It's a BOY!!

We are thrilled to be expecting a handsome baby boy! 

I always thought I was having a boy until I got a hold of a Chinese Gender Chart that told me that I would have a girl. After finding that chart I didn't know what I was going to have. I guess I have learned that a mother's instinct is always right :)

The ultrasound experience was absolutely breathtaking. My heart was beating so fast waiting to find out what we were having but in the meantime, we could see him moving around, saw/heard his heart beating, and his cute legs and arms. He was very bashful about showing his face though but wasn't shy about letting us know he is a boy...haha! Since he didn't want to show his face we will be able to experience another ultrasound at the next appointment. I'm so happy to see my little monkey again.  

I am extremely happy to be surrounded by so much love. My parents, Angie (Sean's aunt), Samy (Sean's cousin), Sean's Grandmom, and Megan (Sean's sister) were able to be there to experience this precious time with us. My Grandmama and sister Shannon were able to be on the phone during the ultrasound which was amazing. Sean and I are truly blessed to have amazing families.  

Here is our little bundle of joy at 20 weeks. We don't know if he was truly sucking his thumb in this photo but I like to think so:

I'm 21 weeks now!!

Baby Holt

I truly can't believe that Sean and I are starting a family and bringing a beautiful baby girl or boy into this world. We are both very excited but also a little scared especially when that pregnancy test came out positive because that made everything so real...haha! 

Here is our little bundle of joy at 9 weeks almost 10 weeks:

I can't wait till May 21st, exactly 2 weeks and 5 days, when we find out if we are having a little princess or a handsome prince. I don't have a preference; only for this little sweetheart to be healthy and happy. Either way he or she is going to be spoiled! Not too much of course. Hopefully I can find out what "too much" is..haha!

It has been a very interesting experience trying to notice when I feel the baby move. The first time I noticed something was when I was exactly 14 weeks. I felt tiny bubbles in my lower abdomen and had a feeling like my stomach was growling but it was definitely no where near by stomach. He or she was having way too much fun swimming in my tummy..haha! :)

My pregnancy so far has been absolutely amazing. I haven't experienced any nausea or throwing up which makes me so very happy because I hate to throw up. My only struggles have been migraines and fatigue which have slowly gotten better. During the first few weeks I was having a hard time eating because I didn't crave anything and nothing smelt good. Even my favorite, broccoli, I had to stay away from. That has definitely changed now...thank goodness :) My new pregnancy feeling is stretching, which hasn't happen much but when it does it's a little annoying.

Here is me at 8 weeks. Definitely nothing showing yet:  

Here is me at 14 weeks. Migraines have gone down but still not really showing:

Big difference to me from 14 weeks. Here is me at 17 weeks. I felt a lot of stretching at this point:

Oh my heck my sister Shannon has been amazing to me and thank goodness she loves me because she let me barrow all of her maternity clothes. She just had a baby boy 3 weeks ago (Ryker James Hicks) and has a lot of maternity clothes that I can barrow. For weeks I have been unbuttoning my regular pants so my growing belly doesn't hurt as much and there has been MANY times I have caught my zipper down...haha! That's definitely not embarrassing right.

Now I have amazing maternity jeans that make me feel like I'm wearing sweat pants. Oh how I'm loving my growing belly now!    

I'm 18 weeks!