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BABY!! For now that's all you're getting anyways. Most of you I'm sure already know if we're having a boy or girl, however to protect our Christmas surprise to the Jones family this year, there will be no posting of the gender until our return from sunny Florida next week. Brad and I were like giddy little kids this week, we were so excited. We were so excited to find out the sex, but even more to get to see our baby again and see how its grown in the last two months. Baby Jonesie, according to the sonogram, is completely healthy with no apparent birth defects, which is of course a sigh of relief. Baby is 10 oz, 7.7 inches long and measuring a few days ahead of the original due date, now estimated to arrive on May 11th. It was truly one of the most exciting days of our lives and made our baby so much more of a reality. Last week I started feeling the baby move and each day I feel it a little more. Its one of the most wonderful feelings. Stay tuned for more writings and pictures of baby next week.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

HAPPY CHANUKAH!

Tomorrow night is the first night of Chanukah. I have so many great memories from my family's Chanukah growing up and I can't wait to start those traditions with my family in the years to come. Growing up I couldn't wait for my dad to get home from work each of the 8 nights of Chanukah so we could light the menorah and open our alloted one gift of the night. My parents would display the beautifully wrapped presents on the dining room table and my brother and I were each allowed to open one gift each night. Generally the last night was saved for the biggest gift. My parents always went out of their way to make the holiday extra special and I hope I can pass that down to my family as well.
As far as baby updates, nothing really to report at the moment. Beginning my 17th week and I am finally starting to feel a little better. I go 2 weeks from tomorrow for the big ultrasound and am anxiously counting down days to see baby and find out if we're having a future figure skater or hockey player! Below are a couple of photos... The first is our latest purchase for the nursery, a changing table/dresser and sitting on top is my AMAZING Chanukah present my AMAZING husband surprised me with this evening...a Coach diaper bag! (To give you an idea on how much I've been wanting this, I would go into the Coach store and just stare at it!). And the second picture is my latest baby bump taken yesterday. My jeans are becoming increasingly more snug and I think the switch over to maternity pants is in my very near future.