It has been WAY too long since I've updated our blog.... I tried several times, but the pictures just wouldn't load... but I think I've finally got it!  Well, this is what I had written down from before :)

Our sweet baby is a BOY!!! We are so excited to meet this little guy in February! It seriously feels like time is flying by!

 Well here is an update from our 20 week appointment - Our Ultrasound went great! Except we've learned that at this point our little man is camera shy and wouldn't show us his sweet face! But it was so much fun to see him moving around in there- seriously looks crammed in there though. I have a very strong feeling I'm going to be growing rapidly in the next few weeks! Haha... But our ultrasound was done by my friend's husband, Brett, he's such a great guy and has the best job ever :) but he showed us all the details, because this was mostly a health ultrasound.... finding out the gender is just a plus.... a really BIG PLUS! But the baby's brain, heart and organs all look great! In fact he used our little man as an example for one of the other ultrasound techs to show her the 3 way vessle to the heart! I am already a proud mommy! He's growing so wonderfully :) His heart rate was at 148, and his arms, hands, legs, and feet are so cute to look at already! We got a really good look at one of those arms... because that's what he used to hide his face! 

When it came time to find the gender, Brett had us look away and then printed us a very obvious little picture of how we can tell! Our friend Kohn helped us by filling two boxes with either pink or blue, then he labeled one Kelsey and one AJ- But we didn't know which color was in which box... so it would be a surprise for us too! He also wrote down which was which for the Ultrasound Tech. When we told Brett at the appointment to write whichever name corresponded with the gender on the front of the envelope, we didn't do a great job at explaining it, so he thought those were just our guesses haha... but once he understood it was great! He wrote "Kelsey" on the envelope and sure enough it all worked out great! We took box marked "Kelsey" down to the River Walk and AJ got it all set up (not easy throwing a bag of bocce balls over a very tall tree to hoist up the box!). My friend Tara from work was taking pictures and Miranda (and Ravena :) ) were taking video for us. We had two chalk boards, one with Girl votes and one with Boy votes. Girl votes were at 28 and Boy votes were at 36. As soon as we pulled the latch down we saw all the blue confetti and balloons!! It was so much fun! Here are some pics from our gender reveal:

                        

I think my favorite part is being able to call the baby "he" or "him" and really mean it! This pregnancy keeps getting better and better, with each new experience! Now we just have to get everything ready for his arrival... easier said than done.... but we are so excited to get it all together! Our first purchase was a little outfit for him, it was hard not to go crazy and buy everything all at once! This was my 20 week bump, the day of the gender reveal :)

Sorry it took so long to get this updated! But we love this little guy so much!

Hope you're all doing well!

Love,

Kelsey, AJ, and Baby boy Rodriguez