24 weeks...

well... 24 and a HALF!

This week marks me being pregnant for 6 months! 6 whole months!! It has been an easy journey so far, but I don't want to jinx my luck for the 4 months that we still have to go. I feel like I am very big now, but (Sorry Shannon!) have seen pictures of others way further along and can only imagine being THAT BIG! WOWZER!!

To pass the time I have something big planned every month, except for August and September, and hope this will help keep my mind from wandering too far into being worried. My family is coming to visit me in Washington at the end of this month for my birthday and then I am going to Virginia a few weeks later to visit them. I am super excited about meeting up with some good ole' college friends and having a few days of "Two Pregnant Girls and a Finally Engaged Girl" fun! I am planning to get the nursery completed in August with the help of another very crafty wife and then laying low in September until the baby comes.

Up until now Jared and I have referred to our new addition as baby boy. We have had his first name picked out for a while (months actually!), but hadn't been able to pick a middle name. We needed something short since his first name is kind of long and it couldn't start with an 'S' or else his initials would spell ASS. Not a good way to start your life, eh? Wondering what this awesome name is aren't you?    ...

Here is the latest video from our doctor's appointment (if you turn up your volume our doctor is explaining what you are seeing). Look closely and you can see Andersen Michael Stolle opening and closing his mouth at the very beginning. :)  Such a handsome little fellow!

Love - JMS, MMS, and AMS