And the answer is.....

We had our big ultrasound yesterday and learned that we're having a girl! We were both really hoping for a boy but Kent was a tad more disappointed than I was. I found a CUTE dress and sweater for next year's Christmas outfit so I got over it pretty quickly. Kent is still adjusting but he's getting there. AnnaBeth will have him wrapped around her little finger before long =) All is well with her, everything looks just as it should so we were very happy to hear that. She's already a little stinker as she didn't really feel like cooperating yesterday. The tech kept trying to get her to move into certain positions so she could check her feet, heart, etc and she did NOT want to have any part of it. She kept folding up her legs and kept turning her back on us. I guess she just really wanted to sleep! But we did manage to get a few fairly good pictures of our little girl so we can start showing her off =)

Birthday Fun

Today we got together to celebrate my birthday and Jacob's birthday. We had a great time and a yummy lunch! As you can see, Emma demonstrated her cooking skills and Hailey had a fantastic time playing! Hailey also showed off her army crawl for us.

Later she spent some in her jumperoo which is one of her favorite things to do.

And finally, Jacob told us what he learned from his kindergarten P.E. teacher, the bones of the body. We were all very impressed!

16 Weeks and Growing

Today I am 16 weeks and my belly seems to have grown just a tad in the last four weeks. I now have just a bit of a baby bump that's noticeable and it appears that my belly button is slowly but surely on its way to popping out =)

Last Friday, the 26th, I had to do the 3 hour fasting glucose test since my one hour test I took the week before that came back a little high. It was no fun having to go 15 hours without eating but my results came back perfectly normal so I guess it was worth it. I'm just glad that everything is fine and I won't have to do that again!

Bondo and Cat Toys

Last night Bondo was playing with Rufus' kitty cubes (again). He likes to stick his head through the holes and flip the cube around while chewing on it. He looks rather silly while doing this so I thought I would capture a little video of it =)

Things that go *thump* in the belly

We had another prenatal appointment yesterday. As you can hear in the video (even though its a little difficult), we heard the baby's heartbeat. It was nice and strong in the 155-160 range. We also learned that I had a lot of sugar in my urine so on Wednesday the 17th I go back to the doctor to do the 1 hour glucose test. And on October 17th we have our next appointment and also our ultrasound to find out whether we're having a boy or a girl!

12 weeks

Here's a 12 week belly shot....



Just to compare, here's a shot at 8 weeks....

Labor Day 2008

This year for Labor Day we decided to drive up to Woods Canyon Lake and hike. We went from 94 degrees to 63 degrees in less than two hours and it was wonderful! The sky was full of pretty, puffy clouds and there was lots to see hiking around the lake. It took us just over two hours to hike all the way around and I learned the next day that its about 5.5 miles around the whole lake. "Turtle" did quite well during his/her first trip to a favorite Porter family camping spot.