First Comes Love, Second Come Marriage, Third comes a baby in a baby carriage.

Yup, That is right. We are expecting a little baby and we are SO excited! Over the last couple months I have just written little thoughts about how I have been feeling. If you want to read them go ahead, we are SO excited!

 We found out in May. I thought I might be pregnant, so got a pregnancy test and it was positive. I could not sleep that whole night. I just kept praying and worrying and talking to my little special baby. Kevin was gone in the truck, and came home two days later. I just wanted to call and tell him every single second of the day, but I figured that I could not tell Kevin over the phone! That would be so lame. So when he got home from his work, I had made a very cheesy candy bar poster that revealed my little secret. I think I was more excited than Kevin was, but he gave me a big hug and I am pretty sure I was crying. After I finally composed myself a little better, Kevin said that he already knew! He didn't know for sure, but he said he had a feeling. I was kind of bummed that he already knew because I wanted to surprise him, but it was still really exciting. We went to a couple appointments where they checked on me and if we had any questions we could ask them. At my 8 week appointment the doctor did a little ultrasound. It was amazing. Kevin wasn't able to come, but I got to see it wiggling around. It was such a touching sight. The baby was 3 cm long at the 8 week appointment. I couldn't believe that even though it was so small, you could start seeing little features. ( like a head, and I think that I could see little starting of arms and legs)

We told my family at 8 weeks, on the same day that I had my first little ultrasound, which happened to be my birthday. We thought it would be funny to have me open a present that had a little baby outfit in it. We thought right. It was perfect. Before going out to my birthday dinner, I opened one present. The expression on my families faces were priceless. I am so glad that Kevin was able to get these pictures.

Before I opened the picture.....

Mom knows what is going on......

Everyone else caught on.....

Hugs and Celebrating all around! 

 It ended up being the perfect way to tell my family we were expecting what we now know is our sweet little girl!


During the first trimester I have been so sick. I know that I have had a better pregnancy than a lot of people, but it is exhausting. I would throw up at least twice a day, and I would feel sick the rest of the time. I had absolutely no energy. I felt so bad for Kevin during this time. I would come home from work and nothing sounded good to eat (except for pizza for some reason), and I was too tired to cook or go grocery shopping. We never had any food in the house. I think Kevin survived off of Ramen Noodles and chicken noodle soup for a while. 

As I am writing this post, I am currently at 14 weeks. It is so nice to be out of the first trimester. I only throw up every once in a while, and I have so much more energy. For some reason food still doesn't sound super good, so I haven't been grocery shopping in a while, but I feel a ton better than I have the last couple of months. I cannot wait to find out the gender in a couple of weeks. I am mostly excited to start feeling the baby. I cannot wait to feel it hiccup, and move and kick. As of my 14 week e-mail that I receive, my baby is the size of a lemon and can now make faces. I am so excited.

7/25/2013
Today I went in for a check up. I got to listen to the babies heartbeat. It was at 140 beats per minute. It was the most exciting thing. So far I feel the same. I haven't really gained any weight, the only difference is that I have felt so sick and throw up a lot more than I did before I was pregnant, but today it hit me. I have a baby inside of me! The second I heard the heartbeat I just got the biggest smile on my face. I was so happy. The next appointment is set in 4 weeks from now. We will be getting an ultrasound on that appointment. I cannot wait!

7/26/2013
Hello Baby,
I am just thinking about you. I just love you so much. I can't wait to feel you move. Also, Thank you for not making me feel as sick as you used to. I know it is not your fault, but I am glad that I am not feeling so sick. I am also kind of excited to start showing. Some people have touched my belly, and it felt weird because I don't really have a belly for them to touch (except just my normal size belly). That is all, I just love you, I hope you know that already!

Mom

8/21/2013
I have started feeling you move around now. It is exciting. I think it is you moving around anyway and not just my stomach. I like knowing that you are moving and are alive. I pray every day that you are health and strong. I can eat pretty much anything I want right now (as long as it is healthy). None of it makes me sick. Also, tomorrow I go in for an ultra sound. We are going to find out your gender tomorrow. Grandma texted me this morning and is so excited to find out! I am also so excited to find out. Last week I almost went to my last job where they have an ultra sound machine and had them do a quick free ultra sound just so I could find out the gender, but I am waiting. I can't wait to see you tomorrow!

8/22/2013
Today was wonderful. I called the doctor's office this morning to see if they had an earlier appointment that I could come in for. They did! Instead of going in at 3, we were able to go in at 10:30. They were so nice to fit us in, Kevin has to drive and will be gone at 3, but he was able to make it to this ultrasound. It was wonderful. We went in and then we the doctor started looking. We saw all 4 chambers of our babies heart. We saw legs and arms and a head. It was wonderful. Then the doctor said that we are having a GIRL!! We are so excited!!!! She is going to be so amazing! We can't wait for her to come. We are almost half way there! We love this sweet little pea!