IT'S A BOY!!!
THANK YOU Laura McAnly for our delicious cake!!!
THANK YOU Laura McAnly for our delicious cake!!!
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Soon to be Revealed
BOY OR GIRL???
This cake holds the answer inside.
We'll know in about 2 hours!!!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Heeeere's Baby!!!
Introducing baby Galyen!
We watched him/her on the screen for over 30 minutes today. Absolutely delightful! He was moving his left arm a little and twitching his head quite a bit. I wish I could have watched it for hours. The umbilical chord and spinal chord were incredibly visible. Nick saw the heart racing away and asked the ultrasound tech if that was the baby's eye blinking. She really got a kick out of that!
So, we left the ultrasound with the gender of the baby concealed in a double envelope. That envelope felt like a hot-potato. So hard to hold it in our hands and not know what it said inside!!! As of tonight, it is exactly one week before we will learn, with our parents and siblings, whether we're having a boy or girl. My sweet friend Laura McAnly is making a from-scratch chocolate cake with chocolate ganache icing - with either a pink or blue layer or icing in the middle. Oh......the wait......
Friday, November 15, 2013
Fall Baby Updates
I'm wearing my first pair of maternity jeans today :) SO much more comfortable than my normal ones that I've been squeezing myself into.
Last night we spent the evening with our pastor and his wife who've just adopted their fifth child from India. Little Lyla was particularly fond of Nick - reaching for him to hold her all throughout the night. Then, as soon as he would put her down, her little sister Katie-Pierce would also ask to be held. Her jealousy demanded equal treatment :). Nick was quite the chick magnet.
Tomorrow the baby will be 19 weeks old - exactly half way through its development. I've noticed a few little changes this week, and they're making me a bit paranoid. Are they the product of a growing baby or the product of some change with the baby that isn't a positive one? I'm itching for my doctors appointment next week to know that everything is ok!
The appointment is Wednesday. We will have the ultrasound (approx an hour long) to measure and learn the sex of the baby and then meet w/ the doc. We're not going to actually learn the gender on Wednesday, however. Our plan is to keep the information sealed in an envelope, to be opened and revealed when we're with our family for Thanksgiving. Fun, fun, fun.
Nick and I are taking a little getaway the weekend before Thanksgiving to an Amish community. Then I'm off work the whole week of Thanksgiving. During that time I'll have my 31st birthday, we'll learn the gender of our baby, and we'll celebrate the holiday with Nick's family. Don't think I've ever been quite so excited about Thanksgiving-time :)
Last night we spent the evening with our pastor and his wife who've just adopted their fifth child from India. Little Lyla was particularly fond of Nick - reaching for him to hold her all throughout the night. Then, as soon as he would put her down, her little sister Katie-Pierce would also ask to be held. Her jealousy demanded equal treatment :). Nick was quite the chick magnet.
Tomorrow the baby will be 19 weeks old - exactly half way through its development. I've noticed a few little changes this week, and they're making me a bit paranoid. Are they the product of a growing baby or the product of some change with the baby that isn't a positive one? I'm itching for my doctors appointment next week to know that everything is ok!
The appointment is Wednesday. We will have the ultrasound (approx an hour long) to measure and learn the sex of the baby and then meet w/ the doc. We're not going to actually learn the gender on Wednesday, however. Our plan is to keep the information sealed in an envelope, to be opened and revealed when we're with our family for Thanksgiving. Fun, fun, fun.
Nick and I are taking a little getaway the weekend before Thanksgiving to an Amish community. Then I'm off work the whole week of Thanksgiving. During that time I'll have my 31st birthday, we'll learn the gender of our baby, and we'll celebrate the holiday with Nick's family. Don't think I've ever been quite so excited about Thanksgiving-time :)
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Our Little Sweet Potato
Websites and medical charts say that this week our little baby is about the size of a 6-inch sweet potato. They also say I can be feeling the baby move any time now. I haven't felt any of that yet.....but I'll certainly let you know when I do.
We have a few names in mind - but we're not quite so eager to share those.
People seem quick to share their opinions, likes, and dislikes about names, so we may just have to keep that little tidbit to ourselves. For now, anyway.
I am now 18 weeks pregnant. Next Saturday I will be exactly at the half-way mark. Goodness!
Monday, November 4, 2013
Quiet Thoughts....
Just sitting here alone at the kitchen table. Dark outside and its not even 6 p.m. Just me and Chloe here; resting in complete silence.
It really is so very crazy that in just a few months I'll hardly ever know silence again. How drastically our life is going to change from the way we've known it in these amazing past seven years of marriage.
I continue to be stunned at how wonderful my husband is; how exceptional. He is so so good to me and for me. His walk with the Lord gives me peace and strength. Crazy to think about him being a daddy. Although I'm sure he'll do that like he does everything else - excellently.
I came in from my run with Chloe this morning and looked down at my belly (quite a bit more obvious now) and said, "Nick............. we're going to have a BABY." His reply: "Yeah - crazy - when is it going to start feeling real?"
Even though we know in our minds that life is going to change, we know we can't comprehend how much or in what ways. For now I'll just enjoy my quiet time and my husband (while its just me and him) and keep on praising God for all the wonderful things He's doing in me and around me! As Thanksgiving approaches, I'm feeling perhaps more thankful than ever!!!
It really is so very crazy that in just a few months I'll hardly ever know silence again. How drastically our life is going to change from the way we've known it in these amazing past seven years of marriage.
I continue to be stunned at how wonderful my husband is; how exceptional. He is so so good to me and for me. His walk with the Lord gives me peace and strength. Crazy to think about him being a daddy. Although I'm sure he'll do that like he does everything else - excellently.
I came in from my run with Chloe this morning and looked down at my belly (quite a bit more obvious now) and said, "Nick............. we're going to have a BABY." His reply: "Yeah - crazy - when is it going to start feeling real?"
Even though we know in our minds that life is going to change, we know we can't comprehend how much or in what ways. For now I'll just enjoy my quiet time and my husband (while its just me and him) and keep on praising God for all the wonderful things He's doing in me and around me! As Thanksgiving approaches, I'm feeling perhaps more thankful than ever!!!
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