Today we had our 12 week appointment for Baby H. We went over the general paperwork, questions, etc. and at the end of our appointment Sarah (our CNP) asked if we wanted to hear our baby!! We said most definately!!! It didn't take any time at all to hear that beautiful sound!! It was the best sound I've ever heard!! I immediately started laughing and couldn't contain it!! I was laughing so hard that I was making the dopler go crazy! I looked at Matt and he was smiling and laughing too. Our nurse said, congratulations Mom and Dad, and it finallky hit me! It really feels like there is something in there! We are truly blessed! :-)
We've scheduled our appointments up until June 17th which is the day after I'm due, so we should be set to go! Next month we get to set up our ultrasound appointment for 18-20 weeks to see Baby H and to finally see if its a girl or boy!
I'm still deciding on posting belly pics or not. I've lost a pound over the month, but my pants will not button so I've bought a pair of maternity jeans and will be buying some maternity dress pants in the future as well!
Thank you to all of you who have said a prayer for our family! We are thrilled that everything appears to be going great!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Exciting News!!
Sorry that it has been so long since my last post!! Things have been crazy busy around here! We have some exciting news..... WE ARE HAVING A BABY!
Baby H, as we will call it, is due to make his/her appearance June 16, 2011!
Matt and I are beyond thrilled and are looking forward to getting to know this little creation over the next 6 1/2 months! I will be 12 weeks on Thursday and we have an appointment on December 6th to hear the heartbeat and see baby H. We are hoping that we can use this blog as a way to keep our family and friends updated that may not get to see us too often. We will keep you updated and try to post pictures from time to time!
We told my extended family at our Thanksgiving dinner using this poem:
Hey everyone its us, Guess who!
Letting you know that our family grew!
And it’s possible that it could become a zoo!
We are excited and we know you are too,
So go ahead and shout a big Wah-Hoo!
June 16th is the day we are due!
We are ready for something new!
And are looking forward to hearing a coo.
But somehow we don’t think we are prepared to handle the poo.
As far as the hue…
we won’t know for a month or two.
We are guessing team blue, but what about you?
Once the family was told, we made the huge announcement on Facebook. My mom made sugar cookies that look like baby carriages in pink and blue and I brought those to work today to make the announcement to people who hadn't heard. Its definitely an exciting time!!
So to answer some of the questions we've been getting:
-We will be finding out if it is a girl/boy.
-We do have names picked out for a girl and a boy.
-I've been feeling great, no sickness at all!
-We found out we were pregnant the day after we got back from our Disney vacation. So we were pregnant while at Disney, but didn't know it. And yes, we did ride a TON of roller coasters. Baby H. will not have motion sickness that's for sure!!
-No weight gain as of weight (am actually down about 3 pounds), but my pants won't button, so there is something definitely growing in there!
We look forward to sharing our journey with you!!
Baby H, as we will call it, is due to make his/her appearance June 16, 2011!
Matt and I are beyond thrilled and are looking forward to getting to know this little creation over the next 6 1/2 months! I will be 12 weeks on Thursday and we have an appointment on December 6th to hear the heartbeat and see baby H. We are hoping that we can use this blog as a way to keep our family and friends updated that may not get to see us too often. We will keep you updated and try to post pictures from time to time!
We told my extended family at our Thanksgiving dinner using this poem:
Hey everyone its us, Guess who!
Letting you know that our family grew!
And it’s possible that it could become a zoo!
We are excited and we know you are too,
So go ahead and shout a big Wah-Hoo!
June 16th is the day we are due!
We are ready for something new!
And are looking forward to hearing a coo.
But somehow we don’t think we are prepared to handle the poo.
As far as the hue…
we won’t know for a month or two.
We are guessing team blue, but what about you?
Once the family was told, we made the huge announcement on Facebook. My mom made sugar cookies that look like baby carriages in pink and blue and I brought those to work today to make the announcement to people who hadn't heard. Its definitely an exciting time!!
So to answer some of the questions we've been getting:
-We will be finding out if it is a girl/boy.
-We do have names picked out for a girl and a boy.
-I've been feeling great, no sickness at all!
-We found out we were pregnant the day after we got back from our Disney vacation. So we were pregnant while at Disney, but didn't know it. And yes, we did ride a TON of roller coasters. Baby H. will not have motion sickness that's for sure!!
-No weight gain as of weight (am actually down about 3 pounds), but my pants won't button, so there is something definitely growing in there!
