Our beautiful Baby Woodling

Aaron and I have had a due date of July 13, 2009 for quite some time now. When we had our appointment with our Midwife on friday, she told us of an Ultrasound Institute that was doing non diagnostic ultrasounds for free. This was really exciting for us, because for one: we hadn't had an ultrasound yet, and two: we needed to confirm our due date and make sure everything looked like it was going well. They offered a diagnostic ultrasound for a small price, and that is the one we needed to get. So, yesterday March 9th, we got our ultrasound. Which might I add... I had to drink 32 oz of water an hour before the start of the ultrasound so they could check to see how my cervix looked... this was very annoying and somewhat painful considering I had to "hold it in". But once he saw what he wanted to see, I got to use the restroom and we went on with the rest of the ultrasound. 

With Aaron and I very firmly not wanting to know the gender of our baby, the technician would politely turn the screen away at any time he would be coming close to the baby's "parts", and definitely when he had to confirm the gender. This was so tempting, considering the technician knew, while we remained clueless. After a couple of times trying to persuade Aaron into just finding out. He kept me strong in the wait to find out the gender of our baby. Which I'm glad he did. 

After the baby was all measured, the computer put all of the information together, to come up with a due date. And with ours being July 13th originally, I was curious to see it change or not. Which it did. Our new due date is now July 24, 2009. That makes me 20 weeks and 2 days as of today (March 10, 2009), instead of 22 weeks and 1 day. 

The technician did say that we have a beautiful baby, and that he/she cooperated very well with the ultrasound. I still have all of the images fresh in my mind. And I am so thrilled to be meeting our baby in July. We will have pictures up very soon. 

Oh, if things could be much easier.

So, I've been thinking a lot lately, actually a lot these past couple years and everything I've thought is proven to be true one situation at a time. It's hard to hide what I feel most every day. Every time I see you. It gets harder and harder to pretend. To act like i don't know anything is going on. This all proves to make it hard for me to be excited about things in my life, when I know what is in the back of my mind. I just wish you liked your old life, the life with your kids. I understand new life changes can be more interesting and more intriguing then the real issues to deal with. I understand all of this. Because, I know. I've done the same thing you're doing. Although, what you always warned me about, if happening with you. You are not seeing what you are doing. You don't know what doesn't hurt you. You don't want to know. The kids still in your life are falling apart. Yet, your life is much greater now. 

I do not want this to offend you. I just want you to know we know.

Baby Wood

January 9, 2009. Aaron and I got to hear the heartbeat of our baby for the first time. Aaron described it as hearing a submarine sonar. I was just so happy to hear it, and so was he. I had to stop giggling so our Midwife could get a 6 second count to get the heartbeat rate. (It was 160 beats) Which, she said was normal. So I was more than happy to know that, and to be reassured that there is actually a baby inside growing and developing. So, it is officially out, Aaron and I are pregnant. And when you see us in public, you don't have to whisper anymore. We love you all. 

Aaron and Ashley

Well, this will be our first official blog. We have chosen to use this as a means of keeping our loved ones updated. Aaron and I both have our Facebook and Myspace pages, but we felt this would be the more appropriate place for our more personal news and updates. As some of you may already know, Aaron and I are pregnant. And will be expecting our first child in July. We have our first appointment this Friday(January 9, 2009) with our Midwife Mary. We will have our ultrasound and will get to know about how far along we really are. We are both extremely excited, and can not wait to see our little baby(s). I will be letting all of you know what happens with our appointment on Friday. We love you all. Thank you all for the love and support.