3rd Anniversary at Lighthouse Restaurant

I was going through our photos and found this photo of us back in July celebrating our 3rd Anniversary....completely oblivious that we were pregnant but definitely hopeful all the same. How fitting that we would be positioned for the photo right in front of the highchairs! :-)

Cards, emails, & phone calls

We want to personally thank everyone who has either sent a card, email, or phone call our way with all their well wishes about our pregnancy. We intend to post all of the emails and save the cards for our baby book so that our child can see how loved he or she was even from the beginning!

Gifts from Grandma & Grandpa Metros

We would like to send a special thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Metros for the beautiful Winnie-the-Pooh tie blankie made lovingly by Grandma Metros...we have a feeling it is going to be a favorite some day! In addition, their grandchild received from them the book titled, "The Complete Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh," which we also think will become a staple! Thank you, thank you! In the link below there are photos of the gifts, as well as the bib that Aunt Deanna purchased for the baby!

http://picasaweb.google.com/npmetros/BabyGiftsFromAuntDeannaAndGrandpaGrandmaMetros?authkey=Gv1sRgCPzthfCosrXLzwE#

Baby Gifts from Grandma and Papa Stochel

So, less than 24 hours after we announced our news, Grandma Stochel came over with her arms loaded full of goodies. You'll have to take a look at the pictures via the link below and let us know if you think she's excited!?

http://picasaweb.google.com/npmetros/BabyGiftsFromGrandmaPapaStochel#

She also showed up the next day with an awesome pregnancy journey...so much fun filling it out! Nick also received a box set of books containing a book for the new dad to-be and also a book about the toddler years...fun! In all seriousness...she's the best!! We are so thankful that we have her along for this journey. Oh, Aunt Deanna also showed up with a bib that says, "I love my Auntie." Our child is already so blessed!

3rd Doctor Visit

We had our 3rd visit to the doctor today. Mom & baby are both healthy & well. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat with the Doppler monitor. The heart rate was around 150 beats per minute. It was very exciting, we were both speechless and had huge smiles. The doctor told us the old wives' tale was that a heart beat over 140 means you're having a girl. Guess we'll have to wait and see. We have another appointment in 4 weeks on Dad's birthday!

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

After 13 weeks of tight-lipped secrecy, we finally let our family in on the fun of our upcoming "labor day" over Labor Day weekend. We had redone our deck, so we invited everyone over for a cookout to enjoy the new digs. Our parents, sisters with their significant others, niece and nephew were all there. After an hour of chit-chatting, we told everyone we had a game to play and passed out cards that had "the couples' name you'd be playing against" on them. Here's a copy of the card (in case you're wondering, this is Daisy's happy face!):

After a little confusion (are they getting another dog?), there was a lot of hugging and tears of joy. We had a pretty awesome cake made up for the occasion, too. Check out all of the photos here http://picasaweb.google.com/npmetros/LaborDayPregnancyAnnouncementCookout#

2nd Doctor Visit

We had our second visit to the doctor at 11 weeks on August 20th. Mom & baby were both progressing well. We had our first ultrasound and you could see the baby's heart flutter on the screen. Definitely one of the proudest and coolest moments in our lives. Here is our baby's first photo (on the left side of picture):

1st Doctor Visit

We had our first visit to the doctor on July 23rd. The doctor confirmed that the home pregnancy tests were accurate (Priscilla was still doubtful). She dated the pregnancy at 7 weeks and calculated our due date as March 17, 2010. Guess we'll have a lucky charm for St. Patrick's Day!

Flowers for the Mommy-to-be

For all of you that were by the house and wondered why Priscilla got that big bouquet of roses, she does deserve them just because. However, Nick brought these home with the card on Monday after we found out the big news.

Should I Take Another One?

During the week of July 6th, we started to get the feeling something might be up. On July 12th, when Priscilla made her first trip to the bathroom in the morning, we took a home pregnancy test. After waiting a couple of minutes, Nick went in to read the results, and this is what he saw:


He came out of the bathroom smiling ear to ear and shaking his head yes. Even though the instructions said the test was over 99% accurate, and the lines could be any shade of blue and didn't have to match, Priscilla still wasn't convinced. So, she headed out to Walgreens in Cedar Lake (couldn't go in CP, in case she ran into one of her Mom's friends) to get another test. After seeing the results, she asked "Do you think I should take the last one?"

The Secret is Finally Out!

Hey everyone! If you're here reading this, obviously you now know our little secret. We found out about our little bun in the oven way back on July 12th, but didn't let anyone else in on the fun until Labor Day weekend. Needless to say, a lot happened during those first 13 weeks, so over the next couple days we'll put up some posts of the highlights of that first trimester to catch everyone up. Hopefully this will allow all of you a chance to share in that initial period of excitement, while missing out on the not-so-exciting stuff (morning sickness...ugghh, shouldn't they call it "all-day sickness"). So, make sure you check back for updates often, and we'll make sure to not keep too many more secrets to ourselves over the next few months!