We look forward to sharing our journey with you!!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Sorry for the long hiatus in blogging, but it is the end of the year for spending at work and I've been busy, busy, busy!! Matt and I could not have planned our vacation any better!! It will be a great change of pace to relax and enjoy each other right after our busiest times.
I cannot believe we leave in two days to head to Disney World!! I'm looking forward to it more than anyone can imagine. The weather is supposed to be sunny and in the 80's the whole week we are there. Could not have asked for anything better! I'll be sure to post pictures when we get back.
Tonight Matt is hosting The Machine Gun Preacher at church. It should be a great event! The Ignite Band is coming out too, so it should be a great night of worship too. And to top it off it will be a perfect fall weather type of night. So happy that fall has finally arrived. I'm ready for bonfires, sweatshirts, and apple cider!!
See ya in a week!
I cannot believe we leave in two days to head to Disney World!! I'm looking forward to it more than anyone can imagine. The weather is supposed to be sunny and in the 80's the whole week we are there. Could not have asked for anything better! I'll be sure to post pictures when we get back.
Tonight Matt is hosting The Machine Gun Preacher at church. It should be a great event! The Ignite Band is coming out too, so it should be a great night of worship too. And to top it off it will be a perfect fall weather type of night. So happy that fall has finally arrived. I'm ready for bonfires, sweatshirts, and apple cider!!
See ya in a week!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Life Changes!
Life is getting ready to change for Matt and me and we can't be more excited!
Yesterday marked the start of Matt and I "not preventing" getting pregnant. I went to the doctor in the morning and was given prenatal vitamins to begin taking on a regular basis. I'm taking Prenexa and I'm hoping that when I go to get my prescription filled, they will give me a generic so it will be less expensive. I took them today and they aren't really messing me up too much. I feel like I don't have as much of an appetite as I did before, but I'm thinking that might be because of the weather and allergies. We shall see in the next few days.
Matt and I are looking forward to starting to expand our family and will be sure to post as things happen! Please keep us in your prayers that it will happen quickly! I am horrible at waiting and patience is something that God is still having me working on!
In other news: 16 days until our Disney vacation starts!!
Yesterday marked the start of Matt and I "not preventing" getting pregnant. I went to the doctor in the morning and was given prenatal vitamins to begin taking on a regular basis. I'm taking Prenexa and I'm hoping that when I go to get my prescription filled, they will give me a generic so it will be less expensive. I took them today and they aren't really messing me up too much. I feel like I don't have as much of an appetite as I did before, but I'm thinking that might be because of the weather and allergies. We shall see in the next few days.
Matt and I are looking forward to starting to expand our family and will be sure to post as things happen! Please keep us in your prayers that it will happen quickly! I am horrible at waiting and patience is something that God is still having me working on!
In other news: 16 days until our Disney vacation starts!!
Friday, September 10, 2010
I LOVE my husband!
As the title of the post says, I LOVE my husband. He is is such a great man! Every week we have a date night. This week he surprised me and took me to The Boathouse in Forest Park. It was wonderful! The food was really good and the atmosphere was really nice too! We tried to sit outside, but it was full and slightly chilly/rainy so we ate inside and I'm glad we did. He was going to take me on a paddle boat, but they were closed because of the weather so instead we went to Ted Drewes and had the most delicious Pumpkin Pie concrete. There went my diet!!
Things have been getting stressful, so it was definitely nice to be able to get to spend some quality time with each other!
Things have been getting stressful, so it was definitely nice to be able to get to spend some quality time with each other!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Labor Day Weekend
Does it ever feel like when you have a long weekend, it actually makes the weekend go by so much faster? This weekend was a busy weekend for us, but we had a lot of fun with friends we don't get to hang out too much with, so it was perfect.
Friday night we went to the Greek Fest in Swansea. The weather was perfect and reminded me of a fall evening! I had to wear a jacket! Saturday we took part in the Greek Fest in downtown St. Louis and it was nice as well. Both nights I had my favorite, Greek salad, and at both places it was delicious! Saturday night we walked down to Central West End and had to go get a cupcake from The Cup (aka The Cupcakery). Definitely not on the diet, but SOO worth it!
