Big news!!

5/5/09

I've changed my background again to something a little less girly (it was awash in magenta sparkles for a few days, in case you missed it) to announce that we are having a little BOY!!!!!!

He looks so cuddly! I can't wait to hold him!

We went to Cedar City yesterday for an OB appointment, and since I had just switched doctors from one in St. George, we were only expecting a routine checkup, although I'm 18 weeks and that is around the time that Dr. Sanders' office does ultrasounds. (He delivered Madelyn and we are so glad that we are going back to him. We LOVE him and his office. Cedar just has the best health care providers!)

Anyway, they did schedule my comprehensive ultrasound for next week, but while we were there yesterday, Dr. Sanders said he'd let us take a quick peek at the baby, "so that you can go shopping." (Dear man really knows how we pregnant women think.) He has a nice 4-D ultrasound right in his office, so 5 minutes later we were looking at our precious little boy! We do have a photo of his "parts" and let me assure you that we are quite certain of his gender. I don't want to embarrass the poor kid by posting it. Madelyn is very excited and telling everyone about her baby brother. It's fun. Mark and I are fighting over names.

My 4 month picture, this time not holding it in. I still haven't gained any weight, but somehow my belly still pops out. I really should wait until Mark's awake so he can take these pictures, rather than do it myself at 1:00 in the morning.

Something else we didn't expect to happen yesterday was that we made an offer on a house! We were just out with a realtor (our first time) and the last house we saw needed to be pursued immediately because someone else had also offered on it that day. So we are waiting with bated breath to find out what happens. I don't want to say any more about it unless we actually win the bidding war, but let's keep our fingers crossed! It's one heck of a house.

Our weekend was busy too. Mark went rock climbing and then spent the remainder of Saturday playing network computer games with his brother Paul, my brother Kevin, and Paul's friend Leighton for hours on end. (They also did this last weekend. Sigh.)

Battlefield 2 lollapalooza

Then later on we had a visit from our friends Adam and Liz Jowers, whom we used to be neighbors with at SUU and we're very close with. We hadn't seen them in over a year so it was fun to see their girls Kelty (3) and Adelyn (1). Madelyn just loves it when kids come over to play with her.

Kelty (on swing) and Adelyn (holding ball) with Madelyn.

And last but not least, Mark started his new job today! Woo!!! He still has to take his boards next week, which he is nervous about, but he has a temporary license in the meantime. This morning I had the camera handy so I could get a snapshot of him on his first day of work as I laid in bed. Ha ha! That was probably the last thing he wanted me to do, but he stood still and forced a smile anyway. What a good sport.

"Why does my wife take so many danged pictures?"

Well, that about catches us up. I've got to go work on wedding flowers and figure out how to round up a couple thousand bucks in earnest money in case we get this house. Anyone who wants to donate to the cause, give me a call!