5 months down... 4 more to go...

Bibi is a full 20 weeks today! She's never been so beautiful!

She's just lovin' the little bundle...

Look!! It's GROWING!!!

Of course, Jeremy started practicing how to be a good Daddy...

The name is a secret

Many people have been asking if we have any names picked out...

Yes, we have chosen the name of our precious little girl. We had 6 years to talk about names, etc.

However, we are going to keep the name secret until she is born... This is give you even more to look forward to as you read out blog on a regular basis... :-)

Beautiful Profile

Here's the profile of our little baby girl!! She's going to be a knock-out!

It's a GIRL!!!!

It's a GIRL!!

Doctor Rudolf said he is 90% sure that we are going to have a baby girl! He looked for about 15 minutes and couldn't find any "boy parts".

Bibi and I went out to lunch to celebrate and then got on the phone with many friends and family. Bibi and her friends already have shopping plans under way. Jeremy will be shopping for a big double-barrel shotgun... It's never too early to start planning...

We'll post the pictures from the ultasound later. We are soooooooo excited!!!!!!!

Bibi felt the Baby move!!

Bibi felt the Baby move for the first time last night!!!!!

She said it felt like a little fish inside her. How amazing!! I can't wait until I can feel it move as well.

This is so exciting!!

A weekend away in Santa Barbara

One of our goals in life is to learn from people who have accomplished great things in their lives. We don't limit it to any particular area of life, we just admire people who stand for something and persevere no matter what obstacles are thrown in their way. There is something we all can learn from people like that.

Anyway, we had the opportunity to see Dr. Laura Schlessinger in her one-woman show "In My Never To Be Humble Opinion". The show was spectacular, full of humerous teaching on having a winning attitude in life.

We went to a reception with Dr. Laura after the show and snapped this picture.

The next day we took the chance to explore Santa Barbara and Solvang. It was a great weekend and we had a sectacular time together!

Check out Bibi's tummy at the end of week 16!! The little one is letting the world know, "I'm on my way!!!"

Movin' around

Bibi is into week 15 so the first trimester is over. We are thankful that the nausea and dizziness is slowly getting better and her tummy is starting to show a little.

The doctor's visit yesterday was incredible. Bibi hasn't felt the baby move yet, but on the ultasound the little one was moving all over the place! As you can see, the skeletal structure is already complete so I guess the little one decided to start exercising.

After moving around for quick some time on the ultrasound, the baby got comfortable in this position.

We don't know if it's a girl or a boy yet. Some people have said that when they were carrying a girl they felt like dressing up, putting on makeup, and looking pretty. And when they had a boy they felt like dressing casual and not doing themselves up so much...

If that is true, then we might be having a girl because Bibi is absolutely raidiant! She is so pretty and all the clothes she is buying as her tummy grows is really girly and pretty.

Hopfully at our doctor's appointment on Sept. 6 we'll find out the sex of the baby.

Quixtar Headquarters in Ada, MI

The Product Education department for the Quixtar Corporation asked me to learn some new material to diversify my bilingual training opportunities, and Bibi wanted to meet some of the translators she's been working with on her contract work translating for the Quixtar Corporation. So we took a trip out to Ada, MI, from July 18-20.


Here I am in the main lobby of the Quixtar building.

We also took a tour of the Alticor World Headquarters building. What an incredible legacy the De Vos and Van Andel families have left. It was awesome to see the history of how two men overcame so many challenges and stayed true to their vision.

Arms, legs and a cute little Butt...

The doctor's visit today was so cool... what an awesome feelings of responsability to see a tiny little person growing in Bibi's tummy.

As you can see in the picture, we could see the beginnings of the little person our baby will grow up to be. It's amazing that at 10 weeks, a baby already has defined arms and legs. The little umbilical cord is already its life-line.

The coolest part of the visit happened after the doctor left the room.

I (Jeremy) started playing around with the ultrasound machine scrolling through some of the saved images of our baby, and I found this perfect picture of our baby's little butt!


I think this is the cutest ultasound picture I've ever seen (of course I'm also partial). I carry a copy of this picture in my wallet and I catch myself looking at it when I'm alone.

What a great responsability to raise the future of our country, society and world. I'm glad God will be guiding us in the process.

Bibi's Parents visit

We were happy to have Bibi's parents visiting from Argentina from June 13 to July 7. We are able to tell them in person that Bibi is pregnant which was very special.

Just before they left, we all went out the General Conference Session of the Seventh Day Adventist Church is St. Louis, MO, over the 4th of July weekend.

They had a great time attending musical concerts, Bible studies and listening to some of the best preachers in our world-wide church.

The flight into St. Louis wasn't very good for Bibi, so we just took it really easy.