Our Little Christmas Gift

Merry Christmas!!! Nate and I have had a wonderful past couple of days with family celebrating Christmas and our exciting news. We all met for lunch after our ultrasound and we "revealed" what we were having by pulling out a cute little dress. We actually had today with just the two of us, which was a lot of fun. We feel we got the best Christmas gift on the 23rd when we saw our sweet baby girl on the ultrasound. The baby is healthy and everything seems to be going well, which we are thankful for. The baby is weighing in at about 1 lb 3 oz! It was amazing to watch our little girl move around, rubbing her little hands in her eyes and touching her toes. We are still a little shocked we are having a girl since we both thought we would have a boy. We went and started our registry yesterday and definitely had fun picking out pink things! We feel so blessed. Check out the picture of my belly...I will be 23 weeks tomorrow. (Yes, I am in my Christmas pjs!)

The Baby is a.....

Girl! Many more details to come!

The Baby Kicks!

I (Nate) finally got to feel our little guy kick! I have spent many a minute with a hand on Erica's stomach for the past couple of weeks without success. Then came the Colts hard fought victory Thursday and he/she became very active afterward. This is a good sign that we have a little football fan!
We are getting excited for the ultrasound Tuesday. We can finally stop saying "he/she" and the somewhat offensive "it". I am sure we will let you know soon afterward.
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21 Week Update

We are headed towards 22 weeks on Friday, which is also our last day of school before Christmas break! Nate and I are both very ready...not that we don't love our students, but breaks are always so nice. Our little growing baby seems to be doing well and moving around inside. We had a little bump in the road last week though. I must have come down with the flu and was feeling pretty bad (I am much better now), so my doctor had me come in for some blood tests and an ultrasond to check my cervix. I guess some of my symptoms looked like pre-term labor, so they checked my cervix to make sure it had not changed, which it hadn't! I have never been so happy to be sick. Thankfully it had nothing to do with the pregnancy. We didn't get to see the baby during the ultrasound so that was a little dissapointing. Our ultrasound is a week from tomorrow though, so it is coming soon. We can't wait! Check out my 21 week belly.

Half Way Point

20 weeks down and about 20 more to go! We are half way through the pregnancy which is crazy. It has been great so far, and it can only get better as we get closer to our little baby entering the world (minus the uncomfortable times I will have as I grow bigger). I have been feeling a little sick this week, not morning sickness, just some bug, but it doesn't seem to have effected the baby. He/She is definitely growing and I am feeling him/her many times a day. A lot of people have been asking us if we have any names picked out for our baby. We really haven't even started talking about names other than a few we throw out occasionally. We are waiting until we know what we are having and then will start planning from there. Nate does come up with random names as he says hi to the baby each day...I think the most recent name has been Frank. Once we do figure out the name, I don't think we will tell anyone until the baby comes, so Frank is not an option :) Check out my stomach!