Our baby on the way!

Okay, so I haven't updated the blog in a long time. You probably already knew that Larry and I are expecting the cutest, sweetest baby ever February 27th 2011. The due date is special because a few other significant things that happened on that date.
1. Larry's Dad's Birthday
2. Larry II and I got engaged
3. I got my Patriarchal Blessing

Of course, baby's aren't born exactly on their due date all that often, but you never know.

Here's the lo-down on the pregnancy so far...

June 16th: Positive pregnancy test! 3 1/2 weeks

July 6th: First ultrasound, saw and heard baby's heartbeat! 6 weeks 2 days

Okay, so you can't see much here because the baby was so small. But notice the waves at the bottom of the pictures. That's the baby's heartbeat :) It was such a relief to hear the heartbeat. We could even see the tiny heart beating on the ultrasound.

July 27th: Second ultasound, baby already looking cute and moving arms and legs! 9 weeks 2 days. Baby measuring right on for due date.

Baby grew a lot! First profile shot of our baby. Larry thinks the baby looks just like him. Ha. I know some people have a hard time understanding what they're looking at. Baby's face is on the left side of the pic. If you don't get it, I'll just assure you that you're looking at the most precious baby ever. Okay, I'm biased already. I hadn't shared the ultrasound pic yet because it's so special to me.

August 17th: Well, that's just today...the newest thing going on is that I can hear the baby's movement with the fetal doppler. He/she moves a lot, it's so cute :)

It took a lot of time, prayers, and well, fertility medication to have our baby coming along. Then more medication to sustain the pregnancy. I struggled a lot with my fears (due to my history of miscarriage) but Larry gave me a couple blessings that helped me a lot early on. We appreciate all your prayers and know they have helped. It's also been so great to have the doctor tell me everything looks great and is going well.

It's been a difficult pregnancy as far as morning sickness goes. I've never thrown up so much in my life...like you all wanted to know ;)  I've been on medication for it and thankfully, only get sick in the evening instead of all the time now. I'm not complaining, though. I was told early on that it was a good sign! So that helped get me through it.

Anyway, in October I'll have an ultrasound to find out if we're having a little boy or a little girl. Neither of us have any clue. It seems most the time I have it in my mind that it's a boy...but hey, I go back and forth. Girl or boy, it doesn't matter. We're just grateful to have a healthy baby.

I'm about in my second trimester now at just over 12 weeks. Speaking of which, I've read different things...not really sure when it starts. Either way, it's a relief. I still have a hard time with my worries but it gets better and better with time. It's been especially nice to be able to listen to the baby's heart beat every day with the doppler. My doctor was impressed with me for being able to find it starting at 8 weeks. I think it was one of those tender mercies to be able to hear it and calm my fears. I'm so grateful to have our baby coming to us. I know he/she is a very choice spirit of our Heavenly Father.