It's a girl!!!

Well folks, another update!!! Two in less then a month, shocking I know huh! Well there is a lot to be updating on now!!

Jon and I had our big ultrasound on June 3, at 21 weeks. As you all know I was against finding out the sex but Jon wanted to. I caved in after doing some shopping and looking around, everything is so gender specific now, that I realized for the sake of not waiting for the last minute to get everything, we would find out.

Before the ultrasound started Jon made me practice my it's a girl faces, we both wanted a boy and felt that since the last 4 out of 5 babies on both sides combined were girls we were due for a boy. All the dreams I had were about boys, and I guess I had my heart set on having a boy.

So now the time comes for the ultrasound and of course the gender is the last thing that is announced. The ultrasound tech that we had was awesome, he joked and joked and gave us lots of pictures!!! He really pointed out a lot which was amazing in itself to think this mini person is growing inside of me.

This is his favorite picture to always take, he called it the alien pose, she does look like it though.

Then some profile pictures which really turned out great, you can see the spine and the profile really clear!

Then came time for the announcement of the gender. Of course at the beginning he let us know of the chances of if it's a boy it clearly a boy and if it's a girl to make sure we have a boys name just in case. He asked us if we had a preference and of course we said we would love whatever it was but our families were due for a boy. Well he said sorry to disappoint but it looks like a girl. During the whole time she was moving around and kicking which confirmed that that was what I was feeling was her moving and kicking. So with that, he said he looked 5 or 6 times and each time nothing was in between the legs so he was pretty positive it is a girl.

She will definetly be one spoiled little girl and we are already discussing all the things we are going to do with her!! Knowing her sex really does make the connection much stronger.

We already had a girls named picked but hadn't discussed the spelling, we decided on Izabella Maria. Spelling it with a "z" is a bit different. Isabella is one of the most picked names right now but I have loved that name since I was a little girl and have always vowed to name my little girl that. Maria is my Oma's name and would love to honor her by giving my child her name.

Now the fun part comes....shopping, and decorating!!

Jon and I head off to San Diego at the end of the month and when we come back it will be decorating and decorating! I cannot wait!

Thanks for reading again and I can't wait to post pics of the nursery!

I guess it is about time, huh?

Wow, well what to blog about now. It is not like we have that much to report....well okay we actually do have quite a bit to report.
Jon and I are expecting our first bundle of joy mid-October. We could not be more excited. The pregnancy is progressing great!
Jon and I decided before our first trip to Europe in September that it was our last "hurrah" before we settled down and started a family. I took myself off of birth control in September and let nature take it's course. I must admit I wanted it to happen sooner than later, and was getting a bit discouraged over the course of time.
Our persistence finally pulled off and after being extremely tired and a bit sick for a weeks time, I took a pregnancy test and could not believe my eyes! I had taken so many negative tests that when this test came out positive I was astonished and looked at it 20 times in disbelief. Unfortunately I let curiosity kill the cat and I took the test at 5:00pm and Jon was not home till after midnight. He had to be the first that I told, and I knew I would not be able to hold it back from my family that I had to tell him at work. He said he already knew because I had made a peanut butter and banana sandwich and got sick off of it.
Well needless to say the next few weeks my mind was filled with fear and joy. We headed to see Erin, David, Noah, Noelle and Victoria in Germany for a bit and had an amazing time, I will write another blog about our trip out there and to Prague. The morning after we got back I had a drs. appointment and there they confirmed my test and I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. They also did an ultrasound and we got to see the sac and the heartbeat. I was also tested for the genetic mutation that my sister Erin was diagnosed with to see if I could continue on with our Dr or if I had to switch to a high-risk facility. No genetic mutation for me and we were able to stick with our dr, whom I love!
Then came the fun time of sickness!! Man, did I get a bad spell of it. I ended up dropping 15 pounds total and could hardly keep anything down. Work was not fun with all the smells! I slept and slept and slept!!! All I did was get up from bed go to work, school and then back home and into bed! At exactly 13 weeks the end of the first trimester, I started to get a bit of energy back and an appetite! However, we were notified of a higher risk of having a baby with downs syndrome due to my age. The same week we heard this I came down with a bad cold and sinus infection, and for those of you who know me, I never get sick! On top of that I started bleeding, so we headed to the doctors after three days of bleeding, had another ultrasound, got to hear and see everything and all was okay. They do not know why I was bleeding, and on a precautionary level the gave me a Rogam shot as I am O-negative. Jon says he is too, but we need confirmation on that. The following Monday we had an extensive ultrasound to look more into the downs syndrome. I am about 15 weeks in these ultrasound pics.

After this ultrasound our chances went from 1:500 to 1:10,000. Huge change!! Since this change things have been gong great! Energy is growing and so am I! I am about 20 weeks in this picture. No hiding it now!! It really popped out this last week! I didn't want to find out the sex, but Jon does and after doing research there is not much out there that is not gender specific so I guess Jon gets his wishes fulfilled. We find out June 3, what we are having. Which the closer it gets the more excited I am.

Okay, now that the big news is actually posted not much more is happening. Next week if my last week of classes and then off for two and then summer school!!! Sunday is Jon's birthday!! He will be the big 31! We are also working on reorganizing the garage in an attempt to partition a portion of it off to be dry walled, insulated and heated to be turned into Jon's music area since he is loosing his room to the baby :( Poor Jon, being booted out to the garage.

I have made a pact to keep this blog updated as I now have lots to update with!! I am so excited about what the future holds and cannot wait for the progression!!!

Thanks for taking the time to read this long and overdue update!