26 Weeks

We're enjoying a Monday-Saturday (Jered's actually home from work!) so I have time to put up a blog. The best news since my last post is that Jered passed his Chief's exam again and made board. His score improved 10 pts and he is one of only 12 AT1's at I level in the FTS program (country wide) to make board. He also had the third highest test score. Yay for Jered!

The baby is doing well, lots of kicking and moving. Our next appointment is March 30. Will is getting excited about the baby. Yesterday I was shopping with our friends Sara and Ella. I said, "Will, where's Mommy's baby?" He pointed at my tummy and said, "Right there!" I asked him "Is is a brother or sister?" He told me, "Sister!" So then we asked him "What is sister's name?" and he said, "Emma! Sister Emma!" He even named his littlest car "Baby Sister Emma car." It's really really cute and I'm glad he's excited.

He's such a sweet, thoughtful boy and solicitious of Mommy. He asks me "Is Mommy sick? Mommy's okay?" and says, "Mama's sleepy" and pats my back. The other day when we were eating lunch, he accidently kicked my foot under the table. He said, "Sorry Mama. Is Mama hurt?" I told him, "No honey, it's okay. I'm not hurt. You are very sweet." He replied, "Okay, Mama happy! Will happy!" So so precious. He's also so friendly to everyone we meet. Last night we went to Red Robin. We sat at the top of the stairs and he greeted everyone that came up the stairs with a Hi! and a really big smile. He also has started saying his own prayers before nap and bedtime. He says, "Thank you Jesus Hannah and Hailey and Kendra and Geoffrey and Ella and Rylan....and ummm...Daddy at work and jets and trains....and uh ummm...Monkey Gym...Uggy and Max and Mama..." and whatever else we did that day. It's hard to not crack up and it's so cute.

The picture of Will is him enjoying a Frosty. Our after-gym treat on Wednesdays is to pick up Wendy's on the way home. He loves his icecream!

24 Weeks

This week we had a few friends over Sunday night to celebrate my 28th birthday. Jered will be out of town next week on my real birthday, so we had a cook out this weekend. It was a fun night!

I had a check up at the OB this last week and everything is going very well. I got more Zofran for nausea and also had another Glucose Screening (diabetes test) - which I passed, again! I was very happy to be able to eat a real sugar cake (made and decorated by my loving hubby) for my birthday!

Edit: Well, Jered's trip was cancelled, so we got to go out to dinner for my birthday. Kendra watched Will, so we went to Outback and then had dessert at Cheesecake Factory. Afterward, we walked to B&N's and I got a new book. Great date!

22 Weeks

Happy Valentine's Day! We had a nice weekend to celebrate together. Since we just went on a date about 2 weeks ago, we didn't get a baby sitter, but spent the time as a family instead. Friday Jered was off work, so we went to Olive Garden in the afternoon and then went by Michael's to pick up my present. Saturday evening, we walked over to the shopping center a block or so from our house and ate Chinese food and frozen yogurt. It was really fun to be able to walk to dinner and enjoy our wonderful San Diego weather. Sunday we ordered in pizza and watched a couple of movies. When Will went to bed, Jered and I rented The Time Traveller's Wife. And even though Valentine's was over, we had a great dinner last night too. The weather warmed up into the 80s yesterday and Jered grilled steaks for dinner, which we ate with Caesar salad and fresh strawberry shortcakes for dessert.

Tonight we converted Will's crib into a toddler bed. We wanted to do it after Christmas to prepare for the baby so mommy wouldn't have to lift 2 out of cribs, and since my back is back to its ornery self we figured this is a good time. Will also turned 2.5 this month, so it's just about the perfect time we'd discussed. We were a little worried about him falling out the first few nights, so we put his crib bumpers on for extra cushion until he gets used to a regular bed. He went to sleep right away and so far so good! We can't believe how much our little boy is growing up. This week we also ordered the bedding for baby girl's room. I included a picture off the internet - hopefully we'll get the real thing delivered soon so we can set it up!

It's a Girl!

We had our level 2 anatomy scan today. The baby is healthy and all the parts are there, and it's a girl! She weighs 1lb 1oz and is pretty long already with her feet up over my ribs! Here are some pictures of our ultrasound.

21 Weeks - Super Bowl Party

Well, I'll wait until Thursday to post the belly picture so it can go along with our (hopefully) big announcement about the baby's gender (ultrasound at 1:50pm PST!!). Here are some pictures of our Super Bowl Party we hosted for our church's Young Family Ministry. We had some sick folks and such that had to stay home last minute, but still had a great time with our friends both new and old! We are so happy to have a home we can open up to others and that is so good for parties!