It's a....

Let's test out your sonogram skills....

Ok - so the arrow and the letters spell it out... It is officially a girl :)

Of course, names are still being debated. Andrew feels VERY strongly that the baby is to be named either "Princess Popcorn" or "Bumblebee". "Bumblebee" he says is reserved for his baby brother even though we have told him repeatedly that "Popcorn" is a girl... I guess that he is still holding out hope? :) He REALLY wants a BIG brother and although we have explained how that won't work in this case - he is still wanting a big brother... sigh...kids! :)

We are excited to have both our boy and girl now. As the devil has it, while we offer Praise, we also offer a prayer request. On the sonogram, it was discovered that our baby girl has a cyst in her brain and that I have a really low placenta. We are hoping and praying that the next sonogram in about 5 weeks will reveal that both have resolved by themselves. We ask that you pray for this too!

21 Week Picture

Oh my Lordy... this kid is growing quickly! Just the difference the past 2 weeks is amazing! Below is the 21 week belly picture. WOWSERS! To think I'm only about 1/2 way there... yikes!

(Don't you just LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the gorgeous maternity pant elastic band? Ugh!) :)

"I love you, Baby"

When we found out we were pregnant, we started getting Andrew used to loving on the baby (well, my belly really!). And Andrew has gotten really good at making sure I don't pat or drum on my belly as he thinks this is "hitting the baby." (He is the protective big brother already!) He also enjoys scolding the baby when I mention the baby is kicking me..."Don't kick my Mommy, Baby! That's not nice!"

So we can tell that he fully understands there is a baby in there. Especially when he sees my belly. It's so funny to watch his eyes and hear him laugh when he sees my belly. He seems to find it awfully funny that our baby is making my belly "Sooooo Big". To which I keep telling him - he hasn't seen "big" yet! :)

Recently we began to slowly get Andrew used to being able to talk to the baby. Lately he's been good at telling the baby "good morning" or "good night" and yesterday without prompting, he said "I love you, Baby."

Awww.....! Talk about my heart melting!!! Such a sweet and precious moment!!!!

First Sibling "Spat"

I had to post this before my pregnancy brain forgot and I'm sure I will neglect writing it down elsewhere! :)

Around 4:30 this morning, Andrew crawled into bed with us and assumed his "Mommy Snuggle Position". This usually includes burying his head into me and throwing an arm or a leg around me (we have an ongoing thing about keeping each other "safe" and from falling out of bed...I think subconsciously he is doing that while he's sleeping!) :) Anyhews...this morning, he chose to throw a firm arm around my neck and a right leg over my belly. Moments after his leg lay across my belly, the baby starting kicking or hitting his leg. Of course the baby is still not strong enough for it to bother Andrew but as a Mommy, I was amused by this early case of sibling spats :)

My colleagues assured me it was a sign of things to come...oh my!

Maryland Trip - June 2010

The week of June 4th-9th, we were able to take a quick vacation back to my home state of Maryland...I was in HEAVEN! I had my family, my brother and his family PLUS I had Ledo Pizza + Crabs... YUMMY. Even better...while it was 102 here in Texas - the weather was PERFECT there! I think 85 was the highest it got and there were Caribbean like breezes the whole time we were there... sigh...

Below are some of the pictures we took along the way...

Andrew and his cousin, David James playing with crabs they found at the beach. We spent most of Saturday hanging out on the bay. David James and Andrew are only about 3 weeks apart...I wish they were closer so the cousins could play together more!

This is 3 year old heaven...heck it's MY heaven! Ice cream IN the bathtub?!?! :)

Below is a pic of the 3 amigos riding in a water taxi in the Inner Harbor.

Andrew in front of the USS Constellation at the Inner Harbor

A picture of us ON the USS Constellation

Love this pic...our 3 year old going on 13... David and Andrew went to the Baltimore Aquarium while I ran to a few meetings I had scheduled in the area. Dave took this pic so I'm not sure if he intended to roll his eyes or not. Nonetheless... fun picture I thought.

Mommy being silly at the Discovery Museum in Baltimore...

Probably not the safest thing in the world being about 18 weeks pregnant... but I had to do it. It was like a souped-up tree house. It was an awesome 3 stories tall... too much fun!

Welp - that's it! I had lots of fun and wish we could have had more time there. But I guess that's just me being homesick :)

Belly Pics

I guess with having 1 child at home, it's easy to get sidetracked and not as "on top of things" with your 2nd child/pregnancy. With Andrew, I was fairly religious with the "belly shots" and documenting things throughout the pregnancy but poor baby #2 hasn't had much attention :( I know that will change once she/he arrives but I'll try to get better before then :)

15 Weeks

18.5 Weeks

Wow...almost 1/2 way there...still lots of growing to go! :)

Big Boy Bike

Recently, we discovered it was time for Andrew to graduate from a tricycle to a big boy bike with training wheels. We totally lucked out (thanks to Craiglist!) and found this awesome bike for $20! It had hardly been used and we were beyond thrilled with the condition of it!

Needless to say, Drew hopped on the bike and with little guidance, he took off like there was no tomorrow. Below he is enjoying a ride around the track at Pogue Park, looking like a little professional :)



Sigh...just another reminder of how quickly he is growing up! :(