Second ultrasound... Is it a boy?!?

We had another ultrasound on Thursday. The Loving Choices clinic in Fayetteville was offering free ultrasounds so they could train students on how to use the machines and what to look for. We originally wanted to get an appointment towards the middle of October, with the hopes that they might be able to tell us the sex of the baby. When I called to make the appointment all of the free appointment slots were booked so we put our name on the list in case anyone cancelled. About ten minutes after I hung up I got a call saying that someone cancelled and we could come on Thursday. We jumped at the chance to see our baby for the second time in just over a week!

The pictures are a little blurry, but there is a (singular) baby in there!

As soon as we got into the room I was already asking if the ultrasound tech could tell us what the baby is! She said she would try, but had never been able to tell this early before. As soon as she started the ultrasound we got a good view of the baby's bottom, she made a noise and Josh said "it's a boy!". The ultrasound tech seemed surprised and asked if Josh saw that too, I think he was just hopeful, but she seemed to think he might be right! She continued the ultrasound measuring everything on the baby. Everything went really well and we spent about 30 minutes looking at all different angles of the baby, it was very exciting and everything looked good! The baby measured about four days ahead which is good! After she had seen everything that she wanted to see she began trying to get another good angle to see what the baby might be. She looked at several angles and kept telling us that it is still early and she couldn't be 100%, but seemed pretty confident that it is a boy!

First Baby Pics!

We had our first official doctor's visit today! We have been soooo excited to hear the heartbeat since the day we scheduled this appointment 5 weeks ago. When the nurse came and got us from the waiting room she told us she was taking us to an ultrasound room! Josh and I both immediately looked at each other and couldn't hide the excitement. As we sat in the room waiting for the doctor we weren't quite sure what was going on, but we were hoping she would do the ultrasound so we could get our first peek at little gizmo. As soon as Dr. Birch came in she said we were going to do an ultrasound and I was thrilled. She turned on the machine, stuck it to my belly and there was our baby! We couldn't tell what was what, but with a little explanation we started to figure it out. As Dr. Birch pushed on my belly, little gizmo responded by waving arms, kicking feet, and turning around and around. It was amazing! We measured at 12 weeks and 1 day which is right on with my due date, and Dr. Birch said everything looked good. After the exam was over we left on cloud nine. It was amazing to see our baby and know that everything is going good. Now, once again, we cannot wait for the next appointment when we get to see our baby again!

Everybody say...Christie's Pregnant!

We told my parents that we are pregnant this weekend. My mom's birthday was friday so we planned a surprise "birthday" party at Margarita's in West Memphis and invited all of her closest friends. We left thursday after work under the guise of visiting for her birthday. The plan was to convince mom that we were going to take her out to dinner in Memphis when she got home from one of Anna's DBS functions and then when she got home late, she always does, we would just decide to stay in town and eat at Margarita's. The plan couldn't have worked better. As a storm moved in that night mom called and suggested that, "we should just go to Margarita's since the weather was bad and it was going to be late". I acted disappointed while we were on the phone, but was laughing as soon as I hung up, "this is perfect!" When mom got home we headed to dinner for the surprise party. Dad had gone early to "put our name on the list" so when we got there he had a waitress show us to our table in the back. Of course it is West Memphis, so mom knew everyone in the restaurant and kept trying to stop and visit with everyone as we are dragging her to the back. When we finally got there about 25 friends yelled surprise and she was shocked. But the biggest shock was yet to come!

After things settled down and drinks and appetizers had been ordered we got everyone up to take a group picture. Only two people other than us knew what was about to go down, our friends Brandy and Jason were in on the whole thing and Jason was volunteered to video tape the reaction while Josh posed as the photographer. As Josh got ready to take the picture everyone was yelling for him to come get in the picture, but he ignored them and took one picture to get everyone's attention. As he got ready to take the second picture he announced "on the count of 3 everybody say Christie's pregnant!" The reaction was priceless, as seen above. We thought dad might have a heart attack, Anna was squeezing me so tight, and mom was squealing and waving her hands in the air. Overall the night couldn't have worked out more perfectly. All of mom's closest friends were there, her brother and his family even made the trip from Little Rock and noone had a clue!

Telling Josh's Parents

We told Josh's Parents that we are expecting! We had planned on waiting until around the same time we told my parents, but after a day at the Summerford pool with everyone enjoying summer beverages and me sticking with the more "baby-friendly" water, we thought they might figure it out. We decided to beat them to the punch and break the news. As Joe and Lisa were preparing to grill burgers we were all gathered in the kitchen. Josh told Joe that "he might want to throw another burger on, because Christie is eating for two". Their reactions were priceless. Joe whipped his head around and said "do what!" Lisa squealed and covered her face. Neither one could quit smiling and Lisa was very little help with dinner for the rest of the night forgetting what she was trying to do multiple times. Amanda had a more subdued reaction, she was really shocked, but didn't know what to do. She eventually came around and helped pick out baby names. The rest of the night was spent looking at Josh's baby pictures and going through names on the internet. Overall, it was a very exciting night!

We're pregnant!

We're pregnant!!! We found out today that we are 3.5 weeks pregnant. I had an annual check-up with Dr. Birch. When the nurse was asking the usual questions prior to the exam she asked if I was pregnant. I told her that we had started trying earlier that month and she suggested a pregnancy test "just to see" and it was positive!!! I could not believe that it was real! I asked the nurse if I could keep the test to show Josh and as soon as the nurse left the room I called Josh and let him know... WE'RE PREGNANT!!! He was just as shocked! We never thought it would happen so soon, but it did!