Cloud 9!

22 May, 2011

If you are on either mine or Nick's facebook, then you already know that we had our gender scan this past Thursday.  We are happy to announce that we are expecting a beautiful baby BOY!!  

We are both over the moon happy.  Nick is already thinking about fishing, and football, and baseball and all things little boy!  I'm looking forward to watching my amazing husband transition into an amazing father.  I know that he is going to be such a great daddy.  Last night Jess came over with Master Diver, and Monkey Man.  Watching Nick run around with the boys, playing catch and tag and hide and seek just warmed my heart!  I can already picture Nick running around our back yard with our son, teaching him to play catch and throw a football.  

Little Man does have a name, we're just not quite ready to make it public yet, so keep your eye out for that announcement.  

We get to see Little Man again in 2 weeks, as he's a bit stubborn and was standing on his head with his hands in front of his face, and the tech couldn't get a good look at the back of his head.  Looks like he takes after Mommy and Daddy already!!  

He's an active little one in there, and we discovered during the ultrasound that what I've been feeling down low isn't him kicking after all.  He's head down, and he's punching me more then kicking.  It was the funniest thing to see!  Every time the tech would say something about Little Man being stubborn or needing to turn, he punched at the ultrasound wand!!  I think we're going to have a little fire cracker on our hands!

I've been having WAYYYY too much fun with his registry since finding out that we're having a boy!  We're been blessed with a crib from a friend of ours from Chapel, which has allowed us to pick out bedding and a theme for Little Man's room...and you'll never guess what it is!!  That's right...Daddy and Mommy have picked out Firefighter themed bedding ad decor for his room!  It's the CUTEST thing EVER!!!

Oh, and don't forget, our What to Expect giveaway ends on 31May!!  So, pop over here to enter!!

MilSpouse Day, OB update, and some random...

05 May, 2011


Hmmm...where to start??  

Well, lets start at the beginning shall we?

Today was our 16 week OB appointment.  Everything looks great!  Gummy Bear's heart beat was 146 today.  My uterus girly bits are right where they should be..well, for me anyway.  In case y'all haven't noticed, I'm a bit on the short side...{4'11" to be exact!} so for me, I'm measuring right on track.  Dr. M also explained that my height is why I started showing so early.  We were able to schedule our anatomy scan for 19May.  2 weeks from today...I can't WAIT!!!  They still don't have the results of my AFP tests, so we're hoping for them to be in when we go in for the scan.  On a side note, I've started to feel Gummy Bear fluttering around in there, and Dr. M and her med assistant said it won't be long at all before I feel good movement/kicks...ok, so I suppose this is one of the advantages to being little that my mom always told me about, lol!
Moving right along...

Tomorrow {6May2011} is Military Spouse Appreciation Day...That's my PSA for the day...Hug a MilSpouse, or say thank you to them...do something for a MilSpouse in your life to let them know that they are special, and appreciated! 



Ok, on to the kinda random...some of you may remember me posting on Facebook last week about an awesome announcement coming up here on our bloggy home.  Well, it's time for us to share this announcement with y'all.  Nick and I are very happy to report that WhatToExpect.com is partnering with Live, Laugh, Love...Our Way!!  We are both SUPER excited about this!  As part of this partnership, What To Expect has given us a few books to give away!  

We have 3 Copies of What to Expect When You're Expecting 4th Edition and 2 copies of What to Expect The Toddler Years!

This is going to be an easy giveaway!  Open to US residents (APO & FPO included).  Simply fill out the form below for the book you would like to win, and fill out the form.  We will be taking entries until 31May2011.  Be sure to pass this contest on to all your friends and family!  Oh, And feel free to enter for both!!