On Sunday, October 7th, 2007 I just didn't feel right. We had been gone all day on a youth outing to the Mall of Georgia to see
Transformers on the imax screen. When we got home at 8:00, which on this particular day felt like midnight, I had to drag myself to Wal-Mart for some necessities. While I was there I decided to pick up a 3-pack of pregnancy tests, since I knew something just wasn't right. In the meantime, Jeremy was at a Halo 3 marathon at the youth house since the next day was a student holiday. I arrived at home and unpacked all of my groceries. Then, there was the item with no home: the box of pregnancy tests. Even though I was home alone I just couldn't wait to take the test. I couldn't believe my eyes when it was positive. I debated with myself...do I wait until 2am when Jeremy gets home to tell him the news or do I drive to the youth house and show him the evidence. I decided to drive to the youth house. I freaked him out because I told him he had to come to the car immediately. When he got there, I showed him the test and he was in shock. He didn't know what to say. We hugged, and I returned home to take another test, just to be sure. Of course, I had to wait a while to be able to take a test again, so I took another one at 11 pm. Again, a positive result. I hardly slept that night. I woke up the next morning to take test number three....another positive result!
Now, you need to understand news in Hartwell spreads like wildfire. I was only about four weeks pregnant, so I didn't want anyone to know quite yet, just in case something went wrong. I made it through Monday, but on Tuesday, I just couldn't contain myself. I had to tell. Well, the whole community knew by lunchtime. Oh well. Then the hard part began....the waiting until the first appointment.
Our first appointment was on November 6th in Athens, GA. Our little bundle will be born at Athens Regoinal Hospital sometime around June 13th. It was an amazing thing when we saw this on the screen...
It was real at this point. We are really having a baby! We got to see and hear the fluttering heartbeat. 171 beats per minute. What a miracle!
Our next appointment was December 3rd. I was 12 weeks and a few days pregnant. At that appointment we got to see this... 
Our "little alien" was really growing. It was so reassuring to have this doctor's visit. Those first 14 weeks are so critical, so I was pleased to hear that things were right on track.
We have a very good friend who is the administrator at Hart County Hospital. They don't deliver babies there, but they have a very nice ultrasound machine. He invited us for a free ultrasound. Ultrasounds are the best part of early pregnancy, so we went to get a glimpse of our little miracle. We got to see some really awesome stuff that day because the technician really took her time pointing everything out to us. It is amazing how developed a baby is at just 16 weeks gestation. He had really grown a lot in 4 weeks! This picture was taken on Dec. 28th.
Then on January 24th, the moment of truth came. Is it a boy or a girl? I knew it was a boy all along, so when the nurse said it's a boy, I wasn't surprised! Now I could start calling it a him and by his name: Avery Carson Green.
Feet...
Profile shot...
Today I am 24 weeks and 1 day pregnant. I still can't believe I am going to have a baby, but we are so excited. He is already full of energy, rolling around in my belly. I can feel him move very frequently. He doesn't want me to forget he is in there. He even kicks hard enough so Jeremy can feel it. I just can't wait to hold him and kiss him and love him.
