It's a girl

We had a doctors appointment today and even though the doctor was out of town for a funeral we asked the physician's assistant to try to see what our baby was. She was a little hesitant because she said she is not an expert but when she looked the baby's legs were apart and she was pretty confident that it's a girl. We are so excited!!! 

We plan on naming her Brooklyn but don't have a middle name decided yet. Someone suggested Bridge... he he. We have considered Beth... then the baby would be named after my family (Brooklyn came from Brooksby and Beth cause that's my middle name and Grandma's name). Any ideas or thoughts?

20 Weeks

I am officially half way through my pregnancy, which should sound like good news to me except all I can think is "Only half way!!! Are you kidding?!?" I am convinced that this pregnancy will be the death of me. Hopefully I will take after my mom and only be sick for another month. For some good news: our insurance is now paying for my very expensive medicine so now I don't have to wait till I am incapable of doing anything before I take a pill. Also, the baby is kicking ALL the time. Sometimes I just lay down and watch my stomach for it's little kicks... it's pretty cool. We only have two more weeks before we go back to the doctor to attempt to find out the sex of our baby... this time I am going to chug a few sodas before I go.

Lopsided belly

I was lying down yesterday looking at my stomach and I noticed that it was completed lopsided. The baby must have been all the way to my right. It was pretty cool and I wanted to just lay there to see if it would move but we had to go get ready for church. Every time something new happens like this it makes the baby so real for us. Kurt still hasn't felt the baby move, even though I make him feel for it all the time but I feel it everyday and even though the movement makes me feel a little nauseous i still love it.

I took these pictures so this is looking down towards my feet. Kurt put his finger on my belly button. You can see how the right side is higher then the left side. Hopefully this picture makes sense.

Same picture without Kurt's finger.

We are having a....

We are having a... BABY!!! That is probably not the answer you were looking for but believe me you are not the only one that is a little disappointed. 

Yesterday Kurt and I went in to find out if our little baby would be a girl or a boy. We we super excited but when we got there the doctor was having a hard time getting a good look at the sex organs cause the baby's feet were together and blocking the view. He tried from several other angles but in the end he told us the baby was in the worst position for trying to see what it was. We even tried wiggling and shaking my stomach to wake it up but what can I say, the kid sleeps like its dad. The doctor did say that usually it's the girls that will sleep with it's feet together while the boys will be spread eagle saying "Hey! Look what I've got!" So either we have a shy boy or a ladylike girl... we will try to see again in another month (I couldn't convince that receptionist to let us come in earlier). So even though we don't know if our baby is a girl or a boy, we do know that he/she is looking very healthy and strong. (But I'm still a little angry that he/she couldn't be a little more cooperative).

This is us before the appointment. As you can see we are happy and excited. Any after the appointment pictures would have been of me being angry.

Waiting for the doctor to come in.

Our cute little baby... sound asleep.

Here is a good shot of the spine. The black spot above the spine right before it curves down is the heart. 

16 Weeks

Here I am 16 weeks pregnant! I am finally starting to show so we took some pictures for everyone to see. We will find out in two and a half weeks whether we are having a boy or a girl. Kurt really wants a boy but I don't really care either way but I am excited to find out. I am still sick but most days I don't feel really bad until the late afternoon and with a special thanks to the medicine Zofran I am not throwing up as often. As most of you know our new carpet smell makes me sick but after moving in with some friends for two weeks (thanks Jill and Jedd for putting up with us!) and me going to California for two weeks I am glad to announce that we are basically back to living in our house full time... unless I can convince Kurt to stay at his parents for a night or two... or three. Okay, so maybe we're not really back to living in our house full time. Sorry Kurt.

An ultrasound picture when I was 11 weeks. 

Cutting down our Christmas tree

I have always wanted to cut down my own Christmas tree so this year Kurt and I went with Kurt's family to cut down our trees. It was fun and we got an awesome tree for only ten bucks! It's a shame that we won't be able to move into our new house and get is set up until right before Christmas.

Our turn

The walls were up and the sheetrock was done. Now it was our turn. Little did we know what we were getting ourselves (and the many people who helped us) into. Calking, puttying, priming wood, priming sheetrock, spraying ceilings, spraying trim, spraying closets, etc. We could not have done it without all the help. THANK YOU!!!

Jill and I getting ready to paint.

Debbie and Grandma Larson working on puttying the nail holes.
Kurt and Cody
Kurt, Jill and Doug getting ready to prime. 
Kurt and I looking very stylish in our painting masks.