Thursday, April 24, 2008

Doctor's appointment at 12 weeks 6 days

Hey guys,

Just wanted to let everyone know that we just had our 12 week appointment. It was really fun because we got to hear the baby's heartbeat again. This time we got to hear it with the doppler, so it was over the tummy instead of the "other" way. I will have to say that both Ryan and I got a little nervous when the nurse couldn't find it right away, but we were both calmed down quite quickly when she found it and said that the baby had a strong, healthy, heartbeat of 178. The nurse also told us that at this stage in the pregnancy it is a little harder to find simply because the baby is still really small, and that it would get easier to find as the baby gets bigger.

I'm really excited as well because we only have two more months until we get our next ultrasound. And as long as the baby is cooperative we will get to find out whether we are having a boy or a girl. And yes, we plan on finding out. We want to start calling the baby by name, and decorating the nursery to meet either a boy or a girl.

Our next appointment is May 23rd, so I'm sure that I will write again then. If not sooner. Love you all.

Vanessa, Ryan, and their little one

Monday, April 7, 2008

Hello

Hey guys,

By now all of you know our great news. We are going to have a "peanut" of our very own. I got the great idea of doing my own blog from my very good friend Joni. Thanks Joni :) Anyway, so I thought that I would start by saying hello. The whole point of this blog is for those of you who I don't talk to everyday can just pull up my blog and see the status of our "peanut" and how things are going with all of us. It is going to be my goal to try and keep this blog as up-to-date as possible, so stay tuned. As of right now everything is going really well. We had our first ultrasound at 8 weeks 6 days just to put our mind's at ease since we had a mis-carriage the first go round. And everything looks good, we are measuring right on schedule and our due date is October 31st! We're almost to the 12 week marker and then I can be even more relaxed. There will be more to come and I will even be posting pictures and what not. So I hope that everyone will enjoy my blog, and will pray for us that this baby is a healthy one, and that we will get to share in the joy of parenthood this year. Talk to everyone soon.

Much love,
Vanessa, Ryan(B.B.), and the "peanut"