Baby Bird is a stinker

It's official - Baby Bird is a BOY! Jonathon and I stayed in that ultrasound for an hour getting images of all the baby's organs and bones. Luckily, everything looks ok so far - we'll get the official word on everything at our next appointment.

Our baby is extremely uncooperative. The lady tried for 15 minutes to get one shot, but every time she went for it, he would move...so she would move the wand and he would then move back to his original location. He had his hands next to his face for most of our session, and he loved playing with his ears. At one point, I put my right arm under my head to see the screen a bit better, and when she got him to move a bit more - he moved his right arm under his head. It was so funny that we were laying the same way.

Our baby bird moved so much that the tech couldn't get a heart beat because he was making all sorts of movements that all the Doppler was picking up was the thunder from his squirming. I loved watching him; he's SO active I already know that Jonathon and I will have our hands full.

He has the cutest little nose and a pretty narrow chin. I also think he kinda has big feet like his Daddy. Apparently at this stage, he is already in proportion - so he'll just get bigger and put on some weight. He's a cute little guy! Besides all of that, his tummy and bladder were full, which means he is swallowing great and his kidneys are working!

The other good news is now that we know the gender, we can order our gear! Bed Bath and Beyond has a great selection (better than Babies R Us) and I just love that store in general. Jonathon and I have looked everywhere, but we keep going back to the brands that Bed Bath and Beyond carries. It's cute to watch Jon look at baby things, or talk to my tummy. He won't admit it, but he's so cute about it.

Our little surprise is on the down hill slope - we're more than half way there!

Pictures

I found some random pictures that I thought I would share! Enjoy! (Some are WAY old, like when Jon and I first got together - you'll notice I have brown hair in some of them) Also, the right side of a lot of pictures got cut off here - but you'll get the idea of them.

Busy week!

I hope everyone had a great Easter!

My countdown began long ago, but we're FINALLY only a few days away from finding out the sex of Baby Bird. Everyone has their guesses, obviously. Mine is boy - however, I have no reasons to back this up. If I go off of old wives tales, then it's a girl - but I'm still saying boy. Here are some of the old wives tales that predict it's a girl:

1. I'm craving sugar, not salt - which means girl
2. The wedding ring test went in circles, not back and fourth
3. The heart rate is over 140

I felt bad because I always hear pregnant friends say they just "know" or "knew" what the gender of the baby was before birth. I don't have a clue! I prayed one night that God would reveal it to me in a dream - I did dream about a boy, but Christina Aguilera was babysitting, so I think that voids the dream. I have also had dreams about a girl - it's driving me nuts.

Jonathon says it's a boy, but I think it's wishful thinking as opposed to what his gut is saying. We'll be happy either way, we just want to know that Bird has all of it's organs and parts - which we'll get to find out also on Monday.

The lab screwed up my blood work, which was horrible because you can only do certain tests at certain times through out the pregnancy. So - luckily, completely by pure blessing - I was only a few days away from my window of opportunity when I found this out. So, I just had to go donate more blood for analyzing and in May we'll find out those results.

We found out I'm NOT immune to the cat disease, and since we have a cat, I am not allowed to change the litter box. Jonathon has been such a trooper with handling that. Really, he's done a ton! Those first few months were really bad with me being sick, and he really handled a lot for me. He is however back to asking me to lay out uniforms and make his doctor appointments - so everything is back to normal. I'm feeling really good, just hungry!

Mexican food is my weakness. I lay in bed sometimes dreaming of burritos and salsa. I've also come to really rely on french fries. No odd cravings, just intense ones.

I will say that we picked our boy name. It's the ONLY name Jonathon and I agreed upon, so that's why it stuck. It's "J" name, and so is the middle - if it's a girl, we'll have to go back to the drawing board.

To make this post even longer - I finally found the bedding and gear we like. It took TONS of research, which I love doing. I have to read up on everything - and with safety reports now, I get even more info! I was bummed at first that Babies R Us seemed to be the only mass market for a lot of this stuff, but Bed Bath & Beyond has an entire section of baby things that I was unaware of. Everything we like is from there or Pottery Barn - so now we just need to find out the gender so we can order it!! I'm so excited I made that discovery because I'm a huge fan of Bed Bath and Beyond. The boys bedding is Eddie Bauer - tools...and the girls is dragon flies and butterflies - oh goodness it's adorable, but not cheesy. Our travel system is also there, by Chicco. I suppose this is more information than anyone probably cares about - so I'll end with that. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend - new post on Monday!

Happy April!

It seems like our week has been very busy, but looking back we did a lot of relaxing! I returned to Maryland last Wednesday. I had a great time in Colorado - I ate so much good food that I find myself obsessing over the the restaurants there! I have been craving Mexican food like none other. Too bad we don't have anything other than a Taco Bell here in Maryland.

Jonathon and I went to our baby's doctor appointment on the 30th. We heard the heartbeat for the first time. They couldn't find it last time, but since that was so long ago they didn't have any trouble this time. The doctor gave me a pill to settle my stomach more. She's worried about the lack of weight gain, but confident that it's all normal so far we just want to see more.

We did MORE blood work. So far all of our results have been good, so I pray that this new set will be, too! We still have to make our appointment with radiology to get the "BIG" ultrasound. They will check all of the baby's organs, and fingers and toes, etc, make sure it's all there and functioning. We tried to make the appointment when we were already in the hospital, but for whatever reason we have to call.

We have decided that when we find out the baby's gender, we will tell everyone - we just won't release the name until the baby is born. I'm sure that will kill some people! I know it would for me.

My mom is being so amazing and throwing a baby shower this summer. I'm excited because I love parties, and in our family, we have the best get together's.

My mom is planning on making a trip out here when the baby is born, which is great because Jonathon and I are kind of on our own way out here. Plus, she has raised six kids, so I figure she may know what she's talking about.

In other news, we are hoping to move out of Maryland soon. Jonathon really wants to take a job at Lackland AFB, which is in San Antonio, TX. We're pretty much over the whole Maryland gig, plus, there's Mexican food there and that's seriously all I want! :)

I hope everything is going well for everyone! Here are some CO pictures!