A Great Birthday

Today is my birthday and it has been wonderful! Jared has gone out of his way to make sure this birthday was the best ever, and he definitely succeeded. On Friday night, he told me that we were going to West Yellowstone, MT until Sunday. He had arranged with my mom for us to stay in their time-share there, so we drove up for the weekend. It was great! The condo was really nice and we really enjoyed just spending time together and getting away from Rexburg for the weekend without having anything to do. Yellowstone is closed until the middle of December, so there wasn't a whole lot to do in town, but we still had so much fun!

The kitchen in our condo.

Jared having a face-off with a bison statue.

When we got back to Rexburg on Sunday, we went over to Jared's parents' house and had an amazing dinner. Mary Ann made some delicious lasagna and garlic bread, and then we had the most incredible cake. It was four layers of chocolate with a whipped, cream cheese frosting in between each layer and all over the outside. It was all so good! (I didn't take pictures of the cake because we ate it too fast.) While we were there, Jared gave me my presents. I got some much-needed maternity clothes, the new Pearl Jam cd, and Twilight on Blu-Ray. I was so excited for all of it. He is so good to me! After dinner, the Woodruffs came over and gave me some really cute baby clothes, and then the Kunzs came over and visited for a little bit.

As if all of that weren't enough, there was even more celebration today! I went to work, and Angie and the kids had decorated their house with a banner and balloons. They also gave me an Applebees gift card and a really cute baby book. She is the best boss and such a great mom! Later, she had the two-year-old call me and sing "Happy Birthday" on my voicemail. It was really cute. When I got home, Jared had flowers for me and a little surprise that made me laugh so hard. There were also flowers from my friends, Lex and Vanessa. I also got a really thoughtful card from my dad and some really sweet gifts from my mom. I am so lucky to have such wonderful people in my life! I love you all and I thank Heavenly Father for you every night. Thank you for making my birthday the best one ever!

Time to Shop!

We had a great trip to the doctor today! We got to see our little baby moving around and got to check on everything and get tons of pictures. We also discovered that we are having a BOY! We are both so excited! I am ready to go out and buy tons of little boy stuff and Jared is ready to go buy toys and "test them out" to make sure they are fun enough for our little guy.
I was really nervous at first because the nurse tried to look right away, but his little legs were in the way. I started to worry that we would have to wait 20 more weeks to find out what he was, even though it was nearly impossible to wait the first 20 weeks! After she took pictures of his head, spine, heart, legs, feet, and almost everything else, the baby moved around enough so we could FINALLY tell what he was. I think Jared went into a little bit of shock and I couldn't stop grinning!
We are SO excited to have a "Mr. Peanut" now and even more excited that he seems really healthy. He is a pretty big boy (14 oz already!) and he still has a great heartbeat (139 bpm). We just continue to pray that everything keeps going well and are now going to start preparing for the moment when we finally get to meet him. Hooray!

This is a picture of his cute little foot! (Probably the one he kicks me with all of the time.)


This is the proof that he is a boy. There is an arrow pointing to his little peepee (as my mom calls it).

This is a picture of his face. He still looks a little like an alien, but so cute!


This last picture is of him laying with his arms over his face. The nurse needed a few more shots of some things and kept poking my belly to get him to move. I think he was getting tired of the photo shoot and just covered his face.

So Excited!

The countdown is on! We only have six more days until my next doctor's appointment, which means only six more days until we (hopefully) find out what we are having. I am so excited! There is still time to get any guesses in, too!