4 month update!

Wow...we are now 4 months pregnant! According to a pregnancy website that sends us updates our little "Mango" is the size of an avocado! The site also said that "Mango" can now hear us so I guess we should start watching what we say!!! I should be able to feel "Mango" kicking sometime between now and the next 3 weeks. How exciting!

Baby Furniture

My mom took us shopping for baby furniture today and we got the cutest set! We got a nice gender neutral set since we don't know the sex of "Mango" yet. We got a beautiful crib and changing table/dresser. We should get it in about 6 weeks! We are sooo excited, we can hardly wait. We are so thankful for my parent's generosity! We will post pictures soon!

As for the sex of "Mango" we should be able to find out fairly soon! We are planning on having the doctor put the picture in an envelope, without telling us, and we are going to wrap it up and put it under the Christmas tree and open it Christmas morning! Can you think of a better Christmas present? Our next appointment is the day before Thanksgiving...I will update you all after the appointment!

Hearing the heart beat for the first time!

Nolan and I went to the OBGYN last week for a 13 week check up and we got to hear baby "Mango's" heart beat for the first time. It was amazing to hear it's little heart beating so fast. Nolan said, "I can't believe you can hear the baby, sounds like he was cuttin' the rug...doing a little dance or aerobics!"

I am very glad to be out of my first trimester! I feel like this is going so fast! The evening sickness is pretty much gone, thank goodness! I have a little bit more energy and my sense of smell has lessened so I can now cook at home again. I feel great, almost like this is too easy! I'm really enjoying this and I am grateful that I feel so good.

First Look

I went to the doctor 2 weeks ago thinking I was just getting some blood work done and they ended up giving me my first ultrasound! It was AMAZING!!! I now know what they mean by love at first sight! To see our little child was very emotional and I could even see it's little heart beating, wow!!! The good news is that it looks like only one baby in there. Although, Auntie Lyndsie swears that there is another one hiding in there somewhere. Here is the first look of our sweet little "Mango" (at 8 weeks it is the size of a kidney bean, you will see it on the left under the little bubble called a yolk sak, it looks like it is thinking or maybe dreaming of its parents).

We're Pregnant!!!

It is finally time for us to share the great news that we are officially pregnant! We are so excited to be sharing this news with you and we are still in a little shock that we are starting a family. I think Nolan asked me at least ten times if I was sure the test was right. Once I saw the doctor and brought him the report I made him stop asking. We were so lucky to be able to break the news to our parents in person, in Hawaii of all places. We told Grandma and Grandpa Lovingier when they got into Kauai and they were so happy they were speechless. Then we flew over to the Big Island of Hawaii to tell Grandma and Grandpa Real our big surprise. They were so excited for us as well and Grandpa Henry even cried! They were both so happy for us and so excited to be grandparents again. We can't wait to introduce our little Mango (Nolan's nickname for the baby) to everyone.