I'm becoming outnumbered very soon...

I too am excited about our little girl :). Here are some of the photos from the ultrasound today. I'm a little slicker with operating our scanner, so I figured I should go ahead and take care of this.



This one shows the heartbeat down at the bottom. That was fun to hear again. And then this one below here shows one of her hands, probably trying to push the ultrasound detector off of her. You apparently have to push pretty hard, and you could tell the baby wasn't ecstatic about it :).




And lastly, my favorite picture was this one of her face side profile close up, on the left side of the picture there. I think she's cute :). We can't wait to meet her!




That said, man I really hope that ultrasound lady is right. She said she was 90% sure it's a girl, but man, 10% wrong is pretty high. We'll choose to trust her for now though - I'm sure she knows what she's doing.

And the gender is...

We just had our 20 week ultrasound appointment which was pretty amazing. The technician said she is 90% sure its a girl considering we looked around for twenty minutes and couldn't find any male parts. :)

We got to see all sorts of things including her spine, fingers, face, nose, lips, kidneys, and heart chambers! According to the tech, everything looks fine and normal. She said the baby looks like she's about 11 ounces, and my due date might be a few days earlier then March 20th.

We will upload some of the pictures soon!

19 Weeks

Here's a picture of me at 19 weeks:

I don't see much of a difference between this on and the last one, but I definitely feel bigger. Lately my hands and feet have been swelling too.

We're excited for a couple different things this week:

1) Tomorrow I'm making a trip to Babies R Us with some of the other staff wives who are moms so scope out what we really need to register for. Later, Pete and I will go back to register together on our date night. :)

2) Our 20 week ultrasound is Wednesday morning! We're looking forward to getting a peek at how God has been forming our little one, and of course, excited to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl!

I'll make sure to update after our appointment on Wednesday!

Starting Our Week

Pete and I both had a relaxing day today. Mine was filled partly with much needed planning time for my week, and we both topped off the night with our student Bible studies that we lead. Here is a common Sunday afternoon activity for soon-to-be Daddy:


He's excited to play songs for our little one and teach him or her all about classic rock. :)

Both of us are feeling much better compared to a week ago, but we still have lingering coughs. Our hope and prayer is to get plenty of rest tonight and have a productive week on campus, relying on the Lord for our strength and effectiveness.

We are excited for a trip to Normal, IL scheduled for this Friday to visit our friends the Sfuras and look at an apartment we think we want. We also get to visit Pete's sister Elizabeth who attends Illinois Wesleyan.

Almost 18 weeks: Picture and Update

We just got back a few hours ago from this months prenatal appointment on this chilly October day. Dr. Herndon gave me some advice for getting over my cold completely in the next few days, and told me when to get the flu shots. She said the baby looks like its grown a lot in the last few weeks and sounds healthy.

Fun News: Our 2nd ultrasound is scheduled for Wednesday morning October 28th! This is when we'll find out the gender. We're really looking forward to that- especially since you all can't seem to come to a conclusion on whether you think its a boy or a girl. :)

Sad News: I got Pete sick. Who didn't expect that though? So he stayed home with me today and then drove me to my appointment.

Here's a picture of Pete taken last week. I made a yummy homemade carrot cake. He iced it and made the decoration, which he was very proud of.