The Name Game Reveal

Peanut has had a name since last May, when I was pregnant with her brother or sister who's now in Heaven.  We saved the names we had decided on to use on future children, and named our first one Angel instead.  We are proud and excited to announce that our little one will be called.....

Kathryn means purity.  Sophia means wisdom.  We did not name her after anyone--we simply liked and agreed on these names, so that's what she'll be!  We plan on calling her "Kathryn" as opposed to "Kate", "Katy", "Kat", or any other variation.

               We used personalized M&Ms to share her name with our families this weekend.

Kathryn is about 96 days--around three months--from her due date today.  But don't get too comfortable with that date since 80% of first time moms go a week past their due date!  :)  We love you and look forward to meeting you, Kathryn Sophia!

Pictures from the Gender Share

Our Facebook Announcement Picture

                                     

Getting Ready to bite into the cupcakes...

It's a girl!

 The gender reveal cupcakes that Sarah of "Sarah's sweeTcakes" made for us.  Everyone loved them!

Pink inside to signify a girl on the way.  :)

Back to Work I Go

Tracking back in was hard today,  I was anxious about it last night.  This is my week to tend to the dog in the morning, and Josie had peed and pooped in the kitchen overnight.  (In fact, she peed in the kitchen four times today--most likely because she was having to hold her bladder for twice as long as she got used to while I was tracked out.)  After I took her out and cleaned her mess, I was nauseous and dry heaved in the sink for a while, which almost made me late...like I said, it was hard to go back to work.

Morning sickness is still on and off all day, every day.  I am really getting tired of it.  I'll be 11 weeks on Thursday and it really should peak by then.

The third grade teacher I help told her students I was expecting today.  They all wanted to know if I was having a boy or a girl.  Of course, the girls thought I would have a girl, the boys thought I would have a boy.  I figure I'll wait for the next ultrasound (should be within ten days) to be okay, before I tell the kindergartners.     

Reaction

We have had so much fun telling people about you, Peanut.  We started off telling coworkers with a special flower bouquet, then we told our church connect group by blurting it out, and then we told parents and Facebook, as described in the previous post.  Everyone has been excited, joyful, and more than willing to pray for you and against our anxieties.  We are thankful to have such supportive friends and family, who believe in the power of prayer.  It means more than we can say.

Here are our families' reactions--more subdued than last time, but still fun!

My parents

                                                                       Jared's parents

How We'll Tell

So tomorrow, we'll go to my parents in Raleigh.  As far as they know, it's just because we're headed to the Angus Barn restaurant afterwards to celebrate Jared's birthday with his family.  Mom will probably have Jared's gift to give him, and we will give her a present, too--something "we picked up a while ago and just forgot about."  And here's what she'll find:

My mother has a little collection of Boyd's Bears; it so happens that my maiden name is Boyd.  So, this was too cute to pass up.

After a few hours, we'll head to Jared's parents' house in Cary, where he'll blurt out the news in some clever way that he hasn't decided on yet.

And Monday, we'll post a picture on Facebook to announce our news:

We like making our pictures a little "weird", so people have to figure out the news.  Last time, we posted a picture of a hamburger bun, sitting in our oven.  It took a while for some folks!  This one is a little clearer.

Peanut, get ready to not be a secret anymore!

Telling Connect Group

Tonight, we told our church connect group our news.  There are three other women in our group who are having bumps in the road to parenthood, and I wrote them an email last night, letting them know ahead of time.  Tonight, when everyone had arrived, Jared blurted out, "hey everyone, we have an announcement, we're pregnant!"  And, there were congratulations, and the group prayed for us as well.  We tried to make it low-key, mostly being sensitive for the women who are going through a rough patch.

So now our coworkers know, and our connect group knows.  We have our ultrasound in less than 36 hours, and then we tell family on November 11, call friends November 12, and tell Facebook after that.  I am already chomping at the bit to be out of this first trimester....I want to breathe a little easier and not worry so much!

4 More Days

I've been better today and yesterday about not worrying so much.  If something's already happened, then worrying about it won't fix it.  If everything is fine, then there's nothing to worry about.  Either way, worrying doesn't do anything but harm.

Tomorrow afternoon, I'll send an email to the ladies in my church connect group that have also had trouble conceiving.  I'd like them to know in a more indirect way before we tell everyone face to face on Monday night.

Four days until our ultrasound....

Deciding When to Tell

We have an interesting conundrum.  Originally, Jared and I wanted to share our baby news at Thanksgiving, since we see both families that day.  But, then we thought that there were too many similarities to last time.  I would be sharing the news at 10 weeks, like last time, and THEN having the heartbeat appointment at 11 weeks, like last time, and then having the ultrasound at 12 weeks, like last time.  I don't want to feel that déjà vu.  So, we looked at later times, which would have me sharing the news with family and facebook at about 14 weeks.

But, the more I think about that, the less I like it, and the more I feel we should go ahead and share at Thanksgiving.  Just because it happened one way last time, doesn't mean the same thing will happen this time.  All the doctors I've seen assure me that my miscarriage was a "lightning strike", a fluke, and that it won't happen again.  I've been told by one doctor that they've "never seen such a perfect uterus and ovaries."  Maybe this is me going out in faith.  Maybe it's me going out in foolish hope.  But I am willing to trust....so, Thanksgiving it is!

Three days until we tell coworkers, 4 weeks until we tell small group, 5.5 weeks until we tell family and Facebook.  Love you, Peanut!