At 10:10a.m. August 2nd 2010, I fell head over heels in love with a baby boy named Zenkei. He came into our lives a week ago today and already, I can’t imagine a life without him. His quirky facial expressions, innocent big brown eyes, and light touch warms my heart and makes me fall in love with him more and more each day.

The life of this baby boy goes back to a post I made back in February where I announced I was pregnant. Being pregnant for the first time, I had those typical anxious feelings with the “What if?” questions running through my mind. But those questions and feelings were finally answered when I heard his first cry and the chance to hold him in my arms for the very first time. It’s such a surreal feeling to hold something that’s a part of you and the person that you love the most in your life. Adam and I still pinch ourselves when we look at Zenkei. It’s incredible how we could have created something so beautiful, that is living and breathing right in front of you.

Today, the fears and questions that worry us relate to his future; if we’ll be good parents, can we give him everything that he needs to take on the life ahead, etc. But with the both of us together, we will take it day by day, taking in every moment and giving him everything we can.

We love you Zen…always.

Introducing Zenkei Derschner…

So holla to my brides this year, you’ll notice the photographer you met last year has gotten a little ‘bigger’. But no worries ladies, your pictures will still be fabulous even though I’ll be carrying around some “extra baggage”. Can’t wait to see you all in your gorgeous-ness!

I’m about 15 weeks along, so I’m just entering my second trimester and am feeling a lot better than I did the first. I’m due around mid-August, August 16th to be exact. Adam and I saw the first ultrasound two weeks ago and we were in awe, but until that point it didn’t seem real to us at all. But when we first saw it on the monitor, it was moving around so much – we could see it’s hands, feet and heartbeat pumping away like crazy.

We’ve decided that we don’t want to find out the sex of the baby so we’ve given it the nickname ‘Ninja’. So listen up baby Ninja, although your parents are scared and still feel like kids on the inside, we can’t wait to meet you to teach and show you everything we know! Have fun in there…see you in 6 months.