OH BOY! IT'S A BOY!

Well, it's been confirmed. Wesley Graham Hassmer is indeed a boy and will be coming to a hospital near you in early January. Before I go into the details of the day, here are a few quick pictures of how I am changing and growing due to the banana-size munchkin that's making it's home in my tummy.

The side shot, taken today after much primping in the mirror without much luck when it comes to my hair...pregnancy hormones are crazy. Oh, by the way, I'm 20.1 weeks:)

Here's another good shot of the side profile. HUGE belly and still growing. This was taken in the nursery.

Now onto more details of the BIG REVEAL DAY. Pictured above is the AMAZING ultrasound tech at West End OBGYN that made the great day even greater. The actual day came as slowly as possible but finally arrived after much waiting and anxiousness. David and I woke up bright and early and made our way to his school where we did a few quick errands and then it was time for the big moment. Our appointment was scheduled for 10:30am and we arrived early, surprise, surprise. It took no less than 10 or 15 minutes for them to call us back to the ultrasound room and we quickly got started into the process. She told us that she would be very quiet during the ultrasound because she was concentrating but that it didn't mean anything and we could feel free to talk amongst ourselves about what we "thought we saw". So we did. We pointed out fingers and toes and legs and heartbeats and ribs. Suffice it to say, GOD is amazing and our little boy is a blessing.

This is two pictures in one little shot. We have a hand on the left, with all it's little fingers. The other side is a picture of Wes with him facing down. He was SO wiggly and rambunctious that the ultrasound tech couldn't even get a good profile. I have a very active child.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Wes. It shows his spine (SO COOL!) and his actual skin over top of his bone structure. He was curled up in the fetal position so you can see a little leg and foot down at the bottom. We also think that the white spot around his belly button area might be the cord but we're not sure. Either way, the Dr's all said "He's perfect!"

Yes, I had to do it. This one is a little hard to understand but if you picture the way a baby looks when you're changing his diaper and his little butt is facing you there are two legs, one right by the xy and right in the middle you have the little boy part:) Definitely Momma's little man!

For the big reveal David and I decided to make t shirts with the sex of the baby on the back for the big surprise. This is obviously after we told my parents at their house and the cat was out of the bag.

David chose a dragon for his and mine isn't pictured, but it's a whole bunch of sports things, basketballs, baseballs, tennis rackets, footballs...you get the point:)

I promise to keep this thing updated as Baby Showers and other appointments occur. David and I feel so blessed to know that you all are the people that pray for us and continue to go to GOD for us. Thank you for being supportive and loving and involved in our baby's life as he grows.

*We ask that if you are a facebook participant that you not share the baby's sex on my page as I am waiting anxiously until Monday to tell the people I work with in person. Thanks for being the people we love that love us!

GOD Bless,

Kim, David and Wes

a heartbeat away...

Well, the day of the heartbeat has arrived. I spent my morning trying to pass the time away with television and a little cleaning, some extra eating, since I'm allowed to do that and some ant killing (they're taking over our kitchen). David got off work at 1:30 and was home by 2 which gave him just enough time to change and chill out on the couch for a few before we needed to leave. We decided to clock our ride to the hospital this afternoon knowing we'd face a small amount of traffic and maybe a few lights. After we encountered both of those our time was 26 minutes. I doubt that at 3 am these things will be a problem, but it's always nice to know.

Our appointment at West End OBGYN with the best Dr. EVER (Dr. Vienne Murray, at Henrico Dr's) was scheduled for 3pm so we signed in at 2:50 and took a seat. Running a few minutes behind turned into 3:45 before we were called back. It turns out I have lost weight, yet again. To date I am at 14 lbs under my pre-pregnancy weight but I found out later that this isn't really going to be a big deal until I'm 20 weeks. Then they will fuss at me. I don't know what to say really, I'm eating ALL the TIME.

3:45 turned into 4:30 as we sat in our patient room. my feet were cold, I was antsy, ready to hear the baby and tired of playing Solitaire on my phone. (I had already lost like 4 times) Finally the nurse came in to let us know that our Dr. would not be able to see us because there had been an in house emergency that she had been called to so we would be seeing another one of the Dr's in the practice. At this point I was just happy to see anyone come through the door with the fetal heart monitor. David and I joked about heisting one while no one was looking and just figuring it out ourselves but Dr. Davis came in. She was wonderful. Answered all my questions, put my mind at ease about the weight loss and was really very good. THEN IT WAS TIME. She pulled out the fetal heart monitor and began looking for the heartbeat. At first there was nothing. I have to admit, this scared me a little. Then I mentioned that last time we found the heartbeat the baby was way down and to the right. So she moved the monitor and there it was. Strong and healthy. Here's the good part. She asked if our Doc had wagered a guess on the sex of the baby. She hadn't. So then Dr. Davis said "If I had to guess right now, I would say it's a boy."

Kinda nice that I feel like someone agrees with me. I've been saying boy all along. Had some blood drawn and then went to dinner with my parents.

The big event of the evening was finally putting the crib together. Yes, that's right. It's all in one piece now, out of the box in our guest room. AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL! David did a GREAT Job. Wanted to post some pictures so you could see it. I realize the mattress is missing, but you get the point. More pictures to come as we put up little shelves and begin to decorate some more.

We love you all!

And the initial excitement begins:) David opens the box!

Piece by piece gets leaned against the wall! So pretty! I'm especially proud of the deal that we got. It was normally $495 crib with no problems that we got on clearance for no reason at $235. Jesus was looking out for us that day:)

These are the bottom feet for the crib. David was inspecting and being silly. Got to love that the boy has an exacto knife in his mouth...

The springs go in and the silly faces continue!

Finished product sans mattress but you get the idea. I'm so excited that the nursery is finally coming together! Only 23 more days til we find out what this little peanut is!