Trip to doctor and announcing to the world

I made my second trip to the doctor this past Wednesday. We didn't get any new pictures but we did get to hear the baby's heartbeat. That was very cool.

Since he said everything was going well and it is about the end of the first trimester, we decided to start letting our friends and family know why Janelle has been so...well, let's just say guarded for the last little bit.

Everyone has been super and very excited for us. My two favorite reactions were the Browns and the Feldmans. (Although an honorable mention goes to both Allison Russell for repeating, "This is not Dave's. Hartman, this is yours" to the ultrasound picture, and to the team of Carrie Collett and John Parker for saying, "Oh God...someone left their ultrasound picture here," when they ran across it during happy hour.)

Stephanie Brown had just taken a bite of chips and salsa when Janelle announced, "I'm pregnant." Stephanie started choking on the chip, and we thought we were going to have to do the Heimlich on her. I know us being pregnant is a surprise to a lot of people, but we didn't think anyone would literally get choked up.

When we broke it to the Feldmans, it was pure entertainment. Mary went running in one direction, and Bobby in the other. Mary returned saying, "I knew it! I knew it!" She handed us a card that she had already made with a cute stuff about us adding another to our family. Bobby returned form the garage with a bottle of non-alcoholic champagne they had bought for when we told them. Evidently, this had been an ongoing conversation for a month of so, and Janelle is officially a bad liar. It was all too funny.

Thanks to everyone for being so supportive during this exciting -- and nervous -- time in our lives. For those of you with little ones now, thank you for all the answers to questions that are sure to come over the next few months.

Building the baby furniture?

Well, I had the bright idea that I could take a woodworking class and get a little more knowledge and experience to help me build furniture for the baby. I have some great woodworking plans for a 3-in-1 crib to todler to full-size bed. But, after taking the class and looking closely at the plans, I think we'll be shopping for furniture this time around.

The class I took at Kelly Mehler's (http://www.kellymehler.com/) was awesome! It did give me a lot of useful information, and helped me improve on my skills. But I'm just not there yet.

Anyway, several folks had asked for photos of the table I made at the class, so here goes.

Enjoy!

I'm Tired of Keeping Secrets!

So, we've only got a week left before we can tell anyone besides the immediate family about this whole baby on the way thing. I just don't think I can make!