The exciting news

The last few months have been quite the journey for my family and I. As you all know we found out in early May that we were expecting a baby (due Jan. 10th). We have hit a few bumps in the road along the way but everything seems to be working out. Here is the "short" version!HA

After being treated for high blood pressure, my doc has put me in the high risk category for this pregnancy (monthly ultra sounds and more check-ups). We had quite the scare this last week and without going into too many details (it is along story), we had gotten back some blood test results and 3 out of 5 of the tests done were abnormal (meaning the baby could have severe disabilities). For several days (felt like months) we weren't sure if our baby was going to be okay, let alone survive to term. After many tears, a lot of anxiety, and continued testing (all day yesterday) we got the call earlier today that the baby was doing great and healthy. We still don't know why my test results were so abnormal,etc. but they are thinking it could have something to do with the placenta and/or a hint of what is to come in the future months of pregnancy (pre-eclampsia). But the important thing is we can continue on our journey to welcoming our little one in Jan. AND can rest assured that our baby is healthy.

Since Brian and I weren't certain that our baby was going to make it much farther in the pregnancy we were hesitant to find out the sex yesterday. Soo, we told them not to tell us (and had to close our eyes a few times during the 1 1/2 hour ultra sound) until we received good news that our baby was healthy. So today when I got the call and after the nurse gave us the great and much RELIEVED news I handed the phone to my mom and she was told the sex of the baby. She bought a present (gender related) and Kylie and I were not to open it until we saw Brian (he was at work today).

We drove up to the fire station this afternoon and surprised Daddy. The three (four!HA) of us finally were able to enjoy the excitement of knowing our baby was okay and opening the gift together to find out the gender. Before you scroll down to discover it yourself, I just want to say we are so blessed to have such wonderful parents and such supportive family and friends. Special thanks to my mom and dad who were here helping with Kylie and sharing all this anxiety and emotions with us. I am sorry we haven't shared all this sooner, but in all honestly Brian and I were just praying for the happy outcome and were to emotional and stressed to even talk about it. BUT NOW WE CAN!HA We are pretty tired out from all the emotions the last few days so I am sorry we aren't calling you all with the update and with the gender info. We will be in touch very soon! Okay, now you may continue to scroll down to discover if we are having a girl or a boy??????? I have kept you from that news long enough!