10W1D Ultrasound

Baby was starting to look like a little person. Still a dancing machine! We could see the little eyes, feet and hands!

8W4D Ultrasound

Here is our little dancing machine at 8W4D. Baby was doing the robot. This wasn't a great ultrasound picture,  but we got to see baby moving his/her arms and legs and wiggling all aorund. The little white blog was the yolk sac...yeah! Who knew babies start off with yolk sacs!?!

6W4D Ultrasound

This was our first picture of baby, who was a little jumping bean! Baby might have been tiny but he/she was wiggling away. We were in awe hearing the heart beat so early. We can't wait to meet our little one.

How We Found Out

We had been trying for a while but unfortunately the news each month wasn’t what we expected. We had decided to give up and start trying again next year, but something told us to give it one last try. I had an appointment with my doctor on September 12^th for some blood work and one last pregnancy test. But on the 7^th I woke up a little woozy. I didn’t think anything of it because it would have been WAY too early for morning sickness. But the next day I woke up queasy again. When I woke up nauseous on the third day I already knew what I was going to do. I consulted with Brad who told me not to take an early home pregnancy test because if it was wrong I’d be bummed out, and we should just wait until the appointment the coming Monday. So I asked Camille…just to get a second opinion. She was on Brad’s side and I knew they were both right. So what do I do? I went right home and took a test! It was instantly positive and I said out loud to myself “I KNEW IT!”

The next morning, Saturday, I woke up at about 6am. Brad was still asleep so I decided to take my very last pregnancy test. In my excitement I didn’t press the button properly and the test errored out on me! So I rushed to HEB at 6:30am and bought another box of tests. I also grabbed some donuts and chocolate milk in case Brad woke up and was wondering why I was at the store so early. When I got I home I took the test again and again it read “Pregnant”. I wrapped the test up and put it in a box. I put the box, the chocolate milk and a donut in a gift bag with a card and rushed upstairs to wake up Brad. As soon as he saw the bag he asked “You took the test, didn’t you?” I insisted he just open the gift. He pulled out the chocolate milk, then the donut and then the card…it read “Sending you love wrapped in sunshine…(then on the inside) all the way from mommy’s belly. Love Baby”. The test was just further proof!

Baby Rabel

We are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first little one come May 2012! We’ve known for a little while but just shared the news with the world. Words can’t express our excitement and awe. Our hearts are already overflowing with the love we have for our little one.

Breakfast with the Family

Woody and Erika came by for breakfast and Harley and Sue were right behind them with Logan. Here's a picture of the little guy. 4 months and already 16 lbs. He is such a good baby! I think I held him almost the entire time. Of course I gave him back when he threw up and needed a diaper change. :P

It was so nice spending time with the family.It's hard to get together often but when we do there's just so much that has changed since the last time we saw each other. Hopefully a lot more to come.

Bird Hunting - Opening Weekend

Brad and I went out to Uncle Bob's property last weekend to shoot skeet and do a little dove hunting. Well, Brad went for those things, I just went to hang out with my other mom and sister-in-law.
We had fun. Brad killed the only bird (here's a picture of John being silly). It was fun watching Arnold, Brad, Bobby, John and Zach. Hope we have a lot more weekends like this!