Okay, okay, okay

Since Craig has told every person he's spoken to today...I guess we are telling what it is.

It's a boy!!

Like I said, it's an early ultrasound, but those who have seen the picture say there is no mistake. It seems quite clear. So I feel great relief, no more pressure to provide a son and excited that my children to follow will have a big brother!

And the results are in

Relax! Nothing exciting to report. I'm about a week further than they thought... I never really did get a good answer as to why it seemed big if we were only a week off, but oh well. So our new due date is January 20th. It was kind of fun to think it could be twins, and I wasn't sure if I would be disappointed if it wasn't, but I feel perfectly fine about it. Mostly, I was relieved we weren't a month off since I would still be in school. She did give me some fun news. She said don't go home and paint the nursery yet, but she felt pretty confident about the sex of the baby! Of course, we have taken it as 100% fact. I guess if it changes by the next ultrasound we'll have another fun surprise! Anyways, I'm not going to post those results yet...we're going to tell our parents first and maybe hold out until the next ultrasound in about 7 weeks just to be sure. I do need to tell my mother though as she's already made several purchases...it might be helpful to give her some guidance.

She understands what you are saying

Due to so many people making comments about her weight, Mia has decided to start eating healthier.

First Doctor Visit

Today I had my first doctor's appointment. We were really excited hoping we would get to hear the heartbeat and were not disappointed! My official due date as of now is January 26th. However, she thought my uterus felt too large. I'm not sure if I should be insulted? :) Anyways, I have to go back on Tuesday for an ultrasound and apparently the answer to the large uterus could be one of three things:

1) I'm further along than I thought (11 1/2 weeks)
2) It's more than one baby
3) It's just in a funny position
and I'll add 4) Something we haven't thought of

So...any votes??

Every good thing must come to an end

My program at school has me taking Summer B off so I'd planned 2 months of rest and relaxation. Especially being pregnant, I'd hoped to sleep for the majority of it! However, I told Craig I would attempt to find a job thinking there was no way I would get a job for such a short time. I emailed the temp agency I worked for previously (this was going to be the extent of my job hunt) and they had me come in yesterday to update my application. By today I was a working woman again. Fortunately it's only 20 hours a week and I will be an Accounting Clerk for the Student Health Center- hopefully I didn't exaggerate my accounting skills to much :). But wait, it gets better (this is sarcasm, by the way) they want me to keep working when school starts and will be totally flexible around my schedule. I know I should be happy, this is the perfect job for my situation and the income will be much needed, but right now I'm a little bitter on losing my weeks of sleeping.

So....We're Pregnant!

Many of you are thinking FINALLY! We're almost 11 weeks and so far so good. I've heard horror stories of pregnancy so I have nothing to complain about it, it hasn't been bad at all...yet. We held out to tell our families on Father's Day. We mailed my family a cute package that I forgot to take a picture of (which I'm really bummed about). But we were able to tell Craig's parents and sister (Amy) in person and even got pictures. Here's how it went....

Everyone was posed and ready to go. I had the camera and Craig said, "Everyone say Cassie's pregnant!"

Some didn't change their expressions, but if you watch Amy you'll understand what happened. First, there was confusion because they didn't believe Craig. (What does that say about him?!)
Then, as Amy shows, there was annoyance. What is going on?!
Finally, realization! Notice Garett's face here.... after the announcement he was very concerned and asked if I was having a baby right now?! Watch as George charges the camera.

As excited as George was, I think Laura might have been even more excited!


I think this is exhaustion from her baby finally going to have a baby, and all those years paying off!

Needless to say we are really excited and feel very blessed to bring a child into this world with such great grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends!