Our Peanut due October 7th

I'd like to announce the newest arrival to our family, a definite peanut if I ever saw one! We got to see our baby for the first time today and see a heartbeat and the little fluttery moves. It really is hard to tell, even watching it live, but I'm pretty sure the baby's head is pointing down here and you can see one little leg bud up in the upper left corner.

I am doing really well. For you who are aware of the pregnancy-from-hell that I had with Sara, it has been nothing like that, thankfully! I've decided I'm going to have the perfect pregnancy, no morning sickness (none yet and only 3 more weeks of 1st trimester) and no preterm labor this time (we'll see how that one goes, I've had three out of three so far but if I am bound and determined to talk my body out of it... THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING!!!)
Nikolai took a picture of my 8 week bump for me, I think I'm going to commission him to do one of these for me every 4 weeks so I can watch my baby grow. Still little but I'm big enough that I can't button my jeans any more (thank goodness for Bella Bands!) and my shirts are getting too short (thank goodness for transition/maternity shirts).

Kevin is so ecstatic, of course, Sara is oblivious, and Nikolai and MaryKate want to know NOW if it is a boy or not.