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GIRL!!!!
We are very excited about Baby #3 being another little girl. Jenna and Miranda said that they wanted a brother, but they are just as excited about having a little baby sister. Ian figured it was going to be another girl and he is pretty happy about it too. It makes it a lot easier since we have girl everything from Jenna and Miranda. We would have broken the bank buying all blue and boy stuff!! Here are a few of our ultrasound pictures. It is amazing how much bigger she is from my last ultrasound at 12 weeks.  

Here she is laying on her back, in the same pose as my 12 week ultrasound.
In this picture she is looking at us.  You can see her 2 eye sockets are the black sections.  And her arms and hands are up on either side of her face.  You can even see her ribs on either side.
Here are her 2 little feet.  They seem so big in this picture, but the technician measured them and they are about 1 1/2 inches long.  It is nice to see the feet that like to kick me when I lay down at night to fall asleep!

20 Weeks!!!

It is hard to believe, but I am 20 weeks pregnant already! Where have the weeks gone??? Tomorrow is the big day- my ultrasound!!! It is scheduled for 4:30pm and I can't wait. I hope this little person who is now the size of a banana will cooperate so we can find out if we need pink or blue. Here are a few pictures of me and my belly. Any guesses??? Try not to blind yourself with my white belly! It has been covered in a tankini all summer! I will post the results of the ultrasound and some pictures tomorrow when we get home.

Miranda's 1st Day of Preschool

Today was the day Miranda has been waiting for... her first day back at Preschool. This year Miranda is attending the same preschool that Jenna went to last year. She has been pretty excited about it for a long time and she has been telling me that she isn't going to cry for me because she is a big girl now. Even though she is very familiar with the school and the teachers since she was with me when we would drop off and pick up Jenna last year, I was still worried that she would get shy this morning and not want me to leave. We dropped Jenna off at school at 8:15 this morning and Miranda's class doesn't start until 9 so we had a little time to kill. Miranda kept asking, "Is it time for my school yet?". Finally her time came and she was all smiles walking into the building and down the hallway to her class. We put her school bag in her cubby and then went into her class and said "Hi" to Miss Lacey, her teacher. Miranda knew that the classrooms all have a lot of baby dolls to play with so she headed right to them and started feeding one a bottle. I signed her into class and told her that it was about time for me to leave. She asked me to stay and play with her and I told her that I couldn't stay, but I would be back very soon to pick her up. She said "Okay Mommy" and with that I was able to kiss her good-bye, tell her I loved her and she was on her own. They have a little window into the classroom that I peaked at her through and she was as happy as can be and waved good-bye to me again. What a big girl she has become!! I am so proud of her! Her class was over at 12 and I got there a few minutes early and I was able to see them walk out to play on the playground. She looked so cute with her classmates and I heard her say, "Yeah playground" and then she took off running to ride a tricycle. Miss Lacey said she had a great day. Miranda is already looking forward to Monday since she gets to go back to school again.

Jenna's First Day of Kindergarten

Today was the big day... the start of Kindergarten!  We prepared well last night by laying out her uniform, getting her school supplies in her bag and getting to bed nice and early.  We even let Jenna use an alarm clock to make sure she woke up on time and ready to head to school.  Jenna woke up this morning about 10 minutes before the alarm was set to go off.  She came skipping into my room saying, "I am getting ready for school now".  Needless to say, she was pretty excited!  While the girls were eating breakfast, Jenna said, "I think I am a little bit nervous".  I reassured her that she was going to do great and have a fun time.  At 7:45am we were off to Holy Rosary!  All the classes were lining up in their designated spots, ready and waiting for the bell to ring at 8:15 to start the day.  Jenna's class walked in and found their name tags at the table they were to sit at and then the parents went in.  Jenna looked confident and relaxed as she sat at her table and listened to Mrs. Wacomb.  And then it was time to say goodbye.  Miranda and I kissed Jenna and off we went!  Miranda didn't want to leave Jenna and kept asking when we could get her.  Today was only a half day so we went back at 12pm to pick Jenna up.  She looked so cute parading out of the school with her class.  I was anxious to hear all about her morning.  She said she had fun and made a bus for snack and that they went outside for recess.  Tomorrow is a full day and I hope it goes as well as today went.  Our little girl is growing up!!