I have a wonderful fiance, Mike. We've been together for 13yrs. Together we have adopted 2 of the most beautiful girls. We are foster parents so we are also raising a 18mo baby girl and a 15yr old boy. If for any reason the baby girl is available we want to adopt her too.

Last year (2006) was our first time to try for a baby (and got pregnant first month trying) but I miscarried at one day shy of 12 weeks.

This is our first try since the miscarriage... and just like last time I got pregnant the first month trying. I'm evidently a very fertile person just need a little help keeping it going. My fiance just wants a healthy baby but I really want a boy. There's plenty of pink in my laundry, I need a little blue to break it up.

I'm due around July 27, 2008.

11-22-07: Told my side of the family I'm just now pregnant. It was my Mom's 60th birthday and Thanksgiving Day so it was all extra blessed. Oh, and for you history buff's my Mom turned 16yrs old the day President Kennedy was killed.

12-4-07: First u/s. Baby Speck is very small but the perfect size for as early in the pregnacy that I am. Wahoo... there is only one!

12-16-07: We told my fiance's side of the family. They were so excited. I guess they started figuring we would never try to have a bio-child. Most of them didn't know about last year's miscarriage. I explained we are telling everyone early in the pregnancy because we need positive vibrations and less stress. It's too stressful to me to keep such happy news to myself!

12-24-07: Note to self "Mike is no longer allowed to eat any foods with beans... the gas makes me throw up".

12-25-07: The rest of the fiance's family have finally been told. I loved their response. It's so wonderful to get such excited and happy responses... it just makes it feel all that more wonderful! With so much positive energy this pregnancy has got to succeed!

1-2-08: Today I heard the baby's heartbeat, a strong 160+. I was also set up to have some further testing on January 17 because I'm of "advanced maternal age" and a high risk due to prior m/c. At this time everything looks great.

1-17-08: The Sequential Screening was completed today which included a sonogram. There was my little baby, arms and legs moving around. I was mimicking the baby and said "oh look, he's waving at me" to which the tech said "he can't see you"... I got to laughing so hard she lost the picture!

1-23-08: Could it be... was that slight fluttery/tickly feeling the baby, I think so!

1-24-08: Met with OB Dr. All screenings so far show a very healthy pregnancy. Gained 1lbs... shoot, hoping to put off gaining for another couple of weeks. 152hpm, sounded great to me!

2-15-08: I KNOW I felt the baby. It was just like the last time but much more obvious. Still feels fluttery/tickly but it's more noticeable.

2-21-08: Today baby is moving, moving, moving, I feel a tickly feeling often. It's the greatest. No if the headaches would just go away.

2-26-08: It's official... it's a BOY!!!!

3-25-08: It was confirmed our baby boy has a Left Club Foot issue. We won't know until he's born exactly how bad the deformity is.