Beginnings!

     Hi family and friends!  This is Nicole posting.  Most of you have heard our very exciting news at this point, but all of you will know by next week!  Because we don't have constant contact with all of you (China family :-)), we've decided to create this blog to keep you all updated.  So, here are the updates as of today...
     Scottie and I found out that we were going to be parents on June 9th, 2010!  I was at home alone when I took the test and I immediately took a picture of the test, sent it to Scottie and said, "Call me when you get a chance.  Love you!"  So, of course he immediately called me freaking out and asking me what that meant!  (And yes, he was FREAKING out!)  We were SO excited!
     We had these very clever plans to get our parents and siblings together to share the news all at once...but of course life got in the way.  The secret was ours for a few weeks before we told Karen and Austin, then Kylie, then Mom and Dad (Kylie helped us plan a surprise trip to LS to let them know), and then Drew.  We held off on telling Karissa for a while, because as you all know a 12 year old with a cellphone cannot keep a secret :-).  The award for best reaction to the news is a tie between Karen and Papa!  Both experiences were priceless!
     As far as doctors visits go, everything is going great.  We had the first appointment the day after our 2 year anniversary and got to see our little one on our first ultra sound!  Best anniversary gift ever!  Baby was 6 weeks 3 days at that point, and the doctor gave us a due date of February 19, 2011.  The second appointment was last week and we got to hear baby's heartbeat (which was very healthy, by the way)!
     So today I'm 11 weeks 4 days pregnant, and feeling good!  The first trimester has had its ups and downs for me as far as how I've felt, but overall I feel blessed that I haven't been puking and that I've been able to rest a lot.  Thanks for checking in, I'll try to keep updating when we have news!