[ It's a.... ]

We found out this morning that it's a GIRL! I thought for sure we were having a boy, so it definitely was a shock! We of course are still very excited, although John made sure to mention that this solidifies his need to have more "manly" toys to make up for all the estrogen that will be in the house! :) So now we don't have to buy as much stuff of course, which will save money, but we definitely need to start thinking of a name! So here are a couple new pictures from the ultrasound. She was face down so we couldn't get a good profile of her, so this is as good as it gets! This view looks a little scary just because it's her skull of course! The other picture is my favorite, isn't that a cute little foot? Well, she's a healthy little girl, all 13 ounces of her and that's what's important! Hurray for another girl!

[ one more day... ]

My appointment for the ultrasound today has been rescheduled! I am so bummed, but they are doing some work on the ultrasound machine and so I had no choice but to change the appointment! So the waiting game continues for one more day! And no, this is not a joke for April Fools day! Tomorrow morning at 8:00 am we'll find out the good news and I'll be sure to post immediately after! So stay tuned for one more day!

[ good news! ]

Wow, it's really been a long time since I've posted, so I thought instead of doing a lot of back-tracking at this point, I thought I would start with the most exciting news first...

Can you tell what the poster says that Angie is holding in the picture? It says "I'm going to be a big sister!" This is the picture we gave to our parents for Christmas to let them know another grand-baby is on the way. They were extremely excited and overjoyed as we are of course! I'm 7 weeks along, so we just found out the news fairly recently. Our new addition is due August 14th. Unfortunately I haven't been as lucky with this pregnancy and have been sick, I wish that I could call it "morning sickness", but instead I would call it "anytime-of-the-day" or sometimes "all-day sickness". Not fun! I'm just hopeful that it'll only last the 1st trimester!

So other than that we're doing really well. We were fortunate to enjoy a white Christmas this year, which was very exciting for Seattle! We actually got so much snow that we even got to do bit of sledding! We got to spend a lot of time with our families for Christmas and I flew out with my family last Friday for the weekend to go to Brad's wedding in Salt Lake. I got to spend time with my cousins, who I hadn't seen in a year while John and Angie had some great daddy-daughter bonding time at home.

All in all it's been a crazy month for my family with Christmas and Brad's wedding and my Mom still recovering from her surgery, but it was very rewarding. My Mom is doing much better, especially now that she knows she's going to be a Nana again, we're happy that we don't have to keep our secret any longer and most importantly, I now officially have a new sister! Congrats Brad and Krystal! We love you guys! I'll have to post those pictures later!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!