Elizabeth moves all the time!

So I thought I would just take a quick moment to share with everyone how much I feel Elizabeth moving! It is such an amazing thing to feel, I really don't know how to describe it! It is a constant reassurance that she is growing and doing well!

Her movements are getting stronger and I was really hoping John could feel them so last night I made him sit for a long time with his hand over my belly (which of course then Elizabeth sat really still for a while!). Eventually she started moving, but alas, even when I did get a few "big kicks" he still could not feel them!

We are so excited to meet her when she comes, and everyday are amazed by the Father for this blessing.

We have scheduled our 3-D ultrasound for June 12th, we will get pictures and a video! We can't wait to see it and be able to share it with our friends and family!

Anyway, as I was sitting here trying to get some work done, and Elizabeth was being super active (which is really distracting!) I thought I would share!

End of School...

Phew... Sorry it has been a little while since I have updated - we have been so busy! I just can't wait for this semester to be over and we only have a week and a half to go! We have been doing lots of homework, and it will be a push until the end!

It has been an exciting couple of weeks though! I started feeling Elizabeth move last week which is simply AMAZING!!! The first night it happened I was not sure if that was what I was feeling or not. I only felt it once, and so I just was not sure! It was a couple days later, when I was sitting at work and started feeling it again that I knew for sure it was her! Now she moves on and off throughout the day! I love feeling her move!

Her movements are still to soft for John to be able to feel her, but I am sure it won't be too long!

We also got to make a short, but great trip to Tennessee last weekend (sorry to everyone we did not get to see, we were there for a very short trip)

Both Patrick and Robert have birthdays in April so we got to have an awesome party with them on Saturday (we got to share all our interesting snacks from China too!) The boys got these little remote control helicopter things that fly around in a circle which they immediately started attacking each other with! It was pretty funny. I took some video, but I can't get it to load, so I will have to try later!
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My mother also gave us some beautiful gifts she has made for Elizabeth and I! She made three awesome (yes - I like all three - even the one my brothers say look like dryer lint!) baby blankets and a really cute diaper bag! I was so excited! They are so special, not only because they are so well made, but also because they were made by her!

Sunday we went to visit our church family at Victory. It was such a wonderful visit! We love getting to hang out in the gym with the most awesome youth group ever! It was so wonderful to get to see everyone, it is always so encouraging! Victory is a place so filled with the Father's love, it is so encouraging to be there!

We made it home safe, but the trip was a lot of driving for such a short time! It took us about 11 1/2 hours to get to mom's house and about 11 hours to get home from Victory, by the time we got home we were ready to be out of the car!!

Ultrasound results are in!!

We had our ultrasound today - it was an AMAZING experience!!! It was so amazing - words can't even describe! We got to hear the heartbeat - WOW!

Baby is healthy - everything looks good!!!



This picture shows baby's gender - can you tell?







Baby is a GIRL!!! (the arrow is pointing to the determining parts)

Elizabeth Rose is 9 oz and based on her measurements will be due September 2nd. The Doctor moved the due date back a little :) But ultimately, Elizabeth will determine when she is born. :)




This is a profile view - her head is on the right and her legs go off the picture





This is a view of her face and body - her face is on the right, with her nose being the middle bright spot. In the middle, just above her belly you can see the tip of her hand :)




This is a closer view of her face (her face is in the middle) - this one is a little creepy!





This is the sign we came home to see on our door! Mandy made us this awesome sign announcing our news! She also bought Elizabeth Rose her first baby gift! She bought her a really cute pair of socks that look like little shoes and have a small rose on them and an adorable little toy rattle thing that had a little girl on it with pink ribbon that looks like a rose! :) (Mandyrod is teroxxors!!)


We are so excited to know that Elizabeth is doing well - I felt great during our trip, but it is nice to know for sure! It is also very exciting to give "baby" her name!!!

Ultrasound almost here!!!

This Monday (April 6th) we have our first "real" ultrasound to make sure baby is ok! They will be looking for all kinds of important things, like if baby's heart is developing correctly and that all baby's organs are there -

but...

We will also be able to tell if baby is a boy or girl!!! (If baby cooperates!) We are so excited - I am counting down the days!

We are home!

We made it! Sorry I did not post earlier, but our time since being home has been a blur! We are happy to be at home, but it was difficult to leave China. We felt such a peace about being there and such a strong desire to go back!

Our plane rides were good but long - :) We were so happy to get home after being on the plane for so long! Our long flight home was really full and so all 3 seats in our row were filled. Poor John sat in the middle (so I could have the isle - he is so wonderful) and had to struggle not to get in the space of the other person for the whole flight.

Our stay at the Hotel in Kansas City was nice too, but all we really did was sleep - we really did not enjoy most of the amenities of the hotel! lol

It was awesome to come home - Mandy met us on the balcony and welcomed us home :)

It is now back to the grind for a bit - we have so much school work due between now and May it is kinda insane, but it will be good to get through it and have the summer to help process everything!