So we are having a.........

VERY MODEST BABY!!! That's right! We have no clue if the baby is a boy or a girl, but we do know that it is very modest. The baby refused to uncross its legs for the entire ultrasound. Other than its apparent modesty (which may not be so good now but is a great personality trait for later!!), we also learned that everything seems great so far. We have another ultrasound scheduled for May 2nd, so hopefully we will have more news to report then.

We are sorry that we did not let you all know this before now. We have received lots of emails asking us about the sex of the baby. We did our ultrasound the day before we left for Europe, and we just did not take the time to report our "no news" news. Anyway, hopefully we will all know in a matter of time!!

Update....

So not much has happened since our last post. We are awaiting our appointment and ultrasound so we can know the sex of the baby!! This appointment is on April 7th, and we are SOO excited to know :) Jennifer no longer has her "all day" sickness and she is starting to "show"! Hannah is growing and learning so much, and she understands that there is a baby in mommy's belly. Actually, she thinks that everyone has a baby in their belly. We are working on this one!! We welcome any ideas on ways to prepare Hannah for the arrival of the baby.

On another note, We are very excited to have a getaway before the new baby comes. We will be going to Paris, Belgium, and the Netherlands for about 2 weeks (leaving April 8th). We are most certain that this may be our last vacation of this kind for a long time :)

Well, we will keep you updated as the belly grows and the baby gets ready to pop its head out to the world.

Could it be????

Could it really be two days in a row that Jennifer has not awaken nausiated!???? She is very excited at the possibility that her morning sickness (aka ALL day sickness) is potentially OVER!!! We'll see how these next few days go, but it is looking very good!

Our next doc appointment is on March 11th (our 15 week checkup!), and then we will have an ultrasound at 18 weeks to determine the sex of the baby! We can't wait to find out if our baby fort is a he or a she!

We'll post more info after our appointment on Tuesday.

Love to all!!

From tadpole to baby...this one's a cutie!!

Sorry for the week delay in posting our new ultrasound pics. We went to the doctor last Tuesday (Feb. 12th) and had a wonderful ultrasound. The baby's heart beat was 165bpm (120-180 is the ideal range) and the baby was about 37mm long from head to rump. The most amazing part about this ultrasound was seeing our baby move for the first time. He/She kicked and punched and was very active. It stills seems surreal, but this ultrasound definitely brought the pregnancy into the scope of reality!! The fertility doc said all looked wonderful, and she released Jennifer to start seeing her regular ob doc.

Jennifer went yesterday for her first visit to the ob doc, and she heard the heartbeat for the very first time!!! It sounded something like this.....
swosh, swosh, swosh, swosh, swosh, swosh (about 165 times a minute). Sorry, that's the best we could do!! You kinda have to use your imagination. Everything went super at this appointment also, and Jennifer is very excited about this new ob doctor (Dr. Jonna Miller). Jennifer will be delivering at The Women's Hospital of Texas, located in the medical center in Houston.

Ok, now for the new pics of our handsome Baby Fort:

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!