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GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are so excited to tell everyone that we are having a little girl in March!!!!!!  I think David is still in a little bit of shock, but we are both very excited.  :)  Fortunately he has a few friends that recently found out they were having daughters around the same time as us...so he has a good support group!  Ha ha!  Seriously though, he is really loving it.  The doctor's appointment went great, and everything looked good on the ultrasound ~ I didn't realize that I was a little concerned about everything turning out okay until I found myself analyzing every step of the ultrasound!  But...We are praising God for our healthy baby!  

I hope you can see the ultrasound pictures okay...again, they wouldn't scan right, so we just had to try to take good pictures of them.  The ultrasound tech was so sweet and took a few 4D pictures just for fun.  So...enjoy!

Profile pic!

A little foot - I tried to get the picture to rotate, but no luck.  Sorry!

4D pic of her face ~ who do you think she looks like?!

4D pic ~ she is covering her face with her right arm/wrist...this was one of the last pictures...I think she was getting a little tired of the spotlight.

I am so happy that we were able to find out the sex.  The 4D part was especially fun.  She was moving SO much and at one point we were able to see her chewing!  I guess she likes that amniotic fluid.  Ha!  :)  

It is amazing at the thoughts and emotions that we have gone through since this morning.  My first thought was "Oh gosh, now we have to actually think of a name!" and David's first thought was "Oh gosh, now we have to pay for a wedding!"  :)  I've already wondered about her personality, what she will grow up to be, and most importantly ~ How can we really teach her about the love of God in a way that will give Him the respect He deserves.  He has been so faithful to both David and me and it brings me to tears to think that He has allowed us this gift!!!  We are in awe!

*Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us...Ephesians 3:20*

3rd Doc Appointment

What is going on?!...I mean, this is the 3rd post in less than a week!!!  (Which means it will probably be about 3 months before the next post!)  :)  

I had a prenatal appointment this morning, and it was pretty quick and uneventful (thankfully).  I am measuring @ 17 weeks...so right on track.  They were able to hear the heartbeat without any trouble, and we will go back in 3 weeks to find out if it is a boy or girl!!!  Yeah!  Not too much info today, so we are thankful. 

Updates & the Beach!!!

So...I think it has been about a month since I posted anything on here!  We have enjoyed the last month.  You will see in this post and the one under it that we have been doing quite a bit of traveling.  We went to Nashville for our nephew, Aiden's 1st birthday at the end of August, and then the 2nd week in September we went to Destin with David's family.  David's parents, Ron & Margie, just began their stateside assignment for about 7 months and are here in Memphis now.  We are lucky to have them around (especially with the pregnancy) and have really been spoiled since they arrived!  So...to start things off we took a family trip to the beach.  Since they are usually in Guatemala and can't really come in for that long (besides Christmas) we really took advantage of this time.  Here are some pictures:

This is the beach house that David's parents rented.  It was sooooo nice and we loved staying here.  

This is the pool @ the house...where we spent most of our time.  :)

The waves were pretty big because of Hurricane Ike (passing through the gulf).  This is David body boarding.  The next day they actually closed the beaches because the waves were so big and the ocean so rough.

Our sweet niece & nephews:  Isabella, Brooks, & Aiden.  

David (Uncle Dae Dae) & Isabella playing in the pool!

We had so much fun...and what made it even better was that my nausea went away that same week!  (well, except for a few episodes).  Pregnancy really isn't that bad when you feel good.  Ha ha!  :)  I have another appointment this week, so I will be posting about that.  We are now 17 weeks!

Aiden's 1st Birthday

What a cute cake!  It matched his invitations.

Jonathan, Aiden, & Julie - Aiden really liked the icing.  :)

Yeah Aiden!  You're 1 now!!!

I know it has been too long, but at least I'm getting around to blogging now!  :)  These are some pictures of our nephew, Aiden's 1st birthday.  We went to Nashville for his party at the end of August.  It was so cute!  Congratulations Aiden - you are getting so big!

March 1, 2009!

Well, I guess it is time to let everyone in on our little secret...we are going to have a baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yeah!  David and I are very excited, and are really enjoying everything so far.  Our due date is March 1, 2009, so I am a little over 12 weeks pregnant.  We already know of a few friends that are due around this time, which makes it even more fun.  

I had my second doctor's visit on Monday and everything went well.  We did have an ultrasound because we weren't able to hear the heartbeat with the doplar (the placenta was in the way). We weren't able to scan the pictures (just took a picture of it), so they aren't the best, but it will work for now.  :)  In the top picture you can see the back of the baby's head and back (the line down the middle is the spine) with his/her right arm waving!  The second picture is suppose to be a profile picture looking @ the babies right side.  So...so far, so good!  Just looking forward to all of this!   

I'm a FNP!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I passed the FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner) board exam today!  I'm so excited and RELIEVED that this is over.  Thanks to everyone who prayed!

~ Nekayeh

"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord."  Psalm 150:6

The Beach!

We recently went to Destin, FL with my side of the family (my mom's side).  It was nice and relaxing, and we DEFINITELY had a hard time returning to reality.  Here are a couple of pictures...I didn't do too good at taking the pictures, but then again...I didn't mind not having many pictures of myself in a swim suit (and I'm sure my family is thanking me as well.)  :)