There's a Baby in There!!

Well, it's official...we are pregnant!!!  Mike and I had our first appointment with our OB GYN on Monday, February 22nd. We chose Dr. Roberts as he has either delivered many of our friends babies or is currently caring for them while they are pregnant. He also has a Blacksburg office that is convenient and he delivers in the Carilion Radford hospital which is fairly new and the birthing suite are VERY nice. I was there when Cathy had her baby Gordon there and it's seriously nice...I was impressed.  Back to the appointment...After many questions, talking with the doctor, and the womanly yearly exams (of which Mike replied, "Being a woman sucks"; oh and FYI, he was sitting at my head), it was time for the ultrasound. And there was our baby!!

The baby' is upside down...its head is down and to the left.

Dr. Roberts thought everything looked great!! The only surprise was that he didn't think I was quite as far along as I had thought. (Which doesn't make sense since I know when I last had my period but I guess it has more to do with ovulation...that's probably TMI, but it seems like more of an educated guess than anything else...and I can deal with that!) My new due date is September 29th, 2010. This is also Mark's birthday which is very fun!! 

The baby's heart rate was 185 bpm...all good according to Dr. Roberts.

Mike and I were blown away to see the first picture of our little one. You could clearly see the heart beating which was amazing. At one point the doctor said, "did you see the baby wiggle?" Cuteness. I then had a LOT of blood drawn and as many of you know, Brooke and needles don't really see eye to eye. But the nurse completely rocked it and it wasn't so bad. The total appointment took 1 1/2 hours...a long time for our mom's who were patiently waiting for phone calls about the granbaby. :-)

And of course Mike and I celebrated in style...with lunch at PKs.

Here is the Daddy-to-be with the first picture of his baby...love them.

We couldn't be more thrilled, blessed, amazed, shocked, fortunate and loved. Today I'm 9w4d.