Boy or girl?!

We are SO incredibly happy to tell everyone that we are having a baby boy!!! I was wanting a boy :) More to come later, but here is a picture!

Meet our baby!

Yesterday Mike and I went to the obstetrician for our first appointment! We were both very excited and anxious to hear/see the heart beat. I'm at 9 1/2 weeks so it took the doctor a minute to find the baby, but then our perfect little baby popped up on the screen :) We saw the heart beating on the screen, and they turned up the volume so that we could hear it!

Here is our first picture! You can see the head, arms, legs, yolk sac, and little hands and feet buds :)

Here is a picture that outlines what you can see:

The most exciting part of the visit is when the baby gave a big hardy kick! The doctor replayed it over and over again for us to see, it was awesome!

2+1=3

Mike and I are about to complete our second year of marriage and have had many adventures together the past few years. Our biggest adventure yet will begin when our family grows at the end of this summer! We're expecting a baby and I couldn't tell you who's more excited. Mike will call me during work simply just to yell in my ear, "WE'RE HAVING A BABY!"

I didn't think I would want to have children this soon. A few months ago I got a very distinct feeling that I was meant to be a mom. That it was my calling in life. I knew that it would be the most important and meaningful and beautiful thing I would ever do. So we decided to start trying, and it took a whopping 2 months for us to get pregnant! I feel so incredibly blessed, I've known so many people that have problems when trying to conceive, or problems in their pregnancy. So far the baby appears to be healthy, and I've been healthy.

I've been pretty sick the last few weeks, but I feel like I can't complain because I am so completely ecstatic with the reason why I'm sick!

Today I had my first visit with the obstetrician! I'll post on that soon :)