C'mon Baby Light My Fire

Well I was planning on taking some pictures of the awesome new flowers we have springing up in our front yard, but nature intervened and decided to drop 6-8 inches of snow on us here at the beginning of "spring". At least i gave us a chance to cozy up next to the fireplace one more time. And it better just be one more time. Baseball season starts in 2 weeks, and with this Daddy-To-Be heading to the ballpark, I don't want to be wearing a sweater when the Royals beat the Yankees. We have a baby doctor appointment on Tuesday, so I'll be sure to share any news.

Freeze Frame

We had our first Sonogram this morning -- at 8:40 AM! Earlier than either of us is used to, but I guess we better get used to it since our little baby won't have much of a timeclock when he first arrives. It was a pretty in and out trip -- waiting about 15 minutes, and then spending about 5 minutes with the Nurse to see our little guy. Just over an inch long, but he looks so precious in
his mommy's tummy. We got to hear the racing little heartbeat too, and take some pictures home to share, which I of course promptly scanned and got on the web. The nurse said everything looks great, and we're right on target with the date -- about 10 weeks and 5 days into the pregnancy right now. I love his little arms and legs!

Rattlesnake Shake

Not much new news to report. Just counting the days till we get to go get our first sonogram. 6 days, for those that are counting. On Tuesday next week we'll get our first look at the baby, and confirm our due date and just how far along everything is. The picture above is the baby's first official toy. We found out on February 9th that we had a special little Valentine's surprise, so we both agreed not to get each other any gifts for Valentine's Day. But I couldn't help but just get a little something. We keep it around the living room just to think of our little guy or girl that is on the way in October.

Ooh Baby, I Love Your Way

That's right -- we're having a baby! We found out on Monday, February 9th. We were out grocery shopping, and decided to pick up a test, even though according to the Calender we still had no reason to suspect anything. After wandering around the pharmacy section at Hyvee for a moment, we found them, and of course had to pick out the most expensive, pimped-out, digital version. We got home, put the groceries away, and I probably asked Jamie about 5 times if she had to pee yet. She said no every time, but I finally talked her into going in there and giving it a try. It said it would take about 3 minutes for most test results to show, sometimes sooner. I took it from her, held my hand over it so I wouldn't be tempted to check the results. She finished her business, came out in the living room, and we decided to check it even though it'd only been about a minute. And thats what we saw, right there above us! We confirmed it with the doc the next day and hurried to tell everyone our great news!