10 Weeks

Today marks 10 weeks of pregnancy and here are some updates. I am starting to have a baby bump (Yay!), morning sickness really hasn't been all that bad compared to what all my friends have experienced. Today I actually woke up energetic. I haven't felt like this in over a month it's wonderful. I had been so tired that I would need a nap after grocery shopping but today I woke up and went for a walk with Willis and Abby then bought groceries and now I'm blogging with plenty of energy...Wow!! I hope this lasts for a while. We go back to the doctor next week and we are so excited. I am still listening to our precious baby with the dopplar almost everyday (when I am not exhausted from work) and Willis still gets excited when I have him listen too :-) This week baby Whitley is now the size of a prune!
There is just a little more cleaning that we need to do for the nursery and I'm planning on getting to some of it today. Willis has already moved out all the big furniture and what's left is just small stuff that I can handle. I'm dying to go shopping for baby gear but we are trying to wait until we know if it's a boy/girl. We should find out gender in early December...what a great Christmas present!!!

The Sweetest Sound

Okay, so I will admit that today I have been quite obsessed with hearing a certain sound. A sound that I cannot believe I am hearing because it is so precious. Yes it's our baby's heart beat! A couple of weeks ago at work we grabbed the dopplar and Jessica P. and Andrea and I went into an empty patient room and proceeded to find my baby's heartbeat. What a wonderful work day that was! Then Andrea brought me hers to use at home so Willis can also share in the joy. Well today I have heard it better and louder than ever before and I can't stop listening to it! Tuesday marked the 9 week mark and I can't beleive this miracle inside of me! We are so thankful for God's blessing in our lives and are so excited about what's to come. :-)

This has been a great week. Not much morning sickness. I have been trying to eat more smaller meals throughout the day and I've been eating bread at night with my prenatal vitamin so that seems to help. We also have more great news. Our best friends Ashley and TJ just found out that they are pregnant as well! We are so excited that we all get to go through this journey together. Of course Ashley and I can't wait to go shopping together and have play dates with the baby's once they are here. So much to be thankful for!

Just to put things in perspective this is about the size of Baby Whitley...

I am trying to figure out how to record the heartbeat so I can post that...stay tuned!!

Baby Belly

My friend Kelly from work gave me some great preggo advice. She told me to take time each week to journal how I felt that way in a few years I can look back on it and remember. So I of course went to the bookstore and found the cutest journal called "the Belly Book." There is a spot for each week to take a belly picture and to write something. Some weeks even have questions to get you started writing. There are spots for ultrasound pics and shower pics too. I just love it. So glad I took her advise.

Well yesterday Willis started to take our weekly picture but notice something in the left hand corner.... Yep that's Miss Abby wanting us to remember her too. Keep in mind Abby loves...I mean LOVES to have her picture taken. She did not want to be left out. Don't worry Abby we won't forget you when the baby gets here :-)

Gamecock Football

Yep that's Miss Abbs giving me her best game day face. The Whitley girls are excited to watch some Gamecocks play!

Glad football season is here. That means cool weather and cookouts!

Willis turns 27

Yesterday was Willis's 27th Birthday. And how did we celebrate........why with our first trip to the OB!

Since it was our first time, we met with the prenatal nurse and received plenty of reading material and some goodies. They drew some lab work and got all of my health history which I'm happy to say isn't much. Then we found out that we are 6 weeks and now 2 days pregnant. Baby Whitley is about the size of a Lima Bean :-) and our due date is April 28, 2010!!! Willis said that it was the greatest Birthday present to learn what should be our baby's birthday! We go back on October 6th for our first visit with the MD at which time we should get our first ultrasound. I will definately keep you posted!!

After all the baby fun we ended the evening with a lovely dinner at the Rive Rat. Happy Birthday Babe!