Baby bump at 27 weeks!

Baby Bump at 23rd week!

Hi to you all! We hope your holidays were safe and blessed as you spent and enjoyed time with your families. We were able to spend the holidays with our South Dakota family, as well as our Minnesota family. I did realize how uncomfortable 9 hours in the car is when you are 5 months pregnant! But how blessed we are to be surrounded by such loving friends and family.

Over our Christmas holiday we (Joe) was able to get our nursery painted. All of babies gifts are now on shelves. Her clothes are all hung up in her closet, and WOW does she have a wardrobe. We are going to have to change the babies clothes 3 times a day to make sure every outfit is worn at least once. She is going to be a baby fashion statement.:)

We had our 23rd week appointment today and the doctor said everything looks really great. The baby is very healthy. She moves constantly! She especially likes to kick when I quit moving:) What an amazing experience feeling all that movement!

We hope that you all are doing well, and are staying warm during this cold winter. We will keep you posted on what is to come with baby Isabel. Take care and God Bless, and thank you so much for your prayers.

Our appointment today went good. We were able to spend about an hour watching baby. We also found out that it is a baby GIRL! She looks really healthy and has all 10 fingers and toes! Hope you all enjoy the pictures. We have also (at this point) decided on the name Isabel Elise. The meaning of the name Isabel is "devoted to God". The meaning for the name Elise is "consecrated to God". What perfect meanings for such a beautiful bundle of JOY!!! It is amazing how God works and the miracles he blesses us with. Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful and the rest of your holiday season relaxing! Take care and keep checking for more updates.

So...baby girl is a little skinny, but she will grow!

Baby girls cute lips blowing kisses:)

Here is my little ear that I am starting to hear sounds with.

This is baby girl's face in 3-D. The umbilical cord is in front of her face.

Here are my 10 little cute fingers:)

Here are my 10 little cute toes!

Here's the profile of baby GIRL!!! It looks a lot like my daddy!

So we were slacking on week 17 and 18, but here is my baby bump at 19 weeks!

My baby bump at 16 weeks!!

Hi to all our family and friends! Hope you all got through Halloween last week. Now you can start the hustle and bustle of the Holiday season! Crazy isn't it...how fast time goes! We had another doctor's appointment today. Unfortunately, we didn't get to do another ultrasound like we had hoped. So we have no pictures (but my belly:) for you to look at. We did get to listen to the heart beat of the baby. That was amazing! The baby is definitely "a mover and a shaker". You could hear in the heart beat how much the baby was moving, and on the last ultrasound the baby was moving so much it was hard to get a picture. The doctor felt that we have a very healthy baby so far. Our next appointment is on Dec.3, which is my grandmother's birthday! She would have been 71. It's amazing how God works isn't it. What an appropriate date to see a beautiful new life! That is the appointment where we will find out the sex of the baby. We are so looking forward to that! It will settle a lot of discussions we have!! :) Thank you again for all of your prayers and advice. We miss you all and hope life is good where ever you are!!

My little bump at 15 weeks!

My little bump at 14 weeks!!