Just thought I'd post a pic of me as I'm entering my 11th week. Not quite showing yet but I've been feeling a little "bloated" lately and can't quite suck in my gut as well.Paul's moving along a little faster than I am.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Week 11
Just thought I'd post a pic of me as I'm entering my 11th week. Not quite showing yet but I've been feeling a little "bloated" lately and can't quite suck in my gut as well.Paul's moving along a little faster than I am.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Baby Gardners First Cameo
Today I had my first pregnancy appointment!
Paul was able to come with and what an awesome thing to do together. Since I am in my 9th week of pregnancy we were able to do an ultrasound, as pictured below, and get an official due date.
I really don't have words for the way it feels the first time you see your baby. Even though it doesn't resemble much except a peanut with tadpole extremities, it was quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen. Dr. Grady, our OB, did an excellent job of describing what we were seeing and letting Paul and me just enjoy that moment together. We were able to see and hear it's little heart pumping a million miles per hour and even see the blood flowing through its tiny umbilical cord. A couple times it moved it's arms and legs, which totally blew my mind.
Even though I knew I was pregnant, after this moment I knew I was for real pregnant. Now that I've seen this little alive and moving alien-like creature it gives me a whole new perspective and source of anticipation for what's to come.
In the picture you can see the baby at the bottom in the dark circle. It's head is the big right blob, its back is towards the bottom of the picture and you can see it's little arms and lets sticking out of the top of the second smaller blob (it's body). With a head like that, our baby is bound to be the next Einstein.
My due date is August 20th and the baby is a whopping 1 inch long!
Paul was able to come with and what an awesome thing to do together. Since I am in my 9th week of pregnancy we were able to do an ultrasound, as pictured below, and get an official due date.
I really don't have words for the way it feels the first time you see your baby. Even though it doesn't resemble much except a peanut with tadpole extremities, it was quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen. Dr. Grady, our OB, did an excellent job of describing what we were seeing and letting Paul and me just enjoy that moment together. We were able to see and hear it's little heart pumping a million miles per hour and even see the blood flowing through its tiny umbilical cord. A couple times it moved it's arms and legs, which totally blew my mind.
Even though I knew I was pregnant, after this moment I knew I was for real pregnant. Now that I've seen this little alive and moving alien-like creature it gives me a whole new perspective and source of anticipation for what's to come.
In the picture you can see the baby at the bottom in the dark circle. It's head is the big right blob, its back is towards the bottom of the picture and you can see it's little arms and lets sticking out of the top of the second smaller blob (it's body). With a head like that, our baby is bound to be the next Einstein.
My due date is August 20th and the baby is a whopping 1 inch long!
A New Year, A New Life
Happy New Year!
This year we spent Christmas and New Years with Paul's family in Virginia Beach. It's was very nice to visit the east coast and spend our first holiday season married with Paul's family.
Speaking of family, before we left for VA we broke the news of baby Gardner via Skype to my parents. To get the best reaction, we emailed the picture of my positive pregnancy test to them and let them figure it out. Needless to say they were shocked, but once the initial blow wore off were incredibly excited and supportive. Our conversation concluded with them pondering what they wanted baby G to call them. I think I can safely say they are looking forward to being grandparents.
Thankfully we were able to tell at least one set of our parents in person since "conveniently" we got pregnant right before Christmas. The night we arrived in Virginia Beach we told Paul's parents and sister. The twist is that Paul's parents best friends, the Phillip's, are about to become grandparents in late spring as well, so we thought it would be fun to tie that in to the surprise since both couples have been through just about every major life event together since college. We gave them this book, Grandloving, and wrote the following on a card:
"The Phillips are moving on to to the next stage in their lives, and we didn't want you to feel left out..."
Their reaction was priceless, as was Paul's sister's, Christine's, immediate comment, "are you joking? please tell me you're not joking". We were also able to tell Paul's grandparents the following morning who will be first time great-grandparents. It was a great time of celebration with his family. Everyone of course was extremely excited and as the holiday progressed it got even more fun with Paul's mom, Carole, breaking out some of Paul and Christine's baby clothes, old family films, and sharing stories of their pregnancies.
As we expected since telling our parents we are getting more and more excited about Baby G's coming. Thankfully, as Carole said, the baby doesn't come right away and we still have ~8 months to prepare ourselves. The next big step is breaking the news to the rest of the world.
This year we spent Christmas and New Years with Paul's family in Virginia Beach. It's was very nice to visit the east coast and spend our first holiday season married with Paul's family.
Speaking of family, before we left for VA we broke the news of baby Gardner via Skype to my parents. To get the best reaction, we emailed the picture of my positive pregnancy test to them and let them figure it out. Needless to say they were shocked, but once the initial blow wore off were incredibly excited and supportive. Our conversation concluded with them pondering what they wanted baby G to call them. I think I can safely say they are looking forward to being grandparents.
Thankfully we were able to tell at least one set of our parents in person since "conveniently" we got pregnant right before Christmas. The night we arrived in Virginia Beach we told Paul's parents and sister. The twist is that Paul's parents best friends, the Phillip's, are about to become grandparents in late spring as well, so we thought it would be fun to tie that in to the surprise since both couples have been through just about every major life event together since college. We gave them this book, Grandloving, and wrote the following on a card:
"The Phillips are moving on to to the next stage in their lives, and we didn't want you to feel left out..."
Their reaction was priceless, as was Paul's sister's, Christine's, immediate comment, "are you joking? please tell me you're not joking". We were also able to tell Paul's grandparents the following morning who will be first time great-grandparents. It was a great time of celebration with his family. Everyone of course was extremely excited and as the holiday progressed it got even more fun with Paul's mom, Carole, breaking out some of Paul and Christine's baby clothes, old family films, and sharing stories of their pregnancies.
As we expected since telling our parents we are getting more and more excited about Baby G's coming. Thankfully, as Carole said, the baby doesn't come right away and we still have ~8 months to prepare ourselves. The next big step is breaking the news to the rest of the world.
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