We are having a.........

BOY!!!

Yesterday, Wednesday January 28th, we had our official ultrasound to find out the gender of the baby and take all the measurements and make sure everything is going well! I'm happy to report that everything is looking great! Our son is growing and is on track to come into the world on June 22nd! While they were doing the ultrasound he kept kicking his legs... no wonder I can feel him so much lol! But oh my goodness he is so darling! His profile pictures (although kind of fuzzy because he wouldn't stop moving) are so cute!!! I will scan them tomorrow and add them on here so you can all see!

I hope this doesn't sound bad, but this just makes everything feel more real now! I'm starting to show more now and now we know that he is a boy so we can start really thinking about names and slowly getting things ready for his arrival!

I have added a poll with all the names we are considering and I would love it if you guys would vote and give us your opinion. I already know my favorite name... but Dan is a little hesitant, so hopefully you will all pick the same one I like so Dan will be convinced!!!

2nd Doctors Appt!

January 20th I had my second Dr. appt! It was awesome! I am 18 weeks along – so almost half way!!! The doctor went over the results of my blood work that they took last appointment and everything came back looking great which is always good! My blood pressure is lower than average but that’s good I guess. So things are going great. I am feeling MUCH better now – the 2nd trimester is much better than the first haha!

One of my favorite parts of the appointment was when the doctor was trying to listen to the heart beat. First of all, I was getting really nervous because she was moving the “wand” or whatever you want to call it – all over my stomach and we couldn’t hear anything, and then we heard the heartbeat for a split second and then it went away! But then the doctor started laughing and said “Wow! Either your baby really likes to move, or the sound is scaring him or her!” So that made me feel better, but it was just really funny because every time we would hear the heartbeat for a second, it would go away! So basically my baby likes to move and the doctor was “chasing” him/her all over my stomach with the wand. LOL

One other amazing thing that has been happening is that every so often I can feel the baby move!!! What a neat experience that has been. Usually it is just VERY subtle flutters in my stomach, but the other day it felt like the baby jumped I could feel it so strong! It was so neat! I love experiencing moments like this – I’m already so excited to be a mom!!!

We will be finding out really soon the gender of our baby – I’m so excited for that to – we post on here as soon as we know so you will all know too!!!

Until next time!

Dr. Appt, Christmas, New Years, and UTES!!!

So I know this is a long overdue update…. But I’ll be brief with all of it! First let’s start with my first official Dr.’s appt.

My first doctor’s appointment was on December 17th! I took that day off of work so that I wouldn’t have to rush and so that Dan and I could spend the day together and do some much needed Christmas shopping afterwards. The appointment was GREAT! We were able to see the baby and hear the heartbeat again! I can’t believe how big the baby is already! My first ultrasound I was only 8 weeks and the baby basically was a peanut with tiny sprouts for arms and legs… this time, the baby had everything… it actually looked like a baby! Haha! It was just so exciting and great to see that the baby is doing well and growing. I tried so hard not to cry but I couldn’t help it. It was such an overwhelming feeling! After measuring the baby – the doctor moved my due date up 2 days…haha so we are now due June 22nd! My next appt will be on January 20th – I will be 18 weeks (4 and a half months) and we will be able to find out the sex of the baby soon after that! So I will keep everyone posted! For those who don’t know… Dan’s family only has boys… he is the oldest of 4 boys, and basically all of his cousins from his dads side are boys, so his family is betting on us having a boy – my family, well mainly my dad, is SURE it is a girl and they have already named her and everything! LOL So it will be very interesting to see and to tell everyone the news!

Christmas was so amazing this year. After the wonderful news of our baby… we decided to cut back a little this year on Christmas – I’m so glad we did. It really made us think more about the true meaning of Christmas and even thought we didn’t give each other as many presents this year… It was actually way better than last year! It was such a great Christmas!

New Years was so much fun as well! We are so lucky to have such wonderful families so close to us! We were able to spend New Years with both of our families and had lots of fun! We can’t wait to see everything that 2009 is going to have in store for us!!!

GO UTES!!!! Oh and lets not forget about the University of Utah game on Friday! For those of you who don’t know – Dan and I are HUGE Ute fans!!! We had season tickets this year which was so awesome considering they were undefeated!!! We were also planning on going to the Sugar Bowl but since it was in New Orleans, we decided not to.. but we watched it none the less with a bunch of other avid Ute fans and it was AMAZING! I love Ute football!!!!!!!

Well that is all from here – and just so everyone knows… I love reading everyone’s blogs, I might not comment all the time because I am usually at work when I read them and can’t spend very much time doing it – but I love hearing about your lives and feeling like I am in touch with everyone! Haha. And just so everyone knows… I got a new phone and I lost A LOT of peoples phone numbers! My number also changed, so PLEASE send me an email with your phone number! My e-mail address is lisa.garner@acs-inc.com ! Thanks everyone!