Sonogram Pictures and Baby Bump

Before I made you in your mother's womb, I chose you. Jeremiah 1.5

13 weeks 5 days

Look at that sweet little hand and fingers. 

 Baby BOY :)

 Ultrasound tech said baby's legs are already LONG!

 Covering his precious face with his little hands. He doesn't have nubs for legs...that's just the way the picture looks :)

Mommy at 14 weeks 2 days!

A Celebratory Weekend

We went to Dothan this past weekend to celebrate Douglas's 24th birthday, Juleann and Sam's 56th wedding anniversary, and to find out the gender of the little miracle growing inside of me. Dr. Martin arranged for me to have an ultrasound Friday morning at 8am at Flowers Hospital. We weren't sure if we'd be able to find out the gender of baby Davis, but we did and it's a BOY!!! Our sweet little boy was being a little bashful to begin with so the wonderful ultrasound tech, Brooke, suggested I drink a real coke and walk some laps around the hospital. Well, that's all it took for us to get a really good look at Baby Boy Davis.

Before leaving the house for the ultrasound...I didn't sleep a wink because I was so excited!

We got to watch our little boy move around for 1 solid hour during the ultrasound. None of us could take our eyes off the screen. He had the hiccups and kept bouncing up and down :) We decided not to reveal the gender to the rest of the family until Friday night. It was hard to continue referring to our baby as an "it" when talking with everyone throughout the day. Finally, everyone arrived at the house on Friday evening and it was time for the big reveal. My mom wrapped a gift for each person to open in pink and blue paper. 

After everyone got a gift, we (including Grant and me) all ripped in to our package. Douglas was the first one to yell, BOY!!!

We passed around all of the sonogram photos so everyone could get a good look at Baby Boy D.

He's going to be one spoiled child!

After our gender reveal party, we had pork chops for dinner.

Mom's festive decorations

 Boy time around the fire.

Pastry Art cake bites for Douglas's birthday!

 The whole crew minus Julie

On Saturday, we watched football all day at Douglas's new crib. It was a lot of fun, even though Auburn got slaughtered by LSU! Saturday night we ate taco soup and watched the AL/TN game at our house.

We had a Thanksgiving lunch after church on Sunday since Grant and I will be in Texas for Thanksgiving. The menu included ham, squash casserole, sweet potato casserole, oyster casserole, green beans, Savages Bakery rolls, and an apple tart with vanilla ice cream! YUM!!! It was the perfect ending to an amazing weekend. I'm going to post some sonogram pics of our precious baby boy in the next post....

12 Weeks and Genetics Screening Appointment

Today I had an appointment at the UAB Women and Infant's Center for routine genetics screening. It is such a nice facility and Baby Davis will be delivered there. Grant went with me because I knew an ultrasound was part of the visit :) Our baby actually looks like a human now. The doctor had to push around on my stomach because the baby wasn't facing the right direction for her to do the nuchal translucency test but it finally flipped. It was so fun to watch it wiggle around. We give thanks and praise to God for a healthy baby with no problems!

April 22nd is still an accurate due date for the baby's current measurements. 

So excited to finally say I'm in the 2nd trimester!

I'm counting down the days until my ultrasound in Dothan next Friday! They may be able to determine the gender!!!

Girls Trip to Highlands

This past weekend was one of the best weekends I've had in quite some time! Joined by some of my closest sorority sisters from college (Kat, Kori, Jenny, Elaine, Sarah, and Stephanie), I spent the weekend in Highlands, NC for an impromptu KD reunion. We hit the road early Friday morning just in time to get settled at the house, do a little grocery shopping and get pretty before dinner at Paeoletti's.

We had a wonderful dinner at Paeoletti's! I had a delicious pasta dish called gnocchi and it was a great carbalicious meal before our "big" hike we had planned for Saturday morning. We went back to the house after dinner and stayed up just catching up on life. There is nothing better than sitting around with close friends, cutting up with each other and reminiscing on old times. They are such special girls to me, and I hate that we don't get together more often! Anyway, enough of the sentimental babble.  After a good night's rest, we woke up for a protein filled breakfast prepared by Steph and then hiked Whiteside Mountain.

 View of Whiteside from the house

 Sarah went back to Atlanta Saturday morning so we had to get a group shot before she left. 

 One of many beautiful views on Whiteside Mountain

 Taking a snack break!

After our hike, we went to the Old Edward's Inn for lunch and then walked around town perusing through all of the shops. After a little shopping, we headed to Sweet Treats for an ice cream fix. 

Sunday morning, my grandparents treated us to brunch on the patio at HFCC. I had a Monte Cristo ham sandwich and it was just what my pregnant self needed :)

 We snapped a couple of more group shots before hitting the road to head home. We were all so sad to leave! I'm already looking forward to the next reunion. I love my girls!!!