Halfway Point

We have lots of news to share! First, Adam and I took out the amazing yet horrific pump a week ago tonight and so far so good. I have been a thousand times better and have even gained back the 13lbs I lost in addition to a pound or two on my own (not all in the last week mind you). Great news, even if getting on the scale makes me frown now :) I've felt so good in fact that we had a very busy weekend, including Adam's Holiday party. Ironically, we were chatting on the way how noone has really rubbed my belly like you hear so much about once the baby belly appears. So I went from noone really rubbing my belly to NFL players rubbing my belly....too funny! Then we got an exciting phone call late saturday night from Caren and found out early sunday morning, 12/21/08, that our niece, Allison Danielle, made an early appearance. She is absolulely adorable. We can't wait to meet her and post some pictures of her in our next entry. :)

Today, we are 20wks and 2 days and had our big ultrasound where they check all of the anatomy and give you the option to find out the gender. Baby J was doing toe touches and sucking fingers and was active as could be as usual. Even Adam can now feel some of the many movements I feel throughout the day. We are happy to announce that Baby J is 11 ounces and 9 inches long with all necessary parts! Though we know many of you might be disappointed, the parts you're most curious about will remain a mystery until our little one makes his/her arrival. Feel free to give us your best guess as wondering is such tremendous fun for us. We are halfway there and since the first half of this pregnancy seemed to drag along for us, I have a feeling this second half will go by much faster since I'm feeling so much better. FINALLY!

Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We miss all of you!!!

Thanks, Becky, for the awesome T-shirt!! (Click pictures to enlarge)

See you soon, Ally, Lauren, Caren, Jim & Elayne!!!! :)