And so the busy spring begins....

On May 8th we went to our friend Heather’s college graduation party at Ledges State Park, which is my favorite park around here. It is beautiful for many reasons, but especially because it is very lush and hilly which is a little hard to come by around here. We had a great time catching up with some old friends. We were greeted at home by our friend Gretchen who was crashing with us for the night after taking a Grad class in town and her and Steve got to enjoy many beers in front of me. They seem to enjoy tormenting me together ;)

Bye Deb :(

Steve’s sister Deb has recently decided to make a move to Arkansas to see what a change of scenery might have to offer her. On Saturday the 9th we got together with her and Tim (Steve’s Brother) and Nicolle and Colin to spend a little time with her before she left us the following weekend. We had fun hanging out and playing old-style lawn darts and Wii.

HOLY CRAP =)

It is interesting the way the mind works, but I will have to admit that I still really didn’t believe it until I saw it for my own eyes at our first Ultrasound on May 6th (during our 12th week). For all I know they play the same video of an active dancing little guy starting to strongly resemble a little person - for everyone….but all I could think was…HOLY CRAP, there really is a baby in there! Measuring a whole 1.7 inches (4.53 CM) long from crown to rump, Barstow looked to be pretty active in there with a normal heart rate of 171 that time.

Easter and sharing our news with family

We didn’t really share our news with anyone about the baby right away, not having been through this and knowing that chances are fair that something could go wrong in that early stage. On Easter we had the chance to see both of our families and though it was stil
l a little early at our 8th week we let everyone know our news. At the Foley Easter, I broke the news as we were all posing for remote controlled Family self-portrait. This would have been a lot funnier if anyone actually believed me! Instead they thought I was joking and it even took a little convincing before they actually thought I was telling the truth. At the McClure Easter, Steve shared the news as Nicolle and I were leaving for a walk after dinner. Everyone seemed very excited for us, even as we promised to call in prior assurances that some of them would be more than happy to drop what they were doing to help us out should we need some time to ourselves when we had children.
After this we were kind of waiting for our first few appointments and our 12th week to pass before letting everyone know (though, I may have told a few close friends along the way;).