Saturday we had our CrossFit workout and it wasn't too bad seeing that we had some newbies joining our group. We did 4 reps of 10 wall balls, 15 slams, and 20 jumpballs. Then occasionally we had to do 5 push ups when Greg would yell "PUSH UPS". Thankfully, I'm not as sore as normal. We got home and had enough time to let Gracie out and mom and dad came over. Dad came over to fix an outlet we had outside that wasn't working and to cut down some of the trees we had growing on the side of yard. A few hours later and a huge pile of trees later, we cut down all of the trees on the side of the yard and trimmed up the trees in the back of the yard. It was a beautiful day though, so I'm glad I got to spend it outside!
Sunday was a day of relaxing and the typical house chores. Monday, we woke up and looked at new laminate for a kitchen floor. We went and had a Denny's breakfast (eggwhite omelet). See! Still healthy!!! We ran by Omar's to pick up a workout plan for Matt and then headed to Sams for some grocery shopping. They had some pretty good sales for Labor Day, too! Monday evening we had some friends over for a barbecue and enjoyed hanging outside playing bocce ball and washers. Once the sun went down, and the bugs started biting we headed in and played euchre.
All in all a pretty good weekend! And to top it off I lost six pounds this week! Yay! We will see if I can keep that pace up for the rest of the month! Hope you all enjoyed your labor day!
Friday night we went to the Greek Fest in Swansea. The weather was perfect and reminded me of a fall evening! I had to wear a jacket! Saturday we took part in the Greek Fest in downtown St. Louis and it was nice as well. Both nights I had my favorite, Greek salad, and at both places it was delicious! Saturday night we walked down to Central West End and had to go get a cupcake from The Cup (aka The Cupcakery). Definitely not on the diet, but SOO worth it!
Saturday we had our CrossFit workout and it wasn't too bad seeing that we had some newbies joining our group. We did 4 reps of 10 wall balls, 15 slams, and 20 jumpballs. Then occasionally we had to do 5 push ups when Greg would yell "PUSH UPS". Thankfully, I'm not as sore as normal. We got home and had enough time to let Gracie out and mom and dad came over. Dad came over to fix an outlet we had outside that wasn't working and to cut down some of the trees we had growing on the side of yard. A few hours later and a huge pile of trees later, we cut down all of the trees on the side of the yard and trimmed up the trees in the back of the yard. It was a beautiful day though, so I'm glad I got to spend it outside!
Sunday was a day of relaxing and the typical house chores. Monday, we woke up and looked at new laminate for a kitchen floor. We went and had a Denny's breakfast (eggwhite omelet). See! Still healthy!!! We ran by Omar's to pick up a workout plan for Matt and then headed to Sams for some grocery shopping. They had some pretty good sales for Labor Day, too! Monday evening we had some friends over for a barbecue and enjoyed hanging outside playing bocce ball and washers. Once the sun went down, and the bugs started biting we headed in and played euchre.
All in all a pretty good weekend! And to top it off I lost six pounds this week! Yay! We will see if I can keep that pace up for the rest of the month! Hope you all enjoyed your labor day!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Blessings!
Last night was an AMAZING night at youth!! Matt baptized one of our students and then a visitor sent Matt a message when we got home saying that she wanted to learn more about Jesus! She has a lot of questions, but in the message she basically said that she needed Jesus. HOW AWESOME!! She also mentioned that she wants to get baptized as well to have an outward symbol of her inward transformation. So within a month, Matt will have baptized 3 of our students!
We also have two students who are putting together 4 days of showing the new movie "To Save A Life" (definitely recommend!!) at their school. They have organized the entire thing from making sure that people are informed about it to getting the license to show the movie. They have such a heart for their school and to see their classmates come to know the Lord. I'm so proud of them!
We really feel like there is a revival breaking out in our youth group. So many students are diving in deeper into their relationship with Christ, it is RIDICULOUS (in a good way)!! God is really moving in the youth ministry and we are blessed that the Lord gave us such a great group of students! We thank God for all of the work that he's doing in the ministry. He gets all of the credit, not us!
We also have two students who are putting together 4 days of showing the new movie "To Save A Life" (definitely recommend!!) at their school. They have organized the entire thing from making sure that people are informed about it to getting the license to show the movie. They have such a heart for their school and to see their classmates come to know the Lord. I'm so proud of them!
We really feel like there is a revival breaking out in our youth group. So many students are diving in deeper into their relationship with Christ, it is RIDICULOUS (in a good way)!! God is really moving in the youth ministry and we are blessed that the Lord gave us such a great group of students! We thank God for all of the work that he's doing in the ministry. He gets all of the credit, not us!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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