Baby Boy!

It's a boy! Our little guy did great in the ultrasound. Our ultrasound tech is a heart specialist, so she took all kinds of pictures of his heart. He has all his chambers and arteries and they are connected properly. His stomach and kidneys and brain look beautiful also! She couldn't get a good look at his spine because he was sitting up crisscross applesauce against my spine, so we have to go back in 3 weeks for some more pictures. Darn. :-D The tech and the doctor both assure us that nothing looks funny, they just have to see it. He looks beautiful! Mommy thinks he looks like Adam and Lisa thinks his nose looks like Emily. Maybe it's both. Can't wait for our next glimpse at him. Now to come up with some boy names.

Also, as promised, some pictures of my latest projects. I love the way this blanket turned out. I made these mittens this weekend after we met our little boy. :-D

16 weeks

So, defiantly progressing on the baby belly. I cannot wear any of my dress pants, so for school this week I had to try out the maternity pants for the first time. Comfy. :-D

I also finished the baby blanket I started, but as my husband and his camera are almost never home when I am awake, I don't have a picture of it. It looks like I will need to get my own camera before this baby gets here.

Other news from our house: School has started. Bridges is a lot less intimidating the second time around. The first two days were almost easy. I guess that is the benefit of having all the same kids in the same room with the same staff. I am keeping up a blog there too, if anyone is interested: Bridges Rocks!

Also, our dear Emily Fleenor the original has gone away to school this very evening and left all of us to think about how awesome she is and how lousy our lives are without her. Good thing she is going to have such a good time. :-D

13 weeks

No maternity pants yet, but heading in that direction.

We don't find out if we are having a boy or a girl for 6 more weeks, which makes it difficult to knit stuff. I have made a few things though, starting with these little mittens. After all, the baby will be born in January.



Also I am working on this blanket that is designed to look like a patchwork quilt. It is really fun to knit and turning out to be pretty cute. :-)

12 weeks!

We have made it through the uncertain first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Woohoo!

So far, things are going pretty well. I haven't been sick that much, only a day here and there. I got to hear the heartbeat at the last doctor's appointment. It was beautiful! :-)

We have been spreading the news a bit further now that we are this far along. We got to tell grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc over the 4th of July weekend. We got to tell almost everyone in person, except for Josh's Colorado and Raleigh folks. Everyone was overjoyed.

We have a small collection of baby stuff: a onesie from Disney that we picked out, a sleeper/hat/bootie set from Aunt Ann, girl and boy t-shirts my mom got for Josh for Father's Day, and a sweet little afghan from Jennifer. Baby presents are fun. :-D

Josh and I are enjoying anticipating our little one. We lay in bed in the morning talking about baby names and how we won't be able to lay in bed and talk for many more mornings. We are anxious to find out if it is a boy or a girl, which the doctor said will happen at the beginning of September. Can't wait!

Will take another tummy picture soon!

First Baby Pictures

This is our 7 1/2 week sonogram picture. When my best friend Cayli saw this picture she said "It's beautiful! Is it that spot in the middle?" Ha!

Here is my almost-nonexhistant baby belly. At the rate I am eating, this will improve quickly. :-D

It's Official!

We are having a baby! We are so excited. One of our first thoughts (after "there's no going back now" and "is it a boy or a girl?") was "We need to start a blog!" We have fallen in love with our dear cousins Andrew, Isaiah, and Wyatt and we haven't even met them. What a great way to let distant family in on your life! So, big change is coming around the corner, January 24th to be more specific. :-D