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Sex Party!

Thursday is the day of the Big Reveal!!! That's the day we'll find out whether we need to start stocking up on pink or blue! Tim and I are having a cookout at the home of Amy and Les (Tim's sister and brother-in-law). We're trying to send out paper invitations, emails or Facebook invites to everyone we can think of that might be interested.

If you would like to come, please leave me a comment here or contact either Tim or me. We'll have hotdogs, hamburgers, fried potatoes, and baked beans!

Colds during Pregnancy - no thank you

Having been sick since last Tuesday, I have to say that having a cold while pregnant is doubly bad. The primary reason is because you can only take a very limited number of medicines. After just about coughing up a lung Saturday night, Tim finally made me call my OB on Sunday morning. The doctor prescribed me a Z-pack (antibiotics) and some cough syrup with codeine. I was really surprised they'd give me something with codeine, but I guess they really want to knock this stuff out of my chest. I'm still feeling fairly bad, but I hope the medicine is working!

I'm about to go crazy waiting for next Thursday to find out whether we can start saying "he" or "she" instead of "it" and "baby." We're going to have the "sex party" Thursday night, and I promise I'll try my best to post the gender as soon as I get home that evening! I'm just hoping and praying that baby cooperates and doesn't become camera shy!

Baby Safety

As Tim and I prepare for this new baby, we found this advice very helpful. Hope it gives you some good tips, too (and hopefully a couple giggles.)

Baby Safety Pictures, Images and Photos

Did I just feel the baby move??

This post has been a couple weeks coming, but I didn't want to post something, only to realize that, no, I had not actually felt the baby move. The first time I felt movement was Tuesday, August 26th, while lying in bed. Tim and I were getting ready to head to Nashville the next day, and I had hosted a Girls' Night at my house, so I was pretty exhausted. I think Tim was already asleep, and I was heading that way quickly when I felt this little whirl of butterflies in my lower stomach. It lasted about 5 seconds and then stopped. It was a very strange feeling unlike any I had experienced before, so I immediately began to wonder if it was the baby. A few seconds later it happened again! At that point I yelled at Tim, "I think I just felt the baby move!" To his credit he came out of a dead sleep and wasn't even grumpy with me for waking him up. Of course, he couldn't feel anything from outside my stomach, but I explained the feeling to him and he agreed that it was probably the baby.

The next morning I began to doubt whether what I had felt was really movement. I mean, 15 weeks is pretty early, right? I know some women have felt movement as early as 13 weeks, but that's usually with their second or third babies. Then I really began to doubt as time went on and I didn't feel anything else. At my doctor's appointment on September 2nd (a week after I felt movement), I asked the doctor if what I had felt was the baby moving. He agreed that there was a pretty good chance that what I felt was fetal movement. He reassured me that it would take awhile before these movements became regular or before Tim could feel them and not to worry that I hadn't felt it again.

Finally, last night as I was in the kitchen, feeding my ever-growing appetite, I finally felt the baby move again! I, again, yelled at Tim (ya think there's a theme here...) This time the feeling was a little bit stronger, but I still couldn't feel anything by touching the outside of my stomach. Other than seeing our little one dancing around on the ultrasound screen, this has to be the most exciting moment I've experienced in this pregnancy so far. Even though the feeling is very strange, it is so comforting to know that our little peach is already warming up those limbs for future use!

The Big Day is Set

Okay, so maybe it's not the "Big Day," but we have set the date for our 20 week ultrasound, which will hopefully the reveal the sex of our little one! It will be Thursday, September 25th at 10 a.m. Our plan is to have the ultrasound technician write down the baby's gender on a card and put it in an envelope. Then we'll have a cookout Thursday night with friends and family where we'll do the honors of opening the envelope!! This way Tim and I get to share in the intimate moment of viewing our baby on the ultrasound monitor, but everyone (including us) will find out the gender at the same time!

Personally, I just want to find out the gender during the ultrasound, but Tim doesn't want to find out until delivery day (yeah right). The cookout is our attempt at a compromise in the matter.

For those of you who can't come to the cookout, I'll post the gender Friday, September 26th.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Monday, September 22, 2008

Sex Party!

