The Heartbeat....

So I'm a little slow at posting this......we had our appointment last Monday (May 11th) and got to hear the heartbeat of our sweet little baby! Pretty much the greatest sound I've ever heard. The doctor said it was a "good, strong heartbeat", and it was pretty steady at 161. Also high, so I'm told.

We're just getting more and more excited by the day, even though there's still a long ways to go!! It will be here fast at the rate time is going right now!! I ordered a crib last week and just got a call last night that it is in for us to pick up!! Yippee! I will go to pick it up Sunday, and I'm guessing that is how Jared will spend Memorial Day......putting our little peanut's crib together!! How awesome!

Our next appointment is June 9th. We will hear the heartbeat again at that one. Then, the next appointment after that is the really exciting one.......WE GET TO FIND OUT IF IT'S A BOY OR GIRL!! Yep, that first week in July is when I have my next ultrasound and we'll get to find out!! I'm just praying peanut cooperates so they can tell me and it's not "inconclusive"....might be hard to talk Jared into footing the bill for an extra ultrasound to try to find out again!! Haha!!

Everyone have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend - we'll keep you posted!!!

13 Weeks

I am officially 13 weeks along tommorow, May 5th! One week from today is my next appointment (May 11th), at which time we will get to hear the heartbeat for the first time!! We cannot wait! I'm feeling great and wouldn't even know I'm pregnant except for this suddenly-appearing bump on the front of me. Oh, and I guess Jared would say the fact that I can't stay awake most of the time is another clue that I am in fact preggo!!

Since the heartbeat was so high, at 174, everyone's convinced it's a girl. I'm not really, really convinced one way or the other, so I think either way will be a wonderful suprise for us come July. Yep, July is when we find out, and yes we're finding out. Sorry, I'm too much of a planner to wait until November to know!!

I'll post an update next week after we hear the heartbeat! Hope you all have a great week. I don't know about you, but it feels like time is flying by already.......I can't believe it's already May. Pretty soon I'll be saying "I can't believe it's November," right?!?!

We Saw Our Little Peanut Today!

As you know by now (or a few of you we didn't catch at home will hopefully know this weekend!), we are having a baby! We had our ultrasound today, and everything looks great! Peanut's heartbeat was 172 I think - which sounds insane to me, but they said that was great! We could see the little legs kicking and arms moving around. The ultrasound tech said it was "an active baby with legs we could definitely see" - yep, that would be the Meyer's baby!! Haha!

So, the actual due date is November 10th. I'm actually not as far along as they thought - I was 9 weeks on Tuesday, not 10. So, baby is due then - so, so exciting!! We will be able to find out the beginning of July if it is a boy or girl, and yes, we will be finding out!! Gotta find out what color that nursery should be!!

Thank you for all of your prayers! The doctor said I am categorized as "High Risk" pregnancy because of the M.S., but that in no way affects the baby or its development. It is just classified as that because of the risks it poses for me not being on meds, etc, etc. But, God is so good and my MRI's were so wonderful in January despite being off my medications since July, so we will just keep saying prayers.

Anyhow, we will keep you updated as time goes on! Peanut is about an inch in length this week - literally the size of a peanut :)!! We are just so excited and cannot wait to meet our little man or little princess in November!!

Take care & happy Easter to you all!

Love, Emily & Jared

Here are a couple of pics - my scanner isn't working, so I had to take pictures of the ultrasound pics - not the greatest, but you get the idea :)!!!

We're having a baby!!

Most of you don't know yet, but we're having a baby! We are waiting to tell everyone until after the ultrasound, which is Thursday, April 9th. We are so excited to hear little peanut's heartbeat and see pictures! We are so blessed to be going through this experience & can't wait unti November!! We'll know an "exact" due date after the ultrasound, and will post pics! And then we can share our news with everyone (finally!).