Facebook Announcement

In this day and age, we had to think about how/when we were going to announce our pregnancy to the world, ie. Facebook! After we told our family, close friends and then our coworkers in person, on the phone or via Skype, we decided to post this fun photo on our Facebook profiles for all to see:

Photo by Corrie Gaumnitz :)

The word is officially out! Btw, we have our next ultrasound on March 19 -- that's when we'll hopefully find out if Baby is a boy or a girl!

It's Growing!

First, the belly:

Not much of a bump yet, but my clothes are all getting a little bit tighter! (Could be all that extra food I'm consuming due to my constant hunger!)


Now, the Baby:

Look at how big Baby has gotten! This ultrasound was taken yesterday, at 9 weeks and 6 days. Baby is now 33mm long! 26 days ago, Baby was only 4.5mm long! Go Baby!! :) The head is on the left, the feet are obviously at the other end, and you can see the two arms at the side! So fearfully and wonderfully made by a most awesome God!

Our Babymoon

Before we had any idea that we would pregnant so soon, we had already booked a vacation to the Caribbean between Christmas and New Years. Turns out, we were going to be enjoying our babymoon at a beautiful resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Our baby is quite a world traveler already!

We had a glorious time!

How the Laffoons Found Out

The hardest part was making sure everyone was going to pay attention to Mom when she opened her "special" gift. :) We tried to stage it as best as we could, and then the moment came...

She read the inscription in the angel figurine out loud:

"A grandmother's love is very dear, part of a beautiful plan that began in God's heart."

Everyone screamed, laughed, cried and gasped all at the same time!

It was so special to have Grandma and Aunt Laura there as well (they didn't make it into the photo; neither did Robs)! Later that night, we also got to tell Pete and Ana over Skype. :)

Congratulations, ya'll!!

How the Lees Found Out

The Lee family takes lots of photos. All the time. Anytime. Anywhere! So, Andrew and I decided that we would try to catch the moment of surprise on film.


[Take 1: Right before the camera took the picture, Andrew and I yelled, "Everyone say, 'Cheese!'"]

[Take 2: Before this next one, we yelled, "Everyone say, 'Merry Christmas!'"]

[Take 3: This was supposed to be it -- we yelled, "Everyone say, 'Andrew and Bekah are pregnant!!!'"]

Unfortunately, NOBODY got it. Look at them, smiling at the camera and dismissing the amazing news that we just delivered! We didn't give up though.

[Take 4: We yelled again, "Everyone say, 'Andrew and Bekah are PREGNANT!'"]

LOL. Nothing. They are just smiling beautifully for the camera!! Finally, we busted out the ultrasound pictures and they had no choice but to believe us! Apparently, they thought we were just fooling around with them, and since they saw us smiling for the camera too, they tried to pretend everything was normal.

[Take 5: "Andrew and Bekah are really pregnant!!"]

Congratulations to the new Ah-Gong and Ah-Ma, and to Aunt Bo, and Uncle Josh! :)

The Beginning

Here's the first baseline photo of my (non-existent) baby bump: I'm 1 month pregnant! 

We were seen by the doctor really early, so we got to see what my uterus looks like at 5 weeks:

That's the gestational sac! Can't see Baby yet, though! Apparently the dark area in the top left is my very full bladder. :) A week later, we had another ultrasound where we saw Baby for the first time! We saw the heart beating, and the doctor confirmed that there is just one baby. That's just right! Here, at 6 weeks, our baby measured in at 4.5mm long. This allowed the doctor to confirm that Baby should be making a grand entrance into the world on August 12, 2010!

We're Pregnant!

This was the first pregnancy test that made us wonder if we were really going to have a baby...

Not quite sure if that thin vertical line was real or not, so we went digital to see if Baby really existed...

Definitely pregnant! We found out on the morning of Monday, November 30 and both of us were stunned, shocked, amazed, joyous, excited, and crazily happy!

We're having a baby! :)