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!

Surprise!

Tomorrow, Jeffrey and I will celebrate our 1 year anniversary! We can't believe how fast this past year has gone. We are looking forward to this next year and what it has in store! :)

So, because Jeff works on Saturdays, and tomorrow we'll be at church, he planned a surprise date on Thursday, his day off. He told me to dress up and be ready to leave at a certain time.

We were off! We drove to Indianapolis, and he took me to Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre. :) He didn't know exactly what musical was showing until he made the reservations. It happened to be the same musical we saw on our honeymoon.


They even singled us out right before the show and told everyone that we were there celebrating our 1 year wedding anniversary! Talk about my face turning red. :)

All in all, it was a really wonderful night.

Have a great weekend!