Introducing...Elijah/Afton!

Ok, so today I went to my first doctor's appointment, and was thrilled when he decided to do an ultrasound. He said it was a little early, but we'd do it anyway. I was so happy! Especially because Trevor had taken off work to be there. We thought we were going to just hear the heartbeat, but it turns out it's still too faint to hear and instead we get to see our baby for the first time! I found myself so relieved to see that there actually WAS a baby in there and I wasn't making this stuff up. I could hardly believe it when I saw our little baby there on the screen. Trevor and I both had tears in our eyes. He/She looks remarkably like the little widget I have on this blog! I was just so happy to see our baby is alive, moving it's arms and legs, and a tiny little heartbeat. You hear so many horror stories when you are pregnant, and so many people feel the need to make sure you understand that you might lose your baby. As if the thought never crosses your mind! Or, you jsut know people who have a tragedy and are so afraid it's going to happen to you too. I'm just so relieved that my baby is healthy so far, and pray that things will continue to go smoothly.

So if you didn't already know, Trevor and I have had our names picked out for a long time. If it's a boy, it will be Elijah Thomas Rees, and if it's a girl, it will be Afton Darla Rees. Thomas is Trevor's middle name, after his great grandfather. Of course Darla comes from my own mother, whose name hasn't been used for any of the grandkids. It doesn't "go" with a lot of names for a middle name, but I think it sounds cute with Afton. I LOVE the name Afton! It's also very unusual--on the social security babyname website it is only listed twice in the top 1000 names--in the 800's in the early 80's. Unforunately Elijah is like #29, and I have a HUGE fear of naming my kids something that every other kid in their class has. But Trevor loves this name, as do I, so oh well. Anyway, I will most certainly keep putting updates on this blog as we get them. We won't know the gender until October, but I'm just so excited I don't care what gender it is, I just hope my baby is healthy!