3 more days?

We'll see! That's when our due date is - September 30th! Hopefully you now feel all up to date on the Hammonds - at least as far as Baby news goes! Our next post should be announcing Baby's arrival - and finally his name! After that, we'll do our best to keep you posted as Baby grows and changes. :) Thank you for your prayers as we get ready for this new and big chapter of our lives! Our two will soon be three ...!

Pictures of us from our trip to Colorado this summer.

Counting down the days ... check out that belly! We'll see how our current "baby" handles the new addition!

Amazing!

I can't believe what great pics we got of our little guy! We went in on August 3rd for a 3D ultrasound. Baby was sleeping, but I think that turned out to be a good thing - better than trying to take pics of a wriggling baby! See a couple of our favorites below ...

(we think he has Mark's nose and lips!)

It's a BOY!

Here he is ... Baby Boy Hammond. VERY exciting news!! I had a feeling all along it was a boy, but Mark was convinced we were having a girl ... either way would've been great, but inside, we were both hoping for a little boy as baby #1. :) His first picture is below from our ultrasound on May 8, 2007. His head is on the left (profile) and he's sucking his thumb. What a cutie! (But then again, I am a little partial!)

And yes, Sophie had her puppies too - FOUR! 2 girls and 2 boys - SO adorable. Here they are at 7 weeks old ... just before they were off to new homes (I still don't know how we didn't keep one!)

Baby on the way...

We found out the news on my birthday - January 28, 2007. Then, proceeded to take another pregnancy test the next day, and the next day, and then off to the doctor's office the next day - which was Mark's birthday - January 31! I guess you could say I needed some "official" confirmation. :) We had been waiting a while for this day and I wanted to make sure it was "real" before we got too excited. SO, after much assurance and confirmation from the doctor, we knew that yes, indeed, we really were going to have a baby. Yay!

How it all started ...

So, here goes my first attempt at blogging! I actually started out on another site back on April 2, so here's what I had to say then ...

It's a beautiful day today - lots of sunshine! That makes me happy, but I'm missing my hubby ... he's in Florida with students for spring break. Meanwhile, both Sophie and I have little tummies! I'm expecting our first in about 6 months, and Sophie's expecting her first(s) in just one month!! We're doing well and can't wait to have daddy home!

So how did we get to this point in life? Well, after dating for almost exactly one year - to the day! - Mark proposed. (Great story - ask him about it!) August 22, 2004 was our wedding day and the official beginning to our life together. :) I can't believe we'll be celebrating our 3rd anniversary this summer!