18 week doctor appointment

Well, we had our long awaited doctors appointment today after the long awaited insurance coverage! It went great! It was so nice for us to be able to ask all the questions we've had for these past weeks. We didn't get to have an ultrasound though. The doctor knows that insurance companies only allow for a certain number of ultrasounds and we didn't want to waste ours too early and not be able to see the gender for sure. So we're waiting until the 20 week mark when we can tell for sure! We did get to hear the heartbeat and hear the little wiggles around in there. She made a comment about how active the baby is already. The baby didn't want the doctor to put the Doppler on it. He'd run away and squirm off so fast she couldn't barely count the heart beat! I was just thinking "Oh lord please spare me from a hyper baby like I was and Gabriel was" HAha, but I think we know what to expect! :-) We had another traumatic experience with the blood draw. Its just never a good thing with me! I am not scared of needles, its just that I HAVE NO VEINS! I was poked twice in the doctors office, and not just poked, but the needle was in and she wiggled and prodded in there with no luck! So I started feeling light headed and dizzy, then I of course, lost my lunch.... I guess that's just what I do. So they then gave up on looking, with not a drop of blood in the vile, and sent me to the hospitals laboratory. There the fun was not over! The person who draws blood all day couldn't even find a vein! She tried twice on my right arm and twice on my left and FINALLY found a vein that was giving blood. So I of course got light headed and dizzy again... and you know whats next... man! But its over! I'm so glad!!
So overall, the baby is healthy and so am I. Everything is perfect and the doctor is proud of how I've been taking care of myself. So that makes us happy!
We want to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving! We love thanksgiving and this year we have SO much to be thankful for! God has been good and will continue to be good. We love you all and wish we could all be together for the holidays, but you are in our hearts.
Gabriel and Sophia (and baby too!)

18 weeks and all is well!

Almost half way done! We dont have much to update, but today is turning day for week 18, and I always get excited to get one week closer to seeing our lovely baby! We have a doctors appointment tomorrow at 3, and then an ultrasound after that (hopefully). It will be a 3-D ultrasound so we can see for sure if its a boy or a girl! I have to be honest though, I know its a girl... We keep looking at the picutres, and it is just a girl, plain and simple. But we'll prove it to you all tomorrow hopefully! I'd post a picture of my growing tummy, but Gabe doesnt get this week off like many of us, so I'm home alone today. When he gets home I'll have him take a picture!
Love you all! And we'll post tomorrow with updates!

Today's Ultrasound adventure!

Well........... ITS A................................. We dont know... hehe
We went and got a great ultrasound! Good news: We have a very healthy, stong, active baby who's growing just perfectly and seems very happy insde there!
The bad news........ We still couldnt tell what the gender is! Tony is SURE that he saw boy parts, but I really do beg to differ! The nurse said she saw distinctive girl parts, then later she said, "wait... are those boy parts" Then we saw the umbilical cord between baby's legs.......... so we really dont know! And worst of all......... our scanner isnt even working so we cant put up pictures! But tomorrow we'll put them up with someone elses scanner... So, we still dont know the sex. I guess we're kinda leaning toward boy, but I really dont know... its too hard! My heart tells me its a girl. So we'll see!
We'll keep you updated! Thanks for your support!
Gabriel and Sophia

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow we have an ultrasound at 12:30pm! We're praying so so hard that we'll be able to tell the sex of the baby! So please pray with us! We will of course let everyone know. We cant stand the wait and neither can you! So we'll let you know tomorrow hopefully!

16 weeks and a tummy to prove it!

Hi everyone, okay here you go! The long awaited tummy shot! Its growing by the minute I feel, and making every day things feel so much different. Its so fun! I can't wait until I can feel little movements in there! We have an apointment for next Friday, and we will probably have an ultrasound that day, or maybe sooner to try to determine the sex! We cant wait! Today we were spending some time organizing the craziness that has become our nursery! We have been so blessed we dont know where to put all of the blessings! But I have a very creative husband who has an eye for that stuff, thank God!

Today I opened our first little gift pack from Motherhood Maternity and smelled the little Johnsons baby lotion they put in there and I started to cry! That smell is soo wonderful I cant wait until I can smell it on our little baby instead of the little trial packet.

God is so good!

Gabriel and Sophia

15 weeks

Hi everyone! Just a little update.. not much news, just letting you all know that baby is growing and so is my tummy! I'm getting ready to go have lunch with grandma and grandpa today with April and her precious babies! Tony is hard at work, and jealous that I get the yummy food and not him! But all is great! God is so good and is taking such great care of our growing family. You can pray for my health this week. I have had a nasty cold and flu symptoms, on top of everything else that pregnancy brings, so I am feeling a little under the weather. But we know God is in control and He takes care of everyting He gives us. We're very busy with church life lately, me with the childrens ministry and worship team, and Tony with administration and worship team! But as always, God sustains our strength! It will be so diffrent once baby comes and we slow down a little bit to take care of baby. I bet it will feel funny not being on the piano almost every week. I'll want to bring baby up there and still play every week I bet! (hey, that's a good idea!!) So we're so excited to bring a blessing into this world, its amazing!
Well, that's the update for now.... I didnt want to mention the election... but I just have to! :-) We were praying hard for the outcome of this, and it didnt go as we had hoped. But we know that God is in control and now we can just continue praying, but in a different way. We pray that God gives Obama wisdom and truth and that he can honor the Lord in his decisions. God works through all things and has good things for our country.
Well, we love you all and can I just say we CANT WAIT to find out if its a boy or a girl!! Only 3 weeks until we can know... its killing me though!
God bless you and we'll be writing more soon!
Sophia and Tony