First Views of Baby Gaines

We had our 3/4D sonogram today at AngelPrints. Much to the grandparent's dismay we did not cave in and find out the sex of the baby. Everyone had their opinion on who the little one looks like. I think it has Andrew's nose and my lips. It definitly has Andrew's fingers :). Could be a future piano player!

Baby's first trip to Italy

Childhood Home Gone but not Forgotten

Here are some before and after pictures of my parent's house in Pineville.

First Doctor's Appt

Wednesday I had my first appt. with my new doctor. Andrew and I both really liked her alot. They loaded us down with way to many questions and to much information. But I am happy to report that it is possible for me to have my blood drawn without passing out or crying... dad would be so proud! Andrew treated me to lunch for being so brave. I have picked out my crib set from babies r us... here is a picture of it.

We are going with Honey bees... really the only gender neutral set that I liked... its yellow, green, and black gingham.

Telling Abby's Parents

Well here's how it went down. Since its my birthday coming up...Andrew and I decided to do a "fake" surprise party for me in order to really surprise my parents. Andrew wrote my mom an email saying he was planning a surprise party for me at a restaurant and had already ordered a cake. So when the cake came out the waitress put it in front of mom...and it didn't say happy birthday. The pictures explain it all.......

We're having a Baby!

Apparently God listened a little to hard when I said that I didn't want to get pregnant until we had been married for 2 years... b/c that's exactly what happened. We found out that we were going to have a baby on our anniversary! I had been feeling pretty icky and wasn't sure exactly what was wrong with me so my boss convinced me to take a pregnancy test. I stopped at CVS to pick up a cheap one thinking that why waste all that money on a nice digital test when it was just going to say negative anyway. Well it didn't and I still couldn't believe it ...so I made poor Andrew drive around to 2 different stores until we found a digital test b/c 2 little blue lines weren't going to satisfy me... I needed to see the words PREGNANT!