The Heartbeat!

Today, July 15th 2008, was a very special day for Micah and I. We had our 3rd doctor's appointment. And today, we were able to hear our baby's little (but strong) heartbeat for the very first time! It was such an exciting, but at the same time unreal, moment! The tears definitely surfaced for this mother-to-be, I fought them back and didn't need any tissues! Can you believe that? And Micah, he was too excited for tissues. He was the "technical dad-to-be" as he was trying to follow the little doppler with not one but two digital recorders!! We had to make sure they worked, ya know? We got a really good recording of it, but unfortunately couldn't figure out how to upload it to our blog right now, but if anyone is interested in hearing it, just let us know!
When we got home we decided to take some pictures to celebrate this momentous day, and we got to take my 14 week photos too! We have been taking pregnancy pictures every 4 weeks (starting at week 6) and I am finally starting to look pregnant!!! This is a very exciting time for us and we are excited and happy to get to document it and share it with our dear family and friends!

~Listening to the Heartbeat~

~Posing Pretty for the Camera, you know us, gotta make a memory~
~14 weeks and counting~ Getting ready to go do some yard work!

A post from Micah:

As Holly said, we had a special memory-making experience this morning. Hearing the little heartbeat of our baby made me so happy and excited. I'm looking forward to the next adventure - the sonogram - but mostly I'm just happy that we'll have our own baby soon.