Sydney's Debut

So today I had the opportunity to go have a 4D ultrasound done. It was pretty amazing so I thought I would share a few images. I am putting some of the better ones up so that hopefully you can all see them. I think unless you know what to look for it is hard to see. The tech doing the ultrasound kept saying that she has fat cheeks, is stubborn, and hates being on camera. That is to much like her mother.

This picture is of her side profile. You can see an eye, her nose and mouth. Oh and fat cheek. If your lost look in the middle of the picture she looks like she is resting her head on someones shoulder. It is the best one we have.This shot is basically a really good view of her nose. The tech kept reassuring me her nose wasn't going to be the world's largest nose. I am not to worried. The tech also kept referring the the baby as Yoda, because she likes to scrunch her face up.This was one of the last photo's and you can tell by her big frown that she is ready to be done. She was sick of the tech pushing and trying to get her to move around in the right positions and so was I. All in all I am glad that they confirmed it was 100% a girl and we have a very active healthy baby. So we will see her in 12 weeks!!

Updates

So a few people are wondering what is going on in our life. Paul and I are enjoying life, however if you ask me pregnancy isn't the best but hey I only have 13 weeks left. It is so weird that so much time has already past. I am currently 27 weeks pregnant, enjoy the hot weather and swollen feet. So far everything is looking good and little Sydney likes to move a ton. By the way that is the name we are thinking of for our little girl Sydney Nelson.

On to other things, I will be going to Utah in less then a week. I am so excited, my baby brother is coming home from his mission in Virginia. I fly in on the first of July and he gets home on the second. After that the fam and I will travel to San Diego for a cousin's wedding, so much for getting out of California for a while. Paul will then join us in Utah on July 15 and on the 22nd we will head back to California. I am excited to see old friends and family. So I am sure there will be plenty of pictures from my trips and that will please all those who want to see belly pictures, but just to let you all know. I try and avoid the camera as much as possible. I feel like I am getting bigger by the day, but that goes with the territory. Can't wait to see you all in about a week!!!

Our Visitor

Last week we had the opportunity to have Paul's sister come stay with us. It was so much fun, if you talk to her she will say she learned about the navy way of life,"Never to be able to have definite plans." Things change daily and Paul's schedule has been insane lately, like this morning he was up at 4:00am to be at work by 5:00 am, poor guy.

Anyway back to Amy, her plans didn't work out like planned but we managed to have fun. We visited the Fresno Temple one day and low and behold I forgot my recommend and we were to far from home to turn around to get it, but they still let us in to do the work.

We spent alot of time find and buying fruit and Paul and Amy enjoyed eating the yummy fresh fruit. We managed to spare some and make fresh blueberry jam. That was a first for me and it was actually fun once I got over the grossness of what smashed blueberries look like. I think I might try making raspberry jam next. Amy has created a monster.

On Saturday we visited a herb farm, it was very interesting. I never knew you could do soooo many thing with a lavender plant. We smelt alot of different herbs and tried some samples. Some were good and others plan nasty. It was fun and hot so we were relieved to get in the car with A/C. A few hours later I took Amy over to the squadron to see all of Paul's plans and what he does. I have to admit it was fun seeing his squadron again, but this time with him working. However, I was rushed to get home and in the cool air, the temperature read 113 degrees. Holy cow thats hot, and being prego I was done for the day not to mention my feet were so swollen.

We had so much fun playing games, watching Star Trek, chatting, working on a puzzle and doing whatever else. Now that she is gone we miss her especially me during the day with all my friends currently gone back to their home states. I guess we will see her in a few weeks back in Utah.

It's a GIRL

Hey just letting you all know that we are having a baby girl and couldn't be more excited. We haven't picked any names yet, they keep changing and what I like I end up not liking a few weeks later. Paul is excited to have a little princess around. I am just thrilled over all!!

New Do

So after complaining that my hair was too long and pulling it back for a week plus straight, I half way decided it was time to cut it off. Paul drove me to the Salon and told me I had two minutes to decide what I was going to do. I was very hesitant because for the first time in years I didn't have my good friend back home to cut it or the trust of my cousin. Yikes I was scared, but the results are great. I love it so much, now it is short and easy to do and so much lighter. I hadn't cut my hair since October the last time Kari cut it so it was down past my shoulder blades, but I love this new change. However, I do have to say I still miss the comfort of having people you know cutting it, miss you Angela and Kari.

Now I am just bored, but if I can say so myself these pictures don't do it justic. Oh and a side note, I tried taking a picture of my very little almost no belly and it was awful so you will all have to wait longer. If you don't believe me just ask Maggie she said it is just starting. Peace out.

New Crib

Well I thought I would post a quick picture of our New Crib. Thanks to many thing like Grandma Van (wow that sounds weird mom!), a sale, and left over Christmas gift cards we couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy the crib. Plus I have been itching to buy stuff for the baby but not knowing the sex still; throws a cramp in my style of shopping. So this is what it will look like minus the beding.

Last Weekends Fun

Well I know I am a little late in posting this, which pretty much means I am LAME (But I admit it!!). We decided to advantage of the 90 plus weather and have a little BBQ and a game of Croquet. It was so last minute we ended up having meat for Sunday for another BBQ because none of us know how to plan. I took some pictures of the crew so you could enjoy.
Round one of BBQ and this was after we all had eaten. Getting started, we soon learned that the grass was to long here so it made for an interesting hole, just ask Gerry.This cracks me up. Gerry was making a path in the grass so he could get past the first hole. He figured it he tried hard enough and hit the ball good it would go forward make the turn and go through the loop. Needless to say it only went forward and he was still three holes behind everyone else. Thats when I would have cheated!!This is Julie, what a troop. She has like 4 weeks until she is due. Sara and I are trying to get her to go into labor before the Gerry and Dan (Sara and Julie's husbands) leave on deployment, which is three days before Julie's due date. But we are still waiting.