1st Doctor's Appointment

May 22nd

Today we went to our first doctor's appointment and boy was I nervous and really excited. I didn't know exactly what to expect but I was hopeful for a sonogram (YEAH) and I knew that there would be blood drawn (YUCK). Dr. Lopez was great, and seemed genuinely happy for us. We got to see the baby and his or her heart beating. The baby is really small and almost looked about the size of a jelly bean. Dr. Lopez said everything looks great and the baby is developing well. She said the due date is........drum roll please........December 26th, yeah, yeah, for two planners we sure did this one right!!! But she did say by the baby's size she would guess December 27th, she then followed that comment up with the fact that only 25% of women deliver on their due date and at this point the further away from Christmas day the better! Lanny did have to throw his two sense in and say that he wanted the baby to be born in 08 for the tax deduction...once an accountant, always an accountant!

Let's tell the Family

Saturday, May 3rd

Well, before we were pregnant we talked about how we were going to tell anyone we were having a baby until we were out of the dark, 12 wks along. Well that is really easy to say when you aren't pregnant but once I found out part of me wanted to tell any and everyone that I was "with child". We did wait until I was 6 wks along because I just couldn't wait anymore.

We told my mom first and then my sister and aunt. I had taken some pictures of our newest niece Alyssa (Leann and Dale's little girl) and I had also taken pictures of two of tests I took, because I am a dork. So I give my mom the camera and tell her to check out our newest niece. She is looking through the pictures and then she comes upon the ones of "the test" and she looked at me with shock on her face and said, "What? Is this yours? Are you?..." and when I said yes she hugged me and was very excited for us. She then ran over to Lanny and hugged him too. Jami's reaction was, "I knew it!!" because last week I had made a comment about how her Frito Chili Pie from Sonic smelled really gross, oops!

Jane said she will believe it later but I do think she was really happy because she just kept smiling. :) The next day we told Grandma and Grandpa and the first thing Grandpa told me was that it was a boy and what was I going to name him. He gave me several suggestions and I might just use one of them but that will be a secret. Grandma hugged me and said that they were going to have to take extra special care of me now. I thought that was really sweet.

Sunday, May 4th

We had a birthday dinner for Lanny with his parents in Kingman so we told them during that visit. They were both very happy for us and is mom was very anxious to know the delivery date since Lynnette (her daughter) was born on December 27th. At that time we hadn't gone to the doctor so we didn't know the date for sure but we were guessing the date would be December 26th. She thought that was interesting.

Saturday, May 10th

Lanny thought of a great way to tell my cousin Brigitte (she is a florist), he emailed her and asked her to send me flowers to my mom's house and that he wanted a Mother's Day card! She flipped out and was really, really happy for us. I think she has wanted us to have a baby almost more than I did, she is such a sweetie!

Wednesday, May 21st

Lynnette, Alexi and Reighna came into town from Houston and since we wanted to tell them face to face we told them a little after they got to the house. Lynnette almost didn't believe it, she was really surprised. The girls were excited to have another cousin to play with as well.

Saturday, May 24th

Today we told Grandma & Grandpa Lewis, sister Leann, and her husband Dale as well as the aunts (Barbara & Joyce) and cousins (Jennifer & Derrick) on Lanny's mom's side of the family. They were all really excited that there would be a new addition to the family. It was cute because Lanny told them by asking his grandmother if she would mind if there was another great-grandchild running around the house. She said "No, she would love another great-grandchild..why?" and he said, "Because, Jenny & I are expecting one in December". They all were excited and hugging us and all the fun stuff like that.

Happy Birthday?!?

Thursday, April 17th

Lanny's birthday is today and it's also the day I took 2, yes 2 pregnancy tests. I had already taken one on Sunday but the line was so light I thought maybe I peed on it too much, crazy I know. So on Lanny's birthday while he was at a business dinner I went out and got a digital pregnancy test so those crazy blue lines wouldn't confuse me any more.

Anyone who knows me knows I have been waiting for this moment for about 4 years, if not my whole life! So I wanted to make completely sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me! It seemed like an eternity for that little gray screen to pop up with the word PREGNANT and I was so excited. I already knew exactly how I was going to tell Lanny. I had purchased a cute book title 101 Secrets A Good Dad Knows by Walter Browder & Sue Ellin Browder. I wrote sweet things in it for him and wrapped it up like it was one of his b-day presents.

He called me on his way home from the business dinner and he knew I was going to take the test but I was just praying that he wouldn't ask me anything about it and luckily he didn't. Once he got home I told him he had two presents left to open for his b-day. He was suprised that he had two gifts because I had already given him a piece of the old KU floor and he knew he still hadn't opened his sisters gift so I told him to open that first. He did and really liked the KU magazines they got him. Then he opened the book and looked at the cover, opened it up and read it. It was fun to watch him read it because he just kept smiling and laughing his nervous laugh. He then walked over to me and sat down, kissed me and said, "Well, what have we gotten ourselves into here?". I said, " I don't know but I bet it's going to be really fun!". Then we just sat there for a while in silence watching a movie.

Once we went to bed we started talking about how and when we should tell everyone. Which room in the house would be the baby's room and all the things I assume parents to be discuss after finding out news like ours.