18 week ultrasound

Today I went in for my next appointment. Curtis went with me, of course, since I would be having an ultrasound. All along we've been thinking that this baby would be a girl. . . . .well. . . . he fooled us. IT'S A BOY. There's no doubt about it. :) We were surprised, but excited. Curtis keeps getting more excited the more he thinks about it- all the "boy" things they can do together.

But, most importantly the baby looks perfectly healthy and everything is measuring just as it should. We are just so blessed to be able to HAVE a child. Period. We feel so honored that God is seeing fit to bless us with a baby.

Now the fun begins. . . names, nursery etc. . . . . We've decided, though, that once we pick a name we won't be sharing it with anyone until he's born. You'll have to wait in anticipation. :)

I'm continuing to feel great! Even some of the tiredness has gone away. I'm starting to feel fat, though and am pretty much in maternity clothes full time now. But, that's all fun too. Too bad the new wardrobe isn't useful for more than 4 or 5 months. Oh well. I'll post the next set of belly pics in a couple weeks.

16 weeks and growing

As you can see my belly is continuing to grow. I don't really realize how much until I see the photos of myself and compare to a month and 2 months ago. I think it's awesome! And to know there's a baby growing in there is just amazing. I think we're still in awe by the whole thing. To realize all this IVF stuff is panning out to be a real baby- what a miracle. God is SO good!

Yesterday I did some shopping for maternity clothes. I was getting to the point of having one pair of shorts, one pair of jeans, one pair of khaki's and limited shirts that still fit. So, now it's nice to have some clothes that I can breath in. . . it's nice.

In 2 weeks we find out the sex of this baby. I go in on August 29th for my next appointment and ultrasound. So, we're eagerly awaiting that day. :):) We're kind of thinking it's a girl, but we'll see. :) I'll keep you posted. :)