Snow Days!

A picture of a typical morning of the 4 snow days we have had in the past two weeks!  Melvin sure enjoys snow days.

19 and 1/2 weeks

Our little guy is 19 and 1/2 weeks along. Lately we talk often about names and the two names that we always go back to as favorites are Paxton and Maddox.
Also, in the past few weeks I have felt him moving, he is moving so much that last week Bob could feel the movement on my belly.
This week Bob also painted his room gray! The color turned out great and I can't wait to brighten the room with yellows and greens.
I think one of the most surprising parts about pregnant is the generosity and kindness of people. I am amazed at all of the little gifts (books, cards, pajamas and oufits) he has already received and also friends who have been so generous in letting me borrow their maternity clothes.
I also have to admit being called "Little Mama!" makes my heart warm everytime someone says it. We can't wait to meet our little guy!

19 12/ Weeks. I don't love this picture, but I wanted to take the picture in front of the box because it's his crib!

18 Week Sonogram

We had another sonogram at 18 weeks and 5 days. HE (I was so worried that were going to tell us he wasn't a boy and they were wrong the first time!) looked healthy. Bob uploaded some of the video to Youtube so that we could share it with our family, so the clip below is about 3 minutes of the sonogram.

16 weeks and finding out the sex

We didn't intend to find out the sex of Baby Welch today, but we couldn't help it!  We visited the Perinatologist because of some concern with blood clotting indicated by some blood work which we found that there is no reason to be concerned! 
During the sonogram the doctor mentioned that we shouldn't have another sonogram for 4 weeks since we had one today, so the thought of waiting 4 weeks until finding out the sex was too long, so we found out we are having a BOY!!!!  And a healthy (at least so far) boy!  We haven't decided 100% on a name, but Maddox is what we love the most as of now!

Christmas

A few highlights from Christmas this year!

My grandparents had this reaction...

When the received a NEW TV from my parents. 

Even more special my grandparents stayed 4 days with us over Christmas because Shawn and Jon were in town and they made the announcement that they are expecting in July!   

 

Madilyn catching up on some reading on her new potty chair that cheers for her when she pottys in it!

Nursery-Before

Bob had already started painting the trim white before I could snap a true before picture of the nursery. However, I wanted to remember how the room looked with the brown trim and how the room served as a place to iron and hold all of our junk!

14 Weeks

At 14 weeks the nausea has subsided and I hardly "feel" pregnant (other than a few headaches here and there). It feels good to be back working out and doing yoga. The weirdest part so far, is that sometimes I have a slight belly like the picture above and other times I don't have a belly at all! I am ready to have a belly all the time and feel the movement of the baby.