We have a name, but.....

We're keeping it a surprise!!!! At least, that is the plan! Here are a couple clues:

1) you've already heard me mention the first name if you've asked me
2) there will probably never be another combination of this name ever created because the middle name is unique

I had my big ultrasound on Monday, June 15th, the day after our 6 year wedding anniversary. It was a nice anniversary present to see the baby in 4D and also know that as far as they can tell he is a very healthy baby! He weighs 1 pound 2 oz.
I'm very thankful that I've had a healthy pregnancy so far. I've gained 7 pounds and have no problems of any kind. The first 18 weeks were killer with morning sickness and I have a really painful sciatic nerve that is pinched. I used to have a bladder of steel and now it is as flexible as a slinky. haha! IF that makes any sense. I don't sleep well and I can't exercise like I used to, so I complain a lot about the above symptoms. However, I do realize how thankful and blessed I am to not have to worry about anything critical right now.
I finally have felt Branflake move the past two weeks. He is always moving. I think he sleeps from 6am-10am (I'm not really sure on the exact time and I'm sure it's more than that) but he flips and kicks non-stop.
We have signed up for childbirth classes and I'm still reading several books on childbirth.
We also got registered at Babies R Us and Target. It was so much fun!! Blake had fun using the scanner and I had fun telling him what to scan :) I did hours of research on Consumer Reports and Baby Bargains to get the gear that has the best safety ratings and also the best value. I had 3 pages of notes on registering so that we knew exactly what we wanted when we went in. We agreed that it made the process much easier and would have been overwhelming with all the stuff in Babies R Us!!
It may be awhile until I post next. We will be going on vacation and then our next doctor's appointment is July 7th.

I love everything about the summer except the heat!

We have had lots of visitors in the past few weeks. There's been a couple cookouts and lots of laughs.
Dad & Lanier were here for a couple weekends and we had a fun and fast time visiting with them and hanging out. They got to play the Wii at Wii-hab, see the OB unit and got the grand tour of SS. :)
Uncle John came down from Alaska for a couple weeks. We didn't get to hang out with him as much as we wanted (especially Blake since he had to work a lot) but were glad to see him when we did. Hopefully next summer we'll be visiting him!!
I'm thinking about changing the format of the blog. Instead of just a baby blog I'll be writing to include more of our daily lives.

Gifts from Uncle Terry, Aunt Debbie & Ashley--Thank you!!!

The Next Ultrasound...and..I'm halfway done cookin'!!!

I thought that our last ultrasound was the "big" U/S. It wasn't, we were just able to see what sex the baby was. My "big" u/s will be Monday, June 15th. After that, the doctor said I will only have a couple more ultrasounds and not one everytime like I have been getting.
Having a boy is starting to sink in and I'm thinking about all the fun things we will be able to do with him. We haven't thought about names much although there are a couple we are tossing around.
I'm going to a big garage sale that is advertising all kinds of baby stuff in the morning and hope I can find some good boy clothes-- now that I know what I'm looking for!!!
My dad and Lanier are coming to visit this weekend and next so we're really excited about seeing them.
Thank you to Grace, Blake's RN, for getting us the cutest onesie, beanie baby and candle!
So, I'm at 20 weeks and that means I'm almost there! The pregnancy has seemed to go by really fast, but at the same time I think about when I told my friend Crystal that I was pregnant at 8 weeks, and that seems like such a long time ago.
I had my friend Cathi over for lunch today. Her daughter just had a baby boy last year, and she is going to let us borrow their heirloom bassinet that has been in their family for a few generations!

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We just got back from the doctor and found out we're having a lil' guy!!
My mother's intuition was way off. :)
We're super excited and now I can start shopping!! :)

Words that describe how I feel!!!!!!! Oh, and 140 days to go!

Hormonal Mad Independent Elated Hysterical Active Social Lazy Maternal Concerned Frantic Zealous Compulsive Giddy Psycho Sickly Nervous Hyper Sad Walrus-ey Communal Trapped Earthy Anti-Social Impatient Way-too-excited Old In-love Content Thankful Activist

Needless to say my emotions have been all over the place. A few days ago I thought I was going crazy. I couldn't believe how anxious and depressed I felt. The next day, I woke up and felt completely calm and back to normal. I laugh and cry at the same time and it comes out sounding like a donkey.

Thankfully, I have a very patient husband and Blake has been very understanding!! He knows when to comfort me and when to give me space. And, for the times that his telepathy fails him, I let him know :)

Today my friend Cindy and her baby Ivey came over. I wanted to see how the cats would react to a baby. I was thinking that Yoda would hide (which she did), and Dash would hiss (which he did). I knew he would because that's what he did when Mariah came over when she was little bitty. I'm sure they will adjust, but it will be stressful.

We have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday. Hopefully brankflake will cooperate and we can find out if we're having a girl or boy! This is the 20 week appointment and it's where they do the big ultrasound. They check all organs and maybe we'll get a new picture of him/her.
Check back on Tuesday for the results!!!

The morning sickness is gone!! Finally, after 18 weeks, I feel human again. Yay!!!

4 days going on 5!!!

For four days now I have had absolutely no nausea!!!!! I'm hoping that this is the start of the glowing phase! It's a good thing it started this week because I have been busy with meetings and a dentist appointment. I can't imagine having morning sickness and teeth cleaning. Eewww!
I picked up a couple books at the library other than the ones on the list to the right of the webpage. Jo Frost's (Super Nanny) Confident Baby Care was a really good book. Practical and insightful information. I picked up another book that was more psychological and talked about infant-mother bonding. It was written in the 60's and although some of the information was relevant it seemed outdated where the research was concerned. I'm glad I read it though and I'm going to the library this afternoon to get a couple more books.
Blake and I have been counting down the days until our next appointment (June 2). We really hope to find out the sex of the baby! I'm going to drink some OJ before the appointment to see if the baby will move around more. Our last appointment the baby would not flip around so we could see the goodies.
I haven't been craving any particular foods lately. The foods that I craved in the beginning no longer seem palatable. I do feel like I have an appetite though which is nice! For the past couple months I haven't even wanted to eat.