IT'S A.......

Hello!!!!  Sorry I've made you all wait so long for this news.  The doctors appointment took longer than we anticipated.  First, they were 45 minutes late getting me in, which can I just say was not pleasant for me and my incredibly full bladder.  When I finally got in the Ultrasound Tech took a lot of the necessary "anatomy" pictures that were necessary for the doctor.  Baby Cook continuously kicked at the ultrasound wand each time the tech would push down to get a better picture.  Guess he/she wasn't digging the invasion of their space. ;-)

Then, after 30 minutes of taking many many pictures, the Ultrasound tech told us that she was 80% sure of what we were having but she wanted to be more sure so she needed me to go walk around for 15-20 minutes and eat something sweet.  She needed the baby to move so she could get a more definite look.
So, Matt and I went to the supermarket and got me a candy bar and walked around for a bit.  Then we returned to finally get the answer of who we had growing in there, our little boy or our little girl.

Initially the baby hadn't budged one bit from the position they were in when we left.  I was not about to have come that far and waited that long only to have to schedule another appointment becuase there wasn't a clear enough view.  So I coughed and the tech moved the wanded rapidly around on my belly to get our little one to corroperate.  Thankfully, Baby Cook finally budged and the tech was able to finish her pictures and FINALLY reveal to us what we were having.  It's a girl!!!!!

I have to admit, Matt and I were a bit shocked. lol  We had convinced ourselves that it was a boy so when the tech said it was a girl we were speechless.  However, Matt and I recovered quickly and we cannot wait for our little girl to be here with us. We already know that she is quite spunky, from the kicks to the ultrasound wand and quite stubborn, since she needed some convincing to get her to move enough to reveal to us who she was. 

So, the planning and shopping begins!!!! 

New Season, New Trimester, and New Adventures

I am horrible about keeping everyone updated through the blog.  Since my last post a lot has happened.  Every day life wise Matt and I have had the pleasure of enjoying our friend, James' band perform, we celebrated our friend's Abby and Joe's little boy, Joey's 5th birthday party, Matt and I have celebrated our 29th and 27th birthdays, and heard the exciting news that two of our closest couple friends are expecting!  It has certainly been a busy month.

I spent my long birthday weekend in a cleaning frenzy, not exactly the ideal birthday weekend but we were blessed with 3 of the only warm/beautiful Fall days we have had so I had to take advantage.  I definitely took advantage of doing some "Spring Cleaning" in the Fall.  I think a bit of the nesting bug bit me that weekend.  I certainly learned my lesson in the necessity of taking it easy while pregnant, as I was incredibly sore after all of that cleaning.  I guess I'll just have to have Matt do most of it for the rest of my pregnancy. ;-) 

Though I had everything I could ask for in being blessed with our expanding family, Matt also got me a wonderful gift of tickets to Lion King on Broadway!  I have wanted to see it since we moved here and we finally will this weekend.  I am so excited!  I can't wait to blog about our fun afternoon/evening in the City. 

We celebrated little Joey's 5th birthday on the 16th.  It seems crazy to me that he is 5 already!  It really feels like it was just yesterday that he was that chunky cheeked, curly haired little 1 year old we met 4 1/2 years ago.  It definitely makes you realize just how fast time can go.  It has been great to share in watching him grow from a toddler into a little man. 

Matt celebrated his birthday weekend by going out for opening day of bow season.  For those of you who don't know, hunting season starts in October and doesn't stop until Summer starts.  Not only does Matt live and breath hunting season for the next several months, I do too.  Not by choice however...haha.  Unfortunately, Matt has not had too many occassions to get out and hunt.  I'm sure he will do all he can to make up for that dilemma though.  As long as I don't keep him too busy with all of my "To Dos".  I did get Matt a Scentlock tub since I'm asking him to move all of his hunting gear out to our shed.  Can't be spooking those deer with any scents...lol

Matt and I were also very excited to hear that our friends John and Colleen, and two other friends (who will remain unnamed for the moment as I don't think they have shared their news with everyone yet) are expecting!  We could not be more excited for our 4 friends.  We have known John and Colleen since before they met and became a couple and we have been blessed to join them on their journey from a budding couple, to newlyweds, and now parent's-to-be!  Colleen has a very comical picture of me as I got the news that they were expecting.  She had gotten me a shirt that said "Due in March".  I was saying how cute it was to Matt and Colleen asked me if I liked her shirt, as she unzipped her coat and showed me her matching shirt with "Due in April" on it.  To say I was shocked and thrilled is an understatement.  Matt and I are thrilled to be sharing this journey with Colleen and John.  Congrats you two!

Our other couple friends are due in May and I am so excited to also be sharing this journey with my girlfriend.  We had joked that we thought it would be fun to be pregnant together; side note, we did not plan to be...lol  We are definitely thrilled that it turned out that we will be pregnant together.  She has been with me since Matt and I started our Trying to Conceive journey and has experienced all of our trials and tribulations and ultimate joy when we finally discovered that we were expecting.  She has been a life saver and definitely my go-to girl for advice, as she has two other children, so she knows what to expect.  Matt and I cannot wait for their new bundle of joy.

As for Matt and I and our lil munchkin, I am now 20 weeks!  Half way there!  Where does the time go, and more importantly, how will I get everything done?! lol  Since my last post I have felt the baby move for the first time, at 17 weeks.  I remember feeling a little poke and being so uncertain that it was anything other than a little muscle twitch and then ultimately realizing that it was our little one moving around in there!  It is such a magical feeling.  Next to starting to show, feeling our baby move for the first time just made the reality that we are actually going to have a baby so much more real.  I have enjoyed every little punch and twitch as they have gotten more frequent and stronger.  Last night Matt was finally able to feel the baby move.  It was such a magical moment to see how excited he was when he finally felt that little punch or kick.  He loves talking to my belly and now, trying to feel for movement.  He is such a proud papa already.  :-) 

Tomorrow we FINALLY find out whether we will be having a little boy or a little girl.  We cannot wait!  This will be the first time Matt has seen the baby since our first ultrasound and the first time he will hear the heartbeat!  Schedule wise it just didn't work for Matt to be there, so we can't wait for him to be able to share in the joy of seeing our little one.  And of course finding out who is in there. No worries, I will definitely be sure to update a post with what we will be having, I promise! 

20 Weeks!

Half Way There!

 Ok, so until tomorrow!  Good night all! XOXO