Baby Name Fun...

So today I've had baby names on my mind, and thought it would be fun to get some suggestions from our family and friends. Obviously we do not yet know if the baby will pop out as a guy or gal, but we do know that it will have a beauuuutiful name :) So, here's an opportunity to put your two cents in! Just leave you ideas for names in our guestbook located on the top left of the page.

As for the pregnancy, it seems to be going well (if well means "constant nausea"). We will be doing another ultrasound next week, so we will keep you all updated!

And the magic number is......

145!!!! That's right, 145 beats per minute! Our last ultrasound showed a heartbeat of 64bpm, a very slow heartbeat for our little tadpole. While we knew that it was most likely due to the fact that our ultrasound was really early, we were a little worried none-the-less. Anyway, yesterday's worry was today's relief!!!!!! 145 is a great heartbeat for the age of the baby. We also found out that our little tadpole/alien is a little over 11 millimeters long! That's about the size of a cherry! We are also including pictures of our very handsome (or pretty) baby Fort. As for a due date...September 5th!! That's what we have been told as of now! I'm sure that for those of you who are part of the school system (Grandma, Grandpa, and Grammie), the timing couldn't have been more crazy! Oh well, looks like baby Fort is already making his/her demands on the world!

And now for our baby's portrait:



And his/her beautiful profile:

Ultrasound Postponed...

Hey! For those of you who were waiting on our ultrasound results yesterday, we don't have anything to report! The ultrasound was postponed because Jennifer and Jon both have what appears to be the flu (or something). We'll be doing the ultrasound Tuesday at 2:30, so we'll post info after that! From the pregnancy tracker, it appears our baby is looking less like an tadpole and more like an alien! How about that!

Gotta find the humor it in....

So Jennifer is awaiting her second ultrasound set for this Thursday afternoon. Since our first ultrasound was so early on, the baby's heartbeat was faint and slow. We are praying for a strong, fast heartbeat this week!! Jennifer hasn't been feeling very well, but she is resting alot and taking it easy (when Hannah will let her!). We'll post our next ultrasound picture on Thursday. In the meantime, enjoy some pregnancy humor!

Is there REALLY a baby in there???

So we've been asking ourselves this question since Jennifer's 3 (yes, 3!!) pregnancy tests came back positive!! It's so hard to believe that after 4 1/2 years and numerous disappointments, we are FINALLY pregnant! We had our very first ultrasound today, taking away doubts that we had as to the legitmacy of this pregnancy. Jennifer is only 5 weeks and 6 days into the pregnancy, but we were able to see a gestational sack, yolk sac, and the fetal pole. The baby is only 5 mm long but is already showing a heartbeat!! We saw the flicker of the heart on the ultrasound monitor, an absolutely amazing experience. We will be having another ultrasound next week to better track the growth of the baby and the strength of the heartbeat!!



Here is the very first picture of Baby Fort (so cute, don't you think?)....

Not 1, Not 2, BUT 3!!!!!!

NO, not babies! Pregnancy tests!!

We took 2 home pregnancy tests and a blood pregnancy test at our doctor's lab before we FINALLY could kinda sorta believe we might be pregnant (notice the doubt!). It is just so hard to believe!! The neat thing is that we got pregnant on a month when we were taking a break from fertility treatments. We can't help but give God all the credit on that one!!! So our first pregnancy test was at 6 am, followed by a quick trip to Wal-Mart for a second test (taken at 6:30am). By noon we had gone to the doctor, had bloodwork done and had our results!!! What a great way to start the new year. OH, and hind-sight is 20/20. We now look back on our 4 years of trying to conceive and are so thankful to God that we did not conceive a few years ago!! If we had, we would not have our amazing daughter, Hannah!!!