A Great Day of Thanks and Excitement

Happy Thanksgiving!

It has been a wonderful Thanksgiving for us. We enjoyed having both sets of our parents, Chad's Aunt and Uncle, and Chad's grandma for Thanksgiving feast. We had tons of food (possibly because the pregnant woman planned the menu) and a great time hanging out with everyone. We missed our brothers and their families though. I was reminded today how grateful I am for our families and how blessed we are to have them in our lives. The highlight of the day was sharing the news of the baby's gender with everyone. Chad and I went to the doctor yesterday afternoon for a sonogram. For the past 10 weeks we both felt confident we were having a boy. We were so sure of this we were very surprised when the sonographer revealed we are having a GIRL! I even asked her how certain she was that the baby was a girl and she said (after stressing they cannot guarantee anything until the baby has arrived) that she was sure we could begin buying pink things. Because we were picturing a boy for the last 2 1/2 months it has taken some time adjusting that picture to include a girl, but we are thrilled!

Meet Evy Lynn Davis

We knew for over a month we would have the sonogram the day before Thanksgiving, so we wanted to do something fun and creative to reveal the news to our families on Thanksgiving. The original plan is something we had discussed long ago, but as I woke up this morning I was tired of the idea and decided not to go with the original plan. My mom and I had been working on a rocking horse I bought at a garage sale (I will post before and after pictures in another post) this past Spring and I decided we would put pink ribbons on the horse as we showed off the finished horse to the family. Most of the family thought we were having a boy, but my dad and Chad's Aunt said it was a girl. Everyone is so excited to have another girl in the family and I know my dad is excited to have a Baby Stephanie running around again.

Evy Lynn is growing fast and everything shows to be developing great. She weighs 9 ounces and is 7 1/2 inches long. I am starting to feel more movements and kicks, which is so cool. We've waited for what seemed like an eternity to find out we are having a girl and now we are counting down to meet our Evy Lynn. We are so thankful to each of you who desire to be involved in this journey with us! We hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We love you all.

New Due Date

According to the doctor and the measurements on the sonogram we had on Sunday, I am 17 weeks and 1 day today, which is just 3 days earlier than what I had originally thought. The doctor has been saying April 20 is the baby's due date all along. But, now the baby is measuring at this due date as well. I know this doesn't make much of a difference...it is only 3 days...and I know the baby will come when he/she is ready. I just hope we'll be ready when the time comes. We had a great doctor's appointment today. Everything seems to be healthy and the baby has a strong heartbeat. We are anxious to find out this baby's' gender and it was confirmed today we will find out the day before Thanksgiving. I'm curious to know what each of think we are having and would love for you to comment on this. Then check back on Thanksgiving and you'll find out if you were right or wrong.

A Weekend of Greatness

This weekend was great! Chad and I have been so busy the last couple of months that we have not been able to enjoy a lot of quality time together on the weekends. Also, Chad usually works on Saturdays to get overtime pay; and although I love that he is always willing to do this for us, I also miss him on those days when I'm at home, usually taking it easy. So, on Friday night I asked Chad if he would be willing to not work as long on Saturday so we could have a date night. He picked up a pizza, a movie, and the makings for banana splits, and we had a date night in, which is always my favorite times with Chad. On Sunday we had a coworker of mine offer to give us a sonogram. Chad has been anxious the past couple of weeks to see the baby and to find out if we are having a boy or girl. We had the sonogram, but the baby would not turn right. The baby was super active (a best girlfriend of mine told me to drink caffeine right before the sonogram so the baby would be moving, which I did, and she was right)! It was so amazing to see the baby's dramatic arm and hand movements as he/she waved to us. We were able to see the baby's profile, the spine, the heart beat, and even the kidneys. What an amazing miracle a baby is! And how wonderful it is that we are able to see this little guy/girl in action! We were a little disappointed to not be able to find out the baby's gender, but we know we will find out soon. Although these two events made for a great weekend, I would have to say this morning was the icing on the cake. I felt the baby move!!! It was about 5:00 am and I turned on my side and all the sudden I felt this fluttering in my belly. I can promise you, for those critics out there who might say it's too early for this, it was NOT gas NOR hunger pains. I know without a doubt it was our baby! It was the weirdest most wonderful of all feelings and I can't wait to feel him/her again.