Best Day EVER!

Yesterday was CRAZY and so busy, but the best day since our wedding day :) 

I had class at 7:30-10:30 and man those were the longest 3 hours ever! I couldn't concentrate on anything and just wanted to leave! lol

Then when I got home, all I wanted to do was eat lunch and take nap! I didn't sleep much the night before because I was SO excited about finally finding out if our first child was going to be a boy or a girl! But of course, I was SO tired and SO excited I still didn't sleep... so I tried to do things to pass the time and counted up the votes for boy or girl and posted a picture then figured I'd go ahead and take the "It's a GIRL" and "It's A BOY" picture cause I knew I'd be so happy and calling people and talking to Joel when I got home that I wouldn't take them :)

Finally, it was time for my check up..

I was so excited so my blood pressure was high and the ladies just laughed at me cause you could see it all over me!

I still haven't gained anything! Which is just crazy to me cause I figured I gained at least 10 lbs last week alone! But I have been so sick... but I'm not complaining! I'm hoping this means I wont get too big and/or it will be easier to get rid of the baby weight (and then some ;))

Baby's heart rate at the doctors office was 140bpm

THEN.... I went across the hospital to radiology for the ultrasound!!

I was shaking and couldn't sit still... I swear everyone was just taking their sweet time getting us in there lol, I am the most impatient person in the world and this was TORTURE!

Once I got in the tech said I wasn't allowed to Skype with Joel so I couldn't watch the screen most of the time lol... and I thought waiting in the lobby was torture!

Our awesome friend Chelsea went with me and see got to find out before I did!! 

Our little one was quite active during the ultrasound... kept kicking and covering its face, makes me laugh how much its like me and Joel in one little rapidly growing person!

sweet little toes and left foot

hand (in a fist) and arm

right leg and foot

love that sweet little profile

baby's spine

baby's sweet face (skull)

She had a hard time getting the profile picture cause baby was turned funny and kept putting its hands over its face, lol, little turd ;)

It also had its feet crossed right at the ankles which made me laugh out loud because that's exactly how I was laying on the table...

Then she asked me to turn my head a lot and I didn't get to see much :( and when it was all said and done, she put the gender picture in an envelope and sealed it for me and gave it to Chelsea to guard til we got home and I was able to Skype with Joel <3

This is how the results made it from the hospital to my house :)

It was like Christmas morning... the anticipation was intense and when Joel called on Skype the little turd wanted to talk about the doctors visit and the ultrasound and all that BEFORE I could open the envelope! *I think he was just afraid I was right;)*

So, I finally told him all that was just gonna have to wait, I'd waited long enough to find out what this kid is and I had the answer in my hand there was no more "(not-so) patiently waiting"!! I wish I had of recorded our reactions when I opened it! I know I was so excited and went crazy and Joel was sooo excited too and laughing at me so hard because I was freaking out that my intuition was RIGHT!

IT'S A BOY!!!

We are SOO excited and couldn't be happier!

This was a huge weight lifted... now I can start SHOPPING!!! :)

Joel and I looked for weeks... months... at ideas on how to announce our good news with our family and friends, we really wanted it to be special since we are so far from everyone we love. This is what we decided on..

For anyone who knows us, you know we adore our girls (dogs), they have been our children for years and we involve them in everything :)

I'm pretty sure they're excited about having a baby brother running around soon!

Cheyenne's (8yrs old, on the left) sign says, "Don't even THINK about putting a saddle on me..."

Trudy's (2.5yrs old, on the right) sign says, "It's a... BOY!"

Then, to celebrate, I went to dinner with a few good friends and had a steak (cooked well done :/ ) and some mashed potatoes and fried okra!!! Baby boy was happy and this tired momma passed out early and got some much needed rest!

Thank you all so much for being apart of our lives and some of the most important times in our lives, we are SO very lucky to have such amazing people in our lives all around the world (literally)!

Now for SHOPPING & DECORATING!!!!