Flip flop

As of the middle of last week, I started feeling my baby move.  It is the wierdest and most exciting feeling ever.  Sometimes it feels like a thump, other times a little flip flop or a few times it has been a little jab.  I love feeling him inside.  It rests my mind at ease to know that he is ok and that he is enjoying himself in there.  My belly keeps popping out, I can't even wear some clothes that I did two weeks ago. I asked Jason to take a picture, but he said he would tomorrow when there is more daylight.  Sorry.  I tried. 

In other news, my little brother is coming here for a whole week in March.  He and I share the same spring break, so I am going to try and take that time off of work and just spend some time with him.  I also have a few projects around the house that I could use his help with.  For those of you that haven't met my youngest brother, you are missing out!  :-)  I told him that I have a list of things (ie: chores) I want him to do for me and his response was "Ok, sounds good!  I am looking forward to being there Liz".  What 16 year old says that?  Especially after learning that his week of "vacation" was going to be spent painting and packing and lifting heavy things for me!  I am a proud big sister and can't wait to spend some time with him.  it won't all be work.  I am sure we will manage to squeeze in some serious Mario Bros competitions. 

I think Jason and I are making a trip up to Wichita tomorrow.  One of his uncles passed away this weekend and the funeral is Wednesday.  So, we will leave tomorrow evening, go the funeral Wednesday morning and drive home again.  It is important to be there for the family.  In a weird way, I feel like I should go (not that I don't want to) because I haven't been able to go to any of my own family's funerals.  I dunno...

That's about it for now.  Hope everyone has a great week!  

a quick picture

I have been meaning to post and write, but honestly...not much has happened lately.  Just work, homework and house work.  Ewww...that isn't very fun to write about.  ;-) 

Anyways, my sweetheart took these pictures, and though I think my rear end looks like it is expanding as much as my "front" end, I thought I would post them so you guys can see how Baby Herron is shaping up.  My tummy just feels like it is stretching all the time.  Most of my pants I can't wear anymore!  Jason is fascinated by my belly and is convinced that I look VERY pregnant. Most people though say that I am hardly showing.  I dunno.  Here they are.

and the baby is a....

BOY! We went to the pregnancy center in town today for an ultrasound. It was so fun to see him stretch and move around in there. I couldn't believe how big he is already. :-) Here are a few pictures:
This one is his whole body. Look at his spine and the little dark spot in the middle is his heart.
Of course they can't say "for sure" whether the baby is a boy or girl, but this picture is looking at his bottom with his little legs bent on either side. The arrow is pointing to my little boy's "man parts".
This one is harder to distinguish what it is, but on the right side his little leg is bent and you can see a few of his toes.

We are SO excited to know what gender our baby is. I go at the end of the month to the doctor's office for the big 20 week ultrasound and so we will hopefully confirm that he is in fact a "he". I am excited about all the trucks and trains, dirt and bugs, boy scouts and camping and all the other BOY things that await us in the future. I love my son already.

In other news...Jason and I when to KC this weekend and had a blast. We ate at some SUPER fun restaurants, wandered around the plaza and saw that the world really is bigger than our little town. :-) BUT...perhaps our favorite thing to see was this:
We were passing a hotel parking lot and saw this! We just had to stop and take a few pictures. It's not often that one comes across the wienermobile.