So much has happened...

Welcome to our blog!  My mom had the idea to start this to track our pregnancy progress, and with some ideas from other friends that blog about family life, I came up with "The Family York" blog.

So, Dan and I got married April 21, 2011 in Las Vegas.  We had a beautiful wedding surrounded by wonderful family and friends! 

Then, 3 months later we realized we were pregnant!  On August 25th we had our first ultrasound done and saw baby York squirming about.  The heartrate was 170 and the baby looked like a little peanut.  It was surreal to see this tiny thing living inside of me.  The ultrasound tech said, "Seeing is believing, huh?"  Wow was she right!  To our surprise, the baby was 9 weeks and 2 days at this point, a week ahead of what we originally thought.  Let's hope this is not a trend...

On September 19th we had another ultrasound done for genetic testing.  This time the baby looks more like a baby with facial features, arms, legs, and hands!  The baby was lying in a curled up position, basically on its face and tummy when we first saw it.  This was the perfect position for the tech to see what she wanted to see.  The heartbeat was again in the high 160's.  I asked if the baby would move to get a different view and she said no problem.  She took the ultrasound device and bounced it up and down very quickly on my low abdomen and I lost it!  For some reason I started laughing and could not stop.  The baby was bouncing all over the place and every time I laughed it bounced again!  The problem here was when I was laughing, the tech could not get the picture of the baby since my tummy pushed the device away from where it was supposed to be.  I managed to calm down for a few seconds and we got an awesome view...

A darling five fingers on baby's precious tiny hand!

Now, lots of planning has begun.  After working a long weekend I came home to a clean house thanks to Dan!  He also started cleaning out the guest bedroom which is going to eventually turn into the nursery.  Up until this point, all of Dan's clothes were in the dressers and closet in the guest room.  So, the next day I stepped up and cleaned out some old clothes and other things that I did not wear or use anymore so Dan could use some drawer space in our room.  In the end we took six garbage bags to the Salvation Army for donation.  I guess our spring cleaning was more like fall cleaning.  I tought it felt good to get rid of all that stuff, Dan thought we've only scraped the surface...

Speaking of Dan, we just celebrated his 38th birthday with a biking pub crawl!  We've done this for three years now, and it seems this may have been the final year on bikes...  What a different perspective I had on the occasion being pregnant and the sober biker!  The day was a success with only one minor (ok, maybe moderate) injury (thankfully not to Dan or I).

We haven't bought anything for the baby yet, but we've started browsing.  There is so much baby stuff out there it's overwhelming!  Aunt Linda and Uncle Mike get the prize for the first baby clothes bought!  We received a package the other day with some cute onesies!  There was also a knitted baby blanket that belonged to my Uncle Mike.  He actually received two blankets, and the one pictured is the only one that survived over time.  A neighbor made them for his mom before he was born. A blue blanket with a pink border and a pink blanket with a blue border.  So amazing that we will be able to use it for our baby someday soon!  Thanks Aunt Linda and Uncle Mike!

Now that it is October, we are starting to plan our annual Halloween party.  A few costume ideas are floating around.  Check back with us to see the party ideas and pregnancy progress.

With Love,

Jess and Dan