Baby Heavin

Here's a quick update on our little bundle. I have officially made it past my halfway mark (assuming he/she decides to come on time), and have continued to feel great!  My clothes are definitely getting tight and I can no longer button my pants, but that's a good thing despite how hard as it is to see those numbers go up on the scale! ; ) We have been very fortunate so far to have such a smooth pregnancy and we pray that it will continue to go well.  We went in for my ultrasound last Tuesday. At that point I was a couple days short of being 21 weeks.  The baby was moving like crazy!  The doctor said that he usually has a specific order that he tries to get measurements in, but Baby H wouldn't have any part in that. He/she was rolling over and just all over the place!  We were lucky enough to get some great pictures, despite all the in utero dancing, and were able to see everything a lot more clearly than before-- hands, stomach, kidneys, bladder, spine, arms, legs, the whole kit and kaboodle.  And yes, we also got to see what gender this little one will be!  We are very excited and thankful we have a healthy little baby! Here are a few pictures of him/her....I'll post more later to Facebook!

It's kind of hard to see, but that is a picture of the baby's top lip.  If you look closely you can see the two little nostrils above it.  It's turned sideways.

This past weekend was a busy one.  Tabitha, Greg, and Carson came down for a quick visit so we spent some time with them which was nice.  Carson is getting so big and I can't believe he'll be ONE already next month.  We also went over to Mason's dad's with Tabitha and Greg and spent some time with him, Mason's step-mom Darla, his step-sister Mariah, and her son, Gentry.  Mason's other two step-sisters were at work, and Mariah's daughter Nevin was spending some time with the other side of her family.  Later on that afternoon, Mason and I went to Lowes to get some block to start doing some landscaping out in the front of our house.  I can't say that I was really a lot of help, but Mason has done a fabulous job so far!  Now we just need to get some more dirt, find the flowers/plants we want to plant, and then put some mulch on top.  We're still debating on whether we want to do the side of the house yet or wait.  The only reason we're considering doing it now is just in case they would discontinue the same block we used for the front.  I don't really foresee that happening but you never know.  Here's a few pictures of that.

Mason's truck dominated those ugly bushes.  Nissan: 1 Bushes: 0

The before picture of the left part of the house.

Mason working diligently.

This is directly below the kitchen windows on the right side of the house.

Here's the after picture, prior to dirt and flowers, obviously.

And here's the left side again.  This side needs a little more dirt, but then it should be good to go for us to plant!  Now we just need to figure out what we want to plant....wish us luck!

I think that's all for now.  Here's hoping the rest of this week flies by so we can hopefully enjoy some more nice weather this weekend!!