Baby Bump... and kicks!

I'm finally starting to look pregnant. It's a much better alternative to frumpy. I'm about 18 1/2 weeks now. We're so excited about our little baby. It seems like every day Shane says he can't wait to meet him. We have another ultrasound next Friday where they're going to either confirm or deny the gender. We're pretty sure it'll still be a boy.

This picture was taken on our 18 week mark.

Just this week I started to feel him move and actually distinguish those movements from food digestion. Shane had his hand on my belly and felt a really good kick. It was like Baby was saying hi! Things like that make us so excited to finally be able to hold him in our arms.

Wicked!

On the 25th Shane and I, along with Heather and my mom and dad, went to see WICKED! It was everything I hoped it would be! I loved every minute of it! We spent the rest of the day singing the Wicked songs. I can only hope that one day I'll be as talented as Elphaba and Glinda.

Camping!

A couple weeks ago we went to Flagstaff (Fort Tuthill) to go camping with my family. It was so nice to get out of town and the weather was excellent. As soon as we got to Phoenix I wanted to turn around and go back. It's way too hot here. But we had a blast!

This is the sign to the Lava River Cave. It's underground and completely dark. We had to take flashlights.

Dad, Shane, Rachel, and Mom walking to the cave. This is what it looks like above ground.

This is what the cave looks like when you come up to it. The black part is the opening. It goes straight down for like 10 minutes until the ground starts to even out. It's very cool.

Nate, Rachel, and Shane around our fire.

Yay camping!

Out with the old... in with the old?

So we decided to sell my motorcycle since I'm pregnant now... and I never ride it any way. With the money we decided to buy a new (well used) car so Shane doesn't have to drive his motorcycle to work during the summer.
It was a lot of work finding something we liked and that was in our price range, but I think we finally did it! We got a '98 Oldsmobile. (I'm sure Shane will explain it much better.)


**Pictures to come.

Week 14 Ultrasound

As most of you already know, Jenny and I are having our first child. We are so excited and there is so much that we are finding out and learning. On June 18th we went to The Fetal &Women's Center and we had a level II ultrasound. It was really neat. The ultrasound technician measured the babies spine and made sure that it didn't show signs of downsyndrome and that he/she was growing at a healthy pace. She also asked us if we wanted to determine the sex of the baby. We said yes so she began to look around and she said that it looked like it was a 95% chance of being a boy. We were both stoked because we thought it would be awesome to have a boy but either way we would be just as happy. Everything else went well and Jenny is now in her 16th week so we are looking forward to the day that we have our first child.

Here are some of the ultrasound pictures: