It's A............Girl!!!!!

Guess the cat's out of the bag now!  Yup it's official...Emma's going to have a little sister!!!!  Nick had been saying "girl" for quite a while and I was saying "boy" just for the sake of argument, but had a feeling that it was a girl!  This pregnancy really hasn't been much different from when I was carrying Emma, but that's not a good indicator for most people as to the gender of the baby :P 

We went to the doctor this past Friday for our 20 week (yes, we are halfway there already!) ultrasound.  Hard to believe how quickly this pregnancy has gone, but I have to remember that I have a toddler that's been helping to speed it along :)  The ultrasound technician went through the paces looking at the heart, stomach, spine, umbilical cord (with a cool thing that let us see the bloodflow through the cord!), and multiple sweet little body parts :)  Then the moment of truth came to see what "it" actually was, and the little lady had her legs clamped together so tightly that it took 15 minutes and me switching positions a few times to get a peek!

Needless to say, we are thrilled that God is blessing us with another beautiful little girl.  I know it sounds cliche, but we really didn't care what "it" was, just as long as all of the important things looked right :)  However, Nick is convinced that someday he needs a boy dog to even out the numbers in the family!!!  Here are a few of our ultrasound photos of the little Miss!  It's nearly impossible to get a good photo of them, but I'm sure you can make out the images :)

                                          Her Legs

                                          Girl Parts!!!

                                          Look at that profile :)

                                          Love of our lives # 2!

Baby # 2 Update

My last post was about a hiatus from the blogging world, and unfortunately, I haven't made good on my promise to blog more frequently!  I am now 19 weeks along in this pregnancy, and can hardly believe that we are nearly halfway there this go around!  This coming Friday we go to the dr to have our 20 week ultrasound done and, hopefully, find out if Emma will have a little brother or little sister :)  My morning sickness finally subsided a few weeks ago, and so far I have gained about 4.5-5 pounds, which I think was pretty much where I was with Emma.  It's hard to say if I'm truly showing or not because I have some "leftovers" from baby # 1, but can tell that my clothes aren't as comfy as they used to be!!

We are still thinking about names, and have decided not to tell anyone what we have settled on until the little peanut arrives.  I think it is a common trend nowadays to take this route, especially when people are looking everywhere for baby name ideas.  All I can say is that we want something that goes well with "Emma" and "Spotanski", so are leaning towards more classical names :)  I have a feeling that this week is going to drag by, and Friday just can't come fast enough!!!