IT'S A GIRL!!!

We're having a little Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!

The tech at our NT Scan (the same tech we had yesterday) told us she thought we were having a girl and she was right! We're both so excited! For the last two months we had Girl in our heads and Art is really looking forward to it. He said if they told him Boy it would have really thrown him off! He says she's going to be Daddy's Little Girl...LOL!

I tried posting some pics below that we got yesterday but they weren't coming out right so I posted the link. The tech gave us about 9 of them. LC wasn't co-operating so we couldn't get a great pic of her. For the last couple of nights I've been getting up at 12 a.m. to go to the bathroom and when I lay back down the baby moves like crazy. I told Art he's got a night owl on his hands. So when the baby wasn't co-operating yesterday I told Art we were disturbing her sleep time. You can really tell in the pic below because she's covering her face like "Leave me alone Mommy!" It was so cute!

After we left the hospital we called our family & friends. Everyone is real excited. I also called my Grandpa. He likes to make the phone calls to everyone in the family to spread the news. When I was on the phone with him he asked me if we had any names picked out. I told him we were unsure of the first name but we'd like to have the baby's middle name Ellen, after Grandma. He was so touched and so excited! I said to him "Well it's such a beautiful name." And he said "Well she's a beautiful lady. My lady!" I can only wish that after 64 years of marriage Art & I are as in love as they are.

So here comes a busy baby weekend. Friday we're going to finish painting the bottom of the chair rail in the nursery and then go to Home Depot to buy the pink paint for the top. Saturday my wonderful Mother is coming over so we can get some things together for the shower. After that Art & I are going nursery furniture shopping with my in-laws and then we're going to register. And Sunday is more working on the nursery. If everything goes well the room will be painted (at least the first coat) by the end of the weekend!

And to top everything off we came home to a BEAUTIFULLY paved driveway!!! I've never been so happy about asphalt in my life!!!

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20 Weeks = HALF WAY THERE!!!

Well we've officially hit the half way mark! I can't believe it. Time is flying by! Saturday Art & I went for our first baby class. It was just an introductory class. They tell you about symptoms you're feeling and how to deal with them. They gave me stretches I have to do everyday and a relaxation treatment. They also taught Art a massage to give me when I need it! They said I could give it to him too but is that really necessary? Next week we're going for a tour of the hospital. My Mom's coming with us so she can see the hospital too. I think my Mother-in-law is pretty familiar with it considering she works there...LOL! We also signed up for a Baby and Pets class. They give you tips on how to bring the baby home if you have pets. Marino is a very jealous little man so I'm afraid he'll have some adjusting to do. The easier I can make it for him the better!

I think my cravings are starting to kick in. Art had to work late yesterday so I was home watching some movie. The girl in the movie took out a coconut cake and started eating it. After seeing it that's all I could think of!!! I text Art "I want a coconut cake!" He must of thought I was nuts! But he went to A&P for me and brought me home the BEST coconut cake a pregnant girl could ask for!!! I even saved some for tonight! Art said he wishes he was pregnant so he could eat whatever he wants! I'm feeling great though. No complaints at all! I'm still down 7 pounds but my doctor isn't worried at all. She said the baby is growing and is healthy so that's all that matters!

Tomorrow is a VERY big day for us. We find out for sure if we're having a boy or a girl!!! I'm so excited I can't sleep at night. I was up at 1:oo this morning just thinking about it. After this I have a feeling it's going to go by even faster. So many things are on hold until we find out...registering, finishing the nursery, the shower. So say a little prayer that LC (my short name for Little C) co-operates and they'll be able to tell. Otherwise I have NO idea what we're going to do!!!

I finally felt the baby move!!!

So Tuesday night after the tornado (or what sounded like a tornado) it got really windy outside. Marino does not like the wind and when Marino can't sleep, I can't sleep. So I was up from about 12-3 watching movies. I watched the end of Message in a Bottle (cried my eyes out of course) and Something About Mary. Well I guess he/she really liked the movie because at about 1 a.m. I felt the little flultters of Little C moving around!!! It was so amazing! I don't know why but I just froze. Like if I moved at all he/she would stop moving. Then I looked around for Art to tell him but he was sleeping in a coma so I couldn't wake him up. I wanted to tell someone so badly so I looked at Marino & said "I just felt your little brother or sister!" You know it's bad when you're having a conversation with your dog at 1 o'clock in the morning! But I was convinced he understood me...LOL! I told Art in the morning and he smiled so much! He knew I was waiting for this!

Wednesday I was laying on the couch and I felt the baby again. Art was sitting on the couch next to me and I told him I just felt the baby move. He got up to come over because he wanted to feel him/her too but I told him it was too soon for that. He wouldn't feel the baby for a few weeks. He got all upset. At night when I was going to bed he put his head to my belly, as he does every night, to "listen" for Little C. He claims he heard the baby moving around. He heard little bubbles and he knew it was the baby. He's so cute sometimes!

Tuesday was 19 weeks. One more week until the BIG ultrsound. I changed the date from the 16th to the 9th. I couldn't wait anymore! Besides, the week of the 16th I'll be 21 weeks. This is a 20 week ultrasound so it only made sense to change it =)

Anyway, here's the 19 week picture! I can't wait for the warm weather!!!

The nursery is on it's way!!!

