Merry Christmas

Well, Christmas 2008 is officially over. We had a fun-filled couple days with family for Christmas. Christmas eve was at the Lieseners. We ate the whole day, watched the kids open gifts, and went to church together. Katy bought the baby it's first pair of nikes! Joner was very excited.

We also got a picture frame from Lois to put our upcoming ultra sound picture in. Christmas day, Joner and I spent the day relaxing. We made Christmas cookies but I realized too late that I only had like three cookie cutters. They still tasted awesome. Mom, dad, and Kathy came to visit after Christmas. Joner had a basketball tournament which they won. Yeah! Both JV and Varsity. On Saturday we had to go to the movies for our annual Christmas movie. We saw Yes Man. Cute movie made us laugh. Then we took mom and dad out to dinner for their anniversary. I was sick Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and mom ended up getting sick on Saturday night. Darn colds are not fun when you are pregnant. Mom and dad got us very nice travel mugs that plug into the car to keep them warm and an awesome ornament that mom had made. It has our names on it and says that we will be parents in 2009. A wonderful way to remember the pregnancy this year.

Here are a few pictures Joner and I tried to take at Christmas. We couldn't figure out the timer on the camera and it was like midnight on Christmas Eve so we did the traditional hold the camera as far away from your face as possible picture.

Merry Christmas!

Heartbeat....STRONG

Update from last time...12/10/08 was the culminating doctor's appointment. After some run around the appointment ended wonderfully with a loud and strong heartbeat. Joner was there with me and we got to hear it together. We were so excited to finally know that the baby was doing well and well on the way. I have been feeling well with no morning sickness. I am starting to get the bump which means I have to wear my bellaband with all of my pants to keep them up! Pretty much everyone knows now that we are expecting. Especially the people at work. These last two weeks have been filled with well wishes.
Last weekend was the Luedtke Family Christmas at Rhonda and Lances. It was so great to see everyone and it gave us a chance to celebrate the news all together as well. Joner's team played at the Target Center and won which was a nice addition to the weekend. Coming up is Christmas Eve at the Lieseners and then mom and Kathy are coming to visit the day after Christmas.
We are excited for the upcoming holiday season and being able to share our new joy with our friends and family.

So the family knows now

Well the Lieseners and the Luedtkes now know the exciting news, along with some close friends, and probably by this point the whole town of Winneconne. We told Joner's family on 11/21 when we celebrated Thanksgiving with them. We slowly told the whole fam as the arrived. We gave Joner's parents a Thanksgiving card and signed Joner, Sara, and Baby. They were very excited. The Thompsons were the next. Joner told Luke and had the kids play telephone telling each other until Katy and Chris were the only ones left and the kids told them. (side note: Katy already had suspected that I was expecting when we were at Teresa's 40th birthday party. She's just that good: The only one that figured it out early). After that came Greg and Joel. We celebrated with Champagne.
We told my parents on 11/26 the night before Thanksgiving. We told them that we couldn't go to Canada this year, which if you know my parents and how important the trip is you know it would make them raise an eyebrow in question. Mom's response was that they would go without us. But I told her they might not want to go either since the baby would only be like a month old. Dad got it right away but it took a while for it to sink in with my mom. Later that night we had our traditional Thanksgiving Eve outing in Winneconne with friends where we proceeded to tell everyone since alcohol would be the last thing I was drinking that night. Faith and I called Mickey to tell her the exciting news since she couldn't be there. We told my mom's side of the family right after the prayer on Thanksgiving and then I called to tell the Luedtke side.
I think the best reaction so far was my grandpa. After hunting on Thanksgiving, Joner convinced my grandpa just to stop down before they left for Thanksgiving dinner. I told him we were expecting and he gave me the biggest hug he has ever giving me. I saw a glimmer in his eye and he kept saying thank you. He was the most excited out of everyone.
Now we are waiting until our next appointment on 12/10 when we get to hear the heartbeat!!! After that we are probably going to tell everyone else especially people at work.
PS I need to start taking more pictures.

Well..we are on our way!

Well, Joner and I are now bloggers. You may think that this is just a way for us to join the elite population that communicates electronically instead of face-to-face. However, that is not the only reason for this sites creation. Joner and I are finally ready to announce our most exciting news to-date as a married couple...we are expecting!!! Yes it is true. On June 17th, our Liesener twosome will be gaining a third wheel. We are so excited. I have been keeping a written journal (the old school archaic version) so I am going to make an attempt to summarize the last three months.

It all started in August, when I thought that I was pregnant. Survey said no to that one but a month later we hit the jackpot.

(sorry the picture is a little blurry but there are two lines which means yes my ego is prego!)

Joner and I went to the doctor to confirm it on 10/17 and we heard the nurse whisper to the doctor through the door that the test was positive!! We were already smiling when the doctor came in.

We decided that we would have the baby in Stillwater, MN and we had our first baby appointment on 11/10 with Dr. Dean. Joner came with me and we found out that I was about 9 weeks along. I had to have tons of tests done just to make sure everything was going okay, and so far so good. Dr. Dean was great and very soothing and comforting.

Joner brought me a little surprise after which was very sweet.

Baby roses and nuks.

Throughout all of this, Joner has been just awesome. In the beginning, all I did was work, eat, and sleep. Joner didn't mind the whole going to bed early thing since he likes sleep just as much as I do. I didn't have morning sickness which was great but I still had my ups and downs feeling miserable one second, hungry the next, and then completely exhausted!

It is getting much better with each day.