Wanted to Share...

My friend Lindsey posted this quote on her blog a couple of weeks ago and it has really stuck with me. I thought that since so many of us either just became a mom or are about to become a mom I would share it with all of you also!

"There is no way to be a perfect mother,
and a million ways to be a good one"
-Jill Churchill

Merry Christmas!

Wow! What a busy week it has been! Our Christmas was a very busy but nice one. We started with the traditional Mexican food and Margaritas and my mom's house Christmas Eve, and then Christmas day we managed to make it back to my mom's in the morning, then to Robert's Uncle's to see his mom, dinner with Robert's Dad, and then we even made it over to Josh and Christine's to see the kids. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of actual Christmas. I know that will change next year with our little one!

Here is a picture of our little Christmas Tree.

I really like our little tree. It is our first Christmas Tree and we got it back when we were living in the Town House. As much as I like it, I am thinking that it is time to get a bigger one!

Another kind of unexpected thing that happened this week is we got a new couch! We have talked about getting a new one for awhile. We saw a good advertisement in the Sunday ads and off we went to look at it. We wound up finding one that we liked and it was delivered Christmas Eve day. We love it! It is so comfy. It is a sectional with a chaise lounge, micro-suede, and chocolate brown. We also got a rocker/recliner. The only thing we weren't expecting is how BIG it is! It takes up one whole wall in our house! Furniture always looks so much smaller in the store! (We had the same problem when we bought our bedroom furniture!) Oh well. The good thing is, is that we have plenty of room for people to sit when they come over!

Before...

After...

Unfortunately, the recliner didn't come in a chocolate color. The colors are a little off in the pictures. They don't look so far off from each other. But I am also going to look for a light weight blanket the color of the chair for the couch to help tie the two together. We will also look for a different coffee table that goes a little better. We just didn't see one that we liked.

As far as everything on the baby front, things are moving right along. We will take a new belly picture this week and I will get it posted. I am now 21 weeks and feeling good. She definitely lets me know that she is there and we are pretty sure that Robert has gotten to feel her also. I think he is still waiting for the big strong kick so he knows for sure what he is feeling. I don't think I mentioned it in the last post, but we already have her name picked out. It is Emma Grace. Emma got lots of cute things for Christmas. She is not even here yet, but this little girl already has so many cloths and cute hair bows! It's so fun to think about what she will look like in all this cute stuff!

That's about all that is going on here for now. We had a great 5 days off of work and we are sad that we have to go back to work tomorrow. The bright spot is, it is another short work week! We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

19 Week Ultra Sound

What a big day it was! I have to admit I was nervous all day. In the end everything was great! We have had another doctor's visit where both myself and the baby were give a clean bill of health. We did the big ultra sound today and everything looked great. The brain, heart, spine, face, and stomach were all perfect! The baby is very active and seemed to always be moving. Every time a hand or foot would come in perfect view, it would move again just as quickly. This made it very difficult to get pictures, but we were able to get some good ones. The baby also seemed to always be moving its mouth. We would watch it open and close as well as take a drink. This kind of looked like fish lips!

And for the big reveal......it's a girl! We were very excited. Robert is already thinking ahead to how spoiled this little girl will be, and in the far future of when boys start coming over! I have to admit, the baby was not the most cooperative when it came to trying to find out if this baby was a boy or a girl. The ultra sound tech worked hard and getting the baby to change positions and even had me roll over to see if that helped. In the end, she didn't get the perfect look that she was hoping for, but the lack of body parts is what made her say girl. She even gave it a 95-99% chance that this little one is a girl. So we are pretty confident that we will be the proud parents of a beautiful, healthy, baby girl. Let the fun start of cleaning out the baby's room, painting, decorating, and of course shopping!!! Here are some of the pictures from today.

A good look at the spine

Profile view. Mouth is open and you can see the heart. If I remember right, that big weird looking thing is the umbilical cord.

One of my favorite! This is her little foot!!!

18 Weeks!

Here are the newest belly pics! I think my middle is getting thicker instead of the belly getting rounder!

Yes, We're Still Here!

I know, I know. It is been WAY too long since our last post. We don't really have an excuse, the days just seem to be flying by. We have had a lot of things going on, but if I was to try and update everything, this post would be entirely too long. So I think I will just hit some of the highlights.
First, we have to say CONGRATULATIONS to our friends Amanda and Regan. They had their beautiful baby boy, Aidan, on November 20th. He is absolutely adorable and everyone is doing well. I'm having trouble posting a picture of Aidan for some reason. I will try again later.
Our other good friends, Seth and Jessica just moved into their new house in Vegas. It is GORGEOUS! We are hoping to make a trip out to see them in January or February so it will be fun to see their new house also.
I also got to see our friends Becky and Brian and their cute little one Carly. They were in town for Thanksgiving and it was fun to get to see them and ooh and aah over Carly.
I feel like I am forgetting something else that happened...if I did, I apologize. It wasn't intentional!As far as new things here...things are going well. I still haven't had any cravings. But I do think that I am finally feeling the baby move! It started this week. Nothing too frequent, and it feels like I'm being poked. We are both excited about it and Robert can't wait until he can feel the baby.
We will take a picture this weekend of the ever growing belly. I can't believe we are at 18 weeks. The time is really moving along!