sike...?

Stephen and I went to visit my real Doctor today for what we thought was our 11 week checkup.

this is where 'sike' comes into play.

it turns out that the first doctor i saw was sorely mistaken on her judgement of an October 21st due date. it seems that we will be having a November baby instead as i am only 7 weeks pregnant, not 11 and a half. on the one hand I'm relieved as this means more time to plan and prepare. lord knows we need as much of that as we can get.

on the other hand though, I'm a little disappointed that I'm not farther along and closer to getting out of the 'danger zone' of the first trimester. not to mention getting rid of the nausea. plus, we probably wouldn't have opted to share our info with our church last Sunday had we realised that we hadn't actually made it as far as we thought. oh well, what are you going to do?

at least everything seems good and healthy. they did a sonogram and we got to see the wee one. we are calling it Herman until we know the sex by the way. we figured that sounded better than 'it'. plus, its yet another opportunity to share my love of Pee Wee Herman in an important stage of my life. first our wedding with the secret word and now our baby...

oh yeah, i should also mention that despite my mother and mother in laws hopes and dreams, there was only one kid inside of me. no twins this time around. we were a bit relieved to say the least. stephens grandmother is a twin, as is mine. also, my moms grandmother, great grandmother and aunt and uncle are twins. it seemed like we were in for it. we made sure to check, twice, that there was only one heartbeat and one baby. although we didnt hear it yet we did see it which was amazing. we also got our first photo. CRAZY!?! stephen and just keep on periodically looking at oneanother in amazement that this is really happening to us. we're thrilled, amazed and terrified all at once. i imagine that will never really go away, it will just increase as time goes by. again, CRAZY.