My BellY

A few have requested a pregnant picture of myself....

This was on Sunday night, so 26 weeks! My belly is beginning to grow rapidly.

BabY, BirThdAY, and VAcaTIoN

Here is one of the ultrasound pictures from when we found out our baby is a girl. I was sad they did not do any 3D pictures and these ones were not quite as clear as the first images. She (still does not have a name) is kicking me plenty and keeping up at night. Jeff has been able to feel her almost as long as I have and he knows that he is very lucky! All of my sibling got to feel her while we were home too, they are all very excited. My parents, especially my mom, are very excited. The baby had a bunch of Christmas presents under the tree and she got some cute boots from my sister's boyfriend's mom :) I think she may be a little spoiled already. For the flight home, half of Jeff's suitcase was full of baby clothes.

My mother-in-law, Glenys, gave me a shower while we were home, which was fun and helpful. I got lots of gift cards and money because of the cost of luggage. I am so excited to go spend some of it on cute bedding and a new car seat! Thanks so much to the Perrero family for such a wonderful shower!

Happy 26th Birthday to Jeff! During our holiday vacation Jeff had a birthday and got two golfing gifts. His family gave him a Sonocaddie, which is a GPS thing for golf courses and my family gave him a new putter he has been wanting. All of the boys got excited about golf and made a mini course in my parents basement. The picture from left to right: Chad (my sister's boyfriend), Jeff, Chance (on the ground), Trace, and Burke. What a handsome bunch of guys!



Jeff also decided to let his beard grow out over the break. I really did not like it! Regretfully, he shaved it one day and still complains that he didn't keep it longer..
Before we left we had our Christmas lights up and Jeff worked extra hard on them this year. I really wanted green lights in our tree and I wanted it to look like a tree on temple square:) He didn't get it perfect, but I guess I'll take it.. Sorry about the bad picture, wish we would have had the new camera then.


One of our main Christmas gifts this year was a new camera! I was getting worried our little point and shoot just was not going to be acceptable once the baby arrives so we have upgraded. I love it! I have not had a chance to play with it to much yet, but it takes great pictures and had really cool effects.
Here is the before and after of a red eye fix that it does automatically. Thanks Sherstine for our model!

Coming back to Kentucky was hard on both Jeff and I this winter. With so much changing in our lives we did not want to go back to school! Luckily, my semester is beginning smoothly and I had a very light week. Just enough time to start cleaning out the extra room and packing away things to the basement! I am so excited to put the baby room together and will keep you posted on it's progress!

Here is the bedding I am hoping to win on ebay!

Blog Issues

Sorry for the construction site, this place is a mess! I can't seem to figure out how to work all this blog stuff! The header and picture will not center and I lost all of my friends links. Good thing I have the day off to continue to work on it :) Any suggestions?

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

She is 100% girl...the lady even said so:)

She was such a cutie! Her thumb was in and out of her mouth the whole time and at one point both thumbs were in and we could see her little cheeks sucking so hard. She is healthy and measuring perfectly. We are so excited! Now we just need to get through finals and maybe we can think about names after that. I'll have to post some of the pictures after this test, but I wanted to let everyone know.

PINK or BLUE

On December 1st, we will find out whether we will be buying pink or blue. We are so excited! Jeff is positive we are having a girl because everybody in his family has had a girl first. I really am not sure what I think. I am always saying he, so I guess I think I am having a boy. I also have a dream that I am delivering a baby and that it is a boy....but the dream also consists of Jeff not being there and me screaming at the nurses that I want my mom....I hope it doesn't come true! We want to know your opinion so vote!

OuR LittLE GUsGuS!

Without knowing the sex of our baby we had a hard time knowing what to call it. It was not a very good name, so gusgus it became. Jeff has always teased about naming his boy Gus, and I figured we will let him have his fun for a few months.
Monday I got to have an ultrasound as part of some genetic testing. I had no idea I was getting an ultrasound so I was very excited when I saw people coming out with pictures. The only bad part was that Jeff happened to miss this appointment. He was mad/jealous he missed seeing little gusgus moving about. Here are the pictures!

Gusgus did not want to wake up. She, the ultrasound lady, kept trying to get baby to move but gusgus just wanted to cuddle me and cover his/her face.

They measure the neck skin fold thickness to test for Down's Syndrome and a couple of other chromosomal defects. Everything measured normal and the doctor will call to confirm that in about a week. They also measured the length of gusgus from crown to rump which was about 3 inches.
Here is the profile shot. I don't know if we will ever find out gusgus's gender because the legs were always crossed.
The ultrasound made the whole pregnancy thing seem real. I still am not showing many signs of pregnancy so seeing a moving baby and hearing a healthy heart beat makes me feel like someday I may actually have this baby.

There is a BABY in our near future!

It is official and we are very..very excited to tell all that I am pregnant!   Today we got to hear the heart beat of our sweet little baby.  It was to say the least very cool as most of you already know.  The baby will be here around April 19th and hopefully I will be able to finish up my spring semester before he/she arrives.  

I have been dealing with pregnancy really well.  A small amount of nausea at night and sleepiness are my main symptoms.  The only thing I am having a hard time with is not getting my great night of sleep.  I have to get up every night now to pee.  I know I've got it easier than most and I am very grateful for that.  

We are very excited and Jeff, especially, is so happy to finally let all the world know!