Week 8

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

We had our first appointment with our doctor this week, which included our first ultrasound. We were sitting in the dark room, watching the screen as the little kidney bean shaped baby appeared. It was so surreal seeing the heartbeat – the pulsating of the little heart was amazing to see, and made it real that there is life growing inside me. I continue to be alternately overwhelmed and blessed by the fact that God allows us to be so intimately involved in the creation process. We also had a funny moment when the ultrasound tech moved the wand around to "check for twins." When she didn't find another baby, Ryan said, "Oh thank goodness!" We both feel so blessed that God has entrusted a new life to us that we are responsible for, a new soul that we are to guide in the ways of his word.

This week was also a milestone for us as we told all of our families! We had my mom and stepdad over for dinner on Friday night. We went to my dad and step mom's for dinner on Saturday and had Ryan's parents and brother and sister-in-law over for dinner on Sunday. We told each of them by giving them the picture below in a frame. Each reaction was so precious and memorable. We will cherish those moments forever!

(The photos (as well as our photo in the header of the blog) were taken by our very talented friends, Travis and Hayley. You can see more of their work here.)