let the nesting begin

here's a sneak peak at what our little girl's room is going to look like...

thanks to the grandparents for helping out so much with the furniture, painting and sewing!!!

...now all she needs is a name! gosh, i never thought that part would be so hard...

to be continued...

we took a peek!

at our 22 week appointment we had the "big" ultrasound! it really was amazing to see so many parts of our baby - from the brain, to all 4 heart chambers, to details of the spine...and even a little nose, chin and lips! it was incredible and we are so thankful that everything is developing just as it should be!

before we even started, the first question the sonographer asked was "So, are we going to take a peek today? Do you want to know if you're having a boy or girl?" and our answer was a quick "YES" - we've been dying to find out and hardly patient about it. well, she did the whole 25 minute ultrasound checking all the vital organs and development before taking that peak - so we waited a little longer...

ok, before the big revealing here's a background story...

way back in february, the day we told my parents we were pregnant (we had just found out ourselves less than a week before) we went out to Pei Wei with them for dinner. we were all so excited about the new baby news. after we ate, we did the obvious at an asian restaurant...we opened our fortune cookies and read them outloud for eachother. there's nothing exciting to tell about the fortunes themselves, but you know how on the other side they print lottery numbers and then a chinese character and it's meaning in english...well, we were fascinated by kyle's...take a look...

seriously!!!! we couldn't believe it!!! we all started talking about how this must be a "sign" of what were were going to have. we were laughing about it, when all of a sudden kyle opens his second (yes, he always eats 2) cookie and his eyes get big as he reads the next one...

i know! it was so crazy...none of us could stop laughing and couldn't believe it! so...for the last few months, we have all been dying to find out if the "Pei Wei prophecy" was going to be true or not. kyle kept these and said that he would either show our son one day and then take him to pei wei any time we needed an answer (ok, probably he wouldn't, but you know!) or he would show our daughter one day and tell her never to believe in fortune cookies. we actually think this played into why more than 90% of people we asked thought we were having a boy - we think they were swayed by the fortunes! :)

SO...were the fortune cookies true? ...or not? ...

we're having a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so there you have it...the moral of the story is: do not believe in fortune cookies.

we are soooooo excited!!! there was a little bit of shock, especially for me because i really had a "feeling" we were having a boy. but i LOVE little girls and LOVE this little girl so much already! we are working on names, and hope to have one soon.

here's a recent pic of the growing belly for those who like to see that kind of thing: