First round, here we go

To start out, I am completely new to the blog scene.  I honestly have no clue what I'm doing, so bear with me here.  Creating a blog seemed like a great way to keep family and friends posted on what's happening with the family.  Hopefully, I will be dedicated to this and keep a regular posting for everyone.

The main reason this blog is being created is to talk about an exciting time in life for me and Mike.  This blog is dedicated to a new edition that Mike and I would like to introduce you to.  His name is Bryson, and he is 20 weeks old today (in my belly). But let's not get ahead of ourselves...I'll start about 14 weeks earlier.

I found out I was pregnant on July 1.  I had that feeling of "there's no way I'm not pregnant", so after a week of debating on whether or not to take THE test, I bought one.  Yes, just one.  Word of advise, always buy three.  I completely read the first one wrong, and immediately threw it away.  (Apparently the negative sign shows up immediately.  You have to be patient and wait for the positive line to gradually come up.  Who knew?)  Anyway, four days later, I had that thought again.  So this time I bought two tests.  You can guess the rest of the story.

So, pregnancy overall has been fantastic.  I was a bit nauseaus for the first two weeks, but once that passed, it has been smooth sailing. No morning sickness, no super weird cravings, no aweful mood swings.  I know Mike is extra happy about the last one.  We had our first ultrasond at 12 weeks, which was amazing.  Talk about a baby that loves to dance.  It was quite a show.  That appointment was after lunch around 1:00.

Our second ultrasound was today at 8:00, bright and early.  The baby wasn't nearly as active and still quite sleepy.  In fact, we caught him yawning.  The ultrasound tech had to press on my belly to get him to move around a bit so she could see everything she was looking for.  Sleepy baby.  Today was the day we found out we were having a beautiful baby boy!  This has been a truely incredible day for us, not to mention the grandparents that are on Cloud 9.  What a perfect day!

Well, I feel I have rambled, so maybe my next posts will be more condensed.  Hey, I said I was new to this.  I'll figure it out.  Thanks for reading, and to all of our family and friends, thanks for all the love and prayers for our Bryson.  We love you!  Talk to you soon!

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The yawning I was telling you about

P.S.  The picture at the top is of me at 19 weeks.  I thought I would be crafty and put "19 weeks" on a post-it.  Clearly, you can't read it...but that's what it says.