Our new adventure...

For those of you who don't know our history, Matt and I met in 2004 and were married in April 2007. After almost 2 years of being 'just us', we are now in the throws of preparing for 'just us - plus one'. Yep - we're pregnant!

Right now we are 17 weeks along (4 months and change) and due on November 7th, 2009. We are so very excited, but also so very nervous too, since we know from many of our friends - this is going to completely change our lives forever, but in a good way :) So alot of this blog will be baby stuff, and updates on how we're getting ready for the big day so we can keep all of our friends and family near and far in on all of the fun!

So our new adventure in pre-parenthood has begun! Maybe we'll start with answering some of the most common FAQs...

1. What were your first words when finding out that you were pregnant? "Oh my goodness!" and "WOW!" (with big smiles on both of our faces...)

2. Do you want to know if you're having a boy or girl? Yes

3. Do you know yet if you're having a boy or girl? No, but Mommy has a feeling...

4. How is Kim feeling? I'm feeling great! I thankfully avoided morning sickness, so besides the initial bouts of exhaustion and early morning dizziness during the first trimester, I feel pretty normal. We'll see what happens in the next few weeks though...

5. Is Kim showing yet? A little bit :) I'll be posting pictures as we go along - don't worry!

6. Have you felt the baby move yet? I don't think so, but I can't wait! Of course I'll be thinking differently in a couple of months when it's playing soccer with my ribcage.

7. Do you have a pet-name for your baby-to-be? We lovingly refer to our baby-to-be as our "tadpole". Even though it doesn't look like a tadpole anymore, the name has just stuck. Besides - it's cute!

8. Do you have any names picked out? Not yet, but you won't find out anyway until the tadpole arrives :)

9. So, the baby is due right in the middle of Ravens football season and Matt has season tickets - what will he do if Kim goes into labor on game day? Checked the schedule already ;) The Ravens are in Cincinnati playing the Bengals the weekend of Nov 8th, so we're good so far. Now if the tadpole arrives a week early, I have a feeling there will be a last minute ticket available :)

10. Are you sure you aren't having twins? Yes!

So, we're on our way! We've had three doctors appointments already - 9 weeks, 12 weeks, and today at 17 weeks. I'll save the update of today's appt for another post. We've had one ultrasound, but that was at 6 weeks, so he/she didn't look like anything but a small kidney bean. We'll have our big ultrasound sometime in the next 2 weeks though. But so far, I'm healthy, the baby is healthy, we've heard a strong heartbeat, and everything is looking good! I still can't believe that this is happening though. It's just amazing. But we have so much to do to get ready! I keep thinking that November is so far away, but June has crept up and bit me in the butt, so we'd better get ourselves in gear. We're almost halfway, and the only thing we've done is figure out which room will be the baby's room - nothing else! We have a long way to go....