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BOY!!!! It was amazing and we are both so thrilled. We are not ready to share the name just yet; we are still working on it. But hopefully very soon. They took lots of pictures and even some video today so I am going to post these as web albums rather than individual pictures. Look for the links below. One album is all still pictures, one is videos, and one is 3-D images. I personally think the 3-Ds are a little scary but lots of people have told me that. The ones you see online are usually much later in the pregnancy when the baby is fatter and not so skeletony. The videos are incredible. There is one that you can even see him opening his mouth and swallowing. There is no debating that he is all boy!!!!

18 week 2 day ultrasound pictures

3-D pics from 18 week ultrasound

18 week ultrasound videos

Baby Bedding Favorites

Baby Furniture

17 weeks

It has been a really great week. I ordered the first item for our nursery, a glider and ottoman. I am so excited about it! I have been eyeing these ever since I even started thinking about getting pregnant so it was exciting to finally be able to make that purchase. They went on sale and I just couldn't resist. I ordered it in a sage gingham print so it will work for either sex. If you click on the link and choose the "fabric ottoman" from the drop down window where it says "pick a product" it will show you a picture of it in the fabric I chose. It should arrive right before we leave for NC.
I have also been looking at lots of baby furniture and baby bedding and have pretty much narrowed it down to a boy and girl favorite. My boy favorite is called Treasure Island and I love the theme for obvious reasons. My girl favorite is called Beach Cottage and is along those same lines of an island theme. I think we will go ahead and order the furniture this weekend. There is one store in the greater Houston area that has it on display so I am hoping we can go look at it tomorrow just to make sure it looks as good in reality as it does online. I will post a picture of it. When we got home from work this evening we attempted to move this old couch in our study out to the curb but Dow just couldn't do it on his own. It is a sleeper sofa and it is really heavy. We are having all Dow's family over next Saturday to announce the sex of the baby and are hoping they will lend a hand. :) I am very anxious to get the future nursery cleared out so I can start nesting but it will take quite a bit of rearranging.
Let's see, what else is new... well I feel like I am really showing now. It's funny because rather than being mushy and flabby my stomach is now pretty hard. I think it is combination of the baby growing and my organs shifting upward. Things are getting a little tight in there. I can't even imagine what it will feel like at 9 months! I have been feeling some pain/ discomfort in my stomach that I think is just normal stretching. There is something called round ligament pain that I have been having when I sneeze or I get up too fast. It just feels like a shooting pain for a few seconds and then it goes away. I have not felt the baby move yet but it definitely feels like there is something in there. It feels a lot like I have just constantly eaten a huge meal. I also ordered a maternity bathing suit for summer this week and it is so cute. It makes me very excited for our trip to St. John in July.
I am counting down the minutes until our ultrasound next Friday! The way I look at it there are really only 4 days because the weekend doesn't count and will go by quickly. We are so excited! We finally came up with a boy name that we both really like; we have had the girl's name from the beginning. So when I do my post for next week hopefully I will be sharing!

16 weeks

I don't have much to report this week. I have been feeling very well in general; I just get tired pretty easily. Last night I fell asleep at 7pm. :) This past weekend we went to a little fair/ festival in La Porte (where Dow works) and that was fun. I had been craving a snow cone for sometime and was finally able to satisfy that urge. It was fun to look around and see all the people with their little ones and think about how this time next year we will have one of our own! I am so ready to find out what we are having! Only 2 more weeks now. After Maggie sent out her cute pictures of baby Jack, I spent the majoity of the day looking at smocked outfits online. It will be fun when I can actually order one! We have a guy coming out this weekend to give us an estimate about putting a covered patio on the back of our house. We think it will really make the backyard a more inviting place and it will give the dogs a covered place to be when they are outside. I have a feeling once the baby comes they will be spending a lot more time in the backyard than they are used to. We also have a date night planned to go out to dinner and see "Baby Mama." I'm excited!