Yep it was official. Elizabeth was convinced she was pregnant. She was only a week late so I wasn't convinced, but she was right.

Our first ultrasound helped to determine the due date at October 25. But baby liked its room so much that he/she didn't want to come out. I have helped you to find Jr. in the first picture and gave baby his/her first close-up in the second. Isn't Photoshop fun ;)

The second ultrasound  was the first time I got to go along to the doctors office. In the first picture Baby was wigglin' up a storm. It was really neat for us to see and seeing Baby moving around really brought it home to us that we were really actually going to have a baby! The second shows a profile and the third makes you wonder what flavor Baby is. We are not finding out untill the birthday. W did pick out names though. James Avitus for a boy (James for Elizabeth's Dad, and Avitus for my Great-Grandfather on my Dad's side) and Margarita Mary for a girl (Margarita being Elizabeth's Grandmother's name and Mary for Both Elizabeth and My sisters plus my Mom and Elizabeths Aunt, a big family name as you can tell!)

These are the ultrasounds from week 20. We could have found out the sex of the baby then, but we like suprises!

So we had planned on a little Disney vacation since we were living in Florida. It turned into a Babymoon but this was the first weekend Elizabeth was feeling morningsickness. You can kinda see the green around the gills! We wound up leaving early :(

But when we came back in April Elizabeth was feeling much better!

Here is Elizabeth chalking one up for the feminists! Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen making sausage gravy and biscuits! Yummy!

This is how Elizabeth looked when I got home from Montana this summer. Quite the change from the latter Disney pictures which is what she looked like when I left. The "Half Baked" shirt was made by Mary Senf. Thanks Mary!!!

In August we took a day trip to Wakulla Springs to see the gators! This is Joe Jr. and he is 9' long! Yes Virginia there are Alligators in Florida!

Elizabeth and the Grandma's helped to get the Baby's room all ready. Thanks to Lilly Obenauer (and her parents) for the crib. And thanks to everyone for all the help getting us ready for the Baby. The theme of the room is Curious George. Elizabeth has always loved Curious George. She won a giant stuffed one at Cedar Point and although you can't see it in these pictures (actually his arm is in the last picture).

Here are some pictures of Elizabeth in her 8th and 9th months. The second to last picture was taken 7 Oct 06 at Rob and Kris' wedding an Jacksonville. The last picture was taken 2 weeks ago. Now it is Sunday the 29th and Baby is 4 days over due. We evict in the morning so keep checking back!

Mark & Elizabeth