Is she fat, or is she pregnant?

We are 100% pleased to announce the upcoming birth of our first child!!!!

That's right folks, we are pregnant! We found out two months ago, and it has been the hardest secret to keep. Well, we didn't keep it too much of a secret. Papa Spiker got a little excited about becoming a grandfather and spilled the beans to just about everyone he ran into. Josh and I also had a hard time keeping it to ourselves, but we wanted to wait until we heard that magical heartbeat to share our news with the cyber world. How can you bottle up such fantastic news as this? It seemed impossible.

We found out in January that we were expecting. I have been working with a fertility doctor over the past few months. I hadn't started any meds but was supposed to go in every two weeks (for 6 months) for lab work, to check my hormone levels. I had a sneaking suspicion that I was pregnant so I had them throw in a blood HCG test just in case. I really, really didn't think I could possibly be pregnant. If you knew my history you would think it wasn't likely either. Low and behold, I call for my results 2 hours later and the tech ever so casually tells me that my pregnancy test came back positive. I was in COMPLETE shock. I didn't even let myself get my hopes up for a positive this time around. I have taken dozens of home and blood pregnancy tests and ovulation kits over the past few year, that have all come back negative. I was suspicious but didn't think it was possible, so I was seriously surprised. I called back three times and talked to different lab techs to make sure I was given the right information. Sure enough I was! We ran right out and bought a few at home tests (I know I'm crazy, the blood work is 100% correct. I just had to see it with my own eyes). What do you know, within seconds that second pink line that I have been dreaming of appeared. We were overjoyed.

Yesterday we had our first doctor appointment and ultrasound. It was so amazing watching our little babe bounce all around the screen. He (we don't know the sex yet but I ALWAYS refer to the baby as a boy. I need to stop but can't.) was extremely active and did flips and huge jumps for us. He seemed really excited. He also gave us a wave and did some karate kicks and punches. He already has a hard time holding still and saying cheese for the camera. His heartbeat was very strong and is measuring right on track. We were so excited and a bit relieved to know everything looked perfect. Baby is due September 21.

In the picture below, Josh likes to think the umbilical cord is the baby's boy part. That would just be sick.

Here he is kicking his little feeties for us.

So, if you couldn't tell, we are beyond excited to be pregnant. We feel so blessed and are already so in love with our little bundle. I can't wait for him to get here! I love that Josh and I get to experience this together. There is no one in the world I would rather become a parent with and I know he is going to be the best dad out there. I think he'll be a lot like my dad, and my dad is the best. He has been as excited as I have been since we found out about the baby and that makes my heart jump with joy. He has been so sweet and caring with me. He is very attentive and is there at my every whim. I love him more than ever. He talks to the baby every day, and always makes sure we are both happy and comfortable.

Welcome to our family little babe. We love you!

Post edit: I think I made it sound like we had been trying for this baby for a long time and that we had had fertility issues. We actually weren't. We thought it would take much longer than it did, and it was exciting and surprising to us that it happened so quickly. We anticipated problems that we didn't run into.