Growing Belly and a Trip to the Duck Pond

We haven't posted Diana's growing belly in a while so we thought we'd give you an update. This is Diana at 10 weeks:

This is Diana at 20 weeks:

This is Diana at 24 weeks (today):

Isn't my beautiful wife gorgeous! It's so fun to see her belly grow. We are so excited for Anna to get here. Just a few months left.

Today, Diana and I went to the duck pond just south of BYU campus. The weather was PERFECT and we had a really fun relaxing time.

Update!

We haven't been too good about keeping up with our blog, so here's what's been going on lately. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have class until seven so Josh usually makes dinner for us. On this one particular Thursday evening, I came home to find dinner all ready, (it was delicious), romantic music, and candles all over the table. He made these little tea candles to spell out "I love you." It was amazing!! He even included the candle from the day we got engaged. Josh is such an amazing husband! I definitely don't deserve someone so wonderful. I feel so lucky and blessed to be his wife.
So, the day we found out we were going to be having a little baby girl, I HAD to go shopping!!! It was definitely a must. We got two cute dresses, a soft pink blanket, and the most adorable little shoes. I keep the shoes on my nightstand so I can look at them all the time. Josh and I pull out Anna's little dresses everyday just to say, "Awe, she's going to be so amazing!!" It's really fun!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!

I have been waiting to post this blog since I found out I was pregnant! We're having a little GIRL!!!! Can you believe it?!! Most people guessed that it was a girl, Josh and I included, and now we know. This morning was our appointment to have the ultrasound done and it was so amazing. I felt so anxious before that I thought my stomach would absolutely flip inside out. When the technician finally started, I was just amazed at how beautiful that image was of our little baby. The technician asked us if we wanted to know what the gender was and we said yes, and then it felt like forever before she finally told us. When she said it was a little girl, my heart just leapt!!! I started crying a little bit and was completely overwhelmed with happiness. She said that the baby looks very healthy and has a great heartbeat, (149 beats/min). Hearing that our baby is healthy is the best news in the world.
Josh is completely ecstatic; he's so happy! He said that as soon as he heard it was a girl, he just began picturing holding her in his arms for the first time and seeing how beautiful she is. We haven't been able to stop smiling since the appointment. This is such a huge blessing in our lives, and we feel so happy to have the priviledge of being parents to this sweet little spirit. We can't wait to see her and for her to look up at us and become bonded as a strong family. We love our little Anna.