16 weeks pregnant

It's hard to believe how fast time is flying! I am 16 weeks pregnant and will be starting my second year of grad school in just a couple weeks. This summer has gone too fast!

Baby (or the Bean, as Derek and I affectionately call it) :) is doing very well. I am now able to feel the baby kicking and it has been kicking quite a bit. Especially around the time that mommy wants to go to bed. It's such an amazing feeling though. Quite different from what I'd imagined. I always thought it would be weird and feel like there's an alien or something in you, but it's actually comforting. Up until this point, you just had to have faith that everything was ok. You had to wait for that once a month doctors appointment to hear the heart beat. That's been the hardest part for me.

We're really looking forward to our next doctor appointment on the 28th. It's our next sonogram and if all goes well, we should be able to find out the sex of the baby. :) Derek and I thought we would wait until the baby actually came to know if it's a boy/girl, but the anticipation is killing us and the grandparents-to-be (as well as other family members).

I'm just starting to pop with my belly, so I will start adding pictures soon so you can see. :)

Hope you're all doing well!

SURPRISE!

Hi Friends!

We hope that this post finds you all happy and healthy! It's hard to believe that it's already July and that the summer is almost over! :( We have had a really busy summer here in Binghamton and a lot has changed for us! The biggest change though, is that we are expecting a baby in December! SURPRISE! :)

Trust us when we say it was a surprise for us as well! Heather had been told by doctors for years that she would never have children, so we did not expect to be able to have children of our own. After several sonograms/tests we have been told that the baby is healthy and everything is going "picture perfect" so far. Heather has been doing well. She suffered from nausea during the first trimester, but now that we are into the second, she is feeling much better. We feel so blessed and thankful to have this amazing gift!

We apologize for the informal nature of the announcement, but we knew once we started to call people it would be all over Facebook. Good news travels fast. :)

We will do our best to keep you posted with news, pictures, etc as the pregnancy develops!

Derek & Heather