Here's me...

So, I happened to have my camera with me at work today, and my friend wanted to take a picture of the belly. We have a meeting every Wednesday morning at my office, and today was no different than any other. I was sitting there listening to my boss talk, when I hear the girl sitting next to me giggling. I turned and looked at her and she said, "That was a good one!". I wasn't sure what she meant and she explained that I must have had a big kick because she was watching my belly move. I didn't even realize it. I felt the baby moving around, but didn't know that you could see my belly physically move! So, I watched for a few kicks and that was a great start to my day...you can't help but smile:) Here is a picture of me at 26 weeks.

We can finally say SHE!!

We’re so excited to announce that we’re expecting a little, baby girl! I guess I shouldn’t get ahead of myself and say little, because with the trend in my family, she could very well be a BIG baby girl…yikes! Garet and I were able to go to our ultrasound last Tuesday to find out the sex. Usually I am excited to see how the baby is growing and developing. It was strange this appointment though because I was extremely nervous. I wasn’t expecting that feeling. I was so nervous my hands were shaking! I love the doctor that I go to. The office atmosphere is always so friendly and they are known for keeping their appointments as on-schedule as possible. I never have to wait when I get there. Well, of course, this time is a different story. We waited almost an hour, which felt like an eternity. They said that the ultrasound room was not quite ready. The nurse finally called us in, and on our way to the room, we saw friends that we knew. They ended up being the hold up. This was their appointment to find out the sex of their baby and it didn’t work out. The doctor tried everything to see if their baby was a boy or girl and could never get a good angle. So then all I could think of was that we wouldn’t be able to find out either. Once we were in the room I instantly calmed down and felt really good about being there. This was Garet’s first appointment with me. The best part of it was looking over at him and seeing the huge smile on his face. The baby looked very healthy and has a strong heartbeat (which Garet was in aw of hearing). Then we were able to see that we are having a baby girl! It was sort of a strange feeling from not knowing to suddenly knowing. I had to correct myself for the rest of the day and say “she” instead of “it” or “the baby”. I was hesitant to specify the gender since we hadn’t for so long. We’re so excited for our little girl to get here…in good time:) Now comes the hard part of picking out a name!