19 week celebration!

The day we've been waiting for! Here are the pictures from our ultrasound of 19 weeks. The picture on the left you can see little lips. She was sucking, chewing, talking, maybe singing! Maybe she was saying "GO RED SOX!" The picture below you can see tiny fingers up next to the face. She's exceptional isn't she?

I'm sure you noticed all the "she's". Yes, we have a girl and are so excited! Troy looked at the ultrasound and knew right away.

Pink it is!!!

What is the name? well, if we were having a boy, Troy had made a deal with Jacoby on the Red Sox that if he got an RBI we would name our son after him. :) Maybe Jacobina? Who knows. We'll fill you in as soon as we know. :)

Almost 16 weeks!

So we're moving right along! We will be 16 weeks on Thursday. Can you believe it? Last week we heard the heartbeat again - very strong. The Dr says all looks good. We are very thankful.

On November 1 we will have our big ultrasound where we find out the sex. We absolutely cannot wait for that! Can't imagine knowing who we're expecting!

This brings us to the topic of names - an important topic in our house these days. Funny thing is that we started out this pregnancy with a pretty sure, narrowed list of names and now it keeps growing - making us much more indecisive. We like the idea of knowing the name and calling the baby by it's name once we know the sex. However, we have also been thinking about having a couple of names ready for when the baby is born and choosing after we see him or her. Not sure which way we're going to go on that.

Other than the name choosing, we are busy thinking about decorating our nursery. This is very exciting to me (and my mom and sister of course!) We're planning on getting my entire library of children's books from Texas to Boston. Can't wait to share those books with our baby! He/She is going to LOVE The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Curious George!

And lastly, on the pregnancy front, the nausea hangs around. It is definitely better, but still here. Not to mention the lack of energy. BUT - all is good and worth it!

Stay tuned for Nov. 1. Will it be a boy or girl?

The little Thump Thump

So we had our 11 week appt. today and got to hear the heartbeat. It is pretty amazing to get this confirmation that all is well. The Dr. says that we can rest easily now. I feel like we are finally able to believe that we are having a baby. 6 more months and our life is going to be crazy!

Another great plus is that I am feeling much better these days. I am so thankful to only be sick part of the day instead of all day long. This makes the next 6 months look alot better to me.

We've been getting updates over the internet from many different pregnancy websites. They're kind of fun. My favorite ones lately - the one that said that I probably look more like I have been eating too many donuts than that I'm pregnant. I liked that little affirmation. :) And then today we had an update for the daddy. It said that mommy should lay on the couch (and I quote "where he usually lays") and daddy should clean the house. That's good stuff. Troy says a woman must have written that. I say "preach it sista!"

Oh, and our baby had a few first this weekend: first camping trip and first Red Sox game. How great is that! I could have sworn that I felt the baby cheering and singing "Sweet Caroline" with the crowd. He or she probably even already hates the Yankees. :)

Car sick

Ever been car sick for weeks on end? That'e me. That's the best way I can describe this great time in my life - it's like I'm constantly on an airplane on the verge of throwing up - on the verge is the important part - on the verge and hoping to keep it that way.
However, it is totally worth it and I think I can withstand a few (hopefully just a few) more weeks of this.
We are feeling like things are going really well at this point. It's pretty fun to get weekly updates on the babies growth. I read today that it's head is half of it's body size. (when Troy said that the baby looks like him - my comment - with a big ole head and a big ole belly? :)
We do really appreciate all of your prayers at this time. Please continue to pray for the healthy growth of the baby and for my neausea to go away soon. School is starting around here - not much time to be sick! :)
Amy

We've got good news!

So ,we had a ultrasound today and everything went great! It was exciting to immediately see the baby's heart beating. The heart was beating strong and the baby was the size it was supposed to be. That's the good news we've been waiting to hear.

The last days were the longest two weeks of my life. We were anxiously waiting to see if everything was okay. And it is.

The baby waved at us as we were getting the ultrasound and wanted us to tell everyone "hello". That was pretty cool.

Amy is having a rough time with the morning sickness, but I am trying my best to do what I can. Everyone can pray that I have more sympathy and patience, because i'm going to need it. I think that is why God gave us 9 months to get ready. He knew it would take that long to train dads to be dads.

I have a feeling the next 6+ months are going to fly by. I look forward to the days ahead.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers....

WE love you all.

Troy

P.S. If you look at the picture with a magnify glass, you can see the baby looks like me.

8 weeks down...

So we've completed our 8th week and all is well. The baby is about the size of a coffee bean. We had an ultrasound last week and the heart was beating strong. We weren't expecting to see the heart that soon so it was a great surprise! We have another ultrasound next Thursday (8/23) and Dr. M. says that after that we can breathe much more easily. We'll let you know!

Last night we laid in bed and thought of names from A - Z. We went from Adelyn to Zenia. I actually dreamed about a baby named Quaffi. Needless to say, that one won't make the final cut. :)