July 15th We are officially going to be parents!

After keeping pretty quiet for the last 3 months we are so excited to finally announce that we are expecting! We definitely were not planning on starting our family this early but feel very blessed! We thought we were preventing pregnancy, but apparently God has other plans for us! I distinctly had a conversation with Jason about 2 months ago (ironic to think about it now because we were pregnant at the time) asking him when we could "start trying" and we had both agreed that May 2010 would be a good time....well sounds like January 2010 sounded better and that is when this little peanut is supposed to join this world!

I had been teasing Jason each month since we have been married about my period being a day to two days late ever since I switched from birth control pills to the nuvaring. But.... in May when I was 4 days late I started to wonder....so we jokingly went to the store to get a couple EPT tests just to put aside our wonders.....without even thinking I was pregnant I went in to take the test and instantly it turned positive.....you are supposed to wait up to 2 minutes for the result but as soon as it was positive a little grin krept onto my face! Jason was on the phone at the time so I made him get off and told him the test was positive! His facial expression was priceles....total shock.....he said "what, whoa....ok.....what!?!" "aren't you supposed to wait 2 minutes or something?" "whoa.....ok.....well......we can take another test, right?!" So 4 hours later we took another test and sure enough...it was positive. So, of course, my first reaction was....ok, I need prenatal vitamins, and I want to buy the book "What to expect when you are expecting" and by this time Jason's head was spinning! I would say after about 5 days he started turning around...I just kept telling him....you aren't having the reaction I thought you would have.....and he just kept telling me.....you need to let it sink in a little! After it sunk in, he has been very attentive asking me about my synthroid and prenatal intake and allowing me to rest as much as possible!

Luckily my only major symptom in the first trimester was exhaustion! I never had morning sickness although in the evenings I would tend to have an unsettled tummy. Now...onto the second trimester already! We are definitely going to find out the sex of the baby, although I am thinking it is a boy....just a feeling! We are planning on moving into a bigger apartment here in the city and this time I am going to hold out for a parking space! So I believe the date we are going to find out the sex of the baby is August 31st! Here are some pics of our little one at 12 weeks....on ultrasound the baby was measuring at 13 weeks 2 days, but I think we are sticking with our original due date of January 25th, 2010.

The ultrasound was so magnified that we were able to count all 5 fingers and toes on at least a few limbs! We were able to see 2 hemispheres of the babies brain, an intact spinal cord and an enclosed abdominal cavity! Whew....looks like a healthy baby so far....we did get to listen to the heartbeat and it was pretty amazing! Still can't quite convince myself this is happening yet....even after seeing this pictures! It is just a miracle that you can be growing a life inside our your own body!