what's in a name...?!

so, we have a name...but only 1/2. we're still debating on her middle name. hopefully we'll have that soon, but, man are names hard!!! i am obsessed w/them, and i want hers to be perfect, so maybe that's what's taking us so long. i know, we have 4 months until she arrives, but i'm not patient w/this naming thing. my husband is SO opinionated, which i'm thankful for, but it makes it more hard to decide on a name we agree on. i guess for now, i'm glad he's opinionated b/c i am having trouble deciding everything these days! (as if i wasn't already decisionally challenged!...it's worse now that i'm pregnant!)

next...deciding on details of the baby room!

we did buy a crib today!!!! our first baby purchase!!! and we're (my husband) painting it black!

more to come!!!

22 weeks

so, here's yet another belly shot. i know...kinda getting boring if you're following my blog b/c i all i do is post pics of my beautiful slowly expanding belly. so sorry! :) and sorry about this one...can you tell i just woke up? (if you look close you can see the marks from the bed sheets! :)

22 week appt

well, this was my first visit w/my MD after my ultrasound. so i was excited and nervous to see what he had to say...what his professional opinion was after seeing the zillion pics (i had no idea they take pics and measurements of everything from the collar bone to the pelvic bone!) they took of our sweet girl. so, he walks in and says, "so everything looked good on your ultrasound,..but we need to talk about one problem." WHAT?! uh-oh...i braced myself. and he was silent, so i finally said, and what is the problem?! so, come to find out, i have a "low-lying placenta." this is apparently pretty common this early on, but i will be having another ultrasound at 30 week to see what it looks like then. if it doesn't correct itself by then, then i will have no choice but a c-section. and i really, really don't want to plan for a c-section. really, i don't want a c-section at all...unless of course i will be putting the baby at risk. i was really hoping to have this baby w/o many (if any) drugs and w/o an epidural. so, MUCH different than a planned c-section! so, in the meantime, i'm praying that this placenta will move on up away from my cervix...

belly at 20 weeks!

still not the greatest photo...will work on the back drop next time:) (and sorry for those of you who are already tired of "belly shots!" i'm gonna keep it up until i pop! but that's me at 20 weeks!! it really looks bigger when i'm looking down at it... i'm officially halfway!!!

proof that "i'm a girl!!!"

this is it...the picture that supposedly says "i'm a girl!!" wow. ultrasound techs are some seriously trained eyes. that's a view from the bottom up...like she's sitting on a glass bottom bench or something...it says Girl!! :)

i had a moment...

we can blame it on the so-called pregnancy hormones. i believe in them now! see, up to this point, i've been really calm. i mean, really. my best friend even told me that i'm a "cooler" friend when i'm pregnant. (nice compliment, huh?...does that mean i'm a "not cool" friend when i'm not knocked up?!) well, anyway, i'm usually pretty emotional...or i can be. but not while preggo!! weird. a lot less losing my temper, crying, fights w/my husband, having my feelings hurt, being self-conscious...weird. all of course, w/the occasional slip up. i AM female...we all do, right?!

so, i'm a "cooler" friend and i think my husband agrees that i'm a "cooler" wife. :)

not so "cool" moment...i was driving to work the other day very early...and listening to my favorite band, Cross Canadian Ragweed. and started singing along. that's when i had a moment. yep, i got a tear in my eye! and quickly thought...what the heck?! i'm listening to my Ragweed and the thought crossed my mind that my little girl could hear me!...and i got a tear??? wow. then i realized what a cheeseball moment it was...almost embarassed to tell anyone, so i'm blaming it on hormones.

gotta be the hormones!

you gotta get one!

so, it looks a little silly, but it's heaven in a pillow!! the dream of dreams you can have on this thing! it's huge...and you really don't get a feel for it unless you walk into the room and see what looks like 2 people under the covers only to find that it's really just a pillow! it's HUGE!!! (fits okay in our king size bed...but not sure my husband would love it if i had it in anything smaller!) but great! my husband even wants one!!! i've been sleeping so much better w/it! i know i'm not big yet, but even still i've been having a hard time sleeping since i found out i was pregnant! (part due to being excited, part b/c i have trouble sleeping often)! and it helps so much when you're not supposed to sleep on your back! it's awesome...recommended for prenant ladies and non-pregnant folks anytime!!

IT'S OFFICIAL...!!!!

well, as official as it can get until SHE pops out!!! yep, IT'S a GIRL!!!!
we're super excited...well, mostly.

• i wanted a girl at first - thought i'd know more of what i was doing if i got to try my mothering skills out on a girl first
• then a old pt of mine at the hospital who i hadn't seen in 9 months or so told me she dreamed i was having a girl (she didn't even know i was preggo at the time)
• decided i was having a boy and i would love it - cause i hear boys LOVE their mommies, and besides...i could have more "me" time by sending him off to bond and do boy things w/his daddy if i was ever tired (is that bad to be excited about??)
• couldn't think of any boy names and could think of millions of girls, so i thought i was doomed in naming my handsome man
• dreamed i was having a girl 2 days before my ultrasound
• still convinced i was having a boy...shocked when she said "it's a girl!!!"

..so?! that's my boy/girl story.

Daddy's story is a little different. see, justin told me all along that he didn't care what it was. even went as far as saying that if it was a girl he'd love it cause he "could learn a lot from a girl!" (i should have known he was lying then!) but, today when we left the MD office he got kinda quiet and said, "well, i didn't think i would be, but i guess i'm a little disappointed. i was looking forward to throwing the ball and going kayaking w/my boy" awww....it was kinda sad. but he's okay now...as long as we have a boy next!!! yep, those were his words....already thinking about baby #2 and #1 isn't here!

little does he know #1's gonna be wrapped around her daddy's finger!!

my mom is, of course, excited.

my dad...well, went like this:

Me: Hi dad! just called to tell you..."You're gonna have a granddaughter!!!

Dad: "awwww, man!"

(nice huh?!)

Ty (my brother): when i told him what dad said..."well, guess you know what his reaction was when he found out he was having you!!! :)

even nicer! :) good thing i know my family loves me!

ok, well, now on to baby naming!! i've been looking forward to this for like 10 yrs!!! (really, i have some weird obsession w/names...boys, girls, dogs, fish...whatever!)

oh, and almost forgot! our sweet little girl is looking good...measuring right along w/her due date and all is well and healthy as far as we can tell! God is so good!!!