It's a girl!

Well, I went for my sonogram today. I was sooo nervous about this one. I was going by myself and having to take Alex by myself with a check up following. I thought it would be very stressful. But God answered my prayers yet again and it went so smoothly. You would not believe. I got there a little before 9:45 for my sono and got in pretty quickly. I tried to manage my water consumption this time so I had a full enough bladder but I wasn't dying to pee. And, it was just right. Turns out for me it works to drink 16 oz 45 minutes before hand. Then, after my sono I had about 50 minutes before my normal checkup appointment. I was thinking that Alex was going to freak out and get uber grumpy having to wait. We went out to the car and I buckled him in while I made my phone calls. I called about all of my family to tell them the news. Alex was just starting to get grumpy when it was time to go back in. Usually at these visits you have to wait forever to get in in the first place and then you have to wait forever for the doctor to come in. Well, this time I got in right away and I saw a nurse practitioner who came in right away. They ask the normal questions and we listened to the heartbeat and that was it. I got out of there before 11:00. Amazing record time! If you've been pregnant before then you know how these appointments can go sometimes especially when you have a 2 yr old with you.

Anyway, on to the exciting news. I was totally expecting to be having another boy. I was trying not to get my hopes up for a girl. So, when the sono tech brought up the pic of the vjj, not really knowing what I was looking at, I said it's a boy isn't it. She says no it's a girl! I am sooo excited! Our sono tech seemed really happy for us cause she was the one that did the sono when we miscarried. And, she's done a bunch of ours with this pregnancy too. Our little girl looks very healthy. She has all of her little parts. I had told her before hand that she is soo active. Always moving around. And, during both the sonogram and listening to the heartbeat she was wiggling around like crazy.

I'm so excited to get to buy little girl baby clothes! I'm totally starting early! Hey, I'm going to walmart today maybe I'll have to get some there. haha! I have to wait till Nathan comes home from work around 4:45 to tell him. He wanted for me to tell him in person. I think I'll let him look at the pictures and see for himself. The technician said over and over it's definitely a girl. So that's good. Hopefully she doesn't grown a little member in the next few months. lol!

Today, a friend of ours came over with her little newborn baby. She works with Nathan and was wanting to find a nice family with a stay at home mom to watch their baby. She only works six days a month so that'll be nice. They have a little eight year old and are a really nice christian family. Anyway, I volunteered for it several months ago and I'll be starting watching Emily on the sixth of August. It was soooo nice to hold a little baby again. And, this baby is soo unlike Alex in every way. She was so happy the whole entire time and her mom, Nicole, said that's how she is all the time. She said she's had two bad days so far. I was in shock. How do babies like this even exist? I hope I have one like that! If she's as easy as she was for the time Nicole was over it should be pretty simple. I'm excited to break out the baby swing and bouncy chair. I think this will be good for Alex to get used to having a baby around too. She said that they'd love for me to watch her after we have ours but understand if I don't want to. I said I probably would watch her but we'll just wait and see. It's only six days a month and I feel like this is something God wants me to do for this family. I don't know how I would handle leaving my little baby in someone else's care. I think having someone with the same values and beliefs as you is important too. Well, I'm kind of looking forward to this new challenge.

These pictures are completely out of order and totally random. The first ones are the big painting project we decided to tackle. We started with the dining room which looks awesome! We're doing the living room, hallway, and entry way too. We've almost gotten the entry way done but we had to rip this ugly old sixtiesish wood thing off the wall. I got one wall of our living room done. We're doing that room a darker shade of brown than the rest. You can't really tell in the picture but in person the two shades look pretty good.

Then, we have a picture of me in Nathan's flight suit. When our air conditioner was out he made me put it on and walk around in it to see just how hot that thing is. I kept telling him I know it's probably miserable and believe him, but he wanted me to see for myself. After I put it on he kept saying how hot I look in it. Totally don't see that, but I guess I'm not him. It was totally hot and uncomfortable by the way.

Next, there are some random pics of the goob. My favorite are of him in the cabinet of our entertainment center. He started doing this all on his own. He'll get in there and close the door. He thinks he's sooo funny! I finally got some pictures of him doing it. Oh, and Alex thought it was really funny to put his blanky on Poky.

Oh and I decided to post the pics of our horrible back yard. But, notice I didn't do it until Nathan was mowing it. Sooo embarrassing. That mess happened due to ginormous weeds, the big mound from having our sewer line replaced, Nathan working all the time, and everytime he had time it was raining. I don't even think I could mow if I tried. I'm kind of weak and Nathan doesn't want me doing anything strenuous for the baby's sake. Anyway, it's already time to mow it again. Crazy huh.