Thursday is the day of the Big Reveal!!! That's the day we'll find out whether we need to start stocking up on pink or blue! Tim and I are having a cookout at the home of Amy and Les (Tim's sister and brother-in-law). We're trying to send out paper invitations, emails or Facebook invites to everyone we can think of that might be interested.

If you would like to come, please leave me a comment here or contact either Tim or me. We'll have hotdogs, hamburgers, fried potatoes, and baked beans!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Colds during Pregnancy - no thank you

Having been sick since last Tuesday, I have to say that having a cold while pregnant is doubly bad. The primary reason is because you can only take a very limited number of medicines. After just about coughing up a lung Saturday night, Tim finally made me call my OB on Sunday morning. The doctor prescribed me a Z-pack (antibiotics) and some cough syrup with codeine. I was really surprised they'd give me something with codeine, but I guess they really want to knock this stuff out of my chest. I'm still feeling fairly bad, but I hope the medicine is working!

I'm about to go crazy waiting for next Thursday to find out whether we can start saying "he" or "she" instead of "it" and "baby." We're going to have the "sex party" Thursday night, and I promise I'll try my best to post the gender as soon as I get home that evening! I'm just hoping and praying that baby cooperates and doesn't become camera shy!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Baby Safety

As Tim and I prepare for this new baby, we found this advice very helpful. Hope it gives you some good tips, too (and hopefully a couple giggles.)

Baby Safety Pictures, Images and Photos

Monday, September 8, 2008

Did I just feel the baby move??

This post has been a couple weeks coming, but I didn't want to post something, only to realize that, no, I had not actually felt the baby move. The first time I felt movement was Tuesday, August 26th, while lying in bed. Tim and I were getting ready to head to Nashville the next day, and I had hosted a Girls' Night at my house, so I was pretty exhausted. I think Tim was already asleep, and I was heading that way quickly when I felt this little whirl of butterflies in my lower stomach. It lasted about 5 seconds and then stopped. It was a very strange feeling unlike any I had experienced before, so I immediately began to wonder if it was the baby. A few seconds later it happened again! At that point I yelled at Tim, "I think I just felt the baby move!" To his credit he came out of a dead sleep and wasn't even grumpy with me for waking him up. Of course, he couldn't feel anything from outside my stomach, but I explained the feeling to him and he agreed that it was probably the baby.

The next morning I began to doubt whether what I had felt was really movement. I mean, 15 weeks is pretty early, right? I know some women have felt movement as early as 13 weeks, but that's usually with their second or third babies. Then I really began to doubt as time went on and I didn't feel anything else. At my doctor's appointment on September 2nd (a week after I felt movement), I asked the doctor if what I had felt was the baby moving. He agreed that there was a pretty good chance that what I felt was fetal movement. He reassured me that it would take awhile before these movements became regular or before Tim could feel them and not to worry that I hadn't felt it again.

Finally, last night as I was in the kitchen, feeding my ever-growing appetite, I finally felt the baby move again! I, again, yelled at Tim (ya think there's a theme here...) This time the feeling was a little bit stronger, but I still couldn't feel anything by touching the outside of my stomach. Other than seeing our little one dancing around on the ultrasound screen, this has to be the most exciting moment I've experienced in this pregnancy so far. Even though the feeling is very strange, it is so comforting to know that our little peach is already warming up those limbs for future use!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

The Big Day is Set

Okay, so maybe it's not the "Big Day," but we have set the date for our 20 week ultrasound, which will hopefully the reveal the sex of our little one! It will be Thursday, September 25th at 10 a.m. Our plan is to have the ultrasound technician write down the baby's gender on a card and put it in an envelope. Then we'll have a cookout Thursday night with friends and family where we'll do the honors of opening the envelope!! This way Tim and I get to share in the intimate moment of viewing our baby on the ultrasound monitor, but everyone (including us) will find out the gender at the same time!

Personally, I just want to find out the gender during the ultrasound, but Tim doesn't want to find out until delivery day (yeah right). The cookout is our attempt at a compromise in the matter.

For those of you who can't come to the cookout, I'll post the gender Friday, September 26th.
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