8 Weeks, 3 Days Today

This is the 8 week scan of Babykins that was sent on Monday. We love our baby!!

Nursery Preparations

Well, a friend told us about a great crib for sale by an individual and it was beautiful and great quality, but it was a very feminine set. I didn't think it would even remotely work for a boy, so, since we won't know if we are having a boy or a girl, we decided to go with the above. It is the Munire Capri and USA Baby was having a huge sale. We decided white would be best as the baby's room as that room receives less light. Additionally, we can use bedding to make it look either very feminine or very masculine. I think I will buy two sets of bedding and after birth I can return whichever one we don't use. For the bedroom set we bought the convertible crib, the double dresser with hutch and the 5 drawer chest. If the baby is a girl, then this will be her bedroom set for many years to come. If it is a boy, we will use with while he is a baby and when baby number 2 comes along, he will get a new bedroom set, or use the one that is in there now (a solid oak set that is very nice) and the white set will go to the new baby.

We are 8 weeks pregnant tomorrow!! I will post the scan as soon as I receive it. I can't wait to see how much the baby has grown. Have a great day!! If you don't have a church, go find one today and Thank God for all he does for you!!

6 Weeks 5 Days

Well, we are 6 weeks 5 days today. It is amazing how the time drags with this process. Keeping busy is definitely the best way to help it speed along. I have had little motivation of late as my mind has been preoccupied with all things baby, surrogate and India, but it is getting a bit better as I pray, read my Bible and attempt to re-immerse myself in work.


The SCI blog has been blowing up with the birth of babies. They have had two sets of male twins and one set of female twins born in the last couple of weeks. Congratulations to these lovely parents. It is my hope that they drop in the forum every now and then and let us know how everything is going. As sad as it is to see them move on, I know they have achieved their dream of having a family. Additionally, as those further along have babies, it means we are one step closer to being the ones next in line to have our beautiful baby.


We still haven't told most of our friends and relatives. I think the fact that surrogacy is still a rare occurrence, combined with the fact that we went to another country to do it makes it something of which people are very curious and opinionated. We are seriously thinking of making up a FAQ's flyer to give out when we announce our pregnancy at a gathering of friends and relatives. We will see. We still haven't decided when to tell everyone, though we are leaning toward the end of April, after we are past the first 12 weeks.


We just can't wait until the baby gets here. We are so happy and excited!!

Heartbeat Detected!!!

We received word yesterday that our beautiful baby has a heartbeat (138 BPM). YAY!! The report states that everything is progressing normally. We are so happy and relieved. We are so thankful to everyone that helped make this possible and to SCI for all they  have done. We are especially thankful to our beautiful surrogate. We continue to pray for her health and safety. We are going to send her a gift in 6 more weeks to celebrate the end of the first trimester. We are researching what items she might like. Please continue to pray for the health and safety of Mary and the baby. Have a great day!! God Bless you all!!!

One Perfect Baby

Well, we received word today that one fetal sac was detected!  Yay!! The email stated that the surrogate is doing great and that everything is within normal parameters. We are so happy and excited. Next Monday we will receive information concerning the heart beats. Please continue to pray for our surrogate and our darling baby that they will both be safe, healthy, and that all will continue uneventfully. Thank you so much! We appreciate all of your prayers!! <3