First Dr's appointment!!

Today was our first visit to the official Baby Dr., and we love her!!! Our friends Kasey and Mimi both had her (Dr. Dunnevant) deliver their babies too, so their recommendation meant a lot. She is the perfect blend of cool Irish spitfire and knowledgeable, advice-giving Doctor. We got our first "real" ultrasound today and the baby is growing just as it should (just over an inch!) and his/her heartbeat is nice and speedy. We have been "cheating" a bit with the ultrasounds since Jeff can get us in at MCV from time to time - it's so much fun getting to see him/her and check in on the progress. What an amazing thing seeing the heart actually beat in there...

March update...

It's been so fun sharing our news with a few folks this month - especially because it turns out I have several bump buddies!!! Annie, Katherine and a neighbor are all right around us with their little ones, so it is going to be so fun sharing updates and stories along the way. It has also been invaluable getting advice from several friends and family members (shout outs to the avid reader/reviewer Miss Laura and the "been there"/overflowing maternity closet Kasey :) ) who have gone before us into the land of parenthood...thank goodness for that, because we still feel pretty clueless. :)

Unfortunately my timing hasn't been as great as Baby Vande's - I've had to travel with work for the last 3 weeks, off and on - weeks 6-9 of the "rough part," ugh. In some ways it was better to be on the go, having to be functional, but it sure has been tough to stay awake for extra-long days and sleep in so many hotels. Thankfully it should slow down now (just in time for the "good feeling" part, ha!).

It's official!

Being the OCD person I can be, I had my primary care Dr. confirm the pregnancy today when I went in for my allergy shot...sure enough, the test confirmed our growing bean before she even had a chance to look at it! So, no more allergy shots this year...thank goodness we moved out of the old house!

Grandparents-to-Be!!

We were a little excited about sharing the news with our families, so we actually got everyone together today to tell them all at once. We had 2 excuses to get Jeff's parents into town: 1) my parents had just bought land in New Kent (not next door, but withina few miles!) and 2) we had belated 35th anniversary gifts for each of them.

So...we thought we were a little sneaky (even though Jeff's parents swear they suspected it already). We gave them their gifts with cards "from the dogs" addressed to Grandma & Grandpa T/V - the cards being congratulatory wishes to the new grandparents-to-be. My mom started screaming, Jeff's mom started crying, my dad was in shock, and I think Jeff's dad was proud that he had figured it out earlier - all were thrilled and their happy reactions were priceless.

Is that really a plus sign?!

After several days of negative tests, today is the day...there is definitely a sliver of a plus sign on that stick! Jeff of course made me go buy several more, of different brands naturally, to be sure before sharing the news with our parents. :) So, 7 tests later (are we first-time parents, or what?!) and we were comfortable that a little bean is truly growing in me. Yahoo!!!!!

Another cool part about finding out today - Jeff proposed to me 5 years ago to the day! What great dramatic timing our little one already has... :)