It's a.......

Boy!!

Well we got a good picture of the baby today at my ultrasound--and sure enough it's a boy! I can't believe it-I am going to have a son! It will be a whole new world for me and I have to admit I am a little nervous about it. I know boys are great and sweet and generally Momma's boys and I am looking forward to raising a son but I was a little disappointed as well-I hate admitting that but I guess my blog that hardly anyone reads is the place to be honest. I have a great relationship with my sisters and want Natalie to have that sisterly bond--don't get me wrong I wanted a little boy too-but I was hoping that it would be a girl and then my third to be a boy. So that is the big news and I promise I am really excited and Steven is thrilled! He is so excited and shocked-he thought the baby was a girl-it will be great for him to have someone that he can teach and coach sports to (not that he can't with Natalie either but boys are typically more involved in sports), watch UK sports with (can you tell that I am not that into sports!--I am sure I will be if my children play them) and have that father/son bond with. I look forward to watching those moments with the two of them and building memories with my family.

A week off of work!

Well this week I was supposed to work three days but they called me since I am PRN-meaning as needed-I am the first to go when our productivity is poor and census is low--I was pretty grateful for that this week. We had our annual UK/UL gathering at our house-we've done this since we've been married-but unfortunately it was pretty miserable. Our air has been working pretty poorly all summer but this past weekend it went kaput and was 86 degrees in our house-it was sweltering! Our friends were troopers and on Tuesday we had our air fixed-however, they said we will probably need to replace it come spring time. On Monday, we went car shopping-and yesterday we traded in my car (so long Civic-I won't miss you) and got a 2005 Nissan Quest SL-it has a lot of great features (power door and trunk-meaning closes with a button, DVD player, it makes a beeping sound if you reverse and are within 6 feet of something, garage door opener button in car so you don't have to carry around the actual opener, etc) and I am pretty excited about it. I swore up and down that I would never drive a mini-van-but Steven convinced me otherwise. I know it will come in handy especially as we travel, have more children, and our children can have friends come home with them.



Also this week I colored my hair (at home-the color was supposed to be a golden light brown--I wouldn't call it that but I like the color enough for fall) and had my hair cut--the cut was supposed to look like this but I go to the hair design school-mainly because I have trouble scheduling appointments ahead of time-and it looks like this....not exactly what I had in mind-but I still like it..it is definitely more of a mom haircut to go with the mini-van! I have posted a pic of the haircut/color and my growing belly at 17 weeks.