It's so nice to have air conditioning again. I don't know how people do it that don't have it. It was especially hard on me since I was home all the time and Nathan went into work some days. We got it put in on the fourth of July and then that night Nathan got some fun little fireworks we set off in our driveway. Alex was kind of scared at first but by the end he was wanting to set them off all by himself. He really liked those little things you throw on the ground and the pop. He also loved the sparklers but for some reason the ones we got were impossible to light. So, we only got three going. I really wish it wasn't so dark or I would've taken a ton of pictures. He was soo cute!

Then, Saturday we drove out to Kansas City for that funeral. Nathan dropped Alex and I off at the Oak Park mall which was our fav when we lived there. He went to the funeral and when he got back we ate some Panda Express there. That's probably one of the reasons it was our favorite mall and it's huge and awesome. Alex and I walked around for a long time while Nathan was gone and I wished I would've remembered our camera. He was so cute. He loved the carousel they had and had a lot of fun eating dippin dots with me. After we left there we stopped by the bass pro shop for Nathan and it ended up more of a trip for Alex than for Nathan. It's a lot like Cabellas. They have a big old water fall thing with stuffed wildlife all over. There were streams and fish tanks filled with big fish. He thought it was all so cool! Then, he finally took a nap on the drive home and he was so adorable. It's crazy to think that we made him. Just two years ago he was a little baby. Can't wait to have another one of those! It's way too long to wait!

Well, here's a little update on things around here lately. Today, Nathan went in to turn in his resignation letter to Eaglemed. He's been pretty frustrated with things there for a while now and lately it's just gotten pretty bad. He was offered a job at Executive Airshares and accepted it. He's been offered a job there two other times but still liked it enough at Eaglemed to stay. It's right here in Wichita which is nice and he'll be home pretty much every night. Which in the pilot world is hard to come by. He'll be a captain in a Kingair 90(which is what he's been flying) and a captain in a Kingair 350(which is the biggest of the Kingairs). And, he'll be a co-pilot in a beechcraft jet and hopefully within a year or two be captain in it. He gets every other weekend off. This will be the biggest change for us since I'm used to him being home a lot more. And, it will be a little less in pay but we can live with it. I think Nathan's happiness and safety is worth a couple thousand a year.

Now, onto the majorly sucky part. Our airconditioner is out! It is insanely hot here! The other day it was just squeeling a little so we decided to turn it off and have someone come out and look at it. Nathan asked around and got a guy that he had heard is very trustworthy and knows what he's doing. He came out and said our blower inside was shot and our furnace is a fire hazard. Great! So, the whole thing needs to be replaced. The earliest he could get someone out was in two weeks. But, then he said they might have someone available on the fourth. He said that we could use the airconditioner as long as the inside blower was still working. If we heard it shut off turn it off immediately cause it could damage the outside unit. So, we tried to live without it on for as long as we could and then tried to turn it on in the afternoon yesterday when it was like 95. The inside blower never even worked. It's supposed to get just as hot today but at least there's a little breeze. At least tomorrow and the next day are supposed to be better. I think we're planning on going out to the mall or something today to get out of the heat. Then, tonight, Nathan and I are going to see Hancock and the Richardsons will watch the goob for us. That'll be good for all of us. When you're pregnant heat affects you so much more. I swear. I just lay around all day with the fan pointed on me. I've been drinking lots and lots of water too.

On Saturday, Nathan has a funeral to go to in Kansas City. The guy that trained him out in Kansas City died in a training accident. This is just so sad to hear of someone dying in a plane crash. Being a pilot's wife this is something that goes through your head pretty often and it's really scary to think about. So, when this kind of thing happens I think it hits everyone in the airplane community pretty hard. I'm just glad that Nathan's the way he is. He's very safe and very precise about everything he does. We haven't decided yet if Alex and I are going or not. The Richardsons volunteered to watch Alex but they would have to take him to the lake with them and I'm just not comfortable with that. We're thinking of us going with him and just going somewhere else while Nathan's at the funeral and then picking him up afterward. We'll see.

The pregnancy is going good still. I'm at fifteen weeks now. The baby has been moving around like crazy and my tummy is getting bigger. Nathan thinks my baby bump is cute! I'm glad I have a sweet husband that thinks I look good even like this. I can't wait for the appointment on the 30th to find out what the baby is!