Baby's first Christmas presents

These are some Christmas presents that baby already recieved! He's not even born yet, but he's so loved! The white envelope contains a proof of purchase of baby's dream crib that is on its way to our house from his Abuelitos (grandparents in spanish) Edgar and Flor. His Tia and Tio (aunt and uncle) Anthony and Paula got him a book of manners for boys! Its so cute! Auntie April and uncle Andy got him little nikes just like cousin Lanes! And a bunch of other gifts from family! We couldnt even fit everything in the picture! We're so blessed, and we know the blessing will just continue from here as the days fly by until he gets here and after that!

We're so excited! And I just love feeling baby kick! He's active! Just like mom and dad I guess!

A bit of chrsitmas... More to come

Hello everyone! I know its been a long time since we've posted anything! But we made the mistake of not taking pictures with our own camera and we're having trouble getting them all into our hands to show you our chrsitmas adventures! But we do have some before christmas pictures to show you, that was back 2 weeks ago, so the tummy shots are outdated by now. I'm not almost 23 weeks! And I finally felt the baby move! FINALLY! We knew it was going to take a while for us, because the doctor told us that I have an anterior placenta. Which means that the baby isnt directly behind my tummy, but behind my tummy and the placenta. So there are more layers for the baby to kick through in order for me to feel him. But its ok, I finally felt him! It was amazing!

The baby got a lot fo gifts for christmas! We'll show pictures in a little while. He is already spoiled by the whole family! And I got some wonderful gifts too! Beautiful maternity clothes from Tony, he's so thoughtful! He got me things to "make me feel beautiful, even though my body is changing and sometimes making me feel not so beautiful" He's very sweet, and yes, he did make me feel beautiful in the lovely new pregnancy wardrobe!

So, the christmas pictures and stories are yet to come, but here's some!

Love you all!

Gabriel and Sophia

Ok, fine. We'll show you!

Ok, so you all have begged us to much to show the proof that its a baby boy, and his father agrees! But when he gets older and wonders why we posted this, I'm sending him to you! haha. So, its clear. Its a boy, without a doubt!

We went to register at Babies R us tonight. It was so fun! You can go look at our registry online, jsut search under our names, either one. We are so excited!

Its a Boy!

You guessed it! (well, some of you) Its a boy! I happy and very healthy baby boy! We're very excited and Gabe is ecstatic! So, the word is out! Its a boy, no doubt about it!
Now you get to guess the name! ha ha, we aren't telling yet though!
Love you all!

More pictures

We have a secret! Who wants to know??

Well, we went for our ultrasound and it was AWESOME! We got the greatest pictures. It was the coolest experience we have had with the pregnancy so far. We saw so many cool things! Most importantly we know that our baby is developing PERFECTLY! Everything is exactly where it should be. Measurements are exactly lined up! Baby is healthy!

I know you're wondering if we got to see the sex! And the answer is....... YES! We know what we're having! Its a............................. You'll see!

We will show you all of the pictures of baby except the ones that will answer your gender questions. Your job is to tell us what the baby looks like boy or girl, only by looking at the face and body! Ok? So here are the pictures!

The rest of the pictures will come in the next post.

Next Tuesday/ 19 week update

OK, we will find out once and for all the gender of baby next Tuesday at 9:00am! We are going to a place just for lab work and ultrasound with the top of the line brand new ultrasound machine! We'll get 2-d and 3-D! So we will for sure see if we're having our baby girl or boy! So everyone, keep your eyes open for the blog on Tuesday!!
We found the nursery furniture we want also! We're going to order it very soon and then we'll paint and decorate for baby and will have lots of pictures to show! We went to babies R us last week just for fun and we cant wait to go buy all the fun things for baby!
We're praying lots about the Lord's will for our work situation after baby. Should I work, should I not? Should Gabe get more hours, or continue as we are? You know, the questions that every new parent loses sleep over. So please pray with us that the Lord's will can be done. We know the He always opens doors where he wants them. We are not worried at all. But we always want to please Him in everything we do. So we are praying for that.
We love you! These holidays would be even better if we were all together! Especially our Burgin, Hanks, Tolbert families! Gabe got to meet you all and we're left wishing for more time together! Our prayers and thoughts are with you this holiday season!
God bless you all
Love, Gabriel and Sophia (and don't forget baby too!)