Quick Update...

It's been a while since I was last on here. We have been busy with lots of things around here.

Jeff has been busy working. They still haven't quite got his schedule set yet, so some weeks I see him maybe a few hours one day a week, and he is gone from Sunday afternoon - Friday. Some weeks I see him a couple nights. We are hoping his schedule gets set soon, so we can actually see one another! He is training here and there for the manager job for the company/terminal in Lafayette. The guy who is presently there wants to move to Texas. So, time will tell.

Lots of things on the calendar at church which is making time fly by. I can't believe April is almost through, and I know May will go by quickly. June brings VBS, and then the little one will make his appearance. It is amazing how this pregnancy has just flown by!

We have the nursery all done, just stocking it now. :) I hope to take some pictures soon of it. Pictures will be taken before his name is put up. It's a secret. :) I'm excited for my shower coming up in about a month. Jeff says no more buying until after the shower. Hehe :)

I have my 30 week appointment next monday. I get to do the lovely 1 hour glucose test as well. I'm pretty sure that soon I'll be starting the every 2 week or so appointments. It doesn't seem possible that we are at that point. He is moving so much now, and sitting around watching my shirt and belly bop around is soo amazing!! :)

Happy Birthday to me! :) I bought myself a new camera. It is a Nikon D40. I can't wait to get it in the mail, mess around with it and start taking pictures. I've been wanting a better camera, more of a SLR camera than just a point and shoot. Hopefully in the next month or so, I'm hoping to purchase another lense to go with it, maybe a 50mm. I can't wait to get it!

Okay, I'll hopefully get back on here next week after that appointment. Ha ha...I know, right? :)

It's a.....

BOY!

Ever since I found out I was pregnant, I was sure it was a girl. The feeling that it was going to be a girl was so strong that I had even purchased a few girl items (clothing) for next winter since they were on clearance. :)

Well...I had gone in for an ultrasound on the 22nd of Feb., and they THOUGHT it was a boy. The cord was in the same area, but it looked like a boy nonetheless. The tech wanted me to come back in a couple of weeks because she wasn't really confident in telling us that, so this past Monday, I went back in for a free check. Sure enough, as soon as she placed the wand on my stomach, she declared, "it's a boy!"

I have to say, that although for the longest time I thought it was a girl, I am more than happy with God blessing us with a boy first. We are so excited! We have a name picked out, however, we aren't sure if we are going to share it before he is born or not. Guess you'll have to stay tuned and see. :)

Things are still going well. Definitely feeling him a lot everyday; he has been very active on the ultrasounds. We expect his arrival to be sometime in the first of July.

This time of the year always seems to be the lull before the storm here at the church. When April begins, things will go into full swing until after VBS. April brings Easter, and WOL Regional Teens Involved to the church which will involve 300-400 people coming here from all over Indiana. It is always a fun day! Then, May brings something every weekend either here at the church or personally (hoping for a quick trip to Iowa the second weekend!). Baby shower on the 22nd, which I'm of course looking forward to. June will bring the final planning and organization of VBS. I'm hoping to have everything planned, ordered, and settled by the time VBS comes around, because Baby will be coming then too. :)

I'll leave you with a few of the recent ultrasound photos. Hopefully (and I say that sincerity!), I will stay up on this better over the next several months!

MIA

So, I've been a bit MIA.... :)

I haven't had much motiviation or interest in getting on here to write for, well, a while now. When I get home from work, the first thing I want to do is change into something comfy and lay on the couch. And, I think I have a good excuse too. :)

I wish I had a picture to document the news, but the one we have is from 4 weeks ago, and we don't have a scanner at home. So, words will just have to do!

We're having a BaBy!!

We are so excited, and were actually semi-surprised! I say semi-surprised because we know that with God all things are possible, but I had been informed a few years ago that I probably would need some sort of fertility help to get pregnant. The good Lord knew otherwise. :)

So, we're looking forward the time around July 8 which is when the little blessing is due. I'm nearing the end of the first trimester which has been nice because the nausea is pretty much gone. I'd say I was pretty lucky in the fact that I was really only nauseous for about 3-4 weeks. So, for that I'm thankful!

Here is a picture of the baby's first gift from grandma of course.

We go for our first OB appointment in about 3 weeks. I will be 14 weeks by the time I see her, but my doc is going to be out of town and that's the next available date they had. I haven't seen or heard the heartbeat since I was 6.5 weeks, so I'm really looking forward to it.

Well, I must get back to some things, and maybe catch a cat-nap before our FLOCK Christmas musical tonight.

Merry Christmas!