I WAS WRONG!!!

OLD WIVES' TALE: A HIGHER HEART RATE INDICATES A GIRL!!!

Another Appt Today

Doc appointment went well today. The baby's heartbeat was strong and fast- 155bpm. Now I really am thinking it is a boy! Amazingly, I have only gained 8 pounds so far throughout my pregnancy. Crazy, considering I was almost at 20lbs at this point with Will. Let's just say that I learned my lesson... you really do have to work to get the baby weight off- it doesn't just disappear! The true test is after 20 weeks though, so we'll have to see if I can control myself =)

Oh yeah, ONLY 1 WEEK FROM TODAY BEFORE WE FIND OUT!!!!

NAMES!!!

So, we are having a really hard time coming up with boy names. I'm pretty sure we have the girl name picked (which now makes me think we might be having a boy because I am never prepared!). Anyhow, if you have any ideas, we would love to hear them. We usually go for more traditional boy names, but give us what you've got. Who knows!!

Will's full name is William Paul-- just to keep in mind.

Thanks fo your help =)

We find out...

The sex of the baby on the 3rd of February!!! We cannot wait. I really have a feeling it might be a girl and Billy really thinks it's a boy. So either way, one of us will be correct! Right now, we haven't really got any names picked out so if you have any ideas, we would love to hear them!

We are going to Baby's First Images in Alpharetta... www.babysfirstimages.com
They are able to determine the sex by the 16th week of pregnancy- whoo hoo!

Side note** If any of my pregnant friends are interested in having the 3d/4d images done, then this is the place to go. They are much more affordable than others and you get all the same stuff. Make sure to use my name as a referral too =)

Baby is...

doing great. His/Her heartbeat was 140 bpm. The doc says everything sounds and looks to be heathy!! THANK GOD! Our next appt will be in 3 weeks and I'm pretty sure we will be doing the same thing at that appt that we did today- Heartbeat and my measurements.

Appointment Today!!

We are so excited about our doc appt today because we finally get to hear the heartbeat! It is one of the most incredible and reassuring sounds in the world... I'll let you know how everything goes when we get back home today.

GNI

This past Friday I attended Girls Night In with a few friends. The crazy thing was that out of the 7 of us, 5 are pregnant!!! I guess that's why we had a night in instead of out. It doesn't get much better than pj's, pizza, pregnancy and belly laughs!!

Thanks girls for such a great time =)

Will's Birthday, Christmas and a New Year- so much to catch up on!

Well, let's see... It has been a few weeks since I last posted anything. I really don't have any excuses other than the holidays really kicked our butts this year!!! Believe it or not, I have actually been in bed by 8pm almost every night and even then I am beyond exhausted =)

The first of things that occurred recently was Will's 4th Birthday. I still cannot get over the fact that we have a four year old! When I was frosting Will's cake and writing the number 4 on the cake, I think it really hit me! He is growing up so quickly and I'm really starting to believe what our parents have said all along "Time goes like you would never believe!"

Then of course, there was Christmas. Unfortunately Billy had to work on Christmas Eve- Santa got a real sense of what it's like to work through the night! But I was nervously and excitedly surprised to see him come home early at 2am... I wasn't expecting him so it did startle me just a bit =) But I was so thankful to have him home to set up the new toys before Will awoke.

When Will did finally get up that morning, he was thrilled with what Santa had brought him, but he was not happy about the fact that Santa didn't eat ALL 7 of his cookies. It was hilarious. He came out into the living room and said "Ah, that wasn't very nice, Santa didn't like my cookies!"

Later that morning we visited Grandma Trice and Papa Pete's house. We enjoyed the afternoon opening gifts, eating and spending time with family. Then that evening we visited Greatmommmy Mill's house to have Christmas with them. Santa (Uncle John) visited Will while we were there and his reaction was priceless! I'll have to see if I can upload the video.

Then lastly, on Friday we had Christmas with the Keeners. The best part of the night was watching wills reaction to his gift from Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jason-- it was a camo sleeping bag and Talkie Walkies (as Will calls them). He rolled around on the floor acting like he was on some kind of mission and I think he may have said "hello hello" a thousand times into his talkie walkies.

As for the New Years Eve... Billy, Will and I were in bed by 10:30pm. I told you- we have been worn out! The next morning we awoke to a new year, but really nothing feels too different. The only thing that changed was that we now have to take down the Christmas tree and decorations--Ugh!!! Oh and one more thing--- WE'RE HAVING A BABY IN 2009!!! If that's not a blessing, I don't know what is.