Nursery Ideas

We want the nursery to be a cowboy/western theme and I found such a cute crib bedding set that I want to get. I posted a link to it in case anyone wants to see it. I actually found quite a few western style crib sets, but this one was my favorite. I think as far as colors go I'll try to stick mostly with the sky blue and brown that are in this set. And then use red as maybe an accent color. Although I don't know how much decorating we'll really be able to do since we rent our place and can't paint and are trying to avoid hanging things on the walls (our landlord says we can, but he'd rather we not put nail holes in the walls). I have found some really good alternatives to nails though; the Command brand of hooks makes a huge variety of hooks and ways to hang things on the walls without ruining paints and walls. But now I am getting off on a side note..... :) Back to nursery things: I also created a registery on Babies R Us website and found lots of cute things for John and his nursery. Anyways here is the link to the crib set for anyone who wants to look at it.

Bananafish Rodeo Round Up 4-Piece Crib Bedding Set - Bananafish - Babies "R" Us

And It's a.....

Boy!! Cade and I had the big ultrasound today. We are so excited to be having a little boy. Cade will teach him so many good things. But most of all we were so excited to see that he is so healthy and perfect looking. He is measuring about 12.5 ounces and I am officially 20 weeks and 2 days according to the ultrasound and our previous calculations so he is right on track. He is moving so well too. We tried to get a good picture of his face, but he kept hiding behind his hands :) but we managed to get a couple pretty good ones. He also kept crossing his ankles and I wondered if that would make it hard to see if he was a boy or girl.....but if you can tell from the first two pictures we got a good clear view of his manhood parts.

Such a cute little face!

See? hands by the face again.
Ankles crossed. Cute little feet :)

And here is me at 20 weeks.

Funny Feeling

The other night Cade and I were laying on the couch watching a movie and suddenly I felt a little poke from the inside of my belly. I thought "was that a kick?" So I put my hand on my belly and I felt it again. It was a pretty good little kick so I grabbed Cade's hand and put it on the same spot hoping Baby would kick again and it kicked twice for him! Cade's eyes lit up and we were both so excited to actually feel our baby moving and kicking. The baby has started kicking with decent strength a few times a day. Cade gets jealous when he is not with me when it kicks or if it stops kicking just as he starts to feel my belly. :) He is getting so excited and it is so cute. He is going to be the best daddy ever! He once asked me "How big does the baby have to be before it can sleep with us?" Haha! And he's is loving looking at baby clothes, shoes, and other things; I have to keep telling him we can't buy much just yet. It makes me so happy to see how excited he is for our baby.
Well I am 20 weeks along now and feeling great. We go in on Tuesday for an ultrasound and get to find out if we're having a boy or a girl! It will be so fun to be able to start calling the baby by a name instead of just "It." I will be sure to let ya'll know the gender soon. :)

More Pics

Although I refuse to post these pictures to Facebook out of courtesy to others who may be trying to get pregnant (I know it kinda bugged me to go on Facebook and see all these pictures of pregnant women while I was struggling so much; even thought it shouldn't have bugged me it did a bit).....anyways I will post them on here for people to see if they want to keep up on stuff; plus I've had a few people request it so I am giving in. I didn't think to take a picture of my belly when we first found out so there is no comparison with how I looked before I started getting any sort of a bump, but that's ok. I mostly wanted to take these pictures for my own personal curiosity of how much my belly would really change over time.

12 Weeks along:

16 Weeks along:

By the way I must say I am so glad they make cute maternity clothes now. I actually found maternity pants that look like normal pants when the elastic material at the top is covered by a shirt. And shirts are really stylish shirts rather than just big baggy T-shirts. Cade took me shopping for a few things and then we discovered that Ross has the best deals for cute maternity clothes and I bought a few more things today while shopping with my friend Adrianna.

Late Christmas Stuff

I realize Christmas was many weeks ago, but I am slow downloading pictures onto my computer. So here are some pictures from Christmas morning at my parents' house:

Look at that mess of presents and wrapping paper.

Jaylee wrote Santa and asked him especially for a bell (like the one on Polar Express she said)

My sister Heather is so spoiled; with her new iTouch.


Rance got the exact train he wrote to Santa Claus for. :) Yay!

Kinley liked her princess watch.

I think Jaylee liked this one too. :)

Time to discover a slinky.....

Pretty necklace for Kinley.

A Baby This Year

So on New Year's Day I had a fun thought: this is the year our baby will be born! It makes it seem that much closer even though it is still five months away. Although I think it will go by somewhat fast. It seems like hardly any time at all goes by between our appointments. We just had our 16 week appointment today and the heart still sounds good and strong. February 1st is our big ultrasound and then we'll know if it's John Cade Hunter or Hannah Hunter growing in there. Cade took me shopping earlier this week and we bought my first maternity clothes. I am starting to look round and I feel kinda huge already and I know I have a lot more growing to go. Things are just starting to feel more and more real to me with each appointment and each thing we do in preparation. The baby's room is still pretty full of storage stuff, but since I am not taking classes this semester I think I'll have lots of time to work on it and get it all ready for baby.

Best News EVER!!

So I was going to wait a little longer to make an official announcement but now that I know everything is going well so far I just can't hold it in any longer. Cade and I are expecting a baby in June!! After two and a half years of trying and spending all kinds of money and doing all kinds of tests, etc., we are finally successful. And wouldn't you know it: the month of conception was one that we used no artificial hormones, no Dr. treatments, and no keeping track of days whatsoever. Since we've have had such a struggle getting pregnant, my doctor wanted to do my first visit at 8 weeks rather than 10 weeks. So Tuesday we went in and she did an ultrasound to check the placement of the baby and find a heartbeat. She said it is in a great location and we heard a nice strong heartbeat. I am so excited I can't even put it into words. Trying for a baby without success has been by far the biggest trial of my life and I'll admit I think I failed miserably most of the time in that test. But going through all of that has made me even more grateful now that it has finally happened and now we just pray that everything keeps going well. Any ways here are the "pictures" she printed out of the baby during the ultrasound: (The blue arrows are not an indication of a gender prediction or anything I just liked the color)