Ultrasound

We went in for our ultrasound on November 30th at 20 weeks pregnant. I was feeling pretty nervous about the outcome since we were wanting a girl so badly and knowing that this is my last pregnancy.
It is just so amazing to see you little baby moving around inside you up on the screen that that alone almost brought me to tears. We had mentioned to the ultrasound tech that we were really hoping for a girl and at one point so said something like "I think you got what you wanted" but I wasn't sure if I had heard her correctly so I tried not to get my hopes up.
As we were going through checking everything on the baby for proper development she showed us the "bottom" again and put a little arrow on the screen. She said "you see where it is flat? that is where something would be for a boy." I was feeling pretty choked up but I still didn't want to get overly excited since I know it is harder to tell a girl than a boy.
After we were all finished I asked how confident she was that if was a girl and she said that we had several good looks from different angles and unless it was hiding pretty well it was definitely a girl!
We came home and showed the ultrasound pictures to the boys and my mom and they were very excited to find out we would be having a little girl in April. Everything is measuring on time and the development all looked good. We are very thankful for the family that God has given us to care for. Praise God for answered prayers!
Today Hayden has preschool and will be taking the ultrasound pictures in as a "special" show and tell day so he is excited about that also.
I will get some of the ultrasound pictures posted once I am able to get them scanned.

Announcement

The boys have an announcement.....

We will be adding a new little brother or sister next Spring! I am currently 14 weeks/3 months along. My due date is April 19, 2010. I have had one ob appt and my second one is Tuesday so we are excited to get to hear the heartbeat this time! We are all keeping our fingers crossed for a little girl!!

New ride

So last friday we went to the DSM area to do some car shopping. We traded in my silver sebring for a black pacifica. I love it!! Lots of room and drives really nices!

A little behind

Ok so I am obviously not a very good blogger since it has been over a month since my last post. We now have a new roof on the house and garage and new gutters on the house. The bathroom is so close to being done I can taste it - just need to prime and paint the trim around the shower! So now of course since we have things all fixed up - it's time to try and sell it! We are looking for a place with a little more room for us so hopefully someone will buy ours soon and we can find something bigger!! That's all for now. Hopefully some pictures soon!

Roofing!

So we have finally decided on a few weekends that should work for us to get the house and garage reroofed. We will be tearing off all the old shingles and then putting down new paper and shingles - the whole works! Hopefully this doesnt end up costing us a fortune! We are planning on new gutters for the house and garage too!

I have called a few places around town and gotten some price quotes so now we just have to decide who to order from, pick out the color and order them! And then pray that it doesnt rain on the weekend we need to get it done!

hot rod pics

me and the boys at Eddyville

the boys with the Nash

the boys with the 38 Chevy

Car Shows

Car show season is in full swing. We spend the 4th of July weekend camping up at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in DSM and going to the Good Guys show. The boys loved it and were sad to see it end on Sunday afternoon.

This weekend is our show here in Pella. Friday night we will be out at South Overlook at Red Rock Lake and Saturday day we will be downtown and then back out to the lake for the evening. This is the 30th anniversary of the Pella Bologna Nationals!

I am sure I will have lots of pictures from both shows soon! :-)