It's a boy!!

We had our 18 week appointment and ultrasound today. Mammaw and Grandma Joy went with us! We had our ultrasound at Bethesda North and they say It's a Boy!! We heard the baby's heartbeat twice, once at the ultrasound and once at the midwife's office, it was 146 beats per minute! My blood tests from 2 weeks ago came back with great results, no signs of neural tube defects or Down's Syndrome, and my one hour glucose test came back normal, so no signs of gestational diabetes!! Everything is going great, now we have the challenge of figuring out what to do with the nursery :) We will have our next appointment and a 4D ultrasound on our anniversary August 23. Then we're off to Vegas!
Mommy at 18 weeks

Daddy and Mommy at our 18 week appointment

Grandma Joy, Daddy, Mommy, and Mammaw after our appointments

It's a Boy!

Our baby's profile

Our baby's foot :)

14 weeks

It is hard to believe, but the baby is now 14 weeks along. We went to our second OB appointment today at Trihealth Nurse Midwives. We were able to hear the heartbeat!! Ryan had the hugest smile on his face and I cried, of course!! We met with another midwife, Cheyenne, and she was very nice. I'm working at Bethesda some now through TriHealth, and she treated me very much like a colleague which made me feel good! She said the heartbeat was very strong (in the 140's) and perfect and that everything is looking great!! She wanted to do the ultrasound at 20 weeks, but we talked about it and she agreed that we could get it the same day as our 18 week appointment, so we will get it in 4 weeks on July 26!! Hopefully the baby will cooperate and we will get to find out then if we are having a boy or a girl! When we found out we were expecting, it seemed like it would be so long until we could find out what we are having... now it is only 4 weeks away :) We are also going to go on our anniversary, August 23, and get a 3D ultrasound and video done as a special gift to us :)

Mommy at 14 weeks - starting to have a little baby bump :)

First appointment at 10 weeks!

We went to our first OB appointment today. We decided to go to Trihealth Nurse Midwives and we really like the practice!! Everyone there is really nice and we are looking forward to going there. They deliver at Good Sam. Everything went really well, we didn't really hear anything that we didn't already know!! Neither one of us have any health issues so that was easy :) They are still saying the estimated due date is December 27, lets keep our fingers crossed that the baby will decide to come before the holiday!! Physically she said I am measuring around 9 weeks, date wise I am 10 weeks. We met with one of the 6 midwives on staff and loved her. She said they usually can't hear the heartbeat until 11-12 weeks, so we will have to wait until our next appointment, which is June 28. They won't plan to do an ultrasound until around 20 weeks, which is standard practice now. So hopefully we will find out in August if our little one is a boy or girl!! It will be a nice anniversary present and also some encouragement for baby shopping on our Vegas trip with friends the end of August :)

Today was the start of our "Thursday" rituals! Mommy and Daddy planned the midwife appointments on Thursdays and had date days together :)

Mommy - 10 weeks pregnant



Mommy and Daddy at our first midwife appointment:

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! Mommy and Daddy were so excited to finally share the big news of their pregnancy with their families! We wanted to plan something very special to announce our pregnancy.

Mommy and Daddy bought special cards for the grandma's, bibs that said "I Love Grandma", and vases with fresh tulips.



We went to church with Mammaw and Papaw, and went to Outback for lunch with the Branton family. Here is Mammaw opening her card - she looked at the card, grabbed Papaw's glasses, read it again, and then started crying!



Then we went to Mom and Jim's house. Mom was very excited and got the news right away when she read the card!



We then went to Dad and Anne's house, and Grandma Gabbard was there too. It took them both a minute to realize what the cards meant, and then the excitement kicked in!



We were very excited to share our news with our families!! We will be going to our first midwife appointment May 31 at Trihealth Nurse Midwives. Our little baby will be 10 weeks along then!

The secret's out...

Mommy and Daddy went to Putter's to hang out and listen to a band with their friends Danielle, Jon, Mandi, and Heather. Mommy was nervous before going because she was trying to keep the pregnancy a secret until Mother's Day! She had Daddy buy her a strawberry daquiri without any rum so no one would notice she didn't have a grown up drink. Heather noticed this, but Mommy tried to push it off :) A little later that evening, the girls went and brought Mommy another drink and she tried to give it to Daddy, but it didn't work... the girls noticed what I was trying to do, and Heather said "You're pregnant!" Everyone got all excited and started crying and announcing the big news to the people at Putter's :) They were all sworn to secrecy, because the very next day we were having a fundraiser for the March of Dimes, and the grandma's were going to be there!

We're having a baby!!

Mommy and Daddy found out today that they were expecting a baby! Mommy woke up early in the morning and was reading some posts on the chatboard on The Nest. Mommy's period was late but she had just been waiting to see if it would come. One of the girls on The Nest (Jenna!) announced that she had a bfp (big fat positive!), and Mommy got up the nerve to take a test herself. She got dressed and went to the store to buy a test. She came home and took a digital Clearblue Easy test, which said Pregnant! Daddy woke up and came to see what Mommy was doing, and she told him the news :) We were both very excited about being parents and both started crying! We decided to wait until Mother's Day to announce the big news :) We thought it would be extra special to announce it that day. Mommy went out and bought prenatal vitamins and started them right away.