1 Year Anniversary!

On November 8, 2009 Rusty and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary. I am so blessed to have been married to the love of my life for a whole year and I look forward to the many years to come!

We spent November 5-9 in New York City and it was wonderful! It was a little rough being so large and pregnant...I'm sure Rusty got tired of me saying I needed to sit and rest and that I wanted to go to bed early but he was completely understanding. We saw the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, went up in the Empire State Building and took a long walk through Central Park. We took the subway out to Coney Island to go to Nathan's for a world famous hot dog which I have to say was a little disappointing. We went to FAO Schwartz and bought William a couple things and visited Ground Zero and Fire Museum. We had lots of great food! The pizza is great and I love that you can always find a place to grab a piece...I also love the hot dog vendors on every street corner! On our anniversary we went and had massages which were wonderful! It was my first prenatal massage and I think I need one everyday! We had dinner at Del Frisco's which is our favorite, you can't beat their steaks and then went to ESPN Zone to watch the Cowboy game. It was a great and a wonderful trip!!!

Like Father Like Son

On September 3 we had our 4th sono. I just love being able to see my precious baby boy. Everything still looks great and he is one BIG boy! I've decided he is already so much like his daddy...he can't sit still for anything! He kicks, flips and turns all day long and everytime we try to get a good picture of him he swims out of the way.

Congratulations Captain Henley!

Two months after Rusty took his captains test they finally had his promotion ceremony. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband. This is such an amazing accomplishment and I am so proud of him.

William's heart looks good and he has a strong kick!!!

On our last sono we saw 4 chambers of the heart which was a huge relief. However, there are more that 4 parts to the heart and being that I see children with heart defects everyday at work I wanted a better look at the heart so I decided to have a fetal echo. Even though heart defects are very rare I see them all the time and I knew I would feel much better if I could see a normal, healthy heart. I am happy to report that William's heart looks great! It was such a beautiful site!

Last night after a long day at work I came home and took a warm bath to relax. I'm pretty sure William liked the bath because I felt him move for the first time! At first I wasn't sure if it was gas or what and then I realized it was my sweet baby boy! It was such an incredible feeling. God has blessed me so much!

It's a boy!

I'm now 17 weeks and today we went for sono #3. We saw 10 fingers and 10 toes, 4 heart chambers and were very happy to find out it's a boy!!! We are so excited! He is measuring in the 80th percentile so it looks like we are gonna have a big baby boy! It was so fun to watch him squirm and run from the camera. We can't wait to meet William David! We have another sono next month so we can see him again!

Pregnancy Cravings

For the most part I haven't had any weird cravings. I've craved fresh fruit for weeks...especially watermelon and cantaloupe but I love those so that's not weird. Unfortunately I haven't found a really good watermelon or cantaloupe. Bought another cantaloupe tonight so I'm hoping it's a good one. I've eaten tons of mexican food...that's not odd either...however I know I've eaten more than normal. Dairy Queen nachos are great for an after dinner snack. The craziest thing I've craved is ice cream. This many not sound weird but I've had ice cream four times so far and I don't even like ice cream. Gabby doesn't seem to mind my cravings...she always gets a bite. Below are pics of her and her first ice cream cone.

1 more week!

One week from today we go for sono #3 and should find out whether we are having a boy or a girl. I've always wanted 3 boys and then a girl cause I'm afraid I really don't know what to do with girls and I don't want to be a bad mom. However, the closer we get to finding out the more I realize that it really doesn't matter as long as our baby is healthy. Please pray with us for a healthy baby and please keep a precious little girl named Hannah in your prayers...she is very sick and needs our prayers.