Tiny Little Miracle!

I know you want to see the pics so here they are!

Baby was stretching! It was toward the end of the hour long ultrasound and baby was probably getting tired of the tech poking and proding!!

You can see the thumb and four tiny little fingers! Baby’s hands were up by the face the whole time pretty much!

And of course the little feet! A picture of each one.

Can I just say I am so very impressed with how incredible technology is! With only a 2-D ultrasound I didn’t know that they could see so much! We got see the heart and could actually make out the 4 different chambers of the baby’s heart! We also saw a couple other major organs and the two main arteries. The tech measures all these things to tell the health of the baby and Baby Cakes is doing just fine!!

In all the measurements baby was right in the 50-60 percentile, so although I have only gained 3lbs since my 8wk appt., the fact that the baby is doing so well is a great sign!

As we watched our baby on the screen I couldn’t help but tear up and at times chuckle with excitement and joy! It was so very cute when the tech was trying to get some different angles she caught baby wiggling it’s little tush and it was so adorable! Baby just looked so safe and secure in there, it’s little mouth would kinda sit open as it slept so peacefully and towards the end we could see baby had hiccups! It was so darn cute!!

Most of the time baby was curled up in the fetal position but sometimes baby would stretch out and because baby is still so small and there’s enough room it’s legs could pretty much fully extend!

It really did just make it that much real, that we are having a little tiny precious angel come into our lives and change it forever! I think we are both very excited but also very nervous and anxious about the parenting experience. When Brandon and I left the Dr today we both just started realizing all the responsibility we would be gaining, and all these worries start going through your mind about being capable of protecting the baby from all the evil and harm of this world.

Praise God that He is the Father and protector of this baby and we are just getting to take part in it. No one could know or do better than Him!

We have been quite the busy newly-weds to be! We started addressing our invitations this weekend and plotted out the reception site for where we will put tables and such. In another two weeks we will be meeting with the photographer to do engagement pictures and get ideas for where to shoot for the big day!

We also found some one to do our cake and flowers! She is a neighborhood artist and has come with many recommendations! I've seen pictures of her work and its fabulous! Although she hasn't done many wedding cakes yet she is confident in her ability and so are we. But the plus side is she is going to offer us a discount on the cake if she can use the pictures of it in her portfolio!

And she does real and silk flowers as well! I had an idea for my flowers to honor my grandmother who passed away just two years ago. She was my best friend and biggest fan and I still can't believe she won't be here for my most special day. But she loved flowers and she loved gardening and I just really want to have her remembered always and I thought a really neat way to do that would be to have one purple (or yellow) iris just off centered in my all white bridal bouquet. Then she would be in every picture and with me the whole time! I know she would love that so much!

Both my dress and B's ring came in! I have an appointment next Tuesday to see the seamstress to have my dress altered. It's just a little big in the top but otherwise fits perfect!! I'm so excited :)

We have all of our music picked out for the ceremony and the reception so now we just have to go down and plan what will be played when so our 'DJ' can get set up.

Only 88 days!!! {But whos counting right?!}

This weekend B and I went to Minden, Nebraska to visit B's special Grandma! {that's what B called her when he was little and it just stuck!} She is 94 years old and still lives in her own house and drives a truck. I rode with her and she does just fine too! She is a strong woman.

She was so excited to have us visit and we had a great time. While we were there B asked her if we could borrow a cake plate for our wedding cake!! She collects cake plates and probably has a hundered or more of them! She said of course and even picked out a beautiful white one for us to use!! It's a little bit wider in diameter than the others since the wedding cake will be a little bit bigger than a normal size cake.

We are both so thrilled to be able to include both sides of our family in our most special day!