In case you missed it on Facebook, Ryan and I have some news to share:
We are so excited (and would be lying if we didn't say scared) with this next chapter of our lives! Now that the secret is out, I'm hoping to get back into blogging and recording my thoughts, feelings, etc here so I have something to look back at.
So, let's back track, shall we?
I found out I was pregnant the Sunday of my birthday weekend (6/8 to be exact). I decided to test in Sunday morning when Ryan left to get breakfast. After the second line appeared RIGHT away, I started freaking out thinking that I was just going crazy so I took another. 3 tests later, they all confirmed one thing!
I decided I wanted to tell Ryan in a special way so I ended up picking up a yellow onesie and a Dad to Be card (perfect timing with Fathers Day) after I had lunch with a friend that day. When I came home, I gave him a bag and he immediately asked what it was. I told him because he did so much for me for my birthday (he really spoiled me), I told him I wanted to get something for him. As soon as he opened it, he stared at the onesie and said "uhhhh you're pregnant? really?" and said "ok" about 1 million times. It was pure shock!
The next day at work I called the doctor and they told me to come in that week and do a confirmation of pregnancy. After that, my doc told me to come back for a dating ultrasound. This was the first time Ryan and I got to see our little nugget, just at 7 weeks!
Hearing the heart beat that early on was a sound I will never, ever forget. That tiny little thing had a heart beat of 170 at that point.
Because my doc is awesome and ultrasound happy, he told Ryan and I to come back in 3 week to do another ultrasound and it'll look more like a baby then. Of course we obliged.
The doc was right! The little bean at just 10 weeks had arms and legs and we got to see it wiggle around.
Just this past week, we got to see baby Hibbs again at 13 weeks. What a difference 3 weeks makes! Baby was wiggling around everywhere and gave us quite the show:
I swear baby Hibbs is smiling in that first pic! Heartbeat is now 150 and the ultrasound tech guessed girl, but we will know for sure when I'm 17 weeks!! We can't wait - we're both obviously just wanting a healthy baby, but deep down we're really wanting a boy. We both grew up with a brother/brothers and I think we'll both just be more comfortable with a boy. Ryan has braced himself if they do confirm it's a girl, but I know he's hoping the tech is guessing wrong.
For me, the pregnancy has been going great so far. I haven't had an ounce of sickness and now that I'm 14 weeks, I'm feeling like I might be in the clear there. Fatigue was big time at the beginning but has calmed down now. Really, I'm thankful that I have an ultrasound happy doc because if we hadn't seen baby Hibbs so much already, I would really be questioning if there was a baby growing in there!
I'm doing a chalkboard to document the belly, and as you can see here at 13 weeks (last week), I haven't popped out much. Being a first time mom, I'm anxious for the belly to pop!
I will post more later and hopefully update every week with belly pics. I can't believe we're going to be a family of 5 somewhere around February 15, 2015. <3 nbsp="" p="">
