How Daddy Found Out

Here's our updates:

My thoughts on becoming parents: I truly feel so blessed. I feel like we've been waiting for this forever and now it's here. Obviously there so many thoughts going through my mind, but I really am trying to take the pregnancy one day at a time and I continue to pray that baby and I stay healthy. Mr. Hall is definitely a little but nervous about the idea of baby, but he's already talking about the things he wants to do once baby is here - especially play legos. It might be some time before baby gets to join in, but he's already forming his collection so it's ready when the time comes. 

Who we told we were trying for a baby: Some people had no idea, some people suspected the day would come, and some people provided Mr. Hall and I with a great deal of support leading up to our announcement. The month we got pregnant was our 17th month that were were trying to conceive. It's been a journey of physicals, blood tests, medication, tests, tests, and more tests, UTIs, OPKs, acupuncture treatments, tears, taking my BBT daily, meditation techniques, affirmations, prayers, new diets, and various exercise. An incredibly supportive group of people knew were struggling with infertility issues and I cannot thank these people enough. Again, I truly feel so blessed.

I suspected I might be pregnant because: I just had a feeling. This month I felt different. I took a pregnancy test days before I should have and there was a very, very faintly positive line - a line I'd never seen before. I decided to wait a few more days to test again before I would share the news with Mr. Hall. And a few days later, I woke up early in the morning to take a digital pregnancy test and almost immediately it said I was pregnant and then a few more minutes later indicated that I was 1-2 weeks! So blessed!

How I told Mr. Hall: I surprised him by making a replica wall mural of a scene from Nintendo. I had it all ready for Mr. Hall when he got home from work. I even set it up with some Nintendo music play in the background. When he walked in I think he was more shocked than anything. It probably would have made more sense to him if I had included the red dots and asked him to follow them. Check out the wall below.

Now after crawling through the ground-level pipe - the pipe wrapped around the back of the chair and lead Mr. Hall to the Nintendo Box below.

In the box was a homemade Nintendo onesie and the pregnancy test.

Mr. Hall had no idea what the pregnancy test was, so that was no help - but he soon realized what the onesie meant!

So blessed! We both felt overjoyed that this day was finally here!

So here's some photo updates:

Our Six Week, One Day Ultrasound Picture - Baby Hall's First Photo!
Don't be discouraged if your don't see much - it's just a little bean of a baby with the yolk sac

Our Eleven Week, One Day Ultrasound Picture - Baby Hall's Second Photo
Baby liked to keep it's hand up by it's nose!

Here's my bi-weekly belly shots thus far!
It's hard to believe that my belly has popped that much already! Grow little one! Stay healthy!

So that's where things are at with us. Again I cannot thank all of you enough for your love, prayers, support, advice, and encouragement - it means the world to all three of us.

And to my other ladies - lots of baby dust to you all! xoxox

Our House is Expanding by Two Feet!

No, we're not adding an addition to our home. And we haven't outgrown our house quite yet, but our family is about to get larger... by Two Feet! Two Baby Feet, that is!

Mr. & Mrs. Hall are Pregnant!

We feel so bless to be expecting our first child on Valentine's Day 2013! Aren't we just so romantic?!?

Mr. Hall's Baby Boots!

We're excited to share many of the exciting details with you along the way and know that we can continue to ask for your support and well wishes!

Details:

Due: February 14, 2013
Gender: We're not planning on finding out!
How far along is Mrs. Hall: 11 weeks, 5 days

And he blew the house down...

So from the day we moved in, Mr. Hall was adament about one thing; the play house was not going to stay. The poor little porch attached to the front of the play house didn't even make the first 12 hours.

Now I'm not entirely sure what his true issue was with the play house, but he'll tell you it had to do with all the nails sticking out. Apparently these nails were extremely 'unsafe' for all of these children we have running around our back yard. Yep, so many kids.

So while Mr. Hall would not comment further on the play house, this I can tell you:

I never once stepped foot into the play house.
It was quite the eye sore.
It took up a corner of our back yard.

This is what the play house looked like Saturday morning.

Playhouse Before...

Yep, that's her.

Rather, that was her.

Early afternoon this is what she looked like.

The big, bad wold came...

And after 3 trips to the dump, this is what's left of her.

Just a pile of wet soil now.

So that's that.

After my last post, Mr. Hall said I made him sound like the laziest bum so I want to be sure to give him entire credit for this project. Yep, all him. Not even one power tool - unless you consider his mp3 player. Just one man, a sledgehammer, and a crowbar. Thanks Mr. Hall!

So after all is said and done, this has really 'opened' up our yard, but I think we'll be finding nails in our lawn forever. I don't know what the deal is with the previous home owner but I think he had a particular affinity to nailing things. Anything. There are randomly place nails everywhere.

I think I have a brother and a father with a particular affinity for their metal detector - maybe one of them will let me borrow theirs.