20+ weeks down, 20+ weeks to go!

We had our 21 week ultrasound today and everything was great! All the organs are where they are supposed to be, the spine is enclosed, the brain has all its parts in all the right places, and the heart has four chambers! Hey, I know, a little overboard but when you see the shit I see working in a level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit these things become important to know! We had every opportunity to find out the sex of the baby, seeing as it was asleep and laying still. But at the last possible moment we looked at eachother and said "nah". So Christmas is going to be really good to us this year! Boy or girl we will be extremely happy with what we get!

So I have, of course, been reading all the top maternity magazines. I have been paying extra special attention to the "how to get your pets used to the new baby" articles........ so right now Rudy is walking around holding a stuffed animal swaddled in one of our baby blankets. Harley is more curious than anything and decided that if the baby was in it's bouncy chair then he had to be sitting right next to it in his doggy bed. Maddi only cared about where she was in realtion to me and the baby but actually stepped inbetween the baby and Harley when he was getting a little spastic. All in all we are getting EXCITED! Hard to believe that in a few short months we will have a little one taking over the house!

SURPRISE!

We thought it was about time to let everyone know the good news! We are expecting our first baby together! Nikki is only about 19+ weeks along and counting down the days! The new little addition will arrive sometime at the end of December (hopefully by December 31st) and will join a group of awesome family members who have birthdays in December: Rudy, Landren, uncle Davey, Aunt Banana and Cousin Isabel. We will post pics and keep you up to date as things progress. There really isn't much in the way of a belly yet, but we will let you know!

BTW.... everyone hates us.....we are not finding out the sex of the baby! Our in-depth ultrasound will be on August 15th.