i don't think the movie collection is too kid friendly right now huh?
j
Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
On a roll...
since i'm posting high quatity right now, i thought what better time to tell you...the more we're away from the immediate situation with the envelope the more we're back to wanting to be surprised. i know this disappoints many of you out there but i think since i posted the post about christmas, it got me to thinking a little deeper than i had been. i'm kind of diggin' the suspense and am having quite a bit of fun with this whole guessing game. i think i actually like not knowing. wow - yeah, it surprised me too that i would completely change my mind on that. but that's the immediate feeling as of late. just thought i'd let everyone know. we may just keep everyone guessing! i've about had to lock up that envelope at work. i'm not sure i'm trusting anyone around that thing. way too many curious minds and wondering fingers wanting to get into it.
the biggest question i get asked when i tell all this is 'what about the baby's room decor?'. well, i've got a vision for the room and have selected the bedding that we both love. it's not super baby and it's completely gender neutral. it's just 'us' and we love it! when we decide on it 100% and get it purchased, we'll post it for all to see. heeheehee...more suspense.
-m
the biggest question i get asked when i tell all this is 'what about the baby's room decor?'. well, i've got a vision for the room and have selected the bedding that we both love. it's not super baby and it's completely gender neutral. it's just 'us' and we love it! when we decide on it 100% and get it purchased, we'll post it for all to see. heeheehee...more suspense.
-m
June 16th Visit
i never gave details about the last visit other than the envelope situation so i thought i'd update you on a few other little details. Sprout looks to be progressing very well and all looks normal. i've gained 10 lbs now total, which is right on target for where i should be at this point. Sprout's weight was 14 oz. well, this is the only part that perhaps concerns me because the average norm for this point in pregnancy is about 9-11 oz. so...i guess this 'little' Sprout is a bit on the big side. the good new is, there were no bugging eyes from the doc or raise of concern so i guess all is well for now.
on the 'not so pretty' side of things, i was showing signs of placenta previa. That means, the placenta is currently in the way of delivering. so basically, if i were to deliver right now i would have to have a c-section. that's the worse case scenario...so not that big of deal. this is quite common and chances are very high that it will move and correct it's position by the time it needs to. they will be doing another ultrasound on my next visit (July 14) to monitor this and hopefully we'll get more photos of Sprout then too.
-m
on the 'not so pretty' side of things, i was showing signs of placenta previa. That means, the placenta is currently in the way of delivering. so basically, if i were to deliver right now i would have to have a c-section. that's the worse case scenario...so not that big of deal. this is quite common and chances are very high that it will move and correct it's position by the time it needs to. they will be doing another ultrasound on my next visit (July 14) to monitor this and hopefully we'll get more photos of Sprout then too.
-m
Sprout
so i was looking for crib bedding online the other day and ran accross a website called spunkysprout.com. it was such a catchy little title that it got me to thinking. since we don't know what this baby is yet (boy or girl) i thought we'd go ahead and give it a temporary name that would compliment either sex. the name Bean and Peanut are a bit overused out there and we wanted something a little more unique. well this one just seemed to hit home for both of us and so let me introduce you to our envelope baby...Sprout.
-m
-m
Dreaming...
so they say you can have very intense dreams when your pregnant. quite a common feature of pregnancy. but what does it mean when you dream that you have a uniboob?
-m
-m
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
It's like Christmas!
well...i'm back from my travels and have read jeff's entries. he cracks me up. one of the many things i love about him is his sense of humor and perspective on life. he always keeps me thinking.
it's funny to me how things have shifted over the past few weeks on 'to know or not to know'. one thing we have always strived for in our marriage is to be sensitive to one anothers wants, desires, views, etc. i think that's how marriages continue to...well...continue. as of late, we have both started seeing each others views on why we do or don't want to know if this baby is boy or a girl. i've come around to his side and he's come around to mine. we've been on the fence for a couple weeks now and i've gotta tell ya...those moments in the doctor's office and ultrasound room were quite a hoot! when the tech handed jeff that envelope, he immediatly started squirming. he says, 'this is worse than christmas!'. he's holding that envelope up to the light to try to peak, he's shifting the video tape case around to see if it's marked on the label, he even asks the doctor questions to get hints! i thought 'now this is the jeff i know!'
every christmas jeff will go shopping for me and when he gets home, or off the internet, or back from the mailbox, he comes to me with great excitement and says, 'can i tell you what i got you?' or 'can i give you your present now? ....just one?' he wears me out with this, but he's so cute and so funny with it, it makes me laugh and i actually enjoy it. now i never want to know what i'm getting because i love the surprise at christmas. if you're going to tell me what it is then make me wait to open it or if you just give it to me early then it's not fun anymore when you look under the tree and see it wrapped up or perhaps just not there because you already have it. there's no curiosity or mind twirling dreams or thinking of all the things you really want to be there. it just takes the fun out of it for me.
