I won the lottery!!!

Well.....in a way! I feel like I won the lottery at least!

Today I had my weekly appointment with the midwives and I appear to be making progress!! I am 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced---YIPPPPPEEEEE the Bradley exercises work! So if you happen to see me walking in the mall or some other air conditioned venue, just know that I am trying to help the process along!

My Mom, AKA THE Doula, is going on a work trip for a couple days next week so it would be nice to have a baby before or after her trip!

Here is a picture of me at 38 Weeks 3 Days!



And here is something I got today which I am SUPER excited about...I highly recommend it to all pregnant/nursing mom's:

The Bravado Nursing Cami....it is heaven in a pink cotton blend :)

Week 36: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 36 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Swiss Chard

Size: Approximately 18-19 inches long and 5 pounds 9 ounces according to the ultrasound!

Baby changes: Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.

At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position (PRAISE THE LORD---She is!). But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.

Best Moment this week: I picked Dylan up from the airport and got him home around 10:30 pm on Wednesday. At 3:30 AM I awoke thinking I was in labor!

After a couple of calls to the midwife she sent us STRAIGHT to the hospital, explaining I was too early to deliver at the birth center :( After crying through some very important questions with the midwife Dylan and I headed to the hospital and met my mom there! We had a great dress rehearsal and confirmed that our family is AWESOME... Everyone literally moved mountains to be there for us and we so appreciate it! I can't wait for the REAL Delivery Day (D-Day) when we get to have our REAL Birth party!!! They ran some tests at the hospital and luckily I was NOT in labor and Miss Isabelle was looking perfectly healthy!!

We headed straight to the birth center and got some AMAZING photos from our 4D ultrasound. They checked me out and confirmed that everything was good and we could go home without restriction.





Movement: Still a little mover and shaker!

Food Craving: Not really...

What I miss: Having normal feeling feet....tennis shoes or not they feel worn out!!

Sleep: I have contractions all night so I wake up every couple of hours but luckily go back to sleep usually!

What I am looking forward to: Seeing her plump little cheeks and confirming whether or not she looks like Dylan...I think she will!

Symptoms: Poor Sleep, Heartburn (sometimes), Arthritis, Sore feet, Backache

Baby Bump Week 36:

I think Dylan deserves a picture on here too..he is after all 36 Weeks pregnant too...even if he has no bump to show for it! I wish our birthing class made the guys wear a sympathy belly like my friend's!

These were our last B.I. (Before Isabelle) pictures...or so we thought! We were both a little worried/nervous/excited/overwhelmed!




This was from the day before....

Week 35: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 35 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Honeydew Melon

Size: Approximately 18-19 inches long and 5 1/4- 6 pounds

Baby changes: Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now. Because she's so snug in your womb, she isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times she kicks should remain about the same. Her kidneys are fully developed now, and her liver can process some waste products. Most of her basic physical development is now complete — she'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.


Best Moment this week: Dylan and I put together the bassinet this week. When we finished we looked at each other and it became so real that we were about to put our little girl in her new little bed. We opened up the newborn diapers and couldn't believe how small she is going to be!





Movement: All the time, but now she is definitely staying in the same position and just shifting and kicking around!

Food Craving: Not so much lately...I am not all that hungry. I think my stomach is a little crowded!

What I miss: Being able to sleep on my back.

Sleep: All of a sudden I can't sleep! I feel sorry for all those Mom's out there who struggle being able to sleep for throughout their pregnancy. I have been so blessed to be able to sleep for looonnggg periods of time :) UNTIL this week---I guess God decided it was time to get me ready for my sweet little one and her newborn schedule. After three nights of sleeping 4 hours I spent an entire day asleep! I am hoping my baby lets me catch up on sleep like that when she is here!

What I am looking forward to: Dressing the little Miss up in all her cute clothes! We have been so blessed to receive THE CUTEST clothes and accessories! I

Symptoms: Swelling, Poor/Little Sleep, Heartburn, AND NOW Arthritis ....all of my knuckles are swollen and sore! This whole pregnancy thing is hilarious...I can't believe I am 25 and have arthritis.

