Jadyn's baby brother...

We went for our sonogram on Friday morning. Baby is measuring at 19.5-20 weeks along... right on schedule! We were excited to find out if we were having a boy or girl. Looks like we are getting a BOY! :-D Jay and I suspected it, but were happy either way. The baby was very active during the sonogram and didn't want to sit still for long, so the sonographer said she's going to lean towards it being a boy, but to not be set on it, just in case. We are going to have another sono sometime down the road (around 32 weeks, I think...?), so hopefully we'll be more sure then. But this sonographer was the second person to say she was voting boy. A couple of weeks ago, the nurse did a quick sono for us and that was her vote too! Soooo, it looks like it's a boy, but we aren't going to settle in on that til we know for sure! We are still deciding on a name, but I am making a list. As soon as I get through the name book, I'll post a fun survey and see what you vote for! We already have the girl's name: Annika Mae. Atleast, that's what we are pretty certain we will name her if it turns out to be a her! LOL Here are some video clips of the sonogram...enjoy!






In this clip ~ no, you are not seeing 2 heads! The sonographer would freeze frame a picture of the top of the baby's head on one side of the screen, then try to get a 'better shot' on the other side of the screen. Pretty cool feature.

To view more sono clips, check out my Picasa Web Album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/shinnin1171

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Goodnight! May the Lord bless you as He has blessed us!

A Piece of Pigtail Pie's Life...and Our's

This is her "I'm cute" look...she's realized that when she does this, she gets an 'awwwww'! LOL She's developing quite the personality too. It's amazing the 'pickiness' she's developed in foods and in playtime. She would much rather be close to mommy and daddy than off across the room playing with her toys. Yet, she's full of giggles and smiles! She's starting to say words, like "dad-dy!" and 'wow'. She's also mastered the concept of saying please (in sign language) whenever she wants something...including your food! It never fails that we will feed her and set her down to play while we eat our dinner, and she wants what we are eating! Even though she has a full tummy, she seems to find more for whatever's on your plate. As cute as she is with her 'please, please, please' for what's on your plate, we are trying to teach her that once she's eaten, she's done and no more snacking. Then, she pulls out the "I'm cute" face (see above)! Boy, it's hard to not give into that face! :) She brings us much happiness, and we can only imagine the adventure it will bring when we add Baby #2 to the family.

Speaking of which, we go Wednesday for our official sonogram. We will find out officially if this baby is truly a boy or was he/she fooling us a couple of weeks ago on the sneak peek sonogram. :) Please pray that all goes well and Baby Sapp is a healthy, complete, happy baby. We are happy with boy or girl. We just want him/her to be healthy. God is good and we are so blessed with the family He has given us. I love feeling the movements of this little one growing inside of me. I can't wait until he/she's big enough so that Jay and others can feel those little kicks too! :) And, our search for the 'right' name for the baby continues. If it is a girl, we have her name picked already. But, if it's a boy....he is still nameless! We have a list going, short as it is, but a list nonetheless, and we continue to work our way through the baby boy name book. I am nearly half way through this pregnancy...already! Time has been slow, yet fast at the same time! Slow, in seems like it's taken awhile for me to feel much movement, but fast in that I'm already half way!!! My headaches and migraines have subsided tremendously in the past couple of weeks. It's been a rough first half of the pregnancy and it's a relief to finally be virtually headache free. I haven't had to take anything but tylenol maybe 3 times in the past two weeks...that's GREAT for me! God is good!

Life continues to be busy in the Sapp house. We are getting ready to very soon have our whole entire flooring replaced with stained concrete. That'll be taking place in the next 2-3 weeks probably. We've been getting bids and meet with our last contractor on Wednesday. Our dear buddies, Curt and Mandy have graciously allowed us to stay at the Chizzlewick hotel while our house is under construction. Speaking of them...they too are expecting baby #2! It's exciting to see what the Lord's unfolding in their lives. Looks like Baby Chizzlewick #2 will debut sometime in September! Yeah for babies! We have several other friends that are either pregnant, going through final adoption process, or working on 'expanding' their families as well. It's so neat to see God working in each of their lives and we are blessed to be a part of their lives.

Well, I was supposed to work on laundry and school work tonight...none of which I've done! Sigh...oh well. I should atleast make some kind of effort and go change the sheets on the bed. My dear hubby has helped tonight by putting away the laundry that's already been cleaned and stripping the desperately needed-to-be sheets from our bed. Did I mention what a wonderful man he is? He never complains for my lack of being able to keep a clean house, or of my preggo hormones and mood swings, or of the fact that I can never seem to get the laundry ALL OF THE WAY FINISHED! LOL He is a blessing and completes me. I love my husband and am blessed to be his wife. He truly is a gift from the Lord and one of the best things that have ever happened to me! I love you, Jay.

"I have found the one my heart loves."
Song of Solomon 3:4

On a funny note...Sara (my twin sis) and I turned 31 a little over a week ago. Jay bought me a WII for my birthday (thank you, honey!). It was quite a blast having family and friends over that night and playing the Wii. This is what boxing looks like for a spectator...LOL! Enjoy as Sara demonstrates boxing. :-D

Pregnancy update

We went to our 4 month check up yesterday. Baby's heartbeat sounded good and everything went well. We weren't scheduled for a sonogram, but nurse Janet was very gracious to let us try and take a sneak peek at what Baby Sapp is...boy or girl. The good sonogram cart was in use, so we had to use the 'dinosaur'. The picture below shows her pointing at a certain part of Baby. The angle of the sonogram in this pic would be if we were looking up at the baby who is in a sitting position. The video that follows under the picture is the actual footage we got from the sono. Tell us...what's your vote, boy or girl? :-) We won't know for sure until our REAL sonogram in 2 weeks, but we are atleast pretty sure which sibling Jadyn is getting!

And, here are a couple of pics of my pregnancy so far. I've been reluctant to take them this time around as my first pregnancy has left me more flabby than I started with! Nonetheless, here you go. Now, that my belly is actually starting to look preggo and not just chunky, I'll try to take more pics on a monthly basis.

12 weeks

Almost 17 weeks

Roadtrip to Phoenix

The Sapps set out for Phoeniz, AZ on Friday, the 26th for a week long stay, visiting family. We had a great time and really enjoyed seeing our loved ones. Jadyn did a really good job on the road. We traveled at night so she'd sleep most of the way. I posted pics of our trip on our Picasa web album. Go check it out @: http://picasaweb.google.com/shinnin1171. We rang in the New Year with our aunt Carol and uncle Jim. Jadyn even joined in a little bit of the dancing while we watched the ball drop in New York. Tried as I might, I was unable to stay up til midnight in Arizona, but I did make it til midnight, Texas time...barely! :)
We are back safe and sound and as ready as we'll be to return to work tomorrow. We took down the Christmas decorations today. It's hard to believe the year is now 2009. We look forward to what the Lord has in store for this year and our prayer is that we will be ready and always listening for His voice.

We love you guys! Enjoy the pics!