I am PREGNANT!!

I am 12 weeks pregnant and feelin GREAT :D The baby is doin wonderfully and Erik has almost survived the first trimester, LOL

Its so fun to finally be able to share this news here on Chatterbox, I finally have the energy to get off the  couch, hooorrrayyy!!

Lets go back a little bit, so I can fill you all in on the fun details :D

Erik and I found out this exciting news June 30th via home pregnancy test, we were shocked, excited, and continue to feel incredibly blessed. The next day I made a doctor appointment, our obstetrician likes to wait until 7-8 weeks for the first appointment. Soooo we anxiously awaited July 22nd to make this baby feel real. The only true conformation of the baby we had was.. well, me :D I was not quite myself, I pretty much did not want to do anything!! Nothing sounded fun, Erik would tempt me with me favorite activities: walks, going for yogurt, etc. and I was just crazy exhausted. It was super weird, I have never spent so much time with Netflix, we became BFFs. hahaha Erik and I were definitely excited but at the same time all we had to go by was a line on a pee stick? Soo we were also wondering if this was true?! 

Then it was finally JULY 22!! We got to see our baby! ITS TRUE!! THIS IS REAL! WE ARE HAVING A BABY!! Our baby was the size of a blueberry and at one glance we were completely in love with our new family member. 

(already added to my pregnancy journal)

Then it got even better from there, we heard the baby's heartbeat. At 150 bpm, it was the most wonderful sound, at that moment we were fully aware of the miracle that was taking place. Our blueberry has a heartbeat?! God, you never cease to amaze me!!! We could have listened to that sound forever, it was beautiful.

The baby's due date is MARCH 5th. Love that time of year, and cant wait to meet our little one. 

The next really fun step was sharing with all our family and friends :D We also realized, that you guys not knowing was making it hard to believe we were really having a baby. As we began to share our special news, the baby became more real. Part of our joy in life is to share our lives with all of you!! Each person we told made us feel so special and made us realize the incredible amounts of love and support this baby has already!! Thank you for making this time so special and for the way you care for our family. Some of our favorite memories are the wonderful reactions our loved ones had as we shared the news :D This baby is already covered in TONS of prayer, which means more to us than you will ever know!!

My goal is to keep the updates comin so you all can share in this fun time with us :D

Love,

Your very own Chatterbox + Baby