Growing...

In our first ultra sound our little baby looked like nothing more than a jelly bean - so it is so fun to see an actual baby in my belly now! This is her at about 10 1/2 weeks. Aaron and I cracked up to see her just relaxing, flat on her back, mellow as can be. When I was telling my co-workers about it they joked that if she was that relaxed she must have gotten lots of Aaron's genes and not very many of mine! :( The little head is on the left and on the right you can see her little foot in the air. I'm actually a few days ahead of where they thought I was, so they bumped my due date up to December 27th - just 2 days after Christmas and only 1 day after my birthday. It will be a crazy week for us, but I feel just as bad for our ultra-supportive families whose holidays will be interrupted as well. I'm looking forward to being almost done with the nausea - probably only a few more weeks! Yahoo!

Since this was our first normal doctor's appointment, we had some questions for the doctor. I laughed when I realized they all had to do with rock climbing, backpacking, hiking, etc. I was happy to hear that Aaron, dad and I's August backpacking adventure will not have to be cancelled, just modified so I'm only carrying a day pack (10 lbs or less). That sounded great to me - the heavy pack is the only thing I don't really like about backpacking. I've turned Aaron into a pack mule to practice already - he carries most of our climbing gear up the canyon a few times a week. :) Good thing he loves me!

Announcement!!!

I'm pregnant!! Above is Baby Wilk's first picture at about 6 weeks, but I'm about 9 weeks now. (For those of you experienced moms saying - "Why'd she get an ultra sound at 6 weeks?" - it's a long story... call me sometime and I'll tell you!) I'm due December 30 so my future accountant husband (and me too) is requesting all of your prayers for a 2007 baby because we'll get a bigger tax return! All is well so far with the pregnancy. I've felt really good except for some nausea... which actually almost disappeared last week so we're hoping that is not a fleeting trend.

Despite the myth that "all men want boys first", Aaron is dying for a little girl and says he's positive it is one. He now refers to my belly as "she" and it is contagious because I'm calling it she now as well. Only time will tell, but boy or girl I want the baby to look just like it's daddy... see my favorite baby picture of Aaron below. Sooo cute!