First comes love, then comes marriage…

Then comes a BABY in the BABY CARRIAGE!  We are overjoyed to announce that we are expecting our first baby around December 21, 2010!  It’s been a very long journey to get to this point, and we couldn’t be happier.  I have so much to tell about our journey, but for now I’m just too happy to go there.  

Last night I found myself bawling in the car listening to a sappy song, but these tears were happy ones.  It felt so good to finally release all my fears, hopes and joys.  It has been a long time since I felt that way.  I guess I just couldn’t believe that we are actually becoming parents.  This has been my life-long dream, ever since I was a little girl.  On my first day of kindergarten, my mom was walking me to the bus stop and I told her, “Mom, I don’t need to go to school because I’m just going to be a mom like you.”  Almost 25 years later, that dream is finally coming true!

We have lots of “pictures” of our little peanut, so be prepared.  I’m not even going to apologize for posting all these; I’m just too happy to care. :)

Peanut at 5 weeks, 6 days – the size of a piece of rice

Peanut at 6 weeks, 6 days – the size of a peanut (and the origin of our nickname for the baby)

Peanut at 7 weeks, 6 days – the size of a gummy bear

Another look at 7 weeks, 6 days

After this, we were released to our regular OBGYN, whom we got to see last week.  We weren’t actually scheduled for another ultrasound, but he did one at the beginning of our appointment.  He’s the best doctor EVER!  (I had to take pictures of these pictures because our scanner is broken, so they’re not the greatest.)

Peanut at 11 weeks, 1 day.  Dr. P said the baby was waving to us in this picture.  Really?!?  Couldn’t tell. 

He said this one was looking down at baby’s head.  Again, I have no idea.  I just hope that my inability to read ultrasounds has no bearing on my ability to be a mom.

There are a couple more pictures, but I don’t even remember what they are supposed to be of - please don’t judge me.  During this ultrasound, the baby was moving around like crazy. Dr. P said its arms and legs were constantly moving, like the baby was swimming.  Peanut wouldn’t sit still long enough to get the heartbeat, but apparently that’s okay because we know for sure its heart was beating the way it was moving around.  I just hope this isn’t a sign of things to come…namely, ADHD!  And Jonathan’s comment was, “I don’t really want our baby to be a swimmer.  Swimmers are weird.”  Really?!?  Cause that’s what I was worried about. 

So we’ve made it to 12 weeks, and everything is looking great, and I feel like I can finally breathe again.  Thanks for sharing in our joy with us!

“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.” Psalm 126:3