Welcome!

Welcome to the Baby Eckert blog! I probably should have had this up and running months ago but like they say, "better late than never."

So, a quick catch up for everyone.

It was December 28th, 2007. We had just enjoyed a wonderful evening at The Nutcracker which was followed by drinks (yes, wine) at a nearby bar in Cincinnati with Manfred, Tina, Kilian, Tessa and Derek. I had been patiently (or not so) waiting on a call back from my doctor's office to inform us of the results from my pregnancy test. It was just about 11:00pm EST and I had folks in Texas that were anxiously awaiting a phone call with good news. Folks, I might add, that normally don't stay up after 9:30pm. The phone rang and quite honestly I was a little nervous to answer for fear of what could be news I didn't want to hear. Nonetheless, I had to answer and I could immediately tell, based on the tone of the women's voice, that there was the most wonderful news for our family. She said, "all your blood work looks great...."and that was followed by "congratulations, your pregnant." She continued to talk to me about next steps but I don't recall what she said. I was too elated to hear anything past "your pregnant". So, that leads us to the here and now. I am 19wks and 3 days today and couldn't be more amazed from day to day that I am pregnant with a little, tiny miracle made from Derek and me. I just can't wait to see what the baby is going to look like and fell like and sound like. It is such a wonderful feeling to know that we have created life and soon enough, we will be able to hold in our arms that creation.