Changes

Well, here is a shocker that most of you that read this probably know by now. We had our 20 week ultrasound on Friday with the OB/GYN. Baby is growing well, weights a WHOLE POUND already (Bella was only 12 ounces at her 20 week scan), measuring about 7-10 days ahead of schedule and is clearly a baby..... GIRL! No, I am not joking. Seriously. Yep. SURPRISE! Our response??? "Are you serious? Really? No way!" Then laughter. Poor Bella is seriously confused. Baby girl had her legs wide open for us, no pee pee in sight with clear girl parts showing. Here are some pics:




And here is my 20 week progress picture:



SO there ya have it. Not having a boy after all. Goodness, certainly takes an adjustment for all of us. But of course there are no wrong answers when it comes to the gender of your baby ;)

The house stuff is also moving right along. We have decided to build again with Ryland, but we do need some things to line up first. First of all, we need to get our financing completed and find renters for our condo. We are on a time crunch because we really want to move in before the baby is born, and Ryland tells us it takes about 100 days to finish the house, putting us at the end of November/beginning of December for closing--so we are cutting it pretty close. Needless to say, Jerry and I are definitely under some stress right now. The good news is that our condo is freshly painted and very clean, just have to keep it that way as we show it to potential renters. We are praying everything falls into place for us..it's all exciting but scary at the same time. I am also trying my hardest to keep things as normal for Bella as I can. I don't want too many changes to freak her out at once. She will have school,potentially a new home and a new sibling all in the next 4 months. That's a lot. So I just keep giving her lots of kisses, hugs and as much attention as I possibly can.