Meet Baby M!

Here's our baby's first portrait - from our ultrasound yesterday at 18 weeks. I think Baby M will be a cutie (I'm using M since it's the first initial of our last name ... not a hint on gender or possible names ;) ), don't you?

In case you're as good at deciphering ultrasound photos as I am ... here's a hint. M's head is on the left - facing you. Body is on the right with legs coming straight out of screen at you. There ... is that clearer?

So ... we had our ultrasound yesterday ... during our only winter storm of the season so far! Oh well, everything went according to schedule. Baby M is measuring exactly on target and weighs 9 oz. Hmmm ... only 9 oz? I'm sure I've gained more than that! lol.

That's our last peek at Baby M until we meet in person in June - I can't wait! I have a regular appointment on Thursday so I'll get to hear the heartbeat again. At least I've been feeling movements more regularly. It's so neat to think that the baby in the picture is the one in there thumping around!

In less exciting news ... our weekend went well. I worked Saturday on window returns while Peter got a cupboard panel built - very cool! Saturday night we went out to eat - we had a gift certificate so it was a really special treat. We then headed to WalMart to get a bunch of household stuff. I picked up a maternity top (I always check their three racks of stuff since that's about all the selection we have around here), but, it's too small and *very* low-cut. It's so pretty on the hanger. I'm going to return it and try a bigger size with a camisole underneath.

Sunday afternoon I finally took the tree down - a bit late but I'm so glad it's done! Now to get the rest of the Christmas stuff put away. Sunday night we had our youth Bible study at the house ... the routine has started back up for this term :)

One of the 'resolutions' Peter and I have been working towards is getting up in the morning to have our Bible reading / quiet time before work in the morning. For anyone who knows us ... this is a big deal! With my cold last week I was doing well to get to work on time. However, both yesterday and today we both got up on time! I know the youth and others in our church are praying for us as we try to make this commitment. The biggest part is turning off the tv and getting to bed at a reasonable hour.

Last night I took to relax while Peter had a meeting at the church. I did some backstitching on Village Skaters - I hate working on the trees, but they look so much better when all the branches are outlined!

Tonight we're reestablishing date night. With Baby M on the way, we know that if we don't get into the habit now it could be lost forever ... lol. We used to be pretty good about having weekly date nights .... then we decided to build a house! It's my turn to plan tonight ... so much fun :)