Off to Springfield for the week!

Tomorrow morning, I leave bright and early to go spend a week at my sister's in Springfield, Missouri. I'm so excited!! My parents will be joining us there on Saturday night, and will be staying through the following week.

I'm excited for family time - but wish Albert could come too! =( I don't enjoy traveling without him. I will miss him lots - but am looking forward to an awesome time with my sister, her hubby, and my parents!! YAY!

I'm sure I'll have lots to post throughout the week, about my trip.

20 Weeks (well, almost! i'm tired of counting!!)

Growing, growing, growing!!! (I'll try to get another one, where I'm not making such a weird face. I obviously wasn't ready!! Ha!) And soon I'll post one of the two of us, where we're actually looking. I just loved the reflection of us in the mirror from behind - thought it was a cool picture...so wanted to share it! (We're not huge on pictures right now! We're not very photogenic in the winter/spring...we need our summer sunshine!!!!) Ha!!

And once again, I feel like the belly looks WAY larger in pictures than it actually does in real life! I don't know why that happens!!

More Pics...

We got two pictures of her face. She kept opening and closing her mouth - so the ultrasound technician was able to get one of each! An open-mouth pic and a closed-mouth! :) So cute!

(My parents just told me that they can't make out the face at all. So I'm sorry if I posted a bunch of pics that are hard to see and make out! :) I can see the face as clear as a bell, so i just assumed everyone would! Ha!)

IT'S A GIRL!!

We had our ultrasound today! All looks GREAT! We have a healthy baby GIRL (weighing about 9 oz)! :) We were both very surprised, but thrilled!!!

Here's just a few of the many beautiful pictures we were able to get.

3 days...

In 3 DAYS we find out what our little pumpkin is! I can hardly sleep at nights, I'm too excited. We had originally planned for the ultrasound to be on Wednesday, the 13th...but because of some conflict with Beto's work schedule, he wasn't going to be able to make it to that appointment. Therefore, we had to switch it - which totally worked for our advantage, since we got to push it up TWO DAYS!!

So now our appointment is on Monday at 4:00 pm.

The baby's movements have already, in a week, become more frequent and much stronger. It's so exciting to feel. I can hardly believe there's a little one inside there, squirming around. Truly brings such joy to my heart! It's the most awesome thing to feel. Everything finally is seeming real. I don't doubt there being a baby in there anymore, ha!! :)

These are an exciting couple of weeks for us. Thanks for all your love and prayers!

Baby Book

This is the baby book that I have been wanting, and decided to just go ahead and buy, since it's gender neutral (like most of the things that I have liked lately). It's so adorable and will be so cute for our little one, boy or girl.

Baby Movement!

Last week I started feeling the baby's little movements!! :) At first I wasn't positive if it was the baby or just my imagination. But it has kept up ever since last Wednesday - and at times, if its hard enough, you can even feel the kicks from the outside. It's such a sweet little feeling - like little flutters. The first thing I thought it felt like was like little muscle twitches, only softer and more smooth. 

Beto was able to feel one kick on Sunday night - he was very, very excited! (As was I, to be able to share such a sweet moment with my husband).

So that's the exciting news this week! We're now 18 weeks, and one week away from finding out! So excited!

Yesterday was my last day with little Sofi. It was such a joy to be able to watch her and spend time with her. They grow so fast at that age, and learn and develop new things so quickly. It was so fun to see it all and expereince it with her for a few weeks. Love her - my little muffin!

New pics will be posted soon...just haven't gotten around to taking any new ones yet.