What a wonderful past few days!

On Saturday mama and papa came down for a visit to help celebrate my birthday. I love when they come down and we can go explore the town together and just hang out. I promised my dad a steak dinner the next time he came down so I brought him to Golden Corral...which is a huuuuuuuge buffet where you can get your steaks cooked to order! Oh my gosh was the baby bean happy with all that food.

We also went to Roller Derby after dinner! If you've never been to one it's so much fun. Mom really liked it but dad...he wasn't so impressed. Luckily there was Bald Eagle days for him on Sunday to make up for it.

I get so excited now that we've started shopping for the baby :) On Sunday we set out on a mission to get the perfect crib! Holy moly I never knew cribs could range in price so much. I wanted a nice one that could be used for the next few babies as well so I didn't want to go with the cheapest one I could find. Those are also things that you really need to see and touch and shake! I found the perfect one at Sears of all places...thanks to mama for suggesting it because I would have never thought to even go there! Really who goes to Sears anymore? It looked just like the $500 one we saw at Baby's R Us so I was really happy with it. Tim and Anthony got it all put together today and it's amazing. Of course we had to let the puppies try it out. Jolee wasn't so impressed but I think that Lola thinks its her bed and her bedroom now.

We also decided on decor while shopping! Well it wasn't so much a "we" as a "me" but Tim was very happy with the choice! It will be woodland animals with a focus on deer and owls! I got really cute vinyl decals for the wall since we're still renting and can't paint (I can't wait to be able to buy here!). They turned out sooooooo cute and mom got a deer mobile for the baby...dad was so proud being the avid hunter that he is.

Sooooooo the big news! We had our 20 week ultrasound where you can find out if you're having a boy or girl. I knew from the start that I wanted to know. I hated calling the baby just baby or even them or the worst "it"! First they had to measure and find all the body parts they could and everything was turning out great...it was so cool to see the little booty and a great profile shot of the baby but the best is when we found out we're having a little boy!!! I've been having a feeling lately and really last night that we were having a boy and it's so great to know. I feel so much more connected with the little guy and it makes planning so much easier. I've already gotten him his winter coat for next year (for $7 when it was originally $36)!

We don't have names yet...and we might keep it a secret because I hate when people give their input on a name when it's negative! I've never done that to someone but either we're picking really stupid names or we have really opinionated people around us haha. I'm so picky but I think once I stumble upon his name I'll just know :)

What a wonderful time it is to be alive. I'm so grateful for everything that's happened and how luck I am to have a great family and support system.