"Sugar, Sugar..."

At 22 weeks along, we continue our "prenatal photos" of our baby who is about the weight of a 1-lb box of sugar and about the length of it too {8"}. She {and I} had a growth spurt last week. My belly has really filled-out {if you are wishing you could be an astronaut to see the curvature of the earth for yourself... just give me a call and I'll be right over with my baby-bump for you to gaze at}. Aside from that, Dan and I started our birthing class this past week and we adore our instructor. She is positive, super friendly, and makes the best popcorn EVER! I have also been attending prenatal yoga classes that I am addicted to. I am a believer. I've never been able to relax as much as I do during yoga and I crave the next class the whole week in-between. In other news, our little box of sugar has been quite the mover and shaker too {especially on Sunday during church... Dan says it's because she knows where she is}. Tune-in next Sunday for the next comparison-object of our baby.

Chiquita

I've decided to start taking baby pics before our little girl is born... how do I do that? Well, each week, I will carefully place an item that is referenced to be the approximate size of our baby at that week in the crib, take a pic, and post it on the blog. This way, family and friends who check our blog {however, don't live nearby} will feel part of the experience {this is mostly a gift for my sister who lives in Utah}. With that said, this week our baby is about the size of a large banana and growing into a larger-sized object for next Sunday.
Here are some pics from the most recent ultrasound. They are of here feet {top-left}, her profile {bottom-left}, and her arm with one finger pointing at the end {bottom-right} to which, the doctor typed on the pic "I'm #1 !!!!"

Pretty in Pink

We had our 20wk. ultrasound yesterday and found out we're having a baby girl around June 24th. I made this pic in photoshop, printed it as a sticker, and wore it on my baby-bump to work today to inform my anxiously waiting co-workers. Everyone loved the sticker and the students did too {I made each class guess what they thought the baby was AND surprise, surprise... most of the boys voted 'boy' and most of the girls voted 'girl'}. We didn't want to be told the sex of the baby in the ultrasound office, so the doctor had us close our eyes when she was determining what it was and we brought a card with an envelope for her to write it in for us to open later. After the visit, we drove to Dan's dad's house so it would be just the two of us finding out. When we opened the card, it took us a second to adjust, because we were both so sure it was going to be a boy {so did most of the people we received opinions from on the matter}. We called my mom and Dan's parents from our cell-phones and the house phone at the same time. It was fun to hear all of their reactions simultaneously! Following many more phone-calls and emails, we went to Target and walked slowly through the baby section looking at every pink item available {as well as all of the things we hadn't even considered}. We picked-out 3 adorable baby dresses to start the girly extravaganza. Now, the name-game!