Week 18 Day 3

Is not my little sister the best? She genuinely cares about the important things in life like what on earth is my little boy going to wear come football season 2009? Thanks to his *favoritest* aunt, he is all set! Let's go Steelers!

So, I broke down today and I dug up a hair band to wrap around the button of my jeans. My favorite jeans are no longer my favorite jeans. While it gives me the extra room I need to feel comfortable, I am now extremely paranoid that my zipper will not stay up. And since I do have to look presentable for class tonight, my care bear pajama bottoms will simply not work. (Mom, I think that safety pin would actually work a lot better...)

Week 18 Day2

So my sister just called and said she had a present for the baby. It's the baby's first present! And if he's anything like his mother, he is going to LOVE presents. Needless to say, I am super stoked and really think that she should hurry her bum over here...

Moving on...
I promised you all ultrasound pictures, and here they are!
Like I said, the ultrasound tech was AMazing, and she put little arrows and captions at important parts (no, the arrows are not mine...;) ) I'll put some captions for those of you who don't know what's up from down (like me!).

The troublemaker is already sucking his thumb.
Guess it's cheaper than a binkie!

You can see the Tech's caption and arrow,
but he's waving hello to all of you!

I really do not think there is much needed to be said
about this one. If you can't tell, you are looking at his
bum, and his legs are spread. Definitely a Boy!

Matthew was a proud daddy and took the pictures with him to work yesterday. He's so darn cute sometimes.

This morning before class I had a Harbor Smoothie from that little delicious gem on Bridge Street. About 30 minutes after I finished the banana/strawberry/orange juice goodness, the baby went CRAZY! Right on schedule. This is the second time that I've treated myself before class, and it's the second time he's put a lot of effort into 'Chuck Norris'-ing my insides. I'm assuming that it means that he really likes it, but it is an odd sensation to be trying not to fall asleep in class and having popcorn popping in your stomach.

On the subject of feeling movements, I feel him rather regularly and randomly (I know that really doesn't make sense!) now. Matt still insists that I just have gas. For the record, that problem is gone! (Oooo...bad story from the beginning of the pregnancy and my body's initial reactions to the prenatal vitamins. Matt came to bed with a can of Febreeze!)

That wraps it up for now. I do have to say that I'm rocking this regular posting thing!

Catching up on the past 17 weeks

Well, since I spend so much time on the computer, and my now favorite thing is telling stories about my baby and my pregnancy, I figured "Why not start a blog?" I'm putting a disclaimer out there that I probably will not update it on a regular or even a semi-regular basis, and I may get bored and give it up completely before this 9 months is over. But, hey, don't get discouraged! I will try my darned-est and I have plenty of people out there to bug me for blog updates (you know who you are out there...keep on me!)

ANYways...for those of you who don't know, or just for a refresher: I am 18 weeks pregnant with my first baby! The current due date is December 28-30 (somewhere in there...). Hopefully the baby decides to be good and come about a week and a half early (just to please mommy of course!). We just found out that the baby's a boy. Yea! Both Matt and I were not-so-secretly hoping that it'd be a little boy, and we got lucky! (Hopefully soon I'll be able to put the ultrasound pictures up for you guys).

Speaking of ultrasound, besides feeling the baby move (another story for another time), the ultrasound is by far the coolest thing you will ever experience in your life (thus far anyways...). My little guy is VERY active, and to see him move around and make unproductive kicks was soooo cool! My ultrasound tech was an amazing woman, and she took the time to explain everything she was measuring and photographing. She pointed out his "important" parts (some of which need no explanation), and you could actually see his heart pumping blood and his bladder emptying out (lucky guy...mine was still full!). Since I have no "visible" belly (I swear it's there!!), seeing him in there just validated everything.

So, I think it's time for lunner (meal between lunch and dinner). Yes, I eat ALL THE TIME! It's a wonder I have only gained 4 pounds!