Wow, we are so excited to be having a little girl! It has made things so much more real to me knowing that our baby is a girl. Thanks to my mom, we already have like 8 pieces of clothing for her, with much more to come I am sure. The ultrasound doctor says that everything with the baby looks great, which is so comforting. She is just a little on the small side, but my mom and sister both had small babies so I hope that is all. One thing really scared me that the doctor said. They found some indication in my placenta blood flow that shows that I have a 1 in 3 chance of having high blood pressure later on. I was pretty upset about it the day we found out, but I feel a lot better about it now. At least everything is good with her now and they are just going to keep a closer eye on me and I get another ultrasound at 26 weeks to check on her. I hope things keep going well, I still haven't gained five pounds yet, but now I am eating more now so I hope I can catch up. I have been feeling her kick so much more lately and I love it! Getting all the little nudges all day is a wonderful reminder and makes me more excited to meet her, I am now 20 weeks, halfway!!
My family came the last week of March and it was so good to see them! We mostly just relaxed, enjoyed the weather, and ate good food, but we did go to the zoo and it was fun to see all the animals. My parents and Michael were able to do some biking and frisbee golfing in the beautiful weather, but reluctantly had to go back to cold and wind. The Easter pageant was also going on at the Mesa temple so we were able to go to that later in the week. I love the temple here, there are so many flowers and it is pretty unique. It is already getting hot down here, I hope we are able to move to Idaho, because I don't think I could last the whole summer!
So my eyes have been open to the wonderful world of garage sales. I got this bumbo at a garage sale for 3 dollars and it came with the tray too! I have been wanting to get one for Ellie, but they are about 35 dollars in the store and the lowest I have seen it on CraigsList was for about 20. It is so exciting when you can find good deals on things that you were planning on buying eventually anyway.
Being with Ellie gets more exciting every day. She has been a little sick lately and it has actually helped her to learn how to yell. It is pretty funny: she will do this this little cough and yell at the same time. She loves story time and loves it when I sing anything. She is starting to hold her head up so much better every day and last of all she loves to lounge when she sleeps.
Gotta love those winter clothes :)
