It's a....

After 19 weeks and 5 days of anticipation, we found out Thursday that we are having a baby GIRL!!! I can't believe that my intuition was right all along. I had almost convinced myself that it was a boy, just to have my bases covered. But, for the longest time I thought it was a girl and surprisingly, I was right! We will now have an even amount of testosterone and estrogen in our house (Brandon/Turner vs. Me/Baby). My sister has already bought 3 outfits since finding out and my mom is out today to see if the resale shop in town still has this little baby bikini we saw a few weeks ago :) Brandon has already forbidden me from buying any clothes because we're quite sure that our little one will never have a shortage of things to wear. Tomorrow we are going to Babies R Us to do our registry. I can hardly wait to get that scanner in my hands while I think Brandon is more interested in the Chipotle that we're going to have for lunch! We decided last night that we definitely need some excitement in our lives because we spent our Friday night listening online to the Fairfield High School football game. Brandon even went so far as to answer the trivia question that they had and won! Don't you wish you could've hung out with us on our eventful night at home?! Well, that's all the current excitement from the Yoder household. I'll keep you updated as to baby happenings. The next long-awaited event is the expanding of my stomach, as it looks right now like I've just been eating a lot of dessert instead of there being an actual baby in there :) Meanwhile, here's the ultrasound pics of our little one. Top picture shows a butt view, middle is her whole body, and the last one shows her legs, which look long to me. We can only pray she doesn't have my midget legs!

Week 1....finished!

First week of school is in the books and I survived! So far, my classes seem exceptionally good, which is awesome :) It's been hard getting used to a new book and I'm realizing that I don't really like the textbook, but oh well. At least I have a good group of kids, so it makes the stress of using a new textbook a little less intimidating. I also dropped the baby bomb on my principal on Friday, which I was not looking forward to. I had heard that in the past he is not the nicest of people to deal with when you inform him of a maternity leave. But, he actually was pretty nice to me. I figured it was time to inform him when I passed a group of students I had last year and heard one of them say "Dude, she looks pregnant" as he was walking away :) It feels good to not have that secret lingering in the air anymore. In related baby news, our big ultrasound day is now just 4 days away! One of Brandon's employees told me to drink orange juice before my appointment to help give the baby a sugar boost and be active during the ultrasound. So, we trekked to Target to get some OJ today...I'll try anything! We also bought supplies today to paint our basement, which will be changing to our office so that the current office can be the nursery. Progress is being made and it is exciting! I will make sure to update again on Thursday, hopefully with confirmation of Baby Y's gender!

Baby Baby!

We had our 16 week appointment last Thursday and all seems well with Baby Y. We got to hear the heartbeat again and it was a solid 140 bpm, right in the middle of what they consider normal. We could hear him/her a lot easier this time because he/she has grown so much in just 4 weeks! Thank goodness they let you listen to that heartbeat each time or I don't think I'd believe I am actually pregnant :) I don't look pregnant (yet) nor feel pregnant so it's kind of surreal to hear that little "thump thump thump" and be reaffirmed that there is definitely a baby in there. My midwife asked if we wanted a 20 week ultrasound, which was music to my ears! I emphatically said "Yes!" and we are scheduled for August 28th! I cannot wait to find out if Baby Y is a little Brandon or a little Brooke. While my sister was here, we bought some ADORABLE baby outfits. Here are some that she bought. Can you tell I think it's a girl? At last count, the baby's closet has 10 girl clothing items and 2 boy items! I guess that means I'll just have to shop a little more if we find out it's a boy :)

Family Time

Over the last few weeks we've been busy having family visiting. First, Brandon's sister and brother-in-law came with our niece and nephew. I hate that they live so far away (Florida) and it was a blast to see them. Elli had her 6th birthday while here and celebrated with 2 parties! I still secretly think she turned 20 just by the way she acts. She's so grown up and it cracks me up! Here she is with her bear, Sunny, at one of her birthday parties. Her brother Kolbyn also enjoyed the festivities, riding a scooter with his Uncle Bobo and putting his butt in birthday cake :) We also discovered that Kolbyn really likes to give his Clifford kisses...a lot! My family came last Saturday while my parents were on their way to Tennessee for vacation. My sister is finally back in the states after spending all summer with her hubby in England, so she stayed at our house for a few days. It was a ton of fun and I'm slightly bummed that although she'll be in the U.S. (they're moving to Phoenix next week) she'll still be way far away. Overall we had a great time bonding with our relatives over the past few weeks and hopefully we get to spend some more time with them before our lives are consumed with all things baby!