HICCUPS!

Early on Sunday morning around 5:00am I felt our little girl truly moving around for the first time! I have been feeling little bitty movements for the last few weeks (which were easily confused with indigestion!) but what woke me up Sunday morning was totally different. As a matter of fact it felt like our baby had a case of the hiccups! For about 2 minutes I felt regular little "jumps" inside my belly. A strange sensation for sure, but very sweet and exciting at the same time.

It's Nursery Time!

Now that we know we will be welcoming a little girl into our lives come late July it is time to start decorating the baby's room. I am really excited about this part of the process (much more fun than putting on clothes to find they no longer fit!) but as most of you know I can be quite the procrastinator, as well as a "tad" indecisive when it comes to decorating. So I have once again enlisted the discerning eye of my sister-in-law Randall. She has played a large part in getting our house where it is now, so I am excited that she is also on board with the baby's room. Below is a sample of the fabric that I am going to use for the crib skirt and a few other accent pieces. I bought paint samples yesterday so my goal for the weekend is to get those up on the wall and make a decision. I think having a set goal date is the key to motivating me to get it done!

Baby Bump

At last, here is a picture of Little Lok.

21 weeks pregnant, or just over 5 months.

(Ignore the weird expressions on my face.)

Telling the Family

After Derek and I had dinner together our families (including some special guests from CT) came over to the house for cocktails and cupcakes so we could tell them the big news in person. I think they would have been happy with either a boy or girl, but they were definitely surprised to hear we are going to bring a little girl into the world. Below are a few pics from the evening.

The Big Announcement

The Grandmas The Grandpas

Al & Mom

The Fam

Words of Wisdom

IT'S A...

For those of you that don't know, on Monday, March 2nd Derek and I arrived at the doctors office for our 20-week ultrasound appointment. We both had really been looking forward to this appointment for several weeks since we were about to find out our baby's gender. Well, nature had a different plan, because when we checked in at the desk I was informed that the ultrasound tech hadn't made it into the office because of the 2 inches of snow we received the day before. What a disapointment! I thought I was going to CRY! But we met with the doctor as planned and afterward the girl at the front desk said she could fit us in for an ultrasound at 3:30 that afternoon...at the Johns Creek office almost 40 minutes away. We both had our hearts set on finding out that day so we took the appointment.

So after a crazy afternoon full of doctors offices, disapointment and driving we finally saw our baby kicking and squirming on the ultrasound screen. We asked the ultrasound tech not to tell us the gender though, but to write it down on a card for us to open later. We arrived at dinner with our card in hand, ordered a few cocktails (or mocktails in my case) and I handed the card to Derek for him to open. Boy were we surprised to see that it read "It's a GIRL!" So now our dear Derek is surrounded by females: Alex, Kitty, Sadie and now baby!