What is it?

On Friday morning Kyle and I went to our ultrasound fully expecting to be told that we were having a girl. We were totally shocked when she told us that we were having a boy and hovered above the proof on the screen. I couldn't keep my composure and cried throughout the whole thing. We were both speechless. We just KNEW we were having a girl. I had decorated the little girl's nursery in my head, just waiting for the confirmation to order everything online. I continue to be amazed at God's surprises. Kyle and I have been praying all along for a healthy baby, not really caring about the gender, but in my heart I knew that I wanted a little football player. As we were waiting on the doctor after the ultrasound, Kyle started asking me about how I wanted to decorate the nursery. Being truly overwhelmed, I answered that I couldn't talk about it because if I did I would start crying again, and my tears were becoming pretty embarrassing by this point.

We had previously decided to have our parents over for dinner to tell them the exciting news. Since we found out in the morning, I had to keep myself busy all day long because I was soooooo excited to tell and celebrate with them. I decided to make party costumes so that I not only kept myself busy but also help build excitement for the party.

Annabelle with her "Big Sis" cape.

Bocephus wearing his "Big Brother" shirt.

As you can tell we really love our animals.

Ever since I was little my mom has always created a scavenger hunt to give us our big present at Christmas. She still does this game even though her youngest is 21 and we don't have any kids around. But we all get really excited running around the house to get the next clue. So I really wanted to come up with a creative way to share our news with our parents since this is our first child, and I had a little bit of time on my hands. So in the spirit of Waller tradition, I made up a scavenger hunt for our parents. At the end they each got a present to open, which was an ornament that said "Welcome Baby Boy," which I thought was fitting because we are having a Christmas baby.

Here is a little bit of the fun we had on the scavenger hunt...

Baby aches

It seems like since I got pregnant there is always something aching on my body. Two weeks ago it was my wrists. I was certain I was going to have to go buy some sort of wrap and that people would be asking me, "what happened?" and I would have to answer, "oh nothing, I'm just pregnant," feeling like a big dork. Last week a part of my lower back on the right side started hurting every time I put pressure on my right foot. So anyway, this week it's my feet. I have been working in my classroom to try to prepare before pre-planning. I have come home with some major feet aches. So now I'm on the hunt for some comfortable yet still cute shoes I can wear to work.

Pregnancy Ettiqute

I have recently reached the point in my pregnancy where it is visibly evident that my mid section is growing larger. I have always heard that it is rude to say something to people unless you know for sure that they are pregnant. So when the lady at the Publix deli asked me if this was my first child, I was shocked that a stranger acknowledged my belly. It also suprised me at how proud I felt that someone asked me about my baby. It really made me feel good that I am officially recognized as a pregnant women.

The second thing I've always heard is that pregnant women don't like for their bellies to be touched. It seems odd to me that it is so tempting for people to want to touch fat pregnant bellies. The first time it happened to me was two weeks ago. My baby bump is still small and as my sister puts it, easily mistaken for me eating a big lunch. It hasn't got that hard feeling to it just yet, so when it was touched by someone else it was a weird feeling. I hadn't seen my parents in a couple of weeks and we stopped by on our way back from the beach. When my dad saw me, he gave me a hug and immediately touched my belly. I didn't mind it at all. It was just kind of weird. Just another thing to get used to I guess.

So we find out the gender of our baby this week. I keep calling it "my baby" because it's in my belly. Kyle corrected me recently and said, "Sarah, it's our baby." I know he's right but it feels like mine because it's in my belly. Anyway... we have the same feeling on the gender. We both think it's going to be a girl. I have thought this from the begining. I don't know why, but I just do. Kyle does too. So we'll see. In the meantime, we have had some of our friends and family make guesses as to what they think the gender is going to be. Above is a recent picture of my belly in Amelia Island. I can't figure out how to get the picture on the bottom since this is my first blog.