A Day in the Life of the Skistimas': A Big Surprise!

This has been a super fun week! Craig and I were not planning to find out the sex of the baby, but we ended up deciding that we couldn't wait!!! We can't believe our little angel will be here in about 4 more months! It does not seem like 5 months have already gone by. I have gotten much bigger and am definitely looking pregnant! Not just fat!

Our doctor said the baby is already measuring big, so we should most likely not be expecting to go all 40 weeks. If we do, then we should expect at least a 9 pound baby!!! Holy Cow!!! Right now baby is measuring 1 lb. 1 oz. And judging from the size of the femur bone-long, long, long. Everything looks great and the baby is perfectly healthy!

When Craig and I went to the doctor on Monday, Peachy wrote us a note to reveal the gender if we chose to know. The sonogram tech wrote the sex on the note and sealed the envelope. It was completely up to us if we wanted to open it now. We are impressed that we made it a few hours after having the envelope before opening it! After we got home, we started to make dinner and I put the note on the counter. It was not any secret that I wanted to know the gender all along. We ended up opening it up about 15 minutes after we walked in the door from the doctor! Such patience we have!!!!

We opened up the envelope and our eyes went straight to the line that read, "I'm a girl!" Oh my goodness!!!! A GIRL!!! What are we going to do with a girl?!?!? Everyone, including ourselves thought the baby would be a boy! We are delighted to have a healthy baby girl growing each and everyday- just a little shocked! Her name will be revealed soon, as we get more comfortable with it. Who knew how difficult it was to name another person? What a responsibility!!

Here are some sonogram pictures from our 20 week appointment and my big 20 week belly!