Tucker's Nursery

Josh & I painted Tucker's nursery tonight. It actually only took us about an hour. We still have a little touching up to do but it looks so good!! His furniture should be here in 4-7 days and I can't wait to see what it looks like once we get everything put together. I am so excited to put the bedding with his crib and see how everything comes together. I took a couple of pictures of the room once we got it painted. They aren't the best pictures in the world but you get the idea of what the color looks like next to his paisley bedding, so cute!!

I also posted a few pictures of the growing belly... I swear it gets a little bigger everyday.. It is such an amazing feeling everytime he gets hiccups or kicks. Today I felt him stretch his body completely out for the first time. I watched my whole belly move when he stretched, it was awesome!

A few pictures of the growing belly :)

The newly painted nursery next to Tucker's bedding

The Sperling Christmas

I am sorry that it has been so long since I have posted anything on our blog. Josh and I bought ourselves a new HD digital camera/video camera for Christmas so now we are able to take really nice pictures. Now that we are able to take such great pictures I will be updating our blog more often from now on.

We had a wonderful,relaxing Christmas with our families. Everyone was very excited to see the growing belly :) Josh and I are getting more and more excited with each passing day. It seems like every day the baby bump grows a little bit bigger. I can't explain how awesome it is to feel him moving inside me (even though sometimes it really hurts). Below I have posted several pictures from our holiday celebration. There are some random pictures on here that I thought turned out really cute :)

Me & the huge belly... Remember that the camera adds at least 10 pounds :)

This is "Junior" in a Christmas stocking. He is the newest addition

at Mom's house. She has been bottle feeding him since he was 2 days old!

Me & Josh at Mama & Papa's house

Our precious niece, Emery! Sooooo cute

Josh & Emery

Me & Josh at the Sperlings' Christmas

18 Weeks & Counting

To those of you who don't already know, Josh & I are expecting our 1st baby early next Spring!! I must say that this has been the most incredible & exciting thing that we have ever experienced. We found out at 12 weeks that is is a boy! We are sooooo excited to welcome baby Tucker into the world! His due date is March 9th, 2010 but babies only come when they are ready to make their grand appearance so we will have to wait and see what happens...

Last Wednesday I started experiencing the beginning of what some folks like to call "growing pains". Let me start by saying that whoever coined this term was not kidding around. To be quite honest it isn't the most comfortable thing to experience. It becomes pretty painful once your uterus starts stretching but Tucker and I are managing just fine. We are taking it one day at a time along with plenty of late afternoon naps. Once I started having these "growing pains" I went in for a sonogram. It is so amazing how much Tucker has grown and developed in the last 18 weeks. Here are a few things we got to see during the sonogram:

-The 4 chambers of the heart (ventricles & atria)
-The brain (cerebellum & several landmarks within the brain)
-The spine, both arms & legs, 10 tiny fingers, & 10 tiny toes
-The abdomen, both kidneys, & the stomach
-The bladder (it was full so this lets us know the kidneys are working)
-The scrotal sac (it is safe to say that it's definately a boy)

Here are a few pictures of the sonogram at 18 weeks gestation:

Here is a picture of his abdomen & jewels (scrotal sac)

If you look closely you can see it!

Here is a picture of his head & his profile, so cute!