I am so very thankful that those are the only symptoms I have. I am feeling really healthy and kind of like being pregnant! It is such an exciting time in my life and I have this sweet relationship with my daughter that nobody else has! What a blessing this is :)

Baby Bump Week 35:

Here are some pictures on our little getaway to Fredericksburg for our Fourth Anniversary!

 

 

Week 34: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 34 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Cantaloupe

Size: Approximately 18-19 inches long and 4 3/4 - 5 pounds

Baby changes: Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies. She is probably settling into the head-down position, although it might not be final. Organs are now almost fully mature, except for lungs, and the skin is pink instead of red. Fingernails reach the ends of fingers, but toenails are not yet fully grown. She might have lots of hair. Movements are less frequent because of the tight fit.

Best Moment this week: When Dylan felt and saw her foot drag across my belly...he looked at me like he was in complete and total shock! I was like "Babe she does that all the time...probably several times a day. How have you Not NOTICED THAT!!"

Another favorite moment was when Dylan was leaving for work and he kissed me goodbye and saw Baby girl simultaneously kick my upper right side and punch my lower left side...which made my whole belly shake! His eyes got as big as saucers and he started talking about all the sports she was going to play....I hope he knows she can play sports but she might ALSO want to do Ballet or something!

Movement: I had a couple days when she was not moving as much which totally freaked me out, but she still moved so they said everything was fine! She just usually kicks and punches and shakes her body and those days she just sort of shifter around. She returned to her energetic self and still makes me laugh every day at her spastic movements!

Food Craving: Water....I am so thirsty lately! Usually I get tired of plain old water but this week it is just not so.

What I miss: Pineapple... sweet glorious pineapple! I still can't eat it because it will make me throw up. I can hardly bare to glance at the beautiful mounds of pineapple in the grocery store with the gleaming sign that reads $1.99...as if it is mocking me. I may just have to buy a pineapple for $3.99 after I have this baby and enjoy every second of it's over-priced goodness!!

Sleep: Glorious sleep...I am still sleeping great! Have I shared that one of my biggest fears about becoming a mom is the sleep deprivation...I don't know how to handle that!!

What I am looking forward to: Finding out what my sweet little one looks like...Dylan...me...someone else...a combo DYlatherine

Symptoms: The swelling monster has come to my door and he wont leave! I have been very mildly swelling since Aug 1. I was christened into the pregnancy sweliing club with square looking feet and botox-bulgy lips and all. Rachel called me Sponge-Katherine-Square-Feet :( On bad days my feet look like squares (they are wide) and my face is quite full....Pregnancy is a humbling experience but such a wonderful one too. I feel so thankful to have a healthy baby growing and thriving inside of me even if she makes me look like I'm all puffed up!

Baby Bump Week 34:

Week 26: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 26 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: English Hothouse Cucumber

Size: Approximately 14 inches long and 1 2/3 pound


Baby changes:The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel.


Best Moment this week: Baby Girl did some major moving! I was sitting down and all of a sudden I see this wave of motion ripple across my belly. It looked just like the science videos of concrete bridges waving during earthquakes! It was a definite alien moment!!!

Movement: I have one energetic girl on my hands. She definitely gets tired like her Mommy and Daddy, but I am really curious to see how this energy translates in the outside-of-the-womb world!

Food Craving: No food cravings this week. I am just not as hungry lately, which is a nice development! Sometimes eating feels like a task!

What I miss: I still love being pregnant at this point, and I am so thankful for that.

Sleep: I have been waking up some in the night but I think its because I am fighting a cold or something. I just nap later that day!

What I am looking forward to: Finding baby bedding, but I think I am too particular. I have fabric swatches to make her bedding if I don't find any but it would be nice to buy at least part of it!

Symptoms: My back hurts some because I keep moving on my back in the middle of the night---oops!

Baby Bump Week 26:

Week 25: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 25 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie:

Size: Approximately 13.5 inches long and 1.5 lbs.

Baby changes:
Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

Best Moment this week: Jackson asked his Dad, are you sure KaKa isn't having two babies?? Needless to say my little bump is growing to be not as little!

Movement: These days I feel bog jolts but not as many kicks.

Food Craving: All of a sudden I am not as hungry. I think Baby Girl is taking up more room and making my stomach

What I miss: Being able to bend at the waist!

Sleep: I wake up more now but I still fall right back to sleep.

What I am looking forward to: Meeting Baby Girl and seeing her in her cute clothes :)

Symptoms: I am feeling great these days. I am starting to notice more braxton-hicks contractions but they just feel like my tummy tightening!

Have a great week!

Week 23: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 23 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Large Mango

Size: Approximately 11 inches long and 1 pound


Baby changes:Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound, you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.

Best Moment this week: While swimming laps, baby girl started doing flip turns of her own! I think we have an Olympic swimmer on our hands :) It was the strangest feeling, having my little one flipping inside of me while I swim laps. I think she is already Mom's little workout partner! I can remember going to aerobics classes with my mom wearing my hot pink and pale pink striped leotard with matching leg warmers and mini-arm weights...I look forward to having a little tag along!!!

Movement: She is in constant motion it seems. She is kicking and punching several times a day.

Food Craving: I can't curb my sweet addiction. I wish I could blame it totally on baby girl, but I have always had this problem!

What I miss: These days I don't miss as much...but maybe my cute jeans. I can no longer come close to wearing my regular pants with the belly band :(

Sleep: I sleep great and seem to have more energy lately!

What I am looking forward to: Finding a crib for the little one

Symptoms: I am in the "honeymoon period" of pregnancy, praise the lord! So there aren't many symptoms to report besides some back aches!

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Week 17: The Baby Bump

We have had a great week. I think Baby D has been having a growth spurt because I have been SO HUNGRY! I will let you be the judge of that (see latest bump pictures below)!

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 17 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Onion

Size: Approximately 5 inches long and 5 ounces in weight

Baby changes: Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — her lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. She can move her joints, and her sweat glands are starting to develop

Best Moment this week: I started worrying because I hadn't felt the baby move in a while (or at least I hadn't noticed it) and then I woke up on Tuesday morning to the most distinctive kick! I never knew I would think being kicked was such a wonderful blessing...but it is! Another great moment was in birthing class when we learned the first of many relaxation techniques, the art of massage! Basically Dylan had to massage me how ever much I wanted throughout our lecture! I am anxiously awaiting week 5 when our "coaches" learn special pregnancy/birth massage techniques!!

Movement: Only the kick from Tuesday but hopefully more soon!

Food Craving: Orange Juice and Custard....Like to the point I wake up eat breakfast and plan to leave the house at 7:30 am to buy milk to make my Atoo's custard :)

What I miss: My waist....this week I have become "short-waisted". I also miss all my bathing suits because NONE OF THEM FIT. Seriously this might deserve its own post because there is a serious lack of bathing suits that have enough support for pregnant girls! I strongly dislike the maternity ones I tried on!

Sleep: Great!

What I am looking forward to: Still excited for the Gender Reveal Day aka Cinco de Mayo!

Symptoms: Still puking...but only once this week. It seriously made me depressed all day because I really am so over hte puking thing! On a more cheerful note, I am still having extreme hunger and thirst! I guess babycenter was right, we are having a growth spurt for sure ( I just hope Baby D is having the growth spurt and not my thighs)!

Baby Bump Week 17:

Boy or Girl??

So we are officially 3 weeks away from finding out if Baby D is a boy or girl and I want to start taking bets!

I am trying to figure out how to upload a poll to the blog, but as a I am a novice at blogger I haven't gotten it to work. So maybe we can just do it the "low-tech" way and you can leave a comment!

This momma has NO CLUE whether we are having a boy or girl! I thought I would have a feeling and just be so connected with my little resident that I would "just know". This is just not the case. Dylan is CERTAIN it is a BOY because apparently Dahmann's only produce boys :) I think it will be really funny if we end up having all GIRLS! Everyone else seems to think we are having a boy as well. I think it is just because everyone looks at my husband and thinks This Man Will Produce Male-children.

Exhibit A



Exhibit B



Exhibit C



My dear sweet best friends, Connie and Sarina, are the only ones who think I am having a girl. Bless their hearts, aren't they just the best friends a girl could have? They are also wonderful for many other reasons notwithstanding there copious offers to babysit/hang out with me when I have a newborn/ take walks with me when I am pregnant this summer/ let us take our little one on our Pre-Baby-Bucket-List (PBBL) vacations (ya, I know, the day we made the PBBL was the day I should have known we would be pregnant before our first trip!)

