It's a Boy!

We went to the doctor's office yesterday and, praise the Lord, had a great visit. The ultrasound showed everything from brain to footprint looked good, and they were able to clearly see that we were expecting a baby boy. Andy and I had both guessed it would be a boy that morning, but of course you never really know :). We are certainly excited and looking forward to being able to begin official baby planning.

After the visit, we immediately went to my parents to share the big news and were even able to catch my dad in person before he left for two weeks in Dubai that afternoon. As expected, my mother was extremely excited and dad was excited in his own way :). We then called a few other family and friends. Today, we traveled to Owensboro to share the news with Andy's parents in person. They, too, were ecstatic. Joni Beth and Eric gave us a cute and very soft blanket as our first baby boy gift. We also received several UK items (and some very cute maternity dresses) from Andy's cousin Kelly, who, since she now lives in Knoxville, said she was having trouble finding friends down there who wanted UK gear for their little ones.

Even Emma got in on the excitement, as she immediately wanted to sniff and then try to bite the new blanket. We hope this is not a sign of things to come ;). (Actually, she has a blanket that she chews on constantly, so we think that might be the real confusion for our little doggie.)

Colorado Trip

So after a week visiting with a supplier in Colorado, I am glad to be back home. As I've been asked by a few people, I did not ski. (I would have only slim hope of skiing if I were not pregnant, so I thought this might not be the time to try.) I actually spent most of the week in Eastern Colorado, which looks more like Kansas & Nebraska than the mountains. Everything went wonderfully both in business and in fellowship, and I had no issues with altitude, food, carrying my bags or anything else...praise the Lord. The baby survived it's first four flights from Lexington to Chicago to Denver and back and its first trip down a dirt road (at which point I thought for sure the Garmin had me lost). The family I stayed with, Gil & Jeri Anderson, was so gracious and took great care of me. (With four grown kids and seven grandchildren, they had apparently experienced taking care of a pregnant woman before.) But, I know Andy was glad to see me...and the baby...back in Nicholasville, and the feeling was mutual.

We are at 18 weeks, and are so excited to find out what we're having next week...assuming the baby cooperates. We found out this week that our friends David and Liz are having a little boy (due 10 days before us) as well as Mark and Shannon (due about 6 weeks before us), so we'll see if the trend continues :).

17 weeks and counting

We're just over 17 weeks now. The baby is a little over 5 inches long and weighs about a half pound. I went back to the doctor Thursday, and everything went smoothly. They said weight looked good and everything else seemed to be going well. At the next appointment (which I talked them into moving up due to our Owensboro trip at the end of the month) will be on October 23rd. Assuming the baby cooperates, we should find out whether our little one is a boy or girl. We will certainly post this big news when we find out.

We also went to the UK football game today. A tough loss, but the weather was sunny and almost hot. Can you believe it's in the eighties in October! Or that we saw gas for $2.86 today. What is the world coming to?

After today's game and watching Midnight Madness (well actually, only Andy watched it...the baby and I were fast asleep before it started), we are beginning to think of basketball season...and about the March madness of our own. Can you believe we're actually due on the first day of the NCAA tournament? There could be 16 games and one little Waldroup all on the same day!