Dr. Appointment and Anniversary!

So I have failed on keeping up with this blog but pregnancy really does make you tired. I think I could sleep all day long! Anyway, we went to the doctor on my birthday, August 11 for our 2nd prenatal appointment. This was the first time we heard the heartbeat with the doppler. She gaves us this whole speech about how it is hard to find it this early in pregnancy and if she did not find it, we would go for an ultrasound. Of course she found it on the first try! A strong steady heartbeat of 163 bpm. We went back yesterday (on our 2 year anniversary!) and everything was great again! This time my mom came with me so she could hear the heartbeat. This time she found it almost as quick and the heartbeat was 152 bpm. Some people say a lower heart rate means boy, but she said do not believe everything you hear. Since there were no problems, we were in and out, with the exception of waiting in the room for 45 minutes while she was in a delivery. We scheduled the big ultrasound for Monday October 5th at 2:30! I am so excited, I can't stand it! Hopefully time will pass by quickly.
Yesterday was our 2 year anniversary! I can't believe it has already been 2 years! Time sure does fly by. We decided on Jim n Nicks since I didn't get my Labor Day BBQ. When I showed up, Robert had bought me a gift. I felt bad because I did not get him anything. I just assumed since we didn't buy each other a gift last year and we are going on vacation next week, that we wouldn't do gifts again. Oh, well, I will make it up to him somehow. He got me the cutest little Auburn bag and inside was our baby's first Auburn hat! Since we don't know the sex yet, he got white, which is perfect! I will have to keep my eye out for a good gift for him. We are headed to Gatlinburg on Sunday for a whole week so maybe I can find him something there. We couldn't get the same cabin we stayed in on our honeymoon, but we got the one beside it. Here are a few pictures from our first anniversary! Enjoy!

We are expecting!

So it has definitely been way too long since I have posted. Since then, Will has turned a month old and has gained 2 whole pounds! He is so precious. I know that everybody who reads this knows my news, but I guess I need to make it blog official and announce that me and Robert are expecting too! I am 13 weeks and 1 day, so I am over the dangerous point. We got to see our little bean at 8 weeks and 2 days. We saw and heard the heartbeat at this appointment. First heartbeat was 189. Seemed a little high, but doctor said it was great. We had our second appointment on my birthday and heard the heartbeat again. This time it was 163. So far so good. Our next appointment is on our anniversary! I keep getting lucky with these dates! My mom is dying to go to an appointment with me, so we are letting her come to this one. I know she is just so excited to spoil another grand baby. I am excited that Will and his new cousin are going to be so close in age! So here's the story of how we found out and how we told everybody.
Martha's baby shower was the day before Father's Day. I was already a week late and since I had to be up early anyway, I decided to take the test before Robert went to work. I don't think he even knew that I was taking it. So I grabbed it and told him to go into the bathroom before he left. He stared at it with this confused look on his face. It was pretty funny. I guess next time I shouldn't surprise him so early on a Saturday morning. So I decided that I didn't want to ruin Martha's shower, so I didn't tell anybody. I sat through that whole shower with my news. It was really hard to do. When the shower was over, I pulled Martha outside and told her before I left. I had to tell somebody! So the next day we went to eat at Costa's BBQ in Trussville for Father's Day. We bought my dad race tickets so Robbie had already bought the card. I decided to get a random Father's Day card and I signed it "Love, Amy, Robert, and Baby (due February 2010). My dad looked at it, then looked at me and said "is this what I think it is?" I said yes but told him to give it to my mom. Of course when my mom read it, she didn't say anything, she just jumped up and screamed. It was pretty exciting to find out on Father's Day weekend, so technically Robert has already had his first Father's Day. We waited until we went to the doctor before we told our friends. We decided to have a few people over and told them then.
We are very excited and cant wait to find out what we are having. We probably wont find out until the beginning of October. We have already looked at some names but can only agree on girl names. The one that we love is Brooklyn Noelle. Another one we are considering is Marlee Noelle. No boy names yet, even though that's what we are hoping for. I will try to update this blog more, since I actually have something to blog about now! Here are a few pictures of our little bean!







Here are the pictures that I took when my parents found out!