Our Baby's 1st Outfit!

Here is our little one's first outfit...a Notre Dame onesie! We visited our dear friends, the Bontragers, a couple weeks ago and they surprised us with this special gift. Matt & Tim went to a Notre Dame game and Sondra & I enjoyed our day together at home catching up and relaxing.

Thank you Tim & Sondra - we can't wait to see our little girl or guy in his/her first outfit! We love it!

Here's our hottie hubbys - us girls must have been camera shy since we forgot to get any pictures of the two of us...

Our 16 Week Doctor's Visit

We had our 16 week checkup yesterday and everything is great! We heard the heartbeat for the first time - we had seen it before but had never been able to actually hear it with the doppler until yesterday. Pretty neat. I gained 7 lbs in 4 weeks! YIKES! My midwife said that that was great for me, so I guess that's okay. (She actually gave Matt a high five on that!) :) Matt keeps telling me, "we better have a chubby baby!" If it has anything to do with my appetite and weight gain, that won't be a problem! We have an official date for our ultrasound to find out the baby's gender - November 3rd! Can't wait!

Just Getting Started...

I'm finally posting my first message! Well, as most of you know who will be reading this, Matt & I are expecting our first child in March. I can't think of a better way to share with our family & friends the important milestones of this amazing journey we have already begun than through blogging. I'm getting a bit of a late start, since I am already 16 weeks along, but I can catch you up on that as I go along. We can't believe we are one month away from being half way through. It has gone so fast already. I have been feeling so much better lately - more energy, no more nausea, and my appetite is less than it was believe it or not. I was incredibly famished for the first trimester and still am sometimes. But, I am feeling so much better now. I am trying to savor every moment of this pregnancy, since I hear so many friends tell me how quickly this precious time goes. I'm anxious to meet our little angel, but I also want to enjoy the moment.

Here are a couple pregnancy pictures for your enjoyment!

This was at 11 weeks...

This one is the most recent, taken this past Sunday, at 16 weeks...