BOY OR GIRL?

We had an ultrasound yesterday to make sure everything is developing well with the baby and also to find out if it's a boy or a girl. And we are having a BOY! We are very excited and Anson is so excited it he looked like he was punch-drunk happy yesterday. The entire rest of the evening he spent daydreaming about all the wonderful toys he is going to get for his son - motorcycles, snowmobiles, big wheels, water skis, four wheelers and anything else that has a motor. He was even thinking of giving him his Firebird car he bought when he was 15 years old - Looks like Grandpa Brown will only have to store the car for another 16 years :)

Enjoy the pics - it was so fun to see him - it was really neat when he kicked and I could feel it and see it on the monitor!

According to all the measurements yesterday Baby Brown weighs 13 ounces - right on target.

20 Weeks - MIDPOINT!!!!

The journey continues...I'm 20 weeks, I've reached the midpoint...yippy! Anson and I had a wonderful xmas with family. We celebrated xmas eve with my dad's side of the family and took some really great pictures of all the expecting moms (and dads), Emily is due January 13, Kacy is due February 26, and my dues date is May 16, so we are going to have 3 little babies in the family this summer...which will be great! Xmas day was at the Dahlheimer Farm (my mom's side), which was fun to see everyone and also to hear great-grandpa talk about the days when he made moonshine. A great story to pass down from generation to generation. When Baby Brown is born there will be 5 generations on the Dahlheimer side, Baby, Me, my mom, my grandpa, and my great-grandpa - WOW. I was also lucky to have known my great-great-grandma, she died when I was 20 - I believe she lived until 113 years old.
As for Anson's side of the family, for xmas his parents went to Florida to visit Austin (Anson's brother) and his wife Molly. So they are enjoying the Florida sunshine, which it is not very warm there right now but much warmer than MN.
A couple a weeks ago I took a visit to the emergency room, everything turned out to be fine, but I had some severe side abdominal pain and was advised to go, but it turns out it was probably just growing pains. The pain hasn't happen again, so that's good. I will probably take many more trips to the ER especially with a new baby, I guess you can never be to cautious. Wel that's all for now, enjoy the pics!

 Soon to my mommies! Emily, Kacy and Me.

 Soon to be dadies! Brian, Andy and Anson - is already preparing with the baby carrier :)

So excited!

16 Weeks along

This week I'm 16 weeks along (4 months). I went to the doc on Tuesday and everything seems to be fine. I had to have a Quad Blood test. This tests for prenatal abnormalities and we'll get the results back in a week.
In about 5 weeks we will have another ultrasound that will be able to determine if the baby is a boy or girl. We can't wait to find out!

Our first big purchase with our first baby taking it for a test run. Hope the next baby isn't as hairy.

First item for the nursery. Still need to paint and get a few more pieces of furniture.