!!

Please keep our growing family in your prayers.  We just want a healthy Baby Guy!!!