It's a Boy!

I'm so sorry that it's taken me so long to post! Very
sincere apologies go out in particular to my sister
Amanda, who has been very disgruntled with me....

So on Friday we went to the Doctor for the BIG appointment......and found out that we are having a BOY!!!!! The funny thing is that we had come to expect a girl, so much so that hearing the news of a boy was almost as strange as hearing that we were having a baby Klingon (although news like this, for me, would probably incite more joy than shock). We took several minutes to absorb the information, getting more and more excited as we saw the pictures and realized that finally, it's all real! We can plan and dream and stop using awkward asexual pronouns!

So Aiden ________ Reeves will be our son - and a healthy, strong son, based on all of the information we gleaned from our ultrasound! Our technician was delightfully gay, very kind and funny, and made us feel like we were the first and last couple in history who would ever have the privilege of watching their baby twist and squirm in utero.....very special. Well, special once he let me drain my overflowing bladder....there were literally an extra three inches of "baby" before I got to go.....and the usual hard-to-convince-anyone-I'm-pregnant-especially-not-five-months-along tummy afterwards. Sigh. One of these days baby Aiden will come out to play...

He is kicking like a monster though - especially at night when his daddy is around and making all sorts of ruckus. These two are going to raise hell....

Well, I promise to post another belly pic in the next day or two....meant to have one up already, but we've been so busy!

Growing....

Baby Reeves is going to be a handful....I can already tell. I've been feeling a lot better the last few weeks, but still have days where I feel like.......well, like there is an alien being growing inside my body. There aren't necessarily any "symptoms" to describe - but some days I wonder where this 2nd trimester "glow" that so many mothers talk about is...

Doc's appointment a couple of weeks ago went really well! My doctor is very funny and says things to me like, "eat a tablespoon of baking soda and you'll feel better" and "you should try boric acid, but don't say I didn't tell you so when you find out that it's also used to kill cockroaches..."
Baby is strong with a high heartrate (some say this means it's a girl!), and had the hiccups! I could hear baby splashing around and had visions of future swimming lessons that I would awkwardly and tensely oversee...(due to the fact that I never learned to swim as a child and still don't believe that it's a natural skill easily adopted by toddlers...)

In other news, I've been feeling the baby move for about 3 weeks, and it's becoming more and more frequent. At first it was more of a flutter, but it has become stronger and stronger, and is now a distinct movement that often feels like a kick or somersault. Believe it or not, last night I could feel it so strongly in one location - this repeated kick, that I felt I HAD to be able to feel it from the outside. Putting my hand on the spot, I waited a couple of moments, and then sure enough, I felt the little thump. Chase was sitting right beside me, and took a turn...didn't take long, and he felt it too! We're pretty amazed to experience this so early....it definitely makes it feel more real!

So, here's my 17 week picture....almost 4.5 months along! 3 more weeks until the halfway point....I can't believe how fast the time is flying. In 3 weeks we have our appointment to find out whether we're having a boy or girl - and then the planning can really begin!



I am planning to start a Prenatal Water Aerobics class this week to help keep me active, and to challenge my body in a different way that is particularly helpful in preparing for childbirth...this should be fun, seeing as the skill I never learned as a child hasn't exactly come easily in adulthood either...

Thanks for following along!

First Preggers Pic!

I have been desperately awaiting the day when all of the pain will manifest the gain of a little "baby bump".....
Still have a long ways to go but have finally noticed some rounding out of my belly and some definite growth....(almost 14 weeks....)

Enjoy!

Mysterious Destinations and Unfulfilled Cravings

I have to give a little background to this story, first. I have a very warm place in my heart for pickles, and since being pregnant, have craved them with the force of a thousand suns.

So we were driving to California for Christmas yesterday, and Chase pulled off the freeway for yet another unauthorized stop (the only allowed unscheduled stops are pee-breaks). I insisted that he tell me what we were doing, as I saw nothing of interest on the side of the freeway. He assured me that it was a "mommy surprise" and that I would be delighted. I muttered under my breath that the only "mommy surprise" that would make the team right about now was a visit to "Pickles 'R' Us"...

We were turning into a Walmart parking lot, still supposedly enroute to our mysterious destination, when there, ahead to the left, was..........Mr. Pickles. We stared at each other in stunned astonishment. What are the chances?!?!

It was closed. We proceeded to our real mystery destination, Sonic.

Do Those Legs Go All The Way Up?

When Chase first saw this ultrasound picture he said, "but the legs don't attach!" I assured him, "oh, don't worry babe, that's just darkness"

To which he replied with concern, "he has a darkness on his legs?!"

I actually got to see the baby kick during this ultrasound, which my doctor said you usually have to watch for quite a while to see movement at this stage... so apparently we've got a football player on our hands (to Chase's delight and my chagrin)!

Looks like it's all going to be worth it....;)

Welcome!

  So, the official word on the street is that we are preggers!  Little Baby Reeves is baking as we speak, and will probably be ready to enjoy right around July 9, 2009! 

  I figured this would be the best way to keep people up to date on things as they progress.  This blog will be used, more often than not, to chronicle the array of hilarious and terrible moments that pregnancy seems to be comprised of (and Chase's reactions thereto).

  Oh, and maybe some pictures of my body as it becomes increasingly devoted to the task of making a baby.

  And, eventually some pics and stories about beautiful Baby Reeves...

  I'll hopefully update this pretty often (I'll find time somewhere in between all the puking, restless sleeping and bi-nightly refrigerator raids).  If I don't, well......tough!  ;)

  Please feel free to comment!