My Tummy Is All A Flutter!

So the last day or two I've been feeling funny fluttery/bubbly sensations on the left side of my tummy. At first I thought it was gas. Not a stretch of the imagination by any means... However, this sensation is something new - I've concluded it must by the little bugger making his/her presence known (probably by bouts of flatulence).
It's actually really amazing to know that the little avocado-sized bud is squirming around in there! I can't wait to feel it bounce and kick around more and more! I mostly can't wait for Em to put her hand on my tummy and feel a good solid kick or head butt! My little football (soccer) player in action... ;)

So, Em and I are also bouncing around too ... about finding out the sex of the baby! Our next echo (aka ultrasound) is on April 15 - we can find out then but aaaah! what do we do?! On the one hand, we will have a better idea of what we want to do with the soon-to-be baby room and buying clothes/styles if we find out! We're not into all the blue and pink stuff fully but there is only so much green, yellow and orange you can have to be gender neutral too. On the other hand, this is the biggest surprise out there - there are few surprises in the world these days so it makes sense to wait till the little bugger pops out in all its glory. Oh what to do?! Also, narrowing down the name is a good reason to find out the sex. or not. OOOH BOY (or girl!) what to do?!
Time will tell... literally.

What we are sure about is that we are getting more and more excited everyday for our little one! It's still unbelievable... but my growing stomach and gassy fetus is letting me know it's all real! I love it! I really think I love being pregnant! :)
-Jackie

Joining the Blogger World

By Emily

We are about to "go live" with our blog!! By 'live' I mean that we are going to share with our friends and family as well as be linked via an LGBT parenting site (Thanks Liza!) Up until now, we haven't really shared our blog with anyone. I'm excited for people to read what we have to write. So far we have documented our conception story, followed by the good news. We will continue to add our thoughts as we experience our Expat Pregnancy in Amsterdam!!!

Thanks for reading, we hope you enjoy!!

Inititals on the Beach

By Emily

Last week we were in Florida with my family, a hopeful tradition in the making. Jackie and I took a walk along the beach one day and I drew our initials in the sand. I then added '+ baby' and took a photo. This photo seemed like the perfect way to share our news on Faceb.ook. We'd already passed the 1st Trimester and we wanted to tell our friends and family before going live with our news online. By the time I took this photo, it was a good time to let our news be public. This image of our inititals went up on FB and was followed by almost 30 comments. It is really nice to have the support and congrats from our friends.



And here is a photo of Jackie's growing belly. Isn't she so cute?!

I see a face!

By Emily

The other night I was staring at the ultrasound pics below and all of a sudden an image of a face popped out at me in the 2nd image. To me, it looks just like my dad!! Look at babywazz's head and you'll see a white line that looks like a smile and above that a nose and eyes!! It totally freaked me out but in a strange way I felt like perhaps there is part of me already in our baby.

We're cruising along in the 15th week. Jackie officially can't fit into her jeans and wears her maternity jeans which I think are quite flattering on her!