Insane in the Membrane.... Insane in the Brain!

So I guess it is time to let the cat out of the bag....  As I sat on my couch tonight with no motivation to do anything the following fb conversation ensued:

 Rochelle:  anyone bored hanging out at home? i'm not lacking things to do....but i'm lacking motivation :)

Jodi Brockman Brown amen to that sistah!

Anna Atkinson Smith I thought you were coming over here!

 

I was supposed to be at my friend Anna's house at 6pm tonight to visit teach her!  It was currently 6:41ish pm and I was sitting on my couch...not at her house!  Needless to say, a jump in the car, followed by a stop at Starbucks for hot cocoa and donuts as a "I'm sorry", I was at Anna's house by approximately 7:01pm.  (Had a lovely visit too!)

I'm going to blame this whole ordeal and any other forgetful event over the next while on, well.... The PREGNANCY BRAIN!  Yes folks, it is true... I'm pregnant!  Paul and I are so excited to have a little one!  We don't even care what kind it is...pink or blue!  This is an amazing blessing in our lives after many months of difficult situations...to finally have some HAPPY NEWS...and it is happening to US! We couldn't be happier.

The next questions you all have has the answer of...Yes.  we are finding out if it is a girl or a boy.  Today I am 14 weeks pregnant!  We've had a couple of ultrasounds one at 7 weeks and one at 12 weeks.  I will post them.  The baby was moving so much at the 12 week one it was hard for the doctor to get a good shot....but believe me that little gymnast was dancing all over the place!  We heard the heartbeat too!

 

 

Here are the pics:

 

 This is at 7 weeks (or as Paul called it...the raspberry stage).  Our Dr. was like...you may want to be upfront with people that your child doesn't have an abnormally large head...the white stuff on the right is the yolk sack."  Paul responded..."oh I'm certain it is twins in there."  Dr. didn't particularly think Paul was being funny and responded, "There is only one pregnancy."

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 Here is baby Schultz at 12 weeks.  This was a couple weeks ago.  Baby was the size of a plum...a sugar plum!  It was moving around so much that the Dr. couldn't quite get the best pic...but you can see it all stretched out there on the left.

So how we found out we were pregnant....
I had been called back to the Doctor for a routine check-up and the Dr. asked if there was any chance of being pregnant.  Well Paul and I hadn't been taking precautions against pregnancy since about August so I told her there was a chance, but we hadn't done a test or anything.  We waited in the waiting room for about 15 minutes and the Dr. came in and said, Congratulations!  You are pregnant!  5 weeks... this was Dec 28.  I was in shock, we were so excited but didn't believe it!  I even asked...now there was another cup in the window are you sure you tested the right sample?"  She said yes, you had your name on the cup so we know for sure it is you that is pregnant.

We were so excited and when we thought back, we realized we had told Mom in early November we had been trying, and I have to just say, I know that she has had a hand in this gift to us and I know she and Dad are watching out for the little one right now...

We are just so excited and wanted to share our excitement with you all!  If I forget something I'm supposed to do with any of you...well it's just because I'm "insane in the brain!"