19 weeks already

I am shocked that we are already at our half way mark! WooHoo for that accomplishment. We had an ultrasound last night and our sweet baby seems to be growing and healthy as can be at this point. As most of you know I was 99% sure we were having girl and Andrew was sure it was a girl up until a last week when he had this dream of a curly brown haired little boy. So I called my mom to see if she still thought we were having a girl (we call her ultraSandi because she is always spot on about what gender your baby will be) she told me that just that morning she had a little boy pop in her head but was still hooked on a girl. AH I was so confused... boy or girl, boy or girl? Kept running through my head. So at our ultrasound we told the tech that we wanted to know the sex of this baby. As we were watching the ultrasound this little baby is one crazy babe. It was rolling, tumbling, punching, kicking, and flipping all over the place. The tech had a really hard time trying to get everything done because baby wouldn't sit still for not even 5 seconds. I'm nervous for the handful this monster will be.
So boy or girl you ask??..... it happens to be a............

BOUNCING BABY BOY!!!

I'm in shock that is the world used the most for this pregnancy.. we should probably just name him that! The tech told us that my umbilical cord was all over the place and they didn't have the best equipment so she was a little unsure because he wouldn't stay still as stated earlier. She told us to check on my next ultrasound to make sure, but we're are pretty positive it's a boy.
We are super excited and nervous. I guess that means no bow making or any cutisy things to be put on a baby girl, but that day will come. We have so many boys in Jess's family and my poor niece Mia has no girl cousins. I just hope that our little boy will be as cute and fun as all our nephews. The more I think about a boy the better it is. I loved having older brothers to look up to and watch over me. So I love that fact that he'll be an older brother to those siblings that are someday to come. We don't have any official names yet, but they'll come.
So I'll post some baby bump pictures on my next post it just popped the other night. Weird how it can do that.
Anyways everyone have a good Memorial weekend! We're going to New Hampshire with some of our best friends so we'll post those pictures when we get back
XOXO

Pics I promised... kind of a long post

Sorry some of these are side ways.
This is Susquehanna River in Harmony Penn where Joseph and Oliver received the Aaronic Preisthood and then baptized one another. It was a little hike down a trail to get here, but it was really peaceful. It was really quite surreal to know that you walked the same ground that the Prophet walked. We also saw the corner stones of the house that they lived in and translated the plates. It was sooo little you could hardly believe that's where it all took place.

This headstone is where Joseph and Emma's first baby was buried.

This is Emma's parents headstones. On the other side it looks like the baby's. All old and worn out.
This little brook was on the way down the trail to the River. I just loved the way this picture looked all covered in moss. Just thought I'd add it in.

Us by the Susquehanna River.

The site of where John the Baptist gave the Aaronic Preisthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery.
Andrew and I got free tickets from DirecTV to go to a Yankee's game. We aren't the biggest fans, but hey for good seats that are free who would pass that up. It was just nice to do something out of the ordinary for us. One of Andrew's co workers got the other 2 tickets and they were good company. We had some pretty sweet seats and the baby pistacho enjoyed the hot dog.. or two!
From this picture it looks like we are really far up but we could see everything really clearly.

So these are some of our Young Women.... so the one in the middle isn't active so we went to watch her soccer game. The other two are sisters and then we are missing one other Young Women.. yeah that's right we only have 3 active YW.
Here is us watching the game. The other lady is Claire, she is the Young Women's president and actually served in Andrew's parents mission in Brazil. She is awesome and has been so much fun to work with.

Claire, Ashely, and Emily. Just a side note, Claire had her baby boy on the 12.

This is when I went to the zoo with Kelly and her daughter Elanor. Obviously these are the penguins.

A red panda

Elanor loved this fountain, it was her absolute favorite!!

So just a small update. We went to Syracuse for Andrew's cousin's baby blessing. It was really nice to see family and be there for them. We drove around and went to Joann Fabrics. My dream come true! We had really fun seeing them and their sweet new baby. The blessing was great and we enjoyed lunch with them after. On the way there we went through Scranton Penn.. Andrew's dream come true. He is obsessed with the Office and he took a bunch of pictures and ate at a diner that was delicious! Andrew will have to post his pics, I'm not sure where they are, but we had a lot of fun. On the way home that's when we stopped through Harmony Penn.
On to more exciting news, Andrew's bike got stolen, our gas got siphoned along with our gas cap being stolen.. and better yet, we're pretty sure it happened at church, and I got another parking ticket when baby sitting. Oh the joys of New Jersey, you've treated us so well already! I told Andrew that my Idaho mind would not be a very good criminal mind because never in a million years would I think to steal copper out of A/C units to sell for money, or siphon gas, and so many other things that I have learned about being here. I'm nervous to get hardened but I am afraid it's coming.
Other than that we are doing well. Andrew still loves his job and he is starting to get more responsibility with his calling so that will be interesting when it gets full blown. Our baby is growing at the right pace. I had a doc appt on Tuesday and everything looks good. I haven't even gained one pound, but I am defiantly starting to round. I'm thinking I might have to get some new pants for this little belly. In 2 weeks we find out the sex, so I'll have more to post then.
XOXO

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL, AMAZING, FABULOUS MOTHERS OUT THERE!! I HOPE YOUR KIDS BEHAVE TODAY AND THAT YOU ALL GET SOME REST. THANKS FOR BEING THE BEST.



As for Andrew and my mother, thank you for being our number one supporters our whole lives. Thank you for all the many small and many big things you have done for us. We couldn't be more grateful or appreciative of EVERYTHING you have done. We love and care about you so much and would never be where we are today without you! Happy Mother's Day
XOXO


Love you so much,
Jess and Andrew