Here is my tummy at 17 weeks. Not too much change but I do feel like any day now I am going to wake up and see a big difference!!! Excuse the mismatch PJ's....I threw on pj pants that morning because I was cold!!

Things we are thankful for....

Not too much has happened since my last post. I did have several tests completed on myself and the baby and EVERY single one of them came back with a good report. What a blessing!!!

One of the many traditions that Matt's family participates in is to go around the dinner table and say three things that you are thankful for on Thanksgiving. Even if the family is not all together we make sure and email and share our 3 things. It is a wonderful way to share and hear every one's thoughts and feelings. We have continued the tradition now that we are married no matter where Thanksgiving is or who is there.

This year there was much to be thankful for:
My list:
A healthy pregnancy and healthy baby
A wonderful family
A great, stable jobs that we both love!

Matt's list:
A healthy wife and baby
A wonderful family
A great new job with lots of new opportunities

Matt and I both know that 2010 holds so many new special memories for our family. We hope that it will be the best year yet for our entire family!!

It is hard to believe that I am 17 weeks pregnant already and that in 3 short weeks I will be half way!!! I go to the doctor this coming Friday, December 4th for a check-up. I am not scheduled to have an ultra sound but I am going to see if I can persuade my OB to let me find out the sex. I will have to have them place it in an envelope and Matt and I can open it together when he gets home after work. Otherwise we find out in 3 weeks on December 21st!!! We are still trying to decide if we will still do the envelope thing and open it on Christmas morning!! We plan to share with our family on Christmas morning even if we find out on the 21st.

Stay tuned......if we find out this Friday then we will be sure to share!!!

This one is of the baby's elbow and hand. The baby pulled his/her hand and placed it on the face. Hard to believe that all the little bones of the fingers are already there!!!

This one is really blurry but this is Peanut moving
his/her hand up towards his/her face!! So sweet to
see in person!!

Baby Peanut!!!

Sorry it might be fuzzy...it is hard to get it to transfer to the blog and the pictures are different to begin with because they are on extremely shiny paper....

This is our Peanut at 13 weeks, 4 days. No more shrimp!!! Look at that profile!! So cute already!

End of the first, heading into the Second......

So I went for my 13 week doctors visit and ultra sound last week and had a wonderful visit!! Our little Peanut has gone from looking "shrimp" or "seahorse" like to looking like a baby!! Amazing what just 3 weeks can do!! I heard the heartbeat for the very first time and was amazed at how little Peanut still is but how strong the heartbeat is already!! The doctor said everything looked great. They even moved my due date up to May 10th!!! Inching closer and closer to my dad's birthday (May 9th) and Matt's sisters birthday (May 8th)!! We shall see.

We were hoping to maybe catch a glimpse of peanuts anatomy down below to see boy or girl...but no such luck! That little Peanut is too comfy in there...can you blame them!!! The ultra sound tech tried her best to move the baby and even had me cough but to no avail baby wouldn't change positions. I kept envisioning the movie "Look Who's Talking" with Kirstie Alley and John Travolta where the baby talks in utero and makes funny comments. I am sure that our Peanut was saying "Whoa what is all this poking...Whoa lady why are you waking me from my slumber...I was pretty cozy you know." I just cracked up thinking about that movie. So we did not find out the sex of the baby but we will for sure on December 21st. We can't wait and we are counting the weeks!!!

My doctor told me that everything looked great. She said I am healthy and strong and fully expects for us to be given a very healthy baby. I did have some testing done for chromosomal disorders (Down syndrome, etc.) and should receive the results of that soon. We have no reason to worry but you never know God's plans for our baby.

The biggest prayer request we have is for everyone to continue to pray for a healthy baby for one but most importantly for me to remain as healthy as I have been for the remainder of the pregnancy. After much thought and many prayers I have decided that I am not going to vaccinate myself with the H1N1 vaccine. I am not comfortable with the amount of time that it has been out or the length of the studies that are being done on the long term effects. I feel confident in my decision and am doing everything I can do to stay as healthy as possible....so please continue to pray for that!! Thank you all for your love, prayers, and wonderful comments during this magical time for us!!

The beginning of a bump

This is the beginning of a slight bump...still in my own clothes but watching my waistline disappear a little more each day!!

I have the first two months on my camera and at the moment I cannot find my camera!!! Trying not to panic!!! Not that there was a belly anwyway but I did take a picture at 4 weeks and 8 weeks to have.

This picture is my tummy this week at 13 weeks!! 1/3 of the way there and still a lot of belly left to grow!!!

The cat is out of the bag......Peanut Smith is annoounced to the world!!

We have shared with all of our friends now and we even posted on facebook...which seems so funny to me that once you put it on facebook it becomes like paparazzi knowledge. It is amazing what a virtual world we are now days!!

We went on October 19 for my first OB appointment and we saw the baby and saw the heartbeat. What an incredible thing!!! I think it made it that much more real for Matt because up until that point there was no physical signs for him that I was really carrying a baby. The only thing he had to go by was my sickness that lasted about 3 weeks and my sheer exhaustion!! We were both so giddy when we left and are thankful for a healthy baby!! The doctor said the baby looked great and the way it should for 10 weeks. We have affectionally started calling the baby Peanut Smith...at least until we find out the sex!!

Tomorrow, November 6th I go back again for my first Trimester screen and work up. I am offically 13 weeks and now moving into my second trimester this weekend!! Yippee!! Hard to believe that we are already 1/3 of the way there. May 14th is our expected due date and I think it will be here before we know it. May is a great month for both of our families because between my family and his there are 8 birthday's in the month of May...so why not add another right?