Will in India

I have heard from Will! Will called from New York before his 15 hour flight to India, which was a pleasure. But, then he called from Bombay after arriving in India. He said that the flight was easy; they even landed one hour early. It was so wonderful to talk to Will!! At that time he had one more flight (about an hour-long flight) to Baroda. Keep praying that he has a safe and God-glorifying trip. And then that he comes home to me safely!

Anderson Burke Brown

A very proud Aunt becca announces the arrival of her second nephew. Camden came over around 6:15 last night. His little brother Anderson made his appearance around 9:56 last night. He weighed in at 7lb 11oz. So far, Mom, Dad, big brother, and baby are doing well. In a few hours we will take Camden to meet his little brother! Exciting! [This will give Uncle Will and Aunt becca perspective for what will happen about 6-7 months from now.]

Our Second Doctor's Appointment

Two weeks after the first appointment it was time to go back for our second doctor's appointment. Will is so wonderful to so easily go with me to the appointments. It is wonderful sharing this with him. I think this second aapointment is what has made the whole experience so much more real to both of us. I was very pleasantly surprised when the doctor gave us another ultrasound at this second appointment. I didn't think I would get to "see" the baby again until the ultra sound to check everything at the 18 weeks appointment.

The doctor's comment as he began the ultrasound was "look at this baby move!" These still pictures do not do justice to what Will and I saw. At one point, the baby was moving and then raised his or her arm as if waving to Mom and Dad!! It was the coolest thing I have ever seen. I am having a baby! And, my baby just waved at me. This makes me even more excited to know what I'll see at the 18 week appointment; this was only 10 weeks.

For now, I wait for my sister-in-law to go into labor (due date is today) so that she can show me how that part is done. Then I can practice on my new nephew for a few months until my little one makes his or her appearance.

The First Ultrasound

At the very first doctor's appointment we go to hear the baby's heart beat and see these two pictures of our baby. That was a nice moment to help make me having a baby more real.

Will and becca plus Baby!

I am creating this blog for the same reason many of my friends have......I am pregnant! Will and I are expecting our first baby. We are excited to meet our little one sometime around May 14.

My real excitement today is from our second doctor's appointment. We went to the first two weeks ago. We had the first ultrasound that allowed us to hear the heartbeat. Today, the doctor did another ultrasound! I was pleasantly surprised about that. The baby was so active. I didn't think at ~10 weeks the baby would be so active, but the baby moved so much. At one point, the baby moved his arm so that it looked like he waved at us. (Okay, no gut feeling, just awkward to keep saying the baby.)

For as often as you want to look, I will look forward to sharing my and Will's experience, including my growing belly, where Will and I will be after May, excitement about Will's May graduation, ....