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Today Brant and I snuck out of work to go take a peak at the little monster inside my tummy. Our doctor wanted us to get an ultrasound in 1-2 weeks from Friday (the 16th), but we were too excited to know what our baby is to wait the recommended time. Plus I wanted to know by Thanksgiving and my birthday. So we scheduled our appointment as soon as we could get in (2 days later).

Although our baby was a little small to do all the necessary measurements they do at 18 weeks (I'm at about 17 weeks, 6 days), we were able to find out the gender. I'm proud to announce that we are going to be parents to a bouncing baby BOY!!!!!

We are both VERY excited at this news. We have been referring to our baby as a he for a couple of months now, so I guess it's a good thing that he is a boy. Or else he may have come out a bit confused. Hahaha!

The girl who did our ultrasound said she hadn't seen such a definitive "BOY" in a long time. I guess he really listened to his daddy when Brant told him that he needed to show his stuff to us so that we could know. That's a good sign! He's already obedient. :)

And, since he was a little small for the measurements, it means we get to go back next week and get another peak at our little boy! Yay!! I can't wait! I already can't get enough of this little man.

Pumpkin Carving

Last night, Brant and I met up with our friends Tyson & Jessica for a fun night of carving pumpkins. We ate pizza, listened to Halloween music (it was weird and I didn't like it), and carved the night away. I'm so grateful for great friends we can do fun stuff with!!

Working hard!

The finished products

Our little family

The baby could not be forgotten

 We even got a "baby" pumpkin

Welcome!

Welcome to the Carpenter Family blog!

First line of business... our big news! 

Brant and I are having a BABY!!! 

I know! It's totally one hundred percent crazy! OK...maybe not 100%. More like 75%. But still. It's crazy.

Right now I'm 11 weeks pregnant - only 2 more weeks of "morning" sickness (hopefully!). Honestly, I can't complain too much. It hasn't been too bad in all reality. I feel nauseous on and off pretty much every day. But I haven't thrown up (which, in my opinion in the worst thing that could happen to a person) and I've only missed one day of work because I couldn't get my head off my pillow in the morning.

My belly is growing every day I swear! For instance, on Monday (I think) I wore this pair of jeans that was a size big for me before being pregnant, but fit me perfectly 10 weeks in. Today...I'm wearing the same pair of jeans (don't judge...they are the only ones that fit). Except that I couldn't really button them up all the way. I used a hair elastic around the button!!! That's only 4 days! Granted, I could have squeezed into them if I wanted to, but who wants to be uncomfortable? Especially since my tummy already hurts.

But enough of the boring crap... want to see a picture of our little monster inside me? Yeah...I thought so. Bear in mind that this picture was taken two weeks ago when I was barely 9 weeks pregnant so the baby is kind of just a blob. But still...my baby's first picture!

And here is an embarrassing picture of my ever growing belly. Granted...I think part of the bulge is due to my fatness, but now that I'm pregnant I can blame it ALL on that, right? RIGHT?!?!

Anyway...I hope that you will join us for our little life adventures. I'm sure we're going to be having PLENTY with a new little one coming in April!