Happy New Year!

Things I am looking forward to in 2010: (Too many to count really)

1.) Number one and most exciting: Meeting our baby in late April/ early May! We can't believe we are only 4 months away from meeting you baby! We already love you so much and can't wait!
2.) Learning to become a family of three, adjusting to being parents and all of the "firsts" that we will have with our child in 2010.
3.) Maternity leave! Three months off during the perfect months in Colorado May, June, and July! Yay! I can't wait to take long walks in the park with our new angel! Vinny is excited about the walks too! Also, gardening, summer evenings, yay!
4.) All of the holidays with our child. Can't wait!
5.) All of the wonderful trips to introduce our newest member of the family that we will be taking-including NY, Philadelphia, TX and maybe more!

We have had a great year and I can't wait to start this new year, it could be the most memorable yet!

The Nursery

Here are some updated photos of the nursery. We got our nursery glider and I love it. It is so comfortable and soft :) Still need items on the walls and a tiny table next to the glider :). Also, still need to get baskets for the changing table and our nursery bedding. Take a look! The pictures don't really do it justice.

Christmas Decor

Here are some pics of my Christmas Decor on ths inside of the house :) I will post pictures of the Christmas lights soon!

Thanksgiving (a little late)

Here are some pics from Thanksgiving in Houston. We had a great time! I have been out of town AGAIN for work in Delaware part of this week and so I am finally catching up :) Happy Holidays!

Pregnancy Survey

How far along? Almost 20 weeks

How big is Baby? About 11 oz. (As big as a banana by week 20, they say)

Total weight gain/ loss? About 5 lbs gained.

Maternity clothes? Yes, a necessity obviously if you have seen the belly in the photos :)

Stretch marks? No, thank goodness. Let's hope it stays that way.

Sleep? I require about 10 hours per night. With the cold that I am still battling, I have been waking up 3 times every night.

Best Moment this Week? Seeing Baby Albano on screen for an hour and finding out that everything so far looks normal.

Movement? Yes, especially when laying down. I think I should feel more in the coming days. :)

Cravings? I really like ice cream, popsicles, still love fruit, no real new cravings lately.

Gender? Anyone's guess. It is in a drawer in an envelope in our home. :)

Belly button in/ or out? In still. Thank goodness.

What I am looking forward to? Meeting Baby Albano in May and kissing those cute toes I saw on screen on tuesday.

Five Fingers

A cute baby hand (and I think some bent legs) :)

Baby Legs :)

Cute little legs from above.

More ultrasound

This is the view from above--top of the head and legs curled up together.

Ultrasound!

Here is the side profile. :) Cutie.

20 week Ultrasound

I just got back from a business trip to Delaware and Philadelphia. What an exhausting trip! Glad to be home! We had our 20 week ultrasound this afternoon. It was so fun to watch the baby for so long--we got to stare at our little girl or guy for an hour! :) We of course didn't find out the sex, but asked that it be placed on a piece of paper inside an envelope (which is now in our drawer). The dr. said the baby was very cooperative in showing his or her gender and she is quite sure of what she wrote. :) We will open this after the baby is born...but will tempt ourselves until that day knowing it is in our home. :)

Everything looked normal and healthy and on-track. Baby Albano was active but didn't allow a lot of side profile shots. I guess he or she may be shy (or scared of ultrasound waves). We saw fingers and toes (all looked to be normal), a "beautiful" spine per the doctor, cute little knees and feet, etc. I will post some pics tomorrow. Hope all is well. We are surviving the arctic temps here in Denver--hoping it will warm up soon. I think currently the temp is 0 degrees at 5:14 pm. Seriously, what the hell.

Update

Thought I would update everyone on the pregnancy. We are almost into our 20th week of pregnancy! We have our big ultrasound next tuesday--although, we aren't finding out what we are having, but it will be so fun to see the baby again onscreen. :) I have been feeling pretty good, aside from a cold that I have been battling. You never realize how nice over the counter medications are until you can no longer take them due to pregnancy :) We are moving along quite well as far as preparations for baby. We got our crib mattress, diapers, wipes, more adorable clothes (thanks Ellen and Dom!), etc. The nursery is almost fully functioning. Newest cravings include: mint chocolate chip ice cream :) Mmmmm I love it.

We will post pictures of thanksgiving and the ultrasound soon! We had a great time in Texas with family over the break! Love to all!