IT'S A BOY!

LOCHTE KING'S FIRST PHOTO, (pronounced Lock-Tee) WE HAVE DECIDED ON A NAME FOR OUR NEW LITTLE ONE, WE ACTUALLY HAD DECIDED ON THIS NAME LONG BEFORE WE GOT PREGNANT.  IF YOU WATCHED THE SUMMER OLYMPICS THIS LAST SEASON THEN YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF MICHEAL PHELPS, WELL LOCHTE WAS THE LAST NAME OF A SWIMMER ON THE AMERICAN TEAM WITH MICHEAL PHELPS.  I LOVED THE NAME EVER SINCE I FIRST HEARD IT AND OF COURSE IT WASN'T HARD TO CONVINCE JAMESON SINCE HE LOVES THE OLYMPICS AND BEING A HARD CORE TRIATHLETE.  WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ON A MIDDLE NAME BUT WE HAVE TIME. 

It was so fun to see the ultrasound, Lochte was moving around quite a bit and it was so fun to see him moving his arms up to block his face as the nurse moved the ultrasound over his face.  He was being quite the acrobat tilting his head back and pushing his chest out as if to attempt a back flip.  We thought it was cute but the nurse was wishing he would just hold still for a second so she could measure him.  Everything measured normal, we are at about 20 weeks or 5 months to those who deal better in months.  We asked the nurse to let us guess the sex of our baby before she told us, and so when it came time Jameson blurts out, "It's a boy!"  And I then said, " yes it does look like a boy but I guess it could be just the umbilical cord."  The nurse wanted to agree that it was a boy but wasn't certain since Lochte had his legs close enough that it was hard to tell, then all the sudden after the nurse commented that she wasn't sure, Lochte moved so that we all knew that for sure he was a boy.  I think he didn't want us confusing his manhood, after all no little boy wants to be mistaken as a girl.  Either way it was so nice of him to be so obedient.    So we are so very excited and we anxiously await his arrival around the 3rd of August. 

OUR FIRST WARM DAY OF THE YEAR

SO WE DECIDED TO HAVE A PICNIC WITH GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES AND TOMATO SOUP, HAS ANYONE FORGOTTEN HOW GOOD THAT IS? AND YES IT WAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, HENCE THE CHURCH CLOTHES!

HERE IS THE WEDDING DRESS THAT I AM CUSTOM MAKING FOR JEN ROBERTSON A MISSION COMPANION.  IT'S STILL IN THE WORKS BUT THIS IT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO FAR. 

ISN'T HE SWEET!  IT WAS OUR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY HE PROPOSED.   WE HAD MACARONI GRILL THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS AND IT WAS ALSO THE RESTAURANT WE WENT TO THE NIGHT HE PROPOSED.  OUR WAITER WAS SO AWESOME AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES THE MEAL BETTER!  IT WAS SUCH A GREAT MEMORY!

Homemade Hamburgers are the best!

THE PREGNANT WOMAN

THE TRIATHLETE!

LETS JUST SAY OUR FOOD BILL HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS, WE ARE PROBABLY THE WRONG COUPLE TO INVITE OVER FOR DINNER, BECAUSE YES WE DID FINISH THESE HAMBUGERS IN ONE SITTING.

Welcome to MARCH in UTAH!

Just incase you were wondering what the weather was like here in Utah these days!

The BABY and the BELLY!

16 weeks (Four months, which I reach on Monday the 16th of Feburary)


So here we are... the joys of being pregnant, I have been at the stage of just looking fat and not quite pregnant. Then just these last few weeks my belly started to defiantly stick out as you can see in the second photo. (Yeah, so I know I don't look very attractive in the photo but it's all I got.) Just to see the belly growing directly outward is very exciting... it's a funny thing that our whole lives we try so hard to keep our belly from bulging out and I never thought the day would come where the bigger my belly gets, the more excited I get.
So here is this weeks progress... the baby is now 4 1/2 inches long from head to rump and looks like a human baby not a baby dinosaur anymore, he or she is working hard this week to grow toenails... hmmm I am not even sure why we ever were given toenails?! What is the purpose? Does anyone know? I have to give credit to www.babycenter.com that sends me weekly emails updating me on the baby's projected progress, it's really neat!

ps this is not my ultrasound

Anyway, we heard the babies heart beat a few weeks ago and it was so awesome, just to know it's still alive. And in 1 month (March 12th) we will get to stop calling him or her an "IT" and refer to it as a him or her. Well I guess that is if the baby decides to show the goods, otherwise he/she will remain an "It".

I felt the little one move for the first time a week and a half ago, it felt a lot like little fish swimming around. It only lasted about 2-3 seconds but it was really neat. The thing is I wouldn't have even thought it was the baby if it weren't for babycenter.com that let me know what to look for. I have felt a few little movements here and there but not a lot and the past few days I haven't felt anything... I can't wait until I feel it everyday just for the security of knowing the baby is still alive.

So here are the fabrics for the crib bedding that my sister and I picked out at Ikea: (The blue will be the bumber and patches of all of them will be for the quilt and the skirt will be the fabric that is on the bottom.) I know it's dark but I am planning to buy a white crib to offset it all.)