Just About Half Way

Well, here are, right around 4 1/2 months. We've made it to the top of the hill, so to speak. According to my fancy little countdown calendar, we've still got a whopping 134 days of incubation remaining till Baby H reaches touchdown.

Neat things starting to occur:

1. Visible Pregnancy Confirmation for Daddy!

Loving the belly bump. And for those of you keeping track, yes those are my college football sweats she's sporting.

2. Sarah's also feeling lots of movement from our little dancer. She's especially active in the afternoon and after meals. Can't wait to see that foot roundhouse her belly.

3. The nursery's coming together. We're lucky enough to have the exact same crib Sarah slept in herself as an infant, and Katie & Brian officially brought her first stuffed animal.

4. I'm on a mad blitz to finish the projects we've started so we can focus on the baby. We laid new flooring down in all the bedrooms thanks to my pops and Mr. V. We're almost finished painting everything (except the nursery. Please ignore our previous tenants odd choice of light baby-blue above). The house is really feeling like a home.

So up to this point we've had an ideal pregnancy. Healthy baby, healthy mom, and (thanks to all my friends continuous reminders to keep my mouth shut and do what she says) a healthy dad.

We have a great video of the sonogram in which you can see her moving, kicking, spinning, jumping, stretching, or whatever the heck she's busy doing in there. It's on a VHS tape, but I hope to move it to digital and get it on the blog. Pretty incredible what these machines can do.

Hope all is well for all of you out there, and I can't wait to see you holding her soon!

Drumroll Please!

Yesterday we were finally able to get Sarah in for her 20 (now 21) week check-up. She had a regular appointment at 11am, then the big reveal at 12:20pm.

As for the health of the baby, everything seems to be in perfect working order. In the sonogram the doc pointed out the kidneys, the liver, all four chambers of the heart, the lobes of the brain forming, and a completly intact spine. All of this was made slightly more difficult due to the aerobics class Little H seems to be enrolled in; we couldn't get it to stay still! It was pretty entertaining though, I will admit. They also performed all the tests, such as downs and some others, and everything seems normal.

So here's a few photos for your viewing pleasure:

The Head-On Profile:

Apparently we're giving birth to a beautiful baby skeleton.

Here's the profile view. I'll admit, this was pretty surreal. We could see every kick, punch, and dodge. Everything gets very real when this one pops up:

And now, without further ado, I present our beautiful baby girl...

I know, I can't really tell what that thing is either. But hey, that's my daughter so quit staring you perv...

It's a relief to finally quit calling my offspring "it". We're working on names right now and I think we're getting it narrowed down to a few. I didn't even name my own dog, so needless to say I'm not an expert.

So here we are, at week 21 with a very healthy baby girl waiting in the wings. Sarah's feeling her movements now, and I'm pretty giddy about the first day I get to take part in that. Next up: nursery painting! Who's in???