...And Baby Makes Three!

For those of you who missed the last post, or are just a little slow on the uptake: I'm pregnant!

We had the joy of announcing to our parents at Christmas that they were going to be grandparents (this baby will be the first grandchild on both sides, so it goes without saying that he or she will probably be spoiled within an inch of his/her life :) If I've seen you in person since then, I probably told you--but for whatever reason, I decided to wait to announce our big news here until after we heard the heartbeat. I guess I needed some reassurance that it's actually real!

Steve and I went to the midwife on Friday afternoon and heard an incredible sound: a tiny, beating heart. Though even after hearing it, and after having lived with the news that I'm pregnant for over two months now, it all still feels very surreal.

Thanks so much to those of you who offered congratulations and asked how I am feeling. Details for the interested: I am actually feeling great. My energy level has been good, and though I did deal with nausea throughout the first trimester, it was not nearly as bad as it could have been. Now that I'm in the second trimester it has really tapered off. My belly is just starting to become noticeable with clothes on--though it's still at the point where it's debatable if I'm pregnant, or have just put on a few pounds :) I'm going to a certified nurse-midwife instead of an OB-GYN, but I'll deliver at the hospital, not at home. My ultrasound won't be until the end of March, and at this point, we're strongly leaning toward not finding out the gender.

I am 15 weeks along, so, Lord willing, we will be welcoming this little one into our family sometime around the middle of August. (Hence the sudden urgency to finish the upstairs!) We are praising God for this blessing and anticipating His grace for this new journey that has only begun...