It's a....

Jungle in our baby room! Well, it's getting there. Here's a picture of the grass we put up. Animals to come! For those of you who didn't get a message today about the baby, sorry! Our ultrasound today went great! We found out it's a girl. We are working to post ultrasound pictures soon, but it's a long story why it's been so hard! We were very excited to see the baby. She is moving like crazy!! Her heartbeat was 150. Perfect! :-) Other than that, not too much is new! we will keep you updated!

Love,

Andy, Melissa, and the little alligator (Wait til you see the pics!)

Preparations

Here is the room before painting and also after painting...don't mind the mess in the doorway!!

:-) It is a beautiful color that will suit the jungle well!

Baby room progress

Hello All,
Although it is only the second day of summer vacation Andy and Melissa (and Sue and Jerry) have been busy! We have the entire room cleaned out and now in our basement. And we will be painting the room a light brown color tomorrow. No, Melissa will not be painting! :-) Melissa wanted it all done early in the summer before it got too hot and/or humid! Our theme is going to be a jungle. Just FYI, we currently have all of the jungle things we need. The bedset we have, we found a long time ago, and we had bought all of the matching things. Yes, it was a bit premature, but Melissa LOVED it and decided that we would need it someday! :-) Melissa is still feeling well. Her tummy is getting bigger and she is hungry most of the day...but to be expected we suppose! Our ultrasound is next week and we are still unsure if we are going to find out or not. We'll keep you posted! We hope all is well!
Love,
Andy and Melissa

Video Game Baby??

Hello All,
Last Monday's appointment found everything going well. We heard the heartbeat again and boy is it still moving around. To Andy and Melissa it sounded like Pac-Man when he eats the yellow dots. Everytime it moved it made a "wakah, wakah, wakah" sound. Melissa had blood drawn to do a screening for Down's Syndrome and Spina Bifada. The doctor reassured us that it's just a screening so not to worry even if it comes back positive. We go June 25th for the first ultrasound. Now the question is whether or not to find out what it is. A friend of ours gave us a good suggestion if we haven't decided by then. Ask the doctor to write down the sex and put it in an envelope. Then, if we decide to do it, we can find out on our own. This will be up for discussion I'm sure!! :-)
Melissa has also made the transition to maternity clothes this week...who knew they were so comfy?! :-) She is a bit self-conscious as she feels she in that "in-between" stage where people who don't know, wonder if she's pregnant or gaining weight.

That's all to report for now! Hope all is well!

Love,
Andy and Melissa