Think Pink

We went to the doctor yesterday and found out our little one is a baby girl!!! We are so excited and thrilled. We were also both in shock and surprised. My husband was convinced it was a boy and therefore he had me convinced as well. I just always knew I would have a boy first. It's so funny how you think one way and you just know your right and then its the opposite. As soon as the ultrasound tech put the wand on my stomach she immediately said its a girl. I couldn't believe it. I wish i would have had a video of our reactions. It was such a surreal experience and makes this pregnancy seem so much more real now. My baby is no longer "the baby" or "he/she" or "him/her" or 'it" or "baby s" my baby is now a SHE.......a precious little baby girl. We didn't get the best pictures of her yesterday because I guess she was moving around and now that shes bigger you can just see one little part of her at a time. Everything looked good and I was so thankful for a great appointment and a healthy baby. I was so anxious and nervous yesterday and as soon as I saw my sweet baby on that screen all those fears were taken away. We are still in awe that we are going to be parents of a sweet little girl. We can't wait to meet her and dress her up and put bows in her hair. I have been looking at girl stuff all day. It is so much fun and there is SO MUCH cute stuff!! We had fun calling all of our friends and family and letting them know our news. I think everyone was surprised because most people thought it was going to be a boy.

We have had our baby names picked out since we have been married. We both love old traditional family names. I like names that have a special meaning to me and to Todd.
She shall be called.......

MARY KATHRYN

She is named after my mom and grandmother. My moms name and my Nana's name is Kathryn. The Mary comes from my great aunt Mary Marshall who I am semi names after. My middle name is Marshall. We will call her Mary Kathryn. I have always always loved this name and I am so excited about naming my little girl. Last night I barely slept because I was so giddy about having a little girl and finally knowing who my baby was in there. Oh and I am officially 19 weeks today. I will do a 19 week post tomorrow maybe and a few sneak peeks of what we are thinking nursery wise. :) Who knew picking out bedding would be so difficult, but I think we have finally agreed on something.

A few sneak peeks of our little girl....

Gifts from her grandmothers. She is already going to be spoiled rotten. This is very dangerous. haha.
My mom got MK her first pair of shoes. Are they not the cutest thing ever? I could just squeal with excitement!! She also bought her an outfit and the picture frame above. Todd's mom got us a little basket with a few goodies. We are blessed to have such wonderful parents and for MK to have wonderful grandparents.

PINK OR BLUE???

PINK OR BLUE??

That is today's question. Today is our anatomy ultrasound and I could not be more excited and thrilled. I haven't seen our little baby since 11 weeks at the doctor. Of course I snuck a peek at work but you couldn't really see the whole baby. I know Baby S is going to look so different now. I am a ball of nerves and so anxious. I don't know why but I guess I am just ready to see our sweet baby and know that everything looks perfect. Of course I didn't get a wink of sleep last night. I tossed and turned all night thinking what will this baby be. I have always wanted a boy and a girl so it doesn't matter to me one bit, I just want a healthy baby!!! I know that God is in control and he is taking care of our little one. :) Its funny how at the beginning of the pregnancy you think that this day cannot come fast enough and now its here so quickly. Today we can start calling our baby by name. Today we can start really planning our nursery. Today we get to share the best news with our friends and family. 2:30 can not come soon enough!! My mom is coming up this afternoon so she will be in the room with us and I am so excited to share this experience with her. I am sure there will be lots of happy tears. :) She hasn't seen the baby at all except for u/s pictures I send her so she will get a glimpse of her first granddaughter or grandson. Everyone is on pins and needles waiting for us to call and let them know our big news. This is probably the best day next to the day when we told our parents and family. Today our lives really change as we will know that our little family of two is expanding to a family of three and if that family of three will include a baby girl or a baby boy. I honestly cant stop smiling today just thinking about it. :) Its a good thing I am at work so I am keeping busy and the day isn't dragging on too terribly bad. I have wondered about this day my whole life and now it is here. My sweet little baby I will finally get to call you by name. I thank God every day he has blessed us with you. You are LOVED so much. You will never know how much your mommy and daddy prayed for you and loved you.

We put together the bouncer last night because we were curious as to what it was like. Its so cute. I love seeing baby things in our house. We brought our dog Bentley inside and he is scared of it. It was so funny, he would not even go near it and he followed me all around the house. He would not leave my side. I have a feeling he might know something is up. Maybe he knows he will no longer be our only baby.

I promise to post tonight after we find out. I can't wait to share the news with everyone. :)

Here is a picture I snapped this morning. Im sporting a pink shirt under my scrubs. ;) I honestly have no clue what I am having but thought it would be fun to wear pink and I told my hubby to wear blue. hehe ;)

18 weeks

Today I am 18 weeks pregnant. WOW!! I can't believe in 2 more weeks I will be halfway through my pregnancy. That is just crazy to me. These last couple of weeks have certainly flown by. So far I am still feeling great. I have not had any bad pregnancy symptoms lately. My face is finally clearing up and my baby bump is definitely there. I am not sure how much weight I have gained since my last appointment. We will see what the doctor says next week. My only real craving has been anything spicy. Yes, I know I sound like a crazy person but so far I haven't had any heartburn and I want everything to be spicy. I also want to put jalapenos on everything. I have always loved spicy food but now I love it even more. I might regret this in the near future if I do start having heartburn. This past weekend was my brothers wedding and we had a blast. Details to come soon on that after I download all my pictures. I enjoyed seeing all of our friends and family and so glad that my family was able to see my while I am pregnant since most of them live out of state. I am so ready to find out what little baby stracener is, I can hardly stand it. 6 days and counting. My mom sent me an email today to look at the website best dressed child, which I have looked at before and love. She said how broke she was going to be when this baby comes and I agree. I will be just as broke. How can you not love sweet baby clothes!!! They are so cute!!! I am not sure if I have felt the baby move or not. Sometimes I feel like oh baby that is the baby moving but other times I am just not so sure. When I laid on my stomach the other day something definitely adjusted in my belly. I was like oops I guess I shouldn't have done that. I am sleeping really good lately, which is nice. It seemed like early on in my pregnancy I would toss and turn a lot so I am enjoying my sleep while I can and while I can get comfortable. I hope to update a little more often on the pregnancy as I want this to look back on. I am also so excited that so many of my friends are pregnant as well. It is so much fun to share this journey. My best friend just found out yesterday she is having a baby girl and I am over the moon for her. I was on pins and needles all day yesterday waiting for her to call. I can't wait until our babies get here and they can meet. :)

