March Moments

With Brian working weekends during tax busy-season, Owen and I took the opportunity to head to Puyallup to visit Blake, Angie & Landon. While there we had a chance to visit with Angie's parents, who also had baby Ethan with them for the day. Ethan is the son of Angie's sister Amy and husband Kyle. So much fun to see these 3 boys together, knowing they will grow up as buddies. Oh the adventures they will have!

Left: Ethan (4 mo) Center: Owen (22 mo) Right: Landon (7 mo)

I celebrated my 32nd birthday this month. Thanks to Brian's family for the sweet party, and to all who sent your warm well wishes!

Owen watching Sesame Street the next morning...with my birthday balloons!

And last but certainly not least, we had the opportunity to see our baby girl in a 3D ultrasound!

In all honesty, I've been wary of these in the past as I realize the baby can look somewhat alien-like. But when presented with the opportunity we couldn't resist :) Now bear-in-mind that her sweet little face is being looked at through ultrasound and through fluid (hence why things look a little warped)...and you can really only see one side of her face (our right, her left). The blur on the left we believe is her arm moving up an over her head (which I can attest to from the jabs I've been receiving!). But wow - it's so incredible! Look at that little nose, those cheeks, those lips...we love her so much already!

A few other fun tidbits from during the ultrasound: we were able to see her little mouth open and close, and also change from a serious expression to a smile and back again several times. We saw her eyes open and close, and watched her move her hands/arms over her face and head. Everything seems on-track for her due date of May 17th (less than 7 weeks away!) and the ultrasound tech was able to see indication of hair on her head - or a "mop of hair" as she put it! Gosh...with hair already apparent she might have enough for a little hair-clip by the time she's born! So fun to imagine these details as we anticipate holding her in our arms very soon.

Thank you to everyone who continues to pray over her growth & development. We are so excited to see what God has planned for her life and know she will be (and already is!) a tremendous blessing to our family and lives.

And now baby girl if you could just tell us.....what is your name?! :)

We love you sweet girl and can't wait to meet you very soon!