Dr. Appointment and MORE...

There is so much I want to talk about! Well, I had a regular Dr.'s appointment today. Like I said in my earlier post...I had called my Dr.'s office twice to see if there was ANY way I could have my ultrasound done early. Both times I was told no. So...with that said...Charlie did not go to this appointment with me. Once I got there, I saw a Dr. that I had not seen yet and she was all about me having my ultrasound! I was SHOCKED! I debated for a second on whether I should wait...b/c she was going to schedule an ultrasound for 2 weeks from this visit if I didn't get it done today. Charlie and I decided if I got the opportunity that I should find out and I would tell him in some special way. So I had it done today! And the ultrasound tech said...without a doubt, there was no question about it... that it was a...BOY!!! I really was excited about it and couldn't wait to tell Charlie! So I decided to make a sweet card for him so that it would be special. I let him choose if he wants the card first and then watch the video I had or if he wanted to watch the video first and then see the card. He chose video first. There was no way he would have been able to tell what it was unless I pointed it out, so I was ok with that decision! Well...only I would ruin it! So I get home and we sit down to watch the video. I get so excited to see the video again, of him moving, that before I even thought about it, I was hollering out...look at him, look at him, I can't believe he's kicking like that, look at him... Yeah, so Charlie just looked over at me and said...HIM! I was sooooo upset with myself. I gave him the card before saying anything else and that confirmed it. He says I didn't ruin it for him, that it was still a surprise! Regardless of how he found out, he was very excited and so am I. I can't wait to start planning and preparing!!! Here is the card that I was supposed to give to Charlie after the video...

Ok! So here are the pictures of my baby BOY! I am so excited! I think I could look at it ALL day long!
Also, here are some pictures of me:

This one is from last week and I was 17 weeks and 3 days...



Now...here is the one from today. I thought I was 18 weeks, but the ultrasound tech said I measured at 18 weeks and 2 days...not much difference from last week...



So...that's pretty much it! I can't wait to start on the nursery! We will use dark brown, tan, and white for the color scheme. I want to do some kind of old time teddy bear theme, but not too "themey". I am soooo excited!