We had a wonderful New Year’s – we had some friends over for a house party…entertaining is one of the things we do best. Oh, and we found out that our neighbors/friends, Noah & Cheryl, are also pregnant! They are about 9 weeks along and due at the end of July. I have a feeling we’ll be spending some time with them and their baby since we’ll pretty much be making this journey together. Hopefully, we can trade out baby-sitting nights so each of us can have some couple’s time. New Year’s day we cleaned up the house, watched lots of TV and had dinner at Chili’s – the same place we had our first date. 🙂

Only 3 more days and we’ll know your sex! Your father and I are both anxious to find out but neither of us have a feeling one way or the other, really. And neither of us have a preference, either. We can both think of so many reasons why it would be wonderful to have a girl, and likewise for a boy. Either way, in just a few days this major question will be answered!

We looked at our first daycare yesterday. It was a pretty interesting experience. We’ll have many more to look into before finalizing this decision, but at least we’ve gotten started.

Your baby showers are coming together nicely,too. Looks like Christine is going to throw a very traditional shower on March 14th, probably at a restaurant with a private room. Karen and Jacob should be able to make it down for that one, so it will be nice.

Then our other friends (the party crowd) are going to host more of a shower/party on April 4th at our house. We did a similar layout for our friend Kristin and it worked out great! It should be especially nice since the weather should be good and we have the perfect backyard for entertaining. I am really looking forward to being on the receiving end of all these events; quite a change since I am always the planner.

I think we are going to look at baby furniture and registry items today. We probably won’t actually register until we find out if you are a boy or girl – that way we can get the right colors – but we figured it couldn’t hurt to start looking…since this process may take a while.

My tummy is definitely getting bigger…and more round. My waist is slowly disappearing. I’ve picked up a few maternity clothes, but I am most worried about finding work clothes. None of the maternity places really sell long skirts…which will be my attire of choice given Uline’s wacky dress code. I may just end up buying elastic waisted skirts at the regular stores.

What an exciting time in our lives this is for your father and I! While still a little unsure of all the changes to come, we are both excited and anxious to have you in our home…and we can’t wait for you to meet your BIG sister, Maddison…or Maddie for short. She is absolutely going to love you to pieces!