Had to keep her a secret for a while....

So there is a pretty good reason why I havent posted anything in about 5 months... You see, I couldnt come up with anything as exciting as what was really going on.. However, I am now "allowed" to shout it from the rooftops! We're having a baby!!!!!!!!

We were pretty nervous for the first few months just because of what happened last time with the ectopic. However, after a few months I was finally out of the high-risk phase, and on to the its-okay-to-be-excited-about-this phase.  And oh man am I excited! We both are. I havent had much "morning sickness" which has been awesome. Actually I was only sick 4-5 times. My mom and sister cant believe my luck because they were both deathly ill, my mom for the first 4 months, and my sister for the whole 10  months!!! So I was thanking my lucky stars when I had the easiest trimester ever.

This is the very first day that I actually saw proof of a bump. I was 13 weeks, still dead tired (as you can see, I'd just rolled out of bed) but I was so stinking excited that I HAD to snap a pic. So here you go world, in all my morning glory, thats the "first bump" picture.

 

We announced during Christmas that we were expecting a little one... :)

 

I went out to dinner with the sisters, Nikki had her little boy a few weeks after this, and Britni is actually expecting a little boy in May!! She's 7 weeks ahead of me!! How exciting.

 Finally seeing something!! This was 18 weeks..

 Two of my very great friends had their baby girls a few weeks apart from each other, so I was in baby heaven for a while!

 

Rachel threw me a "gender reveal" party at work, it was adorable!!! She made that cute little cake that you see, the top was the gender color on the inside (didnt get a picture of that.. oops), AND they all chipped in and bought me a Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bag! It. Is. BEAUTIFUL! Oh my heavens, Im obsessed, and so so grateful. I have the best coworkers ever. Also, speaking of Rachel, she's quite the amazing cake maker/decorator.. you can find her blog here.

 

WE'RE HAVING A GIRL!!!!!
And I am soooo excited for all things pink to be heading our way!
We're still working on a name, its a bit harder when its real, and not just hypothetical anymore.

 

And finally, at 21 weeks, Im actually looking like a pregnant lady now! She's moving around like a mad woman, and Im loving every second of having her in my belly!!!

Spencer loves feeling her crazy acrobatics going on. He hasnt been able to come to many appointments with me because we both work, but he came to the gender ultrasound, and he was completely blown away. Having just taken Anatomy, he knew everything that they were looking at when they checked out her brain, her spine, her heart, her kidneys, etc. Its amazing to look at that monitor and think, thats my daughter in there. Talk about a miracle. There are no words to describe the feeling of watching your child swim and kick around. I cant wait to be a mom. I cant wait to hold this little girl for the first time and know that she is ours. All ours.