HOORAY!!! We finally found out what we are having! And as you can tell... IT'S A BOY! We are super stoked! But it was pretty funny that almost everyone we talked to said we were going to have a girl. Guess we'll save that one for later :)
We already have a name picked out for him. Owen Bryan Illguth. We love it and little Owen is already getting used to hearing his name. So nice not to call him "baby" or even worse, "it."
When we went to do the ultrasound on the 19th, the nurse jellied me up and asked if we wanted to know the gender. We said yes and 5 seconds later Bryan says, "It looks like a boy to me." She told him he was right. I couldn't see the stinkin' screen because I was laying down. But after a while I got adjusted to the funky angle and saw that he was flashin' the world. Not hiding anything. We got a bunch of ultrasound pictures to prove it, but I don't think he wants his goods shown to the world. So I'll stick with these.


This was the only profile shot we got of him. He would not hold still for the life of him. But at 19 weeks, he already looks darn cute!

And here's one looking almost straight on to his face. I have some brain and bladder pictures too, but I didn't think those were too interesting.
So there is the cute little 10 oz. baby growing inside of me. Such a cool thing to think about. But I'll update when more comes along!

4 Months.... already?

For reals, it has already been a month since my last post??? Holy buckets, what did I do last month?!? Grew more of our baby I guess :)

Well, I never put up a 3 month picture because I didn't look noticeably different. So here's one for 4 months. I have this little belly and people at my work keep touching it. I guess they think it's cute. Such a relief to tell my co-workers I was expecting. Then I didn't have to go around trying to make people not think I was fat. I get to actually be pregnant :) It's nothing too hard core yet, but I swear I stick out more every day. The baby is going through a growth spurt and is about as big as an avocado.

Next cool thing. Bryan's parents are coming to visit in 4 days so I decided to move up my appointment so we could find out what we are having when his parent's were here. So now we are finding out on Friday the 19th! 5 DAYS!!! Here's a little chain I made. I am not excited to find out the gender..... :)

And yeah, I just had to put this in here. I didn't even make it the whole work day with my pants fully buttoned. This was a couple of weeks ago. I now have to do this to almost all of my pants. All I had was orange...

3 months!

So I had my 3 month appointment about 2 days ago. This one I did solo. Here's a couple of things that I found out:

-I am on week 15
-I am blood type A-
-I don't have any nasty diseases that I could have picked up from my students (thank goodness!)
-I gained 4 pounds (I wasn't super excited about that news, but doc said it was normal)
-My stomach was measured and she said it was getting bigger. It's not totally noticeable yet, but my side profile isn't looking so flat anymore...
-Our baby has a nice, loud, strong heartbeat. It took a second to find it because the baby was so wiggly.
-And lastly, we get to find out what we are having on March 22! The Monday after Spring Break! That's less then 4 weeks away!!! YIPPEE! So when the date gets closer, we'll have to get some votes on what people think the gender is. I have been itching to do at least SOMETHING babyish, whether it be decorating or buying even one piece of clothing.

I need to take a 3 month picture and put it on here in the near future. I just don't look too different. So we'll see. I have found a pair of jeans and work pants that don't fit like they used to. Going maternity clothes shopping in the future is going to be awesome!!! I am looking forward to that one.

Our Little Tootsie!

So I finally was able to get the dog that I have always dreamed of! And boy, was she worth waiting for! What a little fluffball of joy. So much personality stuffed into one little puppy. She is totally darting everywhere one second chewing on her rope, then curled in a ball in your lap falling asleep. She loves to chew on practically everything: the legs of our chairs, Bryan's nose, your fingers and toes, and especially the leaves when she is supposed to be going to the bathroom. She is just a tiny 6 week old puppy right now.

We have gotten to see Tootsie ever since she was 3 weeks old. In this picture she was around 4 weeks old. She would not leave Bryan's side when we went to visit.

Just like a newborn, passed out for over half of the day. And this bed we got DROWNS her. But she has some way fun toys.

Hahaha! Today she took her first bath. She HATED it! Well, she did fine getting wet and staying in the sink. She looked like a little white rat, as you can tell by the pictures. But what she couldn't stand was the blowdryer. So she airdryed while she shivered her tail off.

I was not her favorite person at this moment...


But talk about an angel. What a fun little addition to our family. And she's preparing us for our upcoming baby. (She bawls all night long in her kennel...) She will bring us lots of smiles in the years to come!

Our Tiny Miracle

You gotta love it when a new chapter starts in life. And this is a chapter that we have been looking forward to and major excited for! Bryan and I are going to be welcoming in a new addition to our family!!! And no, it's not our maltese puppy, which is going to happen around Valentine's Day. We are going to have a baby!

I had my first doctor's appointment last Wednesday with the same doctor that my sister Brooke is using. Bryan came with me so we got to experience everything together. When we finally got to the ultrasound part, what a miracle it was to be able to see a little growing human being inside of me! We got to see it wiggle around and watch it's tiny heart beating. The picture above and below are what we saw. The baby is looking at you in both of them. It was a beautiful experience and interesting to see the cause of all of my nausea :)

I am almost 11 weeks along now and due in the middle of August. This summer is going to be a fun one! Hot and prego. I think I am going to be living in the pool. I'm not showing yet, but when I start to, I will be putting up some pictures. Bryan and I are super stoked and are having fun making future plans. God has His timetable and we are thankful for this little peanut!!!

Hot Cocoa---not so good

Here was a laugh.
Bryan was making hot chocolate for us. He was making his first with some cinnamon and milk. He took a sip of it to check the flavor and I heard him gag from the other room. The poor guy had grabbed the cocoa instead of the hot chocolate mix. I had to taste it just because, and boy did it taste nasty! The problem was soon fixed and we enjoyed some normal hot cocoa. It was just a fun moment that brought smiles to our faces. :)

Birthdays and Presents

So... something very important happened almost a week ago. It was Bryan's birthday! My hubby turned 27. This is his year to make his first feature film he says. We shall see if that goal gets made. Here are some pics of his special day that we tried to make special.

He got a wok so that he can work on his New Year's resolution to make more Chinese food.


He's the goober with the yummy ice cream cake. :)

But there was something else that happened a couple of days ago that was cool. I came home from work like normal but Bryan met me at the door, which is not normal. He wouldn't let me turn around to see into the kitchen, but when I did I saw a fridge!!! A beautiful stainless steel fridge was sitting in the place of our borrowed white one. It looks perfect with our other appliances. Out only thing left is a matching microwave for over the stove and our kitchen will be ready for its makeover. But here's a picture of it. We are so lucky to have been able to find one for such a good deal. (We love craigslist)

Such a cute bow! Gotta love early Christmas presents!