now after hearing all of this...do you see why it's weird that we've been flipped on the 'wanting to know' part of this whole thing? we're backwards! so with all that said things are feeling back to normal and i really don't think we'll wait till this thing is born to find out...we're both way to anxious for that now. i do think that even in the knowing what it is, there are still far more things to be surprised by and curious about when he/she does arrive that it doesn't ruin the feeling of a 'christmas surprise' for me. it just makes me that much more anxious and curious for all the other things to discover.
sorry we drag you into our tug-of-war of mixed mind whirls!
it's funny to me how things have shifted over the past few weeks on 'to know or not to know'. one thing we have always strived for in our marriage is to be sensitive to one anothers wants, desires, views, etc. i think that's how marriages continue to...well...continue. as of late, we have both started seeing each others views on why we do or don't want to know if this baby is boy or a girl. i've come around to his side and he's come around to mine. we've been on the fence for a couple weeks now and i've gotta tell ya...those moments in the doctor's office and ultrasound room were quite a hoot! when the tech handed jeff that envelope, he immediatly started squirming. he says, 'this is worse than christmas!'. he's holding that envelope up to the light to try to peak, he's shifting the video tape case around to see if it's marked on the label, he even asks the doctor questions to get hints! i thought 'now this is the jeff i know!'
every christmas jeff will go shopping for me and when he gets home, or off the internet, or back from the mailbox, he comes to me with great excitement and says, 'can i tell you what i got you?' or 'can i give you your present now? ....just one?' he wears me out with this, but he's so cute and so funny with it, it makes me laugh and i actually enjoy it. now i never want to know what i'm getting because i love the surprise at christmas. if you're going to tell me what it is then make me wait to open it or if you just give it to me early then it's not fun anymore when you look under the tree and see it wrapped up or perhaps just not there because you already have it. there's no curiosity or mind twirling dreams or thinking of all the things you really want to be there. it just takes the fun out of it for me.
now after hearing all of this...do you see why it's weird that we've been flipped on the 'wanting to know' part of this whole thing? we're backwards! so with all that said things are feeling back to normal and i really don't think we'll wait till this thing is born to find out...we're both way to anxious for that now. i do think that even in the knowing what it is, there are still far more things to be surprised by and curious about when he/she does arrive that it doesn't ruin the feeling of a 'christmas surprise' for me. it just makes me that much more anxious and curious for all the other things to discover.
sorry we drag you into our tug-of-war of mixed mind whirls!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Traveling Mercies
so michelle is traveling tonight (should be home soon) and it got me to thinking. she'll go back to work when the little guy (or gal) is a few months old and as she gets back into the swing of things i'm sure there are going to be more travels where she'll have to be gone for a night or two. i can't help but to wonder, with anticipation i might add, what those nights are going to be like. just me and the little one. don't get me wrong, i love having michelle around here but i'm gonna look forward to those daddy-baby bonding times.
now i saw this as one who can count on one hand, no make that two fingers, the number of babies/infants i have held in my life. so with that anticipation comes a bit of anxiety.
as i think this through a bit more, who am i kidding, michelle leave me and the baby alone? maybe if i collect enough of your phone numbers you can be my emergency contacts?
j
now i saw this as one who can count on one hand, no make that two fingers, the number of babies/infants i have held in my life. so with that anticipation comes a bit of anxiety.
as i think this through a bit more, who am i kidding, michelle leave me and the baby alone? maybe if i collect enough of your phone numbers you can be my emergency contacts?
j
Monday, June 16, 2008
IT'S A . . . (drumroll please)
. . . secret, sealed inside a little manilla envelope that michelle hid from me because she thinks i'll peek while she is out of town. so much for trust, huh?
todays appointment went really well. the baby looked normal and there was nothing they saw to cause concern. the ultrasound gal said it was obvious what the sex was and made us look away from the screen which leads me to believe it's a boy (for obvious reasons) but i asked michelle's doctor who said girls can be just as obvious. i think it's a boy.
he/she cooperated on that part of the ultrasound but wouldn't on everything else. i guess the norm for this mid-pregnancy ultrasound is about ten to fifteen pictures. we have two. the one posted here and the other sealed in that blasted, hidden envelope that michelle wont give me. grrrrr. she couldn't get a good profile or one of the fingers. the baby has fingers but we don't have any photos to prove it.
i'll let michelle tell you more later. til then, the one photo we do have is here. i can make it out pretty easy but michelle had trouble at first. the best thing to do is look at it from a distance and squint. and to use your imagination. you're looking straight on at the baby's face and body. we'll get more, hopefully better, pictures at the next appointment, hopefully some that are easier to "see." til then, let me introduce you to the envelope baby, or at least the head of the envelope baby. and the fist. that's the blob by the head.
j
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