Setting up the Baby's Room

Hmmmm.....

Starting to look like a crib?

We left a little something for our kiddo to read later to know how much mom and dad already loved her.

One day soon, this baby will be sleeping in this crib!

Ta-Dah!! 

Easy access for those long nights!

Our second accomplishment - putting together this cute little shelving unit!!

23 Weeks and the celebration of our 4th Year of Meeting at Hooter's

Today, we mark the beginning of our 23rd week!  Next week, will be 6 months.  It's crazy how fast this time has been going.  Last week we attended a great class called, "The Happiest Baby on the Block".  We learned a lot about the childbirth process, tips and techniques of taking care of our little bundle of joy.  We even got to put a diaper on and then swaddle a stuffed bear!  Next on the line up of classes, prenatal yoga, childbirthing classes through our hospital and maybe a little Daddy Bootcamp!  :)

We had our 20 week ultrasound to find out she is a girl!!

Now that we know, I can't help but notice all of the adorable girls out there.  I'm really excited to be having a little girl. However, Marc has really embraced the idea of being our little girl's daddy!! He's always asking, "how are my girls?"

Another milestone that we have celebrated since our last post, is the 4th Anniversary of meeting at Hooter's on Valentine's Day!  This year we celebrated at the Hooter's in York, PA.  It's funny, to the outside world, Marc was taking a pregnant woman to Hooter's on Valentine's Day!  Little did they know we had both been looking forward to that night at Hooter's for a long time.  We did our normal exchange of gifts and eating of wings and then headed home.  On the way, we stopped for dessert, McFlurries, AND I talked them into making mine with a Shamrock Shake and Oreo mixture!  It was DELICIOUS!!

Bring on the pink!!!

So Marc and I went in for our 20 week ultrasound appointment and it was AMAZING!!!  We had a 45 minute ultrasound.  The tech talked us through the whole thing and showed us exactly what she was looking for.  First things first, SHE'S A GIRL!!!  Then the tech checked all limbs, the spine (which Marc loved!), head, brain and internal organs.  She checked things like the kidneys and then the bladder.  Because the bladder was full, she could tell that the kidneys were functioning.  Amazing and wonderful that they are able to detect the smallest things.  It really helps to put our minds at ease that we have a very healthy baby growing in there!

I'm going to include all of the ultrasound photos and label them.  The most amazing thing was what she called the 4 D views.  You can see her skin rather than just the bones - it's very lifelike!

These are the 4 D ones where you can see her with her arm above her head in the middle, and sucking her thumb in the bottom one.  She's so photogenic!! 

Profile of face on top, looking directly at face below.

Tiny fingers!