Expecting...

A baby GIRL in December!!!!!!!  We are very, very excited to say the least!  I found out in April that I was expecting.  We were trying, so it was no surprise that I was preggers...and I was over the moon when the test confirmed it!  I went for my first OB visit at six weeks and the doc confirmed a little beating heart!  I went back again about a week and a half later to confirm with a follow up ultrasound.  Then at 15 weeks we went to a third party ultrasound facility to confirm the gender...which they confirmed was a baby GIRL!  They only tell you if they are 100% positive, so let's hope they're right!  My doc does another routine ultrasound at 20 weeks, but we couldn't wait that long.  I was convinced it was a little boy and Daddy was convinced it was a baby girl...well, Daddy was right!  I was in shock!  I honestly didn't care if I was having a little boy or little girl.  Either way I thought it would be great for Crew to have a little brother, but it would also be nice to have a girl and experience both genders.  I know Crewsie will be a great big brother no matter what :)

We told our families as soon as we found out we were pregnant, but we kept it a secret the day we went for the gender ultrasound.  I told a little white lie and said I was going to a different doc appt. because we knew there was a chance that the baby might not cooperate and they may not be able to confirm a gender for us that day.  Well, luckily they did confirm it!  That evening we went and got a girl and boy balloon and told everyone to close their eyes and Crew would be holding the correct balloon!  Crewsie was saying all along that he was having a "baby sista" and he was right :)  Sibling intuition!?!?

Grammy, Yaya, Popa, Aunt Tay and Uncle Joe were there to celebrate!

I think they were excited!?!?!?!?

Isla and our baby girl will be only 9 months apart!

BIG BROTHER!!!

I was definitely preggo!  I took these right at 4 weeks...

This is the first pic we took of the baby bump....16 weeks.

Below:  17 weeks....I always see these cute slide shows of growing bellies and the girls always wear the same shirt...we will see if I keep it up!?

With Crew we got pregnant the first month we tried...very lucky.  Well, it's been a longer road this time around.  We started trying last year around June.  I found out in November that I was pregnant and we were very excited (my due date was July 28, 2012).  I had my first appt. (at 8 1/2 weeks) a few days before Christmas and found out that the pregnancy wasn't viable.  I was diagnosed with a blighted ovum and basically the pregnancy stopped and there was no sac (meaning no baby, no heart beat).  I was devastated to say the very least.  It's the last thing I expected and I was crushed.  We waited another week to make sure that the pregnancy had stopped and went for another ultrasound and unfortunately confirmed again the news.  I went in the next day for a D&C, and was scared out of my mind.  It was a rough Christmas and New Years to say the least, but we got through it and we are very excited to welcome this little miracle into our world in December...my official due date is December 23rd!