A Happy New Year!!

We celebrated a Happy New Year with another little dinner party at our house. We didn't know of anything going on - so we made our own plan. And then - just as everyone confirmed - we got invited to some other fun plans. We a nice little dinner party at our house and Stevan brought over the Beck's XBox Connect and we played some games and laughed and celebrated the new year with some Sparkling Cider and some great people! We had each couple tell what they thought their spouse would say was the highlight of 2011. I said that Shane's retiring from the Utah Department of Corrections was his and he said that the miracle of our healthy pregnancy was mine. I think we were both correct!

I got another really bad cold and was down and out for a few days - but recovered in time to (with Shane's great help) get all the Christmas decor down and put away before our January 9th Ultra-Sounds. This one was scheduled for and hour and a half - because at the 20 week ultra-sound they look for and measure everything possible little thing. It was very reassuring to have them audibly check off every organ, body part and indicator of a healthy baby - while we were watching the cursor on the screen demonstrate what each "part" was. And it was nice to hear the completed check list for both Baby A and Baby B. Including these two parts:

We discovered that what our hopes were and our "I think it is..." were correct. Baby A is a boy (who was stretched out and not in the fetal position at all during the ultrasound) and Baby B is a girl - who was balled up so tight that her knees are up over her head. Typical of the brother to be taking all the room! During the "baby girl" checklist of all "parts" that little boy kept sticking his hand the shot over and over. I'm not sure if he just needed more attention or if he was trying to make "rabbit ears" over his sister during her photo shoot.

After the ultrasound, we went to The Cocoa Bean and got a few little boxes of gourmet cupcakes to announce the results and took them to a few homes - including Granny and Grandpa Williams and Grandma and Grandpa Sargent. It has been so nice to have so many people happy and excited with us.