Pictures from my baby shower

My mom: Holding her first grandchild!

Me and my father-in-law comparing tummies...I'm catching up with him! :)

Marie and I are soon to be mommies. She is due August 26th, and I'm due September 26th!

More 3D pics

Here are some more 3D pictures of our little angel! She appears to be a thumb sucker, or at least she likes having her hands up around her face, especially her nose and mouth. It was really neat to see her opening her eyes and mouth.

Only 2 more months to go! It's hard to believe that she will be here so soon. Jerod and I are starting to work on the nursery now. We are painting and adding a chair rail to the room. I'll post some pictures soon!

This is a good picture of her eyes/nose, but she has her mouth covered up:

Here is another one of her hand in front of her face...look at those long fingers!!

In this one she is yawning! You can see her mouth is wide open:

Here is one of her where she doesn't have her hand or anything in front of her mouth. She looks so peaceful and content!

Baby V in 3D!

Here is Baby Girl Verboort! This is a profile picture at 28 weeks:

These are the 3D pictures. She had her feet and hands in front of her face a lot, and really didn't want to give us a good look at her face!

Here's another one with her hand in front of her face, but you can see her eyes and nose:

In this one she gave us a smile!

Another one of her little face...she's already beautiful! :)

Stubborn little girl

We went into Fetal Fotos for our 3D ultrasound tonight, and our lovely daughter was not in the mood to have her picture taken. She had her feet up against her forehead and she was holding her umbilical cord in front of her face most of the time, so we didn't get any 3D shots. We go back next Friday to try again.

Even though she was hiding, she was moving around a lot! She is a little wiggle worm. She even kicked so hard once that the doctor said she's never felt a kick that hard before! She's a feisty one!

We do have a confirmation that she is a girl! She even has hair, so that must be from Jerod because I was a baldy when I was born. The doctor also said that she has really long fingers and toes, which both Jerod and I also have. She was sucking her thumb for a bit, but for the most part she was playing with her feet and her umbilical cord.

We are hoping to have pictures and a video of our little munchkin after next Friday's appointment!

Latest update on cravings...I can't get enough ice. I love chewing on ice chips! I even drove through Sonic the other day just to get a large cup of ice (they charged me 10 cents!).

25 weeks down...15 to go!

I had my 25 week appointment today and everything is looking great. I have to admit that it was pretty tough to hear that the baby now weighs 1.5 pounds...and I've gained 18. Yikes!

We are getting the 4D ultrasound taken at the end of this month, and we're so excited to see her again! My friend Morgan let me borrow a fetal sounds monitor, so we've been able to listen to her moving around and can even find the heartbeat if we are patient and listen carefully.

We've decided on a name, but we're keeping it top secret! Something has to be a surprise for all of you, right? :)

Most recent cravings: PINEAPPLE!! I've gotten over chicken nuggets and peanut butter (not together), and luckily moved onto healthier things.

I see the doctor again in 4 weeks, and then I start seeing her every 2 weeks until September when I'll start seeing her every week. We start our childbirth prep classes in August and I've signed up for prenatal yoga classes as well. I've been doing my yoga/pilates dvd's at home, but decided it would be more fun to have some pregnant companions to work out with.

Our next update will be in a few weeks when I post the 4D pictures. We'll be about 27 weeks when we get them taken, which is when the ultrasound tech said is perfect because they have a lot of distinct features, but they aren't all "squished" looking yet. :)

The nursery!

Here is a picture of our nursery set. It is the Kimberly Grant "Farm Yard" and looks so cute in our dark cherry sleigh crib that Jerod put together recently. He was so proud of himself that it only took an hour to assemble. :)

When I found out we are having a girl I knew that I didn't want a "girly" nursery. I fell in love with the little farm animals and the theme "Dream, Dance, Laugh" that is on the wall art and quilt.

Here she is! Going clockwise from top left:

In the first picture she is yawning...apparently we were boring her. :)
In the next one she is facing the camera...looking a little Skeletor-ish.
The middle two are profile pictures.
The bottom left is a picture of her bum and right leg.
The bottom right is her arm and hand.

The ultrasound tech was laughing at how much she was wiggling around. She kept doing flips and kicking me. She was moving around so much that the tech had a hard time getting pictures she needed, so I might have to go back for another ultrasound. Darn! :)

Jerod and I are so excited! We are half-way to our due date already...only 20 weeks to go!