My mom has predicted we are having a boy because he/she had a "strong heartbeat" at our last ultrasound (US) and was wiggling and doing flips the entire time! She tells a much better story because she "acts out" the baby's motions in the US as "throwing a football" and " throwing a baseball" and other sports movements :) Dylan's mom has not predicted a gender but I think she might want a girl more than I do, she is the mother of 3 boys after all and I think it is high time we evened out the numbers in the Dahmann household!

So it is your turn, do you think we are having a boy or girl???
Please leave a comment with your prediction and name below!

Week 15: The Baby Bump

This week has been such an exciting one! I thought I totally kicked the morning sickness habit, but got sick this morning :( That is why I am at home blogging instead of getting things done! I do feel even MORE like myself this week and think I am out of the morning sickness mode. I even ate strawberry belts the last 2 nights---YUMMM!

Dylan got to come with me to my appointment on Monday which was a great treat. He is so supportive of me and I am thankful for that. He was immediately on board for the whole midwife deal and really likes Nativiti, our birth center! They told me I need to eat 75 grams of protein a day- WHOA that is a lot! Dylan is very excited about this and keeps trying to make me eat eggs ( as if that is the only and BEST source of protein)! He is just excited that HE will get to eat more protein with me.
(I just realized he doesn't think cheese is a protein--- no wonder he keeps pushing me to eat meat--- I live on cheese and peanut butter!)

In more interesting news, the midwives have scheduled my BIG ULTRASOUND for May 5!!!! We are anxiously awaiting Baby D's Gender Reveal. What do you think is Baby D's Gender?

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 15 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Apple

Size: Approximately 4 inches long and 2 ounces in weight

Baby changes: She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.")


Best Moment this week: At the climactic song of Easter Sunday Service with loud drums banging and a chorus of instruments and voices singing, Baby D started moving like crazy! It felt like little bubbles rumbling on my lower right side! I would have thought it was my tummy growling except it wasn't in the location of my tummy but my uterus! I grabbed Dylan's hand and he even felt the little bubbles popping. What a gift from God! I got the best Easter present in the whole world this year! I don't think I have grinned that big in a long time!

Movement: Yes! I started noticing something after I ate string cheese or my delicious homemade yogurt! It felt like little bubbles in my stomach. It was so amazing!!

Food Craving: Candy, although I don't think this is a pregnancy craving as much as it is a Katherine craving. I love sweets! Grandma Vinas brought me an eclair on Good Friday and I savored every bite of it all by myself!

What I miss: I still miss some fruits but I think my stomach is mostly back to normal!

Sleep: I was born to sleep, lets just hope Baby D takes after his/her Mom and Dad!

What I am looking forward to: Finding out if we are going to follow the Butler trend or the Dahmann. For those of you that don't know us that well (or blog stalkers) I am the youngest of 5, 1 boy and 4 girls, and I have 5 nieces and 3 nephews! Dylan, on the other hand, is 1 of 3 boys and the Dahmann Cousins consist of 7 boys and 4 girls! He also assures me its a boy--- we will have to see!

Symptoms: I am feeling great these days. I definitely have more energy and am happier than I was in the first trimester as the morning sickness is gone! I definitely feel stretching pain but that is no big deal!

Here is the Baby Bump for Week 15:





Dylan insisted on getting candid shots of me being annoyed he was taking candid shots :) I have to admit he got a really sweet one of me looking down at Baby D! Thanks Babe! Baby D had a growth spurt over night Saturday night and looks a lot bigger all of a sudden! I wish I took a picture on Easter Sunday because we looked super cute in my Maroon Dress---I don't think it will fit too much longer. On Easter morning I put it on only to discover it wouldn't zip! After yelling for help Dylan came to my rescue and informed me it was because the zipper was stuck NOT because I was too big although it did fit VERY snug! Another one bites the dust....for now!

Have a great week!

The Baby Bump

Now that I am out of the morning-sickness-with-a-vengeance period of my pregnancy,I finally feel like taking pictures again.

Even the week before I knew I was pregnant I lost my appetite for taking or being in pictures. I should have known something was up! So today I post my first official "Baby Bump" picture(s)!




