T Minus 5 Days and 22 hours

In case anyone is keeping track - haha, probably not as obsessively as I am - that is how long we have until we find out if this is a boy or girl inside of me!! I can't wait, can you tell?? The blog will look different once I know, because I'll make it boy-ish or girl-ish, duh!! That's part of the fun of finding out, right?? So, the countdown continues!!

I'm feeling great and can't believe how fast time is going!! I'm over 1/2 way there now, and just feel completely blessed to be having this experience! We're so pumped! Jared will be SUCH a good dad - he is so excited and can't wait to find out if he'll have a son or daughter!!

Well, until next week - This is Emily and Peanut signing out :)

A Movin' and a Shakin'!!!

Last night I felt peanut move for the first time!! It was crazy!! I was laying in bed watching TV, and kept wondering what in the world I ate that was making my stomach 'bubble' and 'flutter' so much. (I'm kind of slow these days!!). Then I realized it wasn't bubbles - it was peanut moving around!! It lasted for a couple of minutes, then came back a couple of times for a minute or two. Just little flutters - so cute & so amazing!!

Soon it will be big feet and hands and will feel like much more than a cute little flutter, I'm sure!! I think I fall asleep too soon to ever feel it at night - maybe it will happen again tonight!! This is just too much fun!

The summer heat definitely hit here today - pregnant in the summer might be interesting, but I can handle it. Bring on the heat!!

Oh, and in case anyone's counting.....T minus 2 weeks and 5 days until the ultrasound!! Not that I'm excited or anything :).

Stay tuned................Oh, and here's a pic of my dogs & my sis's dogs (mine are the one on the far left & far right) because they're cute (and my babies too).

Heartbeat Heard, Ultrasound Scheduled :)

We had a doctor's appointment yesterday. Heartbeat was hanging right around 160 the whole time. It was so amazing! The heartbeat was twice as loud as last time - growing stronger already!! Also, we could hear baby kicking, which was so stinkin' cute. I still can't feel movement, but probably won't for a few weeks more.

We are quickly realizing how fast time does go......in 2 weeks I'll be 1/2 way there!! What a miracle!! Our ultrasound is officially scheduled for July 6th. At this appointment they will check the anatomy of the baby, making sure everything measures okay, and they will tell us the gender of the baby as well!! Woohoo!! No more referring to baby as "it" - it'll be "he" or "she"!!! So, we're very excited for that appointment, knowing it will be here before we know it, as the month is so busy and time flies!!

Everyone keeps saying they want to see a pic of me with a "belly." This isn't a "belly" shot - sorry, I think those are kinda weird to post!! But, it's a pic of me and Jared at a wedding last weekend - yep, and the baby bump!!!

The First Big Purchase......

We got the crib!! It's so much fun to have something set up in the room that's for baby - it feels even more real now!! I'd been looking at cribs and finally decided on this one. It's so pretty and fits great in the (tiny) room that will be baby's!!

It took a while to put together - way too many parts!!! And of course, I'm sure it was my handing Jared the tools - a screwdriver I think??, and the dog's stealing all the tiny parts that really made the process go a lot faster for Jared - haha!! (Sarcasm, of course!!)

It's so cute, I can't quit staring at it!! I have the dresser/changer picked out, but we'll wait for a while to buy that - we have some time, and buying it slowly makes it seem cheaper, right?!?!?

Our next appointment is Monday at 4:00 pm. We will get to hear the heartbeat again of course, and schedule our ultrasound for July - woohoo!!

Hope you have a great weekend!! Talk to you soon!!

Emily

P.S. No, that's not the ugly the yellow the room will be - waiting until we find out boy or girl to paint, remember??