It's a....

GIRL!!

The ultrasound went really well. Baby girl measured just perfect for her age. With a heartbeat again in the 150's and a weight of 372 grams (less than a pound, but more than 1/2 a pound). We got to see a bit of her personality as well. She was all curled in a ball the entire time and mostly kept her face burried in her legs. Everytime the lady would try to get a picture of her face she would just turn her head and bury it deeper. She didn't move a whole lot (compared to Madilynn), and preferred her ball position. Here are a couple of pictures from today's ultrasound. The first is a front view of her face and abdomen, and the second is her feet crossed at the ankle. She pretty much kept her feet crossed most of the time, I just thought that was so cute!

So....let the naming begin. We are going to be keeping the name secret until she's born, but in the meantime we need a little help with name ideas. Please feel free to offer any suggestions in the comments!

A little bit of Independence...

Madilynn picked out her own clothes today and put them on herself! ( I helped with the socks) This morning she informed me that she wanted clothes on, so she went to get them herself. I decided it was a good day for whatever she picked out since we would be hanging out and doing laundry most of the day. Also, today she pronounced the "L" in clothes, which used to be pronounced cwothes. And then later she said the color black correctly instead of saying "back". She is just talking more and more everyday, with new words added daily!

20 Weeks

We made it to the half-way mark last Friday - 20 weeks. Here's my current picture taken yesterday. I have been feeling great except for some cold/allergy symptoms which I think are finally going away! We are so excited for the ultrasound tomorrow...can't wait to find out if it's a boy or a girl!!

Easter

First Egg Hunt
The weekend before Easter Madilynn got to do her first egg hunt. Our small group girls got together for an egg hunt. It was a little chilly. Madilynn did really well. I thought she would get caught up after finding each egg to see what was inside, but she didn't at all. She would pick up an egg and go straight for another.

Easter Weekend
We traveled back to Arkansas to spend Easter with family, and we had a great visit! On Saturday we dyed eggs with Memaw and Devin. This was Madilynn's first time to dye eggs she did a good job, but only lasted for about 6 eggs before she was done.

"See, Daddy!"

All finished!

All dressed up...

I loved the hat on her, it ended up working out well since it rained Sunday.

Our Family

Spring Break!!

First Day - Madilynn already playing in the sand! After 3 days of traveling in the car I'm sure she wondered if we'd ever get to the beach. She did really well traveling as long as she had a "moonie" (movie) playing!

The next day was cloudy and rainy so we all enjoyed catching up on rest. Madilynn enjoyed reading her books...

and kissing piggy...

The warm & sunny weather returned...

Daddy and Papa taking Madilynn to the ocean that's as far as she got before she turned around and went back to playing in the sand!

Madilynn helping Mommy build a sand castle
Here are the results... I had to get a quick picture because Madilynn's favorite thing to do was step on them.
Beach Girl!!

I interupted Daddy and Madilynn time watching the sunset for a picture...

So cute...look how curly her hair is!! Somebody went swimming that day!

One day Michael went Deep Sea Fishing on a 6 hour trip. He caught this baby sand shark...pretty cool!

Michael with his fish. They were white snapper and lady fish, he caught 5 and someone gave him theirs. So that night we grilled fish and burgers at the hotel!
Madilynn really loved swimming in the pool... or at least getting out and jumping back in. She also went under for the first time. Daddy showed her how to hold her breath and she did it and he dunked her.

We tried to get a few pictures before dinner, still a little sunny!

Nana and Madilynn
Last, but not least here are some cute pictures of Madilynn on our last night when we all went out for dinner....

ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Madilynn can sing her ABC's and some other songs like Twinkle Twinkle Litttle Star, and Jesus Loves Me. The challenge is getting her to sing them while I'm recording her. Here are a couple of videos I did get. You can see just how quickly she goes from one thing to the next.

This one is so funny to me. I was trying to sing along with her to keep her on track with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, because sometimes she switches into the end of the ABC's song.

I'm getting to the beach pictures...these videos were taken just before Spring Break and I just had to get them on here for the grandparents...enjoy!

Spring Break Packing

Last year when we went to the beach Madilynn was just 17 months old and didn't care for the sand at all. When I stood her in it she just started crying. So this year I wanted to prepare her for what to expect hoping that she wouldn't be afraid of anything. I showed her pictures from last year and told her that we were going back to the beach where she could play in the sand and get in the ocean. She was really excited about the playing in the sand part. But, everytime she was asked if she was going to play in the ocean she would reply, "No, whale get you!" It was funny at first, then the more she said it, the more I realized we needed to let her know that it would be okay. (Not sure where it came from either watching Nemo, or the story of Jonah and the Whale.)

Madilynn helping me fold towels and pack!