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??

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 :)!!!