I'm so excited that the work on the nursery has started! I wanted to hire someone to come in and do the room for us since Art works 6 days a week and has other projects around the house he's working on but he said no way. It really meant a lot to him to make the room perfect for his little boy or girl. So he's been busting his a** working on it. He sanded down all the woodwork, fixed the little crown molding that is up in that room and put a fresh coat of white paint on everything and the ceiling. On Tuesday I went to Home Depot to pick out the colors for the bottom of the chair rail. Since it will be the same whether we have a boy or a girl he can get started on that part. I also looked at some molding for the chair rail. They had one that had a cute little design carved into it that would look so cute in the nursery. I have to take Art to see it. He trusted me picking out the colors but the chair rail he needs to approve....LOL! We're going out with my in-law's in the next week or two to pick out the furniture. We have two sets we like so we're going to take them to see it. We also have to figure out what we're doing with the floor. We were thinking of putting pergo down and getting an area rug but we may just have to re-carpet for now and save that for another time. I can't wait until it's finished to see how it all comes together!!!

Art & I are in the process of finding a daycare. It's extremely depressing! But I'm feeling great these days! I'm getting my appetite back. I'm still not eating a lot but I'm eating more often which makes me happy. I even gained 2 pounds back! WoooHooo!!!

It's been a while!

Sorry I haven't posted anything in so long! Last week was a little crazy for us. Tuesday I went for my monthly check up. We got to listen to the baby's heartbeat again. It still sounds nice and strong! They also had to take blood for the AFP test. I should get those results in about a week.

Wednesday we had a little scare. I woke up in the morning and something just wasn't right (I'll spare you the gory details). I called my doctor and they told me to come in for testing. Turns out I have a little bacterial infection and they had to put me on antibiotics. They promised me the baby was fine and is in no harm and I got to listen to the heartbeat again which was a huge relief. I can't tell you how scared we were thinking something could be wrong with the baby but thankfully everything is fine. They did have to send away for some tests. If I don't hear anything after two weeks then I'm a-OK!

Thursday & Friday were so hard on my little Marino! The wind was insane! He gets so frightened. Thursday we came home from work to such a site! We have the door to the nursery closed because Art is working on it. Well I guess Marino really wanted to get into that room because he was scratching at the door. He scratched so hard he ripped his nail off and there was a puddle of blood on the carpet. I started crying hysterical and took him down to the vet. He said Marino is fine and sent us on our way. The wind didn't stop all night which kept Marino up all night which kept me up all night. I just can't sleep when he's like that. Friday it was still windy but not as bad so we didn't come home to anything crazy that night. But my poor baby is walking with a little limp. It breaks my heart! But by Sunday he was doing a lot better!

Tomorrow I will be 5 months! I can't believe it! Time is flying by. And it'll probably go even faster because we have an exciting few weeks coming up! April 5th is our first class, Mommy & Baby. Art has to come with me to that one. I'm actually really excited to go! April 14th is another doctor appointment and April 16th is our BIG ultrasound where Little C's sex will be revealed...We Hope! After that we can register, Mom can order the baby shower invites and we can finish painting the nursery! We're also getting our driveway paved and then on the 25th we jet off to Jamaica for a VERY needed vacation!!! I'm sure I don't have to tell you how excited we are =)

Another pound bites the dust!

So I'm 16 weeks today! I do the same thing every Tuesday, weigh myself and take a "belly pic" every other week. Well I got on the scale this morning and I lost another pound! Putting my total pregnancy weight at -9 pounds! I'm starting to get a little worried here. I was reading my pregnancy week by week book and it says for the 16th week I should have gained 5 to 10 pounds and I'm down 9! We're going to the doctor in a week so Art & I are going to bring it up to her then. My Mom says as long as the baby is growing and doing well then everything is OK but it's still a little concerning to me. I just want to make sure my Little pumpkin is getting everything he/she needs. I'm eating good, lots of fruits, veggies, glass of milk every morning, taking my prenatal vitamin, but it's dinner that's worrying me. I actually ate chicken last night! I had to eat VERY small pieces and I didn't eat alot of it but it's something. I'm going to start making myself eat dinner from now on. Maybe that will make me gain a little weight.

By the way, this is the first time in my entire life that I'm actually UNHAPPY about losing weight!!!

15 Weeks!

So I was 15 weeks yesterday! Since we don't know the sex of the baby yet we can't register but I started to look at items where the sex doesn't matter. It's confusing as hell! How do you know which items are best? From bottles to sterilizers to breast pumps...it's so confusing! Let's take the video monitor as an example. Arthur WANTS a video monitor. So I went on the Babies R Us website to check them out and there are about 100 of them! Which one do I get? And since we're hoping to have another child we want to register for neutral items for the big stuff (like car seat, carriage, pack n play etc.) and I'm not crazy about the neutral patterns! I hate that green/mint color and the one pattern that I've seen and LOVED has brown in it and Art said no to it because he hates brown. But I'm registering for it anyway, why do men care what the pattern looks like anyway ;o)

Let's see, what else. The dining room is done and I love it! We went on Friday and got a computer desk that fits perfect in the corner. We moved the futon downstairs and it really came together sooo nicely. Art did a great job on the ceiling! He did it all by himself and it was a LOT of work! We're going to have a huge garage sale in April after we pave the driveway and once the sale is over we'll move the guest room over and start on the nursery. It seems like a never ending project though!

I think that's all the updates for now. Our next appointment is the 18th and our big ultrasound is on 4/16, which can't come soon enough!