It's a....

BOY!!

We are SO excited! We had our U/S appointment on Thursday July 22. It was the most exciting experience of my life. It's absolutely amazing to have a name for the baby instead of 'our little peanut'. I had an idea that Baby G was a Boy from the beginning. I guess mother's intuition is always right! :) We had a gender reveal party on Sunday July 25 and had a blast. We told my parents and Stephen's parents on that Friday evening. We found the cutest onesie ornaments from Hallmark (since we are having a 'Christmas baby') and a blue bib! :) They were very excited. My mom said she knew the whole time! ;)

Now for the name .... Chandler James (CJ)!! Chandler was my great grandmother's maiden name. I never got to meet her - she passed away when my Nana was 4. James was my Nana's brother. I never got to meet him either. :( I have always loved the name Chandler and it wasn't hard to get Stephen on board. He is a pretty big 'Friends' fan and Chandler was his favorite character. So there it is! :) We are so excited to have a name to call him instead of 'baby g' or our little 'peanut'!

We don't really have any good U/S pics from the appointment.. BUT we have to go back next week to see a specialist. No worries, Chandler James was just a little shy and didn't want to show his face. We had a hard time getting pictures of his head/brain so they just wanted to do a follow-up to make sure all is ok! I'll hopefully have some better pictures from that appointment. :)

I'm doing well... I'm at 22 weeks now. I feel great and I'm really starting to show. I'll post some belly pictures later! :) We have been working on the nursery - so far we have the crib put together. The changing table will be here in a few days and we will be painting the room this weekend. I cannot believe we are FINALLY at the point where we can start preparing for his arrival! It will be here before we know it! Thank you for all of the messages checking in on us and all of the prayers throughout the pregnancy! We can't wait to share many more of these experiences and memories with you guys!!

Love,
Brittany, Stephen, and Chandler

At last ...

We are FINALLY in our new home! We've been here a little over a week ... but NO internet or cable until today! I never knew how much I rely on the internet to check messages and do quick research! We are very excited about being here and we are having so much fun making it a home! :) I will post pictures as soon as we get most of these boxes cleared out! We are loving life out here in the 'country'! :) It's not nearly as busy as the neighborhood we were in before and definitely still has a small town feel to it! I think we are going to fit right in around here!

We have an appointment on July 22 to find out if Baby G is a BOY or GIRL! :) It will remain a secret until July 25th evening - we will be having a gender reveal party with our family and close friends ... they will get the first sneak peak on the baby's gender and then we will announce it to the rest of the world. One of my best friends Erika and her hubby Gil had a 'What is it?' Party for Maddux and it was precious! We are super excited to have everyone over to the new house and share in our exciting news! :)

So for now that's all of the update I have for you! We will be spending the entire next week getting this house into shape! :) I'll post pics then!