the sweetest sound

Hubby and I heard the heartbeat today....i cried....it was the sweetest sound. Sounded like a horse galloping, but sweet nonetheless! What a precious gift we received! We met my new dr and she did an ultrasound as well. We got to see our sweet bean AGAIN! I like this pattern! :) The craziest thing happened when we were just staring in awe of our baby...he/she punched it's arm up in the air! We saw the little ARM move!!!! So fun!!!! I can't believe that our bean is only about an inch an a half and we saw the little arm move!! I can't imagine what it's going to be like when we're further along and I can feel that in my belly. The books say the baby is kicking a lot this week! How cute! Our baby found it's arms!! :)

10 weeks and 2 days and feeling great! :)

Praise Jesus!

Praising God

It's hard not to think about God and His sovereignty, His miracles, His love, His provision, and His protection in a time like this. I have said from the very beginning that if a new mother doesn't believe in God, she HAS to now. There is NO WAY a baby "just happens". I love the way I can see and feel God actually working on this little one, even now. Our bean has all of his/her body parts right now...beating heart, developing lungs, eye lids...wow, what a miracle! From a tiny cluster of cells the size of a poppy seed, to a tiny little body the size of a grape. Our God has knit our bean in my womb. He has hand crafted our little baby. Moreover, He chose US to be the parents. He hand picked US to raise, love, cherish, shelter, and rear this child that's growing in my belly right now! I am simply amazed! As my third month begins, I am so excited for what's to come!

Here's a peek at week 9!

ps. I wish that was my belly poking out, but it's just my shirt...i think?!?!

I am still so early, yet SO excited! I know I should "be careful" and not get too attached, but I also know that my God is bigger than my anxieties or fears! Praying He continues to protect our precious one!

bean's first appointment

i must say, hubs and i were pretty nervous/excited about this first appointment. first of all, we found out we were pregnant a short THREE weeks into pregnancy. most women don't find out until they are at least 6 weeks along. so this first trimester has been a slow climb. secondly, for some odd reason, people like to tell you about their sad stories with early miscarriages and such. thirdly, my friend had a dream we were having twins and then i kept having dreams we were having twins! fourthly, we'd be able to see inside my belly at our little miracle for the FIRST TIME EVER in either of our lives. so, can you see why we were just a ball of mixed emotions?!!!

we had our appointment monday morning at 11. i was up bright and early eager to get the day

started! when we got to the office they took us back to the ultrasound room. i couldn't believe it was actually OUR turn to do this! when the dr. came in she began right away. she looked inside my womb and said, "Well, you are definitely knocked up!" haha! we both laughed and she let Petey see the screen first. she said since i got to see the pregnancy test before him, he gets to see our baby before me. Petey's face looked surprised, happy, relieved and amazed! i started crying before she even turned the screen toward me...big surprise! it was crazy just starring at our little bean! we saw the heart just flickering away! then the dr. started looking around more. i asked, jokingly, if she was looking for the other one. she said, "Well, I thought there might be." WHAT?!?!?! Apparently, my uterus is large for an 8wk old baby. However, she confirmed that

there was, in fact, only ONE. Phew! Don't get me wrong, we'd be thrilled...SHOCKED first, but thrilled if there were 2! :)

All in all, we have a healthy, growing bean! Due date is August 23, 2012. Stay turned...

Weeks 4-8

These past few weeks have been the most fun! Between seeing

my belly grow, telling our friends and family and going to our first Dr.'s visit...it's been a whirlwind of excitement! I am obsessed with Pinterest and they have such cute ideas for weekly belly pic I've been waiting until we could finally do our own! So, here goes! :)