My 18 week picture. Not the most glamorous picture but the hubby just left to go to church choir practice. Plus its hard to take a self portrait. (haha)

Lately

I just realized I haven't blogged in a week. Since I have gone back to work now, it has been a little crazy getting back into routine. This past week at work was really busy too and this coming week is going to be even busier. I have been feeling great as far as pregnancy is concerned. I am so lucky that I have not been sick at all. Not even in the least little bit. I have not had any weird cravings either. Sometimes its crazy to think that I really am pregnant. I still have the usual tiredness but I am hoping to get my energy back soon. Its already getting a little bit better. I will be 13 weeks tomorrow. I honestly can't believe it but at the same time it seems like its going by slow. I know it will start to pick up and I will miss the days of pregnancy going by slow. I have to say I am one of those people that LOVE being pregnant. I love watching my belly grow and knowing that my sweet baby is growing. I don't go back to the doctor for 2 more weeks and I am so ready. I guess I got spoiled going weekly/every 2 weeks. I can't wait to hear the heartbeat again :) That sound is music to my ears. Then I cannot wait until April when we get to find out what this baby is. Yes, we are going to find out. I can barely stand it now, not knowing. I'm so ready to have an identity for this baby and start calling it by name. :)

I am in the in-between stage now where my pants are starting to get tight but I am not quite ready for maternity pants yet. I feel like I just look like I ate too many burgers instead of pregnant. I am ready for that cute baby bump. :) I pretty much stick to leggings as pants for right now. I did buy my first pair of maternity jean capris this weekend. Can I just say HEAVEN? Most comfortable thing I have put on, aaahhhh it was like relief. They are so comfy and cozy, I wore them yesterday.

I have lots to look forward to in these next 2 months. I am headed to the Houston Rodeo with my mom in 2 weeks to see Brad Paisley. I am so excited. I haven't been to the rodeo in at least 5 or 6 years. I used to go every year when I lived at home. Also, my best friend will be there to and I am looking forward to catching up with her and baby bumping. I don't remember if I said this or not but my best friend of 20 years is pregnant too and we are due 4 days apart!!!! Its so special to be sharing this time with her. :) At the end of this month my bff Tracy is coming to visit for a long weekend. It has been too long since I have seen her and I am looking forward to lots of girl time and baby talk. :)

In April we get to find out the gender of this baby and we will be celebrating our 5 year anniversary. I can't believe we have been married for almost 5 years. Time sure does fly by when your having fun. I am so thankful that we have had 5 years to spend together with just the two of us, now we are ready to add a baby to the mix. :)

Hope you all had a great weekend! Oh and here is a baby bump picture for you. This was taken yesterday and I think its safe to say that my baby is a growing. :)

A Great Day

Today was such a great day! I had a doctors appointment at 10:45 this morning with an ultrasound. As always I am so nervous going into my appointments. I know its natural to be anxious and nervous but I hate it. I always pray the night before and morning of that everything will be fine and our sweet baby will be growing right on track. I am one of those lucky pregnant girls who has not had any sickness at all, not even nauseated. I have pretty much not had any symptoms except the usual having to go the bathroom all the time. Its so crazy to me to think this little baby is just a growing and kicking and moving and I don't feel anything. Every time I see the baby on the ultrasound it is just AMAZING!!! We could also see the nose and mouth. It was so neat to be able to see features. Today our sweet baby was kicking up a storm and moving all around. He/she even looked like it was trying to do a somersault. I couldn't help but smile and just thank God for our precious miracle!! I have been on bed rest for 3 weeks due to a subchorionic hemorrhage. Today I was just praying that it was gone and I could get back to my daily routine and get back to work. Today God answered my prayers, it was completely gone!! PTL. I wasn't sure how I could have handled another week of bed rest. I was seriously going stir crazy. Sure its nice for a couple of days but after 1 week, I had had enough. I have never been so excited to go to work tomorrow and get back to normal. I keep thinking how slow it feels like this pregnancy is going, but then I think about it and I can't believe I am already 11 weeks. We will find out sometime in the end of April what it is. Yes we are finding out. I wouldn't be able to stand it. I am such a planner! Its hard to think in just a little over 6 months we will be holding our precious baby.

Here is our sweet baby at 11 weeks. Heart beat was 173.
Thank you all for the well wishes and congrats.

We are............

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BABY!!!!!!!!2nd Ultrasound at 8 weeks :)

3rd ultrasound at 9.5 weeks.
(Its amazing to see how fast my baby is growing)



WE ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 13, 2011!

We could not be more thrilled! We found out on January 4th and I am now about 9.5 weeks pregnant. I am so excited to be blessed with this precious precious miracle. We have seen our baby on ultrasound 3 times now. Today he/she was wiggling all around and moving its arm. Each time I go to the doctor it is just AMAZING!! I can't even describe the feeling. I am already one proud and blessed mama. Truly a dream come true. :) More details to come on how we found out, how we told our parents, etc. I don't want to forget any detail so I will be blogging until I get caught up :)