Baby GIRL Teune???

Greg and I have assumed that we are having a boy, based on the fact that he has two brothers and no sisters and out of his cousins on his dad's side there are eleven boys and one girl. We even have a name picked out if we have a boy and have not entertained the thought of having a girl. My in laws on the other hand...

When we told my mother in law we were pregnant she gave us these...

The other day we get a package from my father in law that says this...

And contains this...

I think our baby's grandparents are hoping for a girl... no pressure or anything right? :)

Spring Snow in Springfield

I am one of those people who thinks that snow is absolutely magical! I accepted the fact that when we moved further south to Springfield we probably would not get as much snow as we did when we lived in Independence. Well, I have been pleasantly surprised! We have had two other "snow days" before our Spring snow earlier this week. Here was what we woke up to on Wednesday morning :)

I think we ended up with a good 5" or so by the end of the the Spring snowstorm.

Hope you all enjoyed the snow as well! Now let's bring on the Spring sunshine!

Some Numbers

11: number of weeks I've been pregnant

6: number of weeks I have had morning sickness

3: number of morning sickness "remedies" I have tried that have not worked

0: number of foods and drinks that make me feel better or even sound appealing

2 1/2: number of weeks until I officially enter the second trimester

9: the average time I've been going to bed for the past 6 weeks

10: the average time I've been getting out of bed in the morning (when I don't have to work)

3: the number of times I've been getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom

15: approximate number of times I've cried for no apparent reason in the past 6 weeks

5: family members who are convinced we're having a girl

1: husband who has been incredibly patient, helpful, and wonderful throughout this whole process!

Baby Teune Coming in October

We are so excited to share that we are pregnant! As some of you may know, we have been trying to start a family for a while now. What an incredible blessing it is to experience such a miracle! On February 7th I took two pregnancy tests...

I had the bottom test already at home to take, but when it came up positive I couldn't believe it and thought "I need something with words!" so I went to Target and bought another test that would say "yes" or "no." Of course as a week or so went by I thought, "what if I'm not really pregnant.." and I took yet another test...

Yep, still pregnant :) And as I know now, there can be false negatives but not false positives.

We had such a great time sharing the news with family. We drove out to Tillamook to share the news with Greg's mom and stepdad. Greg brought the book What to Expect When You're Expecting and started reading it on the couch. It only took Mona about five seconds to ask "What are you reading Greg?" He handed her the book and she started crying and screaming. She will be such a wonderful grandma. When we told Greg's dad and stepmom they were also very excited... his dad is convinced we are having a girl and keeps telling me "take care of my granddaughter!"

Luckily my sister Brittney and her husband Kyle were in Oregon when we were 7 weeks along so it was perfect timing to share the news. My mom had scheduled family photos at JcPenney and Greg and I asked the photographer if we could hold up a sign during the picture to share the big news. The photographer ended up taking a separate photo of just Greg and I. We were too cheap to purchase the photo, but reenacted it later...

When my family was looking at the computer monitor to choose the "best" photo from the shoot, our photo was the last to pop up. They were ecstatic! My sister has it on video and I will try to get it to add to this blog post later on.

We had our first appointment this morning and were able to hear the heartbeat... I feel like I can breathe easy now. For some reason I had this irrational fear that the midwife would tell me something like, "Yeah... you aren't pregnant... you were never pregnant." But all is well, we are a little over 10 weeks along, and our due date is actually October 8th now :)