The Half Way Mark

Well, this is it! The half way point in my pregnancy! I can't tell you how excited I am to be 20 weeks. It's such an awesome feeling knowing that we're almost there. Granted, I still have 20 weeks to go, but I'm just glad the first 20 are over!

Boy am I glad week 19 is over. What a bummer of a week! Jacque, our Westie, got fixed this week which doesn't seem like that big of a deal. Well, little did I know that I couldn't leave him home alone for the first 3 days! I had to be here to stop him from licking his stitches. UGH! So I was stuck at home most of the week, stalking Jacque to make sure he wasn't ripping out his stitches and bleeding to death. So the dog likes to lay under our bed for some reason, well Thursday, after giving piano lessons I went to get Jacque so he could go out. I'm calling for him and I go to check under the bed...no Jacque....I check every room in the house...no Jacque. I am totally freaking out. I just know he's dead in the woods somewhere b/c he's chewed himself to death or he's on the side of the road dead b/c a car hit him. I call Robert crying but of course he has no idea where the dog is. So I gain some composure and I call animal control. Sure enough, he was at the pound....ALREADY! I'm thinking some neighbor caught him and turned him in. Thankfully, Rob called his dad, Gerry, and he came and watched Spencer while I went to get the dog out of jail. When I got there, he didn't even look excited to see me. I thought about taking another dog home who was over joyed to see me walk in the room, but I fessed up and told them he was ours. Of course, Jacque didn't have a license, so on top of the pound fee I forked out an extra six bucks to get him registered. I love Jacque, really I do, but am I glad that week is behind us!

This week, Spencer started sleeping in his "big boy bed." Which seems like a good thing since the new baby will need the crib in a few months, but it's kinda been a big ordeal. Bedtime takes forever now because I made the mistake the first day he was in his bed of scratching his belly until he fell asleep. So now I have to do it every night. Not Robert, ME! If it didn't take so long for him to fall asleep, I'd be just fine with it. But it takes forever! Please don't get me wrong, I LOVE Spencer and I love that he wants to spend time with me at night, but after a long day I would love to give him a kiss and put him to bed.

So that's been my exciting week. Dogs+jail+bedtime=exhaustion. Bring on the new week!

Sea World Fun

So while we were in Florida, Spencer, Emma, Sarah, Adam, Mom and I all went to Sea World for the day. We had a blast!

Both kids and adults alike were worn out by the end of the day! We had so much fun!

Guess What!

That's right everybody, the Sullivans are having a little girl! Everything went great at the Dr.'s appointment. She is measuring perfectly and everything looks awesome. We are super excited for August so we can meet our new baby!

Thursday is coming...

You may be wondering why Thursday is such an important day. Well Thursday morning we find out if we're having a boy or girl!!!! Wish us luck!

Yeehaw Cowboy!

I forgot I wanted to post some pictures I took of Spencer this morning! One grandma brought him the cowboy hat from Texas and the other grandma brought him the boots from Texas. He's a genuine cowboy!

And here's a picture of Pregnant Rachel at 16 weeks. Only 24 weeks to go!

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Well, we're off! My parents came into town for my birthday this week and they've talked me into coming back to Florida for a few days. So Spencer and I will join my mom and fly back to good ol' St. Cloud for a while. Robert will be a bachelor for a few days, which he claims he's not looking forward to. But I think we all need some quiet time to ourselves every once in a while. I really wish he was coming with us, but he has to work.

I just thought I'd update a little before we left. Everyone is doing great! Rob is looking for a daytime position at Melaleuca. Everyone pray that he gets one. He's been working nights (1pm-10pm) for about 2 years now so it's time for a change. What stinks is that he works with some really awesome people that I would hate to lose touch with but I guess we all have to move on sometime. But we'll see how the job thing goes... By the time I get home from Florida, it will almost be time to find out what we're having. That's right everyone! MARCH 13th!!! Mark your calendars!!!!! You know I will post pictures as soon as we get home. We go in at 9:30am so check around 11am Mountain Time. We love you all and hope everyone is awesome!

Doctor's Appointment

Sorry it's been a while since I've updated our blog, but I thought I would wait until I went to the Dr. I have to say, I really wasn't looking forward to this one because this blessed day was the "fun" appointment where they do blood work (yuck), breast exam (double yuck) and a pap smear (YUCK!). I lovingly refer to this appointment as the Triple Threat. So anyway, Robert would normally go to the Doc with me, except he had a meeting that morning. So I went it alone. Everything went just fine. I got to meet my Dr. for the first time. He was in surgery when I went before. I have to take a minute to make a plug for this doctor. So any ladies in the Idaho Falls or surrounding area, listen up! His name is Dr. Leavitt and he's AWESOME! He was so nice and made me feel really comfortable. He's really lax when it comes to ultrasounds which is awesome. I love seeing the baby! He lets you get your epideral as soon as you want it, a wonderful thing when you're in pain. He was just really nice and had a really positive attitude so I would recommend him to anyone! So if you're looking for a new OBGYN, check out Leavit Women's Health Care. It's awesome!

Well, back to the appointment. After everything was over, he asked me if they looked at the baby last time. I told him, " yes, but if you wanted to take a peek at the baby, I wouldn't object." He thought that was a great idea, so in we went! Everything looked great and right on schedule. He even looked to see if he could tell what the sex of the baby was....and he guessed that it's a GIRL!!! I was SO excited, but like the Dr. said, little boys can sneak up on you so we won't find out for sure until March 13th. So everyone reading this blog, send out the girly vibes!