Monday, June 27, 2011

First Picture

Finding out so early (@ only 3 weeks along), made it feel like forever until the first Dr. appointment. Finally the day arrived and I was going to see our little bean! Nick wasn't able to come because of work, but I made sure he felt like he was there and not missing much. According to my "Estimated Date (LMP)" I am due January 4, 2012. So at this appt. I was 6 weeks 5 days. I was measuring 7 weeks 1 day. Here he or she is....
It was so amazing to see the heartbeat flickering. So neat and I will never forget that moment. The Dr. was really nice. Although my overall experience of my first appt. or second, were not so pleasant. I might do another post on that, but trying to stay positive. Anyway, I can't believe there is a little life inside of me. What an amazing miracle this is. God is so good!!!

Surprising the Hubby!

I couldn't wait to get rid of this secret and tell someone else! I researched cute and fun ways to tell, but nothing seemed right. I found out on the Thursday before Easter, so I was thinking something with Easter eggs would be fitting. I had done a Easter egg hunt for the hubs the year before so I was set. I got his favorite Easter candy (Brach's Fiesta Malted Milk Eggs) to fill them and set out a mini hunt in our living room! I did not want to make it hard because I didn't want it to take too long!! I was so anxious to get the news out so we could celebrate this miracle and blessing together!

Hubs came home from work, hungry, ready to go out to dinner and I just tried to act normal. Once he was settled I told him to do the egg hunt! He said he'll do it when we get back from dinner. I pushed him again, "please, do it now!" Doesn't he get how much of a big deal this is!??!?!? lol. He will soon!!

Finally he was collecting the eggs and I was giving BIG hints! There was a blue egg that had something special in it (I marked it so he'd open it last). Once he collected all of them, I told him to open the "special blue" one last. He was happy with all the fiesta eggs, not suspecting anything and then he got to the last one....had a note inside "Happy Easter My Love! One more surprise..." That's when I pulled out a box from behind the couch cushion from where I was sitting. It was hard to hide because he wanted to look behind me during the hunt! Anyway, two tests were inside and there was no denying what they meant....

He kept saying really?! Really?! Him all smiles and me all tears!! It was emotional! He wanted to know all the details and he was just on cloud nine! It was so fun to see him so happy! Definitely made waiting for dinner worth it!

The day...

....I found out! April 21, 2011. I woke up with a feeling! Instinct I guess! Plus, the night before I had a sip of a "drink" and it made me sick to my stomach. Kinda strange but happy that my body was telling me to stay away from it!! I never thought those two pink lines would appear!! Sure enough, without having to squint, bust out the magnifying glass or hold it to the light...they were there!!!

That day I had a lunch & shopping date planned with my mom. It was so hard not to tell her. Plus all I wanted to do was take another test to just get more reassurance, and I wanted to think of a cute way to tell the hubby. I'll save that for the next post!! Anyway, it was good day and I guess those tests really do work!! :)

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Welcome!!!

Hi! Welcome to Baby Stavy!! I was convinced by a friend to start a baby blog! Well here it is! I am learning how this all works, so I hope this turns out! I'm not sure who will read this or follow my blog, but I guess it's a great way to get my thoughts down and have a journal of this crazy journey!! Now that I am 12 weeks along, I feel like I have some catching up to do!! Hope you all enjoy!!! By the way, I think every post is photo worthy and makes it more exciting! So here's one of us, pre-baby :)