Baby Update

Hi Everyone,

Its been a while since I last posted, so I guess it's time for an update. We are so thankful that everything seems to be progressing well with the baby so far. I am about 21 weeks along now and I am still feeling good. My belly has gotten bigger, so I am starting to move a little slower and a little more awkwardly at times. :)

A couple of exciting things have happened in the last few weeks. First, I am now able to feel the baby move, which is such a wonderful and fun and crazy phenomenon! I felt the first movements around 18 weeks and now it seems that I am noticing the movements much more frequently. The other exciting event was our 20-week ultrasound. This gave us an up close and personal glimpse at our baby's development--what a thrilling experience. The ultrasound tech looked at all the parts-- heart, brain, spine, legs, feet, arms, hands, etc.--and she said everything looks perfect. We are so grateful for this good news. And, of course, we have stuck to our original plan to wait to find out the sex of the baby until delivery day, so we still do not know what we're having! I asked the tech at the end of the ultrasound if she knew what we're having and she confirmed that she did indeed know, but we still told her not to tell us! :)

In the meantime, we are beginning to talk about things like baby items we need/want to get, although we haven't actually purchased anything yet. We will probably just start out with the necessities, but aren't going to develop a whole nursery right away. Also in the meantime, we're trying to take advantage of our freedom as a family of two by taking a couple vacations before the baby arrives. First, we're going to the Grand Canyon and then we'll be spending a week in Virginia and touring around the East Coast. Fun!!

Well, I guess that's it for now!

Love,
Allison