12 weeks

How far along? 12 weeks 5 days

Size of the baby: Our baby is the size of a plum. About 2 inches long and about .49 oz.

Maternity clothes? None

Stretch marks? None

Sleep: Pretty good except I have been waking up about 3-4 times a night to go to the bathroom.

Best moment this week: Going to the doctor and hearing the heartbeat for the first time :) Also, knowing we are out of the first trimester.

Miss Anything? Drinking Dr. Pepper more often

Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: Mexican food and pickles (nothing unusual for me)

Anything making you queasy or sick: No

Have you started to show yet: No, but I think I have a little pooch beginning to form

Gender: 7 more weeks until we find out

Labor Signs: None

Belly Button in or out? Still in

Wedding rings on or off? On

How are you feeling? Happy and Excited

Looking forward to: Beginning to shop for baby furniture and finding out what we will have in 7 week!!

Announcing the BIG news

So this is how it all began...I took a pregnancy test on November 9th (the day before my missed period) because I am super impatient and sad to say it was negative. I was extremely disappointed and now just had to wait until my expected period the next day. After waiting three days and it still not coming my sister finally convinced me I might have taken the test too soon. So, on November 12th I took another pregnancy test (actually two) and three long minutes later it was POSITIVE!!! 

I could not believe my eyes. I immediately broke down in tears of joy. Unfortunately, Mike was on a fishing trip and I had to wait until he returned later that night. I left the pregnancy test and a card on the bathroom counter (since he had to shower when he got home) and waited for his reaction. 

After waiting impatiently for Mike to finally get all of his fishing stuff out of his car he eventually went into the bathroom. A few seconds later he rushed out of the bathroom grinning from ear to ear and asked, "Really??!!" with so much happiness and excitement. He was over joyed!!!

Proud daddy to be:

We shared the news with Mike's family while visiting them in Tennessee for Thanksgiving. Mike told Justin he better not eat all the food this year because Kaella is eating for two!!
We shared the news with my family by telling Westin and Tamera on the phone. We told Kristin and Nathan over dinner. After our first appointment on November 29th we told my mom when she was in town by giving her a ream of paper (that she wanted from us) with Baby Sosbe's first ultrasound picture!

Last but not least I called my dad and his exact words were, "Good Gracious!" LOL...he is so funny! Needless to say both of our families were beyond excited for us and so happy for our future summer baby :)

We wanted to wait until I finished my first trimester to announce this amazing news to the rest of our family and friends, which we did on Facebook and phone calls! 

Mike and I are so grateful and blessed to have so many loving and supporting people in our lives. I can not wait until Baby Sosbe arrives to meet all of them! I am so glad the news is finally out (I hate keeping secrets) and let the fun and shopping begin!! 

Great news to share...

Mike and I are EXPECTING!!!

It has been a tough journey to get to this happy moment so it goes without saying that I am truly the happiest I have ever been!! Words cannot express how excited and thankful we feel to be given this wonderful gift.  Mike and I can not wait to become a family of three. We look forward to cherishing every moment during this pregnancy (the good and the bad). Even though we do not know what we are having we are both already so in love and proud of this little miracle in our ultrasound picture. Knowing he/she doesn't look like much now, but that it is the start of something very special and life changing for us :) 

Here's the proof :)

Love at first sight<3

Baby Sosbe at 6 weeks

Baby Sosbe at 9 weeks

Baby Sosbe at 11 weeks

They even gave us a 4D sneak peek!

I honestly never knew that I could love someone so much without even meeting him/her, but Baby Sosbe has truly captured a HUGE piece of my heart already. 

We are so excited about 2012 and cannot wait to meet our little summer baby due on July 24th! We hope and pray for the best and are so excited to watch Baby Sosbe continue to grow. Thank you Lord for this amazing gift you have blessed Mike and I with. I can not wait to see what you have in store for our sweet baby!!