Spillin' the beans...

It's a GIRL! Yay!!

It's a.... baby!!!

We had our 20 week ultrasound this past Wednesday. Our baby was very active and moved around a lot. The tech said everything looked great. We had a Dr's appt today, but it was rescheduled to next Monday because she had 2 deliveries this morning. Here are some photos of our little bundle of joy:

Baby's feet : Legs were crossed so the arches are opposite of normal

Baby's leg all stretched out, It was amazing that I couldn't feel it pushing against me... (but my bladder was really full so I couldn't feel much besides that)

Baby's arm and hand..... God is SO amazing, all 4 fingers and thumb are present = )

Profile of baby!!!

Dixson Baby Travels

19 Weeks! Just shy of halfway, I cannot believe how fast this has gone by!!

Overall, still feeling great. I can now tell the difference between baby's movements inside and various gas/digestion gurgles so that's been rather exciting. I feel him/her most when sitting or laying still and occasionally when I am standing.  We go for our ultrasound this Wednesday.... Can't wait to see our little one again!!!!!  We're using the crib from my parent's so I got that while I was in Norfolk. It will be nice to get it set up and have a designated space for 'baby stuff' as we gather it. This is just such an amazing time of life for us and we are SUPER excited! We're very thankful for all the blessings God has poured out over us!!

Over the weekend, I (Emily) went to Norfolk to visit family/friends. It had been far too long since I had seen them, the summer went by rather quickly. I stayed at Gpa and Gma Svoboda's so I had lots of time to just sit and visit with them in between various other visits. Friday night after Matt got off work he and I went to his place, I made dinner, and we just spent time talking and catching up. Saturday morning Gma Margaret and I walked at the mall, came home for breakfast and then ran some errands during the day. We found a couple great bargains on maternity clothes.

Saturday night Matt and I went to visit Megan Curry at her folk's house. This is me with her and Dylan (2) and Lily (approx 2 months). They currently reside in CO but Megan comes to Norfolk once a month for drill.

Me with Gpa and Gma Svoboda.

Matt holding his niece/nephew for the first time (sort of)

Sunday after church Gma Francis took us out to lunch and John and Karen met us there. We then went back to Gma's for some very yummy apple crisp and continued visiting.

John, Karen and I

On the way back to Council Bluffs I stopped in Columbus to see the Shanle's.... forgot to take any pictures but it was great to sit and catch up with them for a little while as well!

Love to everyone!! 

Thank you for your continued 

prayers and support!!!

17 weeks

Hi everyone! As most of you know (or got to see) my folks were home this past week or so. It was great to see them!!! They stopped here at our place on the way to/from Norfolk. No major news lately. Still feeling great. Growing....

Dad and Mom with Matt. We haven't seen Matt in a while but I (Emily) will be going to visit in a couple weeks.

 

Joe and I with Dad and Mom (No, we did not plan the color coordination)

Joe and I must need a 1-2-3 count for our photos... we couldn't get our smiles right. This is the bump at 17 weeks.