( I think I look pregnant, and sure feel like it since none of my pants fit and haven't for a little while now, but others don't seem to think so!) Oh well, I know I should be thankful for that--at least they don't think I look MORE pregnant than I am. I am sure I would get offended by that. I know that will probably happen later on too!

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 14 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Lemon

Size: Approximately 3.5 inches long and 1.5 ounces in weight

Baby changes: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.


Best Moment this week: Getting to enjoy time with friends and family without throwing up ( except for a few mornings)! I feel like myself again finally!I know Dylan is even happier about this than I am. He is so sweet and patient with me.

Movement: not quite yet but I am DYING to feel something!

Food Craving: Fruit; I haven't been able to eat acidic things because of the morning sickness so I am trying to add back in fruits. The days I get sick again are usually due to the fact that I tried a fruit my tummy wasn't ready for.

What I miss: Eating whatever food I want without having to think about my sensitive tummy!

Sleep: I sleep great morning, day, or night! Baby D does like to wake me up between 5:30-6:00 AM for breakfast. If I don't then I get sick so we have a good routine going!

What I am looking forward to: Feeling the baby move, Fruit, Gender Reveal Day, being able to eat Chicks Ducks & Bunnies sweetarts without making myself sick(only the best candy ever made--and way better than regular sweetarts)

Symptoms: Morning sickness about every 4 days and some round ligament pains but overall feeling much more like myself now!


I can't wait to track my progress over the next 5.5 months. I was talking to one of my LPM friends, Evangeline, and told her I wish the bump would stay cute the whole pregnancy. She assured me it would not stay cute and little (Oh well) :) I will update with more baby bump pictures every week from here on out (hopefully)!

Have a great week!

Baby D Snapshots

Since I spent all day for several weeks throwing up I never got around to posting Baby D's ultrasound photos. Here we go.

On our first visit we got a quick ultrasound of Baby D at 7 weeks! I am totally embarrassed by this ultrasound because you can see my huge bladder and my tiny baby :)



Then at 11 weeks we got an official ultrasound with the technician lady and got to see lots of Baby D. He/She was moving around like crazy and had a very strong heartbeat at 154 BPM! Baby D kept arching its little back and flipping around but my favorite thing he/she did was put their little right hand up to their forehead--- I think this baby might be over dramatic like me uh-oh!





My mom said she is predicting a right-handed boy after the ultrasound, I can't wait to find out if she is right. My mom is known for making seemingly wild predictions/diagnoses from little information; However the funny thing is she is usually right. The first week we were living in Sevilla I got really sick and Dylan was so worried. I persuaded him to call my mom to make me feel better and she diagnosed me with strep throat "by the sound of my voice". Sure enough Dylan got medicine to treat strep throat and voila, cured!

I am so excited to find out the gender of our baby. After the ultrasound Diane, my Mother-in-law, and I went out to lunch and couldn't resist these two :)



Ella wanted to wear HER dress when I showed Ashley my gifts. I quickly tried to explain it was for my baby. I think she might have understood but she still tried to take off her red dress to try on this pink one. I love how girly that girl is. So the countdown begins to Baby D's Gender reveal, just under 2 months!!

Baby D's First Home Video

Today I had my second appointment and got to have an ultrasound, this time with the official ultrasound lady! It was so exciting to see our little one bouncing around all over the place. You could see the baby's profile and the little arms and legs moving around. It was so exciting. I can't wait for our next ultrasound at 20 weeks. They wanted to more accurately date my pregnancy so I am now officially 11 weeks and 4 days, which gives us a due date of September 25! My brother's birthday is September 30, so I am hoping it will be sometime around there! I took the Mom's, or should I say Grandmothers, to the appointment today so they could share in the fun! Here is the video I took so Dylan could see and hear all the excitement.

Surprise!

Dylan and I got a big surprise at the end of January!

We found out we are expecting our first baby! It is our little Winter Surprise!
We are totally overwhelmed that God would entrust us with a precious gift like this. We didn't think we were ready for such a gift but He knew better and Praise God for that!!!

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

God has richly blessed us and we have a great and wonderful Inheritance!

We are expecting the little one, we call he/she Baby D, sometime towards the end of September.

I am busy trying to decide on doctors and hospitals and all the medical details. Once we come set on a provider then we will get to have our first visit to find out an official due date! More information to come as we go to our first visits!