Saturday morning artwork.

20 week belly. Half way there!

Leah had to get in on the action, baseball hat on just like mama.

The ultrasound we had on Monday was so much different than the one we had with Leah. At Leah's, the technician only turned her monitor around a few times and let us see her for a couple of seconds. It was great and we were excited to see her, but we only got a peak.

This time, at my new doctor's office, they have a big flat screen TV on the wall so you get to watch the entire ultrasound. The technician went through all of her measurements and told us what she was looking for and that the baby is measuring correctly or that she saw what she was looking for. I was surprised how thorough they are. They look at everything, from the heart to the lips, she measured the femurs to make sure the baby is the right length. They cover every detail.

Leah has been fun, as usual. When we mention she's going to have a baby brother her response is usually, "I'm going to have a baby sister like Elaine." We've been trying to explain she's going to have a baby brother like Cooper or our friend's baby Henry. We have time to work on that though.

We've started work on Leah's big girl room. Her furniture was delivered on Saturday and we plan to paint next weekend. I think she's had the most fun playing with her new dresser, her animals take "naps" in the drawers.

Drum roll, please!

It's a boy!! Yay! We are so excited! I will post more about the ultrasound later.

Tomorrow is the big day!

Ok, maybe not THE big day, but tomorrow is my big ultrasound! Hopefully we will be able to find out what we're having. Joe thinks it's a baby. I think it's a rhinoceros. Leah thinks I'm having three babies.

Pete's Visit!

We were so excited to get to spend a week with Pete, Alex and Cooper! We don't get to see them very often and it is always such a good time. Cooper is 18 months old now and has changed so much since the last time we saw him. Alex is really growing up and is such a mature young man. Pete & Melissa should really be proud.



While they were in we celebrated Elaine's first birthday. She is almost walking on her own, it won't be long now!

Orlando

At the end of January Joe and I needed to be at a trade show for work. We were luck enough to work it out so we could take Leah with us, the show was in Orlando and we were able to get to Disney and Universal.

Even though aren't huge into the princesses at home Leah understood they were something special. She enjoyed the whole experience and was so exhausted by the end of the trip.



Leah met Cinderella, Belle and Sleeping Beauty. Belle was my favorite, she was very sweet and had a nice conversation with Leah.

The question we had the most when we told family was if Leah understood that she was going to be a big sister. We held off on talking to her about it until we told all our family because she is a big repeater with an outstanding memory. Well, Monday was her first day back at daycare after 2 weeks off and it didn't take long for her to spill the beans. She repeated an entire conversation I had with her once, about a week before. She seems excited though. We did a craft today and she asked me to draw her, myself, and Joe. Then she asked me to draw the baby sister (we don't know what we're having yet). She asked me to draw Grandpa and Miss Leslie from school, too.

This pregnancy is turning out to be a lot like the first. I had a meat aversion that I thought I was going to escape this time, but it is in full affect. And the aversion hit me at about the same point in the pregnancy last time, too. Hopefully it will only last a few weeks!

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!

So much to say, so little time...
Christmas was great. We had family in town and then we went to visit more family! It is always great to have everyone together.

Our trip to Philadelphia included meeting our newest niece Elsa, playing in 24" of snow that (thankfully) fell before we got there, and going to the Please Touch Museum.

Here are some pictures from our adventures.

Leah with her aunt Jenni

Leah's first snowman

Tim, Sara & baby Elsa

The grandparents with the granddaughters

Leah took holding baby Elsa very seriously.

The Please Touch Museum

And to share some more exciting news - we are expecting our second child! I am due in July. We told our parents by having them open a picture of the ultrasound. The reactions made for some good photos.

"Thanks for the picture frame."
No mom, the frame isn't the gift.

"Why are they giving us a picture of Leah's ultrasound now?!?

Oh! Your future baby?!?

Hmm...

Well yeah, I know it's a picture of a baby.

Ha! You're pregnant!