We're having...

A little girl!!! I still can't believe it.. Little Anna Marie :) The appointment for the ultrasound was not one of the best days - I had a ridiculously full bladder when I got to the office, 1o minutes before my appointment and then had to wait another hour before I was seen! I was in tears in the waiting room because I was in so much pain. Luckily the tech let me partially empty my bladder before we got started. (I definitely would have peed on her table) But once we got started she found the little one right away and started attempting to get all of the measurements she needed for the dr. I say attempted because Anna was less than helpful in sitting still. The entire ultrasound lasted for an hour and included me rolling on both sides in hope of capturing the right images for measurements. Tony was literally crawling onto the table to get a better view at the screen and just could not get over how much you could see! And at the very end she zoomed in on the part between the legs and asked Daddy what he thought it was - he guessed girl and was right! At the time of the ultrasound I still hadn't felt her move - the tech told me it was probably a blessing because she had a feeling that once I started feeling it, it was going to be a 24/7 occurence. Well, as of Monday I have felt her move - A LOT. The girl's gonna be an acrobat or something. I thought I felt some fluttering Monday morning, and then Monday night was jabbed multiple times while laying in bed with either a fist or a foot. And now I write this at 4 am because I got up to pee and evidently so did Anna. She's at her somersaults already today! But the actual feeling doesn't keep me awake - just the thought that that's my daughter in there :)

I can't believe it

We find out the sex of the baby in less than 4 days!! IT'S CRAZY!! I also can't believe that I'm almost halfway through this pregnancy! And as my loving friend Jess put it "Closer to the pain and agony of childbirth" (Maybe not her exact words, but I'm paraphrasing) Thanks Jess. :) I've been having A LOT of stretching going on inside - although thankfully my stomach is not showing any wonderful stretch marks yet. And I've still only gained 6-8 pounds. Baby is 6.5 inches long by now and I think almost weighs over half a pound? I still haven't felt it move yet... patiently waiting on that moment. We did buy one of those "DIY" baby heartbeat monitors the other day - it looks like a discman from the 90's with a foam covered cone coming out the back of it. Haven't had any success with it yet either, but it's still early.. I just couldn't pass it up at the consignment shop for $10.

A woman I work with has offered us her son and daughter in law's 4-1n-1 crib, dresser and changing table when they move out later this month. Their son is getting a "big boy bed" when they move into their new house. I was a little weary at first with it being used, but then Tony was talking to her yesterday and she said that they bought it at Penney's and paid $$$. I've looked on Penney's website, they have REALLY nice stuff! So we're going to go out and look at it in like 2 weeks. We've still only painted the base color in the nursery and as soon as we do the ragging on the crib wall I will post pictures of the beautiful color. (Or you could just come visit and see it in person!) ;-) TTFN!