Ok, so more of the story... We didn't find out until the Thursday before Father's Day, which was perfect because his family came into town that night and I was able to tell Russ by himself before the rest of the family showed up. And it was so perfect and fitting that it was just before Father's Day! I was so excited that I went to Wal-Mart and bought a bunch of cute baby things: a binky, a bottle, a multi-gender baby outfit, some toys, and a diaper which I had left over from babysitting my cousin's kids. :) I also got him a pair of sporty sunglasses because he has a hard time keeping any pair of sunglasses I buy him. ha ha! Anyway, I put it all in a bag with a Father's Day card to a soon-to-be dad and wrote his a sweet, funny letter telling him how much I loved and appreciated him, as well as how excited I am for him to one day be a dad. Each paragraph had something to do with each baby item and as he would read it, I would pull whatever it was out of the bag for him. Needless to say he caught on pretty quickly, but I still made him read through the whole letter and at the very end I told him that he was going to be the BEST dad... in 8 and a half months. :) He teared up, I teared up and it was just a really tender moment for both of us. He really is going to be a GREAT daddy! Here are some pictures of that day:

The Gift Bag

Russ reading the card... hasn't caught on yet! :)

The cute baby things :)

Our exciting moment!!!

Alright, let's skip ahead a little to my 6 week mark. Since I had a molar pregnancy last year (a rare form of pregnancy that doesn't quite make a baby... it's a lengthy explanation so if you want you can look it up) I had to be monitored pretty much from day 1. I went in two weeks earlier than most to my first doctor's visit and had my first ultrasound that actually showed something on the screen! YAY!!

Yay for my little dot!

Yeah, yeah... daddy can see you. Don't worry. :)

The Happy Family

I've had two more ultrasounds and I have the pictures, so I'll post those as soon as I can scan then in. It's so amazing that they grow so fast! It started out as a speck and now it's so big! I can't wait until I can stop referring to the baby as an "it" and start saying "he" or "she"! We'll have to wait about two more months for that, though, so I'll definitely keep everyone posted! It's so much better to actually have something to post rather than how the weekend was or another night sitting at home while Russ finishes his homework/class two weeks before it ends because he's a huge procrastinator. Yeah.

Anyway, I'm 11 weeks today! Time's already flown by, so February will be just around the corner!