A big milestone!

20 weeks - halfway!

We are now officially 21 weeks along and more than half-way through the pregnancy. The baby has become more active, in fact, he/she might be a gymnast because I think there was a full flip on Saturday morning that made me jump and shriek!  I had never felt anything like it to this point.

21 weeks...Baby's first Christmas party at Jen & Mike Rodgers'

We went for our 20 week ultrasound this past Wednesday and we have in our possession the gender of our child...but we don't know what it is yet.  I made 3 cards and envelopes and had the the ultrasound technician fill in the blank and seal them up!!  We are going to mail one to my dad and Kate, one to Aden's parents and the other is for us to open with my mom and Tom as well as my sister Meg and brother James.  Unfortunately Casey and Christine won't be able to be there. 
Please note the very strict instructions:

So as of Christmas morning, we will know the gender of our first child.  Overall the ultrasound was awesome.  The baby looks like a baby now!  After the first ultrasound I joked that we were having an alien. :)  Not anymore...

The left foot!

Baby's profile!

We saw all sorts of things, with the exception of anything that gave the gender away.  His/Her feet were resting right under its neck for much of the ultrasound!  He or she is an agile little thing. All in all, my health is good, the baby's size is right where it should be at 14 oz. and we're both growing!

Aden has been teaching Baby to count.  He pokes my belly once and says in a loud voice, "ONE!"  Then he will poke it two times and say, "TWO!"  Once or twice he's gotten a kick in response.  Last night we made it up to four, but he doesn't want to overwhelm the child so we're taking it slow.  Ha! 

Stay tuned for the big report on Christmas day!