22 weeks 3 days

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! We had a wonderful relaxing holiday at home with Marc's parents. It was very nice to be home for a change and wake up in our own bed! I was spoiled by my hubby as usual and the dogs were excited to see that Santa didn't forget them and brought them a bed and toys to play with. Yes we know, we really need to have kids.

Anyway, Baby J too made out in the gift department. She got plenty of rattles, onesies and toys. It's so fun to see all the stuff she's accumulated in the last few weeks. We ordered her bedroom set and got her bedding in the mail already (it came in 6 days!). So we now need to get started on the nursery. Hopefully we'll sell this furniture soon so we can clear out the room. I'm hoping to start painting in a few weeks! The furniture won't be here until the end of February but that doesn't mean I can't get started on other things :)

Anyway, here are some photos of my every growing belly from last Friday. I swear it's already bigger now! ha ha! I am going to be a HOUSE by the time this little one makes her entrance into the world.









Happy New Year! Only 4 months to go until Baby J is official!

20 weeks 5 days...IT'S A...

GIRL :)

All the old wive's tales came true and we're having a baby girl. I'll post the ultrasound photos later this week. She is growing right on schedule at 21 weeks and looks healthy. Her heart, brain, feet and hands were all perfect. She's a hyper little one, although it could have to do with the 1/2 a diet coke I had before I went. I was scared she wouldn't cooperate and I didn't want her to be in time out :)

So we got in the room and the tech put the wand on my belly and the first thing we see is her bottom and legs spread wide open! It took about 1 minute to see that she was a girl. She did well and didn't disappoint her parents or huge support system of family and friends that were eagerly awaiting our phone call.

We are so excited to be having a little girl. We're going to start the nursery after the new year. We went to Babies R' Us to register last night which was a lot of fun. I know I have a million more things to add but it's a little overwhelming and scary in there! I think we got the major things though so that was good. We are getting the furniture next weekend so that should arrive in February. Anyway, as it all progresses we'll keep you posted.

I'm so relieved to find out what pronoun to use! It makes it so much more real to put a face and name to Baby J.

Have a great weekend!

20 weeks 1 day

"Whoa Oh! We're half way there...Whoa Oh, Livin' on a Prayer. Take my hand and we'll make it I swear!"

Ok I'll stop. I'm driving Marc crazy. BUT we're halfway through this whole pregnancy thing and it's pretty exciting. Last week I felt a few little taps when going to bed. It was so crazy!! I was so excited! And just now sitting here at work, I felt Baby J again. This time it was an actual kick to some sort of organ. It happened about 3-4 times. Very cool :)

So we're eagerly waiting for Friday to get here. I don't know how I'm going to get through the work day since our appointment isn't until 2:30. I'm trying to get everything done beforehand! After the appointment we're going to go and register at Babies R Us. I can't wait. This week I'll be doing research on the big items like car seats and strollers. The list is totally overwhelming and scary...so we'll see how far we get! It's so different than registering for your wedding. Then you're like "Oh yeah, that's cool. We need that." With this you have NO IDEA WHAT YOU NEED! You know the essentials but that's about it. Then you have to think about safety ratings, how durable they are so you can reuse them, colors, cool features etc. Yipes! Hopefully I'll come out the other side alive.

Anyway, we'll let you all know the good news on Friday night! Now that it's getting closer I feel like I completely have no idea! I think either way I'll be totally overwhelmed when I see Baby J kicking and moving around.

Happy Monday!

19 weeks 1 day

So, I'm getting impatient. Not for the baby to actually be here (trust me I can wait a while before I start to really think about labor) but to find out if Baby J is a girl or boy! It's driving me insane! I know that all the parts are there and formed we just need to see them...and we have more than a week before we can know! 11 days to be exact! AGhhh! AND to top it off I have yet to feel little Baby J's acrobatics in there...so I'm impatiently waiting for that too.

At least it's Christmas time so I have a million other things to keep me occupied. We got our Christmas trees (yes that is TREES - plural) this weekend so I was busy getting those all set up. We are looking forward to being home this year for the holiday since we've never been home on Christmas morning.

Other than that we're just going through the motions. We are trying to sell our guest room furniture so we can start on the nursery. But it's not as easy as one would think. I get at least three scam emails a day from Craigslist. I'm getting very frustrated. If it doesn't sell this month I'm just going to store it in the garage until I can sell it. I want it OUT of the room so I can start getting things ready. Although that of course freaks me out because there is so much to do. Luckily there's a writers strike so my t.v. shows are all going to reruns. I think the miserable January and February will be used to decorate and shop. Such a rough life I lead :)

Anyway, that's about it. I'll update you all on December 14th!!! Place your bets now! Oh, we tried the ring over the palm trick (you put your wedding ring on a chain and hold it over your palm). If it swings from side to side you're having a boy - in a circle you're having a girl.

We went round and round...so all signs so far are pointing to girl. Which of course means it'll be a boy :)