It's A....

Boy!!!

The Gender Reveal was a blast and such a success! We were in complete shock. Lee and I both were 99% sure that we were having a GIRL. I just thought it was girl, thought I had that "mother's intuition" (apparently not). With my morning sickness and other "old wives tales", I thought for sure girl. Lee had been saying the majority of the pregnancy that it was a boy, until the sonogram. He thought he could tell from the sonogram that it was for sure a girl. He was so confident in his assessment. This then made me lean even more on the girl side.

So when the balloons popped out... I cried. Of course tears of joy... we were wanting a boy first. I'm still in shock. I was so confident that pink balloons were going to pop out, but blue came instead! So excited! We are so thrilled to start thinking of names and nursery ideas! I just don't have many words... I'm speechless. So excited!

Boy or Girl?!?!

Such an exciting week!

This past Sunday I felt the first "kick"! I was sitting in church and felt some movement and put my hand down on my belly at just the right moment! It was very surreal. I'm feeling more and more movements each day. So fun and yet so weird to think about another human life growing inside of you. Such a miracle! It's making this all seem so real.

Another exciting part of this week... we get to find out the gender!! I'm beyond excited! Somehow we are going to resist finding out at the doctors office and have them seal the results in an envelope. We will then reveal the results with our families! I am going to have to hand off of the envelope very quickly so that I am not tempted to rip it open and find out... this will be hard. Lee had decided he is just going to pay the doctor to find out. Hopefully that doesn't happen so that the surprise will be so special!

I can't believe we will find out boy or girl this week!! EEEK... We can finally start talking about names and nursery ideas and register.... oh the joy! I'm ready to meet this bundle of joy.

17 Weeks

Almost to the halfway point...

The doctor says I should start feeling some movements in the next couple of weeks. On Tuesday my stomach was twitching a lot, (like the feeling when your eye twitches) which some people say that is the baby moving around. It was happening an awful lot all day Tuesday, so I think it may have just been a coincidence.

Not much to report this week...

Here is our updated picture...

Here's to 2013

Goodbye 2012. You have been more than a blessing to us. We got to enjoy one of the best years yet. Mexico with the family in January, Disney World with the family in May, Paris/Venice/Florence/Rome in August, Branson for Thanksgiving with the family.... and the best part of 2012... finding out we are expecting! I couldn't have asked for a more blessed year. Thank you Lord for allowing us to enjoy your creation and blessings.

I can't wait for 2013! Ready to experience many firsts. The first time I feel my baby kick, finding out the gender of our little bundle of joy, seeing my baby's face, becoming a parent.... let the adventure begin!