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Okay, so I looked back on this blog and saw that the last time I posted was "we're having a boy", so I guess I am a little behind. So, update, he's here and almost two, lol. Oh, and he's Ethan...

Now, a little more relevant update. My sweet hubby will never admit it, but he secretly loves my last minute big projects on weekends that he just wants to relax. So I am sure you can imagine how thrilled he was when I told him Saturday that wanted to lay a patio in the backyard this weekend. After a little grumbling and dirty looks he helped me get things going. I also decided to get the kids a pool so they could play while we worked. For future reference, the Pilot is big, but it is best to leave the kids at home when you go get it so it doesn't have to rest on their heads on the way home. After getting all our supplies and deciding on a smaller patio we are now done. I plan on adding to it, but I am glad I can now get some chairs and enjoy the backyard more this year.

Oh, and I will try to keep this more up to date. :)

It's a...BOY!!

Today Jerime and I went to Dr. Grimaldi's office and had our first sonogram of the baby. We were just dying to know the gender (I think I was more eager to find out than Jerime), and our 1pm appointment couldn't come soon enough! The nurse told us "It's a BOY!!" Jerime wanted a boy really bad and he was so excited when we found out. Ellie wanted a girl, but I think she's happy with a boy. I called Mom and Ellie while I was waiting to talk to the Dr. after the sonogram and Ellie screamed so loud when I told her that everyone in the waiting room looked at me.

I talked to the Dr. and he said everything is good so far. The heart is fine (we got to watch it beat) and all the other organs look like they should. He said the baby looks like he is growing right along and nothing seems to be wrong. The sonogram's calcuated due date is Aug 19, so the Dr. said we will just stick with his original due date of Aug 20th. As far as names, we haven't came up with one yet. We have a few in mind, but nothing set in stone.



The one above shows pretty clearly the baby laying on his back (at the bottom) and sucking his thumb. Head is marked on the right and the arm/hand is marked at the top.


This is another one where he's kinda twisted and it shows his spine, heart, hand and head (on the right)

The one above and the one below are our confirmation that it's a boy!

Update

Just thought I'd post a little update for everyone since I haven't been keeping up with this as much as I should.

March 1st we drew for our winners for the 7.10 Photography free session give-away, and you can check out the winners on our blog. Yesterday we got to do the first session for Mandy Beyeler and her family, and it was great! We thought we might have an issue with the weather, but luckily the rain clouds went away for an hour so we could shoot. Mandy and her husband Trevor we wonderful, and their kids were great! We took them to the falls in Joplin and for being out there close to water and such, their kids were very well behaved! I know Ellie would have been all over the place and not where we wanted her, so kudos to them and their well behaved children! The pictures turned out great, and keep checking with our other blog to see pictures in the days to come.

Baby update! On March 24th Jerime and I go to see our baby for the first time! The baby will have his/her first picture taken by sonogram and we will find out if we are going to have a boy or a girl! We are so excited! As far as the pregnancy and stuff goes, I'm 19 weeks pregnant now and everything seems to be going well. The heartburn has really kicked in though. Also, I'm finally really investing in some maternity clothes, and will probably spend every bit of my birthday money on them! Last weekend I bought some jeans for the first time and I kept telling Jerime "I'm so excited my jeans fit again!" He thought I was silly, but it really is crazy how much better you feel when your jeans fit perfect, even though you have this huge bulge in the front. As far as the baby, I've been getting weekly e-mails letting me know how the baby's doing and such. This week the baby is 15 cm long from crown to romp! I got a ruler out and was looking at it like "wow, that's HUGE!" It's amazing that a baby that size fits right in my belly - and it will be getting bigger! The baby is also about 8 oz, so it's really growing in size.