Baby's First Concert

This one is for you Erin! We went to see Mason Jennings last night. The baby's ears are all developed and he (or she!) is able to hear. Zach Gill was the opening act and sitting down, the peanut fluttered around most of the show. We were right up front for Mason and he was enjoyed by all! Any thoughts on what music to have the little one listen to?

Butterflies

Yup! Last night I was dreaming that there was fluttering in my belly. I woke up and felt it! At first I wasn't sure if it was something else (gas), but lay there and felt it again. When I'm sitting very still I can feel the smallest flutter and it's so neat! We decided not to find out what we're having this time around (sorry to disappoint Ally and Mandy!) I'm referring to the baby as a "him" though because: 1) Carlos and I bet our first family vacation on it and I like to win and 2) Crazy Coulibaly in Mali read my shells in 2002 and has never been wrong! More to come......

Music to the Ears

We had our second appointment with the midwife today. Using a Doppler machine, she was able to locate the heartbeat for a brief few seconds. We have a strong beat of 160 bpm! It is definately the most beautiful sound we have ever heard. Everything looks great. We are still deciding if we want to find out the sex, any input is appreciated. In December, we will get an ultrasound with photos and will be able to "find out" if we decide to.

Baby's First Clothes

After a visit that went too quick to great-gramma, granpa and gramma Keller this weekend; Laurie and I ended up with a bin full of clothes, gifts and blessings for our upcoming baby. Here is a picture of just some of the items we got. THANK YOU Gramma, Thank You Sue and Thank you Joe! 

Meting the Midwife

Monday morning I went to the Women's Health Center for my first appointment with my midwife Tricia. She was wonderful! She did an ultrasound (sorry, no pictures yet) and based on the measurements we are currently at 7 weeks. Everything looks great so far! The next appointment is October 22nd, we will do another ultrasound where hopefully we will be able to hear a heartbeat and get pictures. Stay tuned!

Welcome Morning Sickness!

Keegan is very excited about becoming a big sister. Our first Doctor appointment was today at 12:30. Waiting for it took forever! I met morning sickness at 9:30 this morning. That's going to be fun, throwing-up with no warning. Of course Carlos was 5 minutes early to pick me up and I was running about 15 minutes behind. Dr. England is no longer delivering, but will see patients for their first pregnancy visit. We have an 8th urine test (and an internal exam, yuck) to confirm our suspicions! Everything looks great, she thinks that I'm around 6 weeks with an expected due date of  May 12 (this will probably change). We went to get blood work, schedule our first ultrasound (next Thursday!) and out to an early dinner to celebrate. I called the Bethany Women's Center and have an appointment with a midwife on Monday.....more to come! 

September 9, 2008

A missed period, frequent bathroom trips during the night, and a VERY keen sense of smell = A positive test! And then because I didn't believe that one, I did 6 more. Yup, still positive. It feels too good to be true. We are very excited!I took the test when I got home from work and was not expecting the result.  I called Corey and she calmed me down and suggested waiting and doing the second test before telling Carlos. I went downstairs and couldn't keep from smiling, Carlos knew something was up but I was determined to wait until the second test. That didn't work (am I that transparent?) I took him upstairs and showed him, on an "excited scale" of 1-10, he was an 11. We called my parents, Carlos' mom and got to talk to Jeremy and Ally.