motherly love... finally

Ok, so I'm officially 15 weeks and finally feeling great! Thank you Jesus! Just went to the doctor today and baby Hokie's heartbeat is great! Today was the first time I heard it and I am so glad I did because I suddenly feel maternal. Shockingly, the morning sickness, exhaustion, constipation, and back pain didn't do that for me! lol. I was really starting to feel bad that I didn't feel all that motherly. Today though, those few seconds completely changed it for me and I could not be more excited to be a Momma now. :) I even stopped by half-price books and got a few to start my collection... by time the baby gets here the nursery will probably be a baby room/library :)

I have been super slacking on the picture taking and the documentation so here is a quick pic of me at 15 weeks.

Tomorrow I am going to take an official one, and by official I mean taken by Chris, and I'll dress up cute for it. I'll also make sure to do it in the morning before my 5th graders have worn me out and made my face look aged... they do that almost every day.

On that note, two things.

1. I have some super funny stories for a future post of things my students asked me when I told them I was expecting.... oh the mind of a 10/11 year old.

2. My kids did pretty well on TAKS and I am so proud of them!

baby hokie

Chris and I, although very surprised, are so excited to become parents to our sweet little blessing. We are already so blessed with 2 loving and wonderful families who could not be more excited for us.

Here is the ultrasound from back in March. This was taken at 11 weeks. The doctor said that he/she is quite a mover so that should be fun in a few weeks when I can actually feel it!

It's amazing how many choices there are when your pregnant... 8,000 different types of prenatal vitamins, a bazillion different tests that you can choose to have run, birthing plans, birthing classes, types of bottles, brands of strollers, yada, yada, yada.

With all of the choices floating around, I am happy to just take it as it comes and not worry too much about making a wrong choice. I'm sure I'll make them but am super thankful to a few who already helped with my goofy questions. Thanks girls!

-l,c, and the bean