A Daddy Moment & The Other Big News

Well, first things first, I was going to start my blog without telling you the big news (besides “We’re having a baby!”)… So, almost 2 weeks ago now we went in for the big 20-week ultrasound. We took our moms and who’s presence just added to the excitement. While having the ultrasound I had to try hard not to giggle and make my belly jump as I reacted to our moms’ “oooh,” “oh my gosh,” “wow,” etc. It was fun! So of course the tech saved the best for last, after showing us the inner parts of the brain and the heart and every other body part and piece she could she finally made her way to the baby’s bottom. She pointed out the umbilical and as she followed the cord with her finger she let us know that “this, is not part of the umbilical cord!” None other than a twig and berries! Yup, it’s a boy! He made sure that it was as clear as day for all us. As much as I would love to show you the pictures, the daddy to be is very protective of his son’s “junk.” So, you’ll have to take my word for it. More good news… I don’t have to worry about pink dresses and I get to skateboard with my son when he’s old enough ;-) I can finally have an excuse to go hang out and skate the local skatepark!

My most exciting moment in the pregnancy (so far) occurred last night! I have been feeling our baby boy practicing karate in my belly for a couple weeks now. Most of the time it’s so subtle that I can’t really share the moment with anybody. In the last week or so I’ve actually been able to see the kicks and punches by watching my belly - (way more exciting than just feeling the flutters on the inside)! This last week, the boy was moving around while I was sitting on the couch… so I grabbed Bry’s hand and put it on my belly and waited patiently. We were just watching TV while I waited for Bry to feel a good kick. And poof a good little punch and I looked at Bryan and said, “Did you feel it?!?” “Feel what?” he replied. Of course I was like, how the heck did you not feel that! And you can imagine how that ended - disappointing to say the least. Well, the tables turned and last night we got ready for bed and were watching TV. Something about lying on my side tends to make the baby a little more active. He started popping me with some really strong kicks and punches, so I quickly grabbed Bry’s hand and almost immediately he kicked his daddy! It wasn’t one kick or two kicks… it was a full on attack of Bry’s hand! I was so excited that I started to shed some tears… it was so exciting for Bry to finally feel the baby like I had been feeling him. It was sooooo great! Truly a big highlight this week.

On a side note… I tried really hard to capture the belly kicks with my video camera this week. Oh course it’s nearly impossible to get the baby to do things when you’re ready for it. Haha. It would be really funny if I managed to capture a thump on camera. I’ll let you know how that goes ;-) And one more thing for those of you that keep up with the blog weekly… I thought you’d get a good laugh out of knowing that I must be developing a new allergy to the grocery because this week’s trip to Publix caused another “speeze!” If this keeps up I’m going to have to start wearing depends when I buy groceries ;-) Oh no!