Family and Jonah's 18 month pictures

Jonah is 18 months old - as of the 14th!!! But we decided to have some friends do pictures for us instead of making the usual Sears run. They turned out good - and it was fun to do it at the house.
The only thing is, I have no clue how to edit photos - and we'll want to do some of that before we order any. Also, Jonah was SO tired during the pictures. I should have planned nap time a little better. So no smiles. But we are kind of ok with that because when we look back on this time in his life, we'll remember that, although he does smile a lot and is a happy happy boy, he often wears a very serious face - as if he's thinking very deeply. He probably is. But still - we have another photographer friend who wants to do some more pictures of just him - where he is happy. That will be perfect! So...enjoy the first round of Jonah's 18 month/family pictures.

It's A GIRL!!!

Today was our "20 week" ultrasound - though I wont be 20 weeks until Sunday and the ultrasound puts me at 19 weeks tomorrow. Some things you just never know - like when exactly these babies will decide to join us in the outside world. But one thing we don't have to wonder about - this baby is definitely a girl!!! And she's looking beautiful and healthy! And we couldn't be happier!

Here are some of the awesome pictures they took of our little Rebecca!

This is one of the 4-D images they took. She was cuddling up against the placenta so a lot of her face was hidden - but we almost got a full face view for this picture. I think she looks just like Jonah!

She's going to hate that I posted this if she ever runs across this blog in later years -
but I think it's great!

I had prepared myself for the news that we might be having another boy - to the point where I had convinced myself that I couldn't be the mother of a girl! I just couldn't wrap my head around that idea. I know how to take care of a little boy - that I could handle. But a girl! - haha
But I think I only tried to convince myself that I felt this way because I knew that I wanted a little girl and I didn't want to feel disappointed if we found out we were having another boy. Truth is, it just wouldn't have mattered - we already love this baby no matter what. But, even when I told that to Dwight - he wasn't afraid to admit that though he feels the same way, what he's really hoping for is a Daddy's Girl : ) I'm so glad that he got his wish! And Jonah gets a little sister! I think he'd like that too if he understood any of what is going on.

One of my most favorite parts of the ultrasound was when the tech left and we were waiting for the doctor and Dwight started asking me how we want to decorate her room. He had opinions on the colors and everything - mostly purple to go with the yellow walls! Dwight is not normally one to care about this sort of stuff - being a manly man and all - so it was it was so cute to see him excited to the point that he's already getting geared up for the baby girl prep!

Needless to say - we are on clouds today and are so excited to start getting things ready for Rebecca's arrival.
That's going to be her name, by the way. We're pretty set on it. Middle name - not so sure yet - but we love the name Rebecca and it just feels right.


So - now we're about half way there and thank heavens I'm feeling better these days because now that we know who we're going to be getting ready for - it's time to get to work!