Happy Birthday to Me!!

Tomorrow I turn 28! Yay!! This will be my last birthday that I celebrate childless! I'm really looking forward to celebrating our baby's birthdays. I think Jeff and I are both really big about celebrating birthdays so I know we'll make it fun for our children, as did our parents.

My parents came down for the weekend. I could tell they were excited about the baby....especially since we've made so much progress with the nursery and you can actually tell I'm pregnant now. We celebrated by going to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner, Barbara Jean's, and just hanging out at the house. I'll post some pictures at the end of the blog.

We're finally ready to share our chosen name. Of course, we had some fun with it. We mailed my parents, Jeff's parents, our sisters and Jeff's grandmother an envelope filled with foam letters and instructions to unscramble. My sister figured it out in record time (under 5 mins), while some struggled (you know who you are!). Unfortunately, my parents envelope got returned for extra postage, while the others somehow made it, so we saved theirs until this weekend when they visited. Here are the results:

We are excited to finally have a name to call the little gummy bear:

JOSHUA TYLER.

And even more exciting news...I'll get to 'see' him sooner than expected! Jeff and the proud grandparents-to-be got me the best present for my birthday: a 3D/4D ultrasound!! I made the appointment for September 6 and I will be 29 weeks then so it will be perfect timing to see him in action. And we'll come home with a DVD and live shots to share. Here is a link to where we are going: www.sneakpeekstudios.com I am really excited, as this is something I really wanted to do!! I have had several friends get this done and the pictures are absolutely amazing!! I can't wait!!

This was definitely a fun weekend!!

28 candles:

Sonogram Brochure (which was wrapped in a HUGE box and covered in balloons!):26 weeks:

Profile shot on the intercoastal: