Baby Bouncy Update

As most of you know, we are expecting a little one in July. Today marks 24 weeks (6 months) for this pregnancy. Praise the Lord for each of these days of a safe and healthy pregnancy so far. I have been extremely extremely sick with this pregnancy too and so have not been able to post in quite a while. 

When I was expecting Rebekah, we asked Rachel what she wanted to call her sister. She replied "Sponjas." We have never figured out how or why she came up with that nickname but it stuck and that is what we called Rebekah until the day she was born. Each child has a nickname because we found out if we are having a girl or a boy, but we do not share the name until the baby is born. Since Rachel gave Bekah her nickname, we allowed Bekah to pick the nickname this time. Several weeks ago, we asked Bekah what we should call the baby. She replied "Bouncy, Bouncy, Bouncy." So, Bouncy, this baby will be until her arrival in July.

Yes, we found out at the ultrasound earlier in March, that the Lord is blessing us with another little daughter. This was our first glimpse of her at the ultrasound. It is a little hard to tell in this picture but she is laying on her back with her feet over her head!

They then turned on the 3-D and we were able to get a really good picture of her sweet face before she began to try to hide!

 She also waved to us!

                               

                                         

We will be able to tell even more when she arrives, but we think she and her eldest sister may look quite a bit alike. Rachel is pictured on the left at 20 weeks and Bouncy, at 21 weeks, on the right.

Here is the 24 week picture. Thank you to each of you for your prayers for Bouncy and me. I am still having some nausea but it hopefully it will continue to improve even more as the weeks go by.We got a great report on Bouncy at the ultrasound and especially, that her growth rate looked good. She weighed almost one pound at that point. This was a huge blessing to know with all the sickness this pregnancy, that she is growing well.

We thank the Lord for the blessing of Little Bouncy. She is precious to us already and we look forward to raising her by God's grace and for His Glory. 

24 weeks