It's a boy!!!!

On Friday morning we went to First Glimpse to find out what our little peanut was. Before we got there I drank a whole can of coke which I was hoping would make the baby a little more active because I had not drank ANY caffeine since before I got pregnant. Which I happen to be pretty proud of considering how much of a caffeine freak I was before :). When we got in there we had to fill out some paperwork. Then the lady took us back to the room. It definitely did not look like the ultrasound rooms at the doctor's office. I laid down on the huge bed/table thing and then she put the wand on my belly and there he was! She was moving the wand around trying to get the baby into the right position. She had a bit of a hard time because he was moving around A LOT (I wonder if it was the caffeine hehe). When she finally got him in the right position the cord was going right in between the legs. So she did some 4D pictures for a little while hoping that as much as he was moving around that the cord would move out of the way. The 4D pictures were really cool. You could really see his features and his cute little button nose! At one point he kept putting his hand over his face so that you couldn't see his face. I was like just like my child to get picture shy. During this whole process I kept looking over at Andrew. At one point I looked at him and he just seemed to be watching in amazement. I thought it was really cute. She went back to the 2D and tried to find the babies' sex. The cord was still in the way but she turned on this thing where she could see the blood flowing through the cord. But it didn't matter. I knew whether the cord was there or not that there was a little wee wee there. It was a couple minutes later when she finally confirmed the it was a BOY! After she confirmed we did some more 4D pictures and some more 2D. Before leaving she gave me a sticker that said IT"S A BOY! on it. We then went to the front I got a frame the said "Oh Boy!" on it to put the ultrasound pictures in. The lady printed out some pictures and then made a CD of all of the pictures and also gave me a DVD of the whole session. I thought it was a really great experience and I was so happy that I decided to do it! Here are some pictures from that day

This is Everett Lee Ivy!
little wee wee
little footsie
our little boy
hand over his face

There is a lot of movement going on in there!

With all of the excitement of waiting to find out whether that baby is a boy or a girl I forgot to tell everyone that I started feeling the baby move last week! Andrew did not believe me when I told him at first. He was like "are you sure it is not gas?" That truth is I can see how some people might confuse it with that but it so far is in a different area and feels different. Also I have discovered when you are pregnant that gas HURTS! It started on Tuesday of last week. I was sitting in my chair being really still and then all of a sudden I felt something that can only be described as pop corn popping in my lower belly. As the week progressed I felt it a little more but only when I was sitting really still. With all of the stuff going on with my dad last week and with the ginormous amount of hormones raging through my body I got really upset. That night I felt the baby move around a lot. I was told that might happen though since the baby and I are connected and all. On Friday, Andrew and I were in the car on the way to visit my parents and the baby must have liked it because I did not get the usual pop corn feeling, this time it was more like a worm squirming in my belly. I told Andrew and my parents that the baby was performing acrobatics! Again, I only felt this when I was sitting down. I didn't feel the squirmyness for the rest of the weekend. I think I felt it a little bit yesterday when Andrew and I were at the grocery store but I cannot be for sure. The baby seems to move around the most at night time. Well that is it for now! I am looking forward to the baby's movements getting stronger and Andrew being able to feel it! I know he can't wait either.

Making some progress!

So Andrew and I were at Wal-Mart looking around in the baby section. I saw this blanket and I just could not resist! In case you cannot tell it is yellow and green which can go for either gender and it is a giraffe! Too Cute!!! Andrew gave me the eye when I picked it up and I told him that I didn't care what he said I was buying (haha). I also ordered the baby's crib from Babies-R-Us a couple weeks ago and it arrived on Wednesday last week! I am so excited I cannot wait to put it together and see how it looks in the room. Here is a picture of the crib from the website so you have some idea.
We have also been buying diapers every time we go to the grocery store. I am hoping that maybe by the time the baby gets here we will have enough to last for awhile. I also got a breast pump from my sister this weekend and some baby clothes. They are for a boy but I figure if it is not a boy then I can just box them up and save them for later. But if it is a boy that a few less clothes that I have to buy!

So Friday is the big day! It is the day that we get to hopefully find out what the baby is (providing that he/she cooperates)!!! Andrew and I are really excited. Because the doctor does not actually do another ultrasound until 20 weeks and I am far too impatient to wait that long we are going to the first glimpse place. The ultrasound will mainly be done in 2D but they said that they will do a few in 3D if they get some good positions. I am really looking forward to the experience!

On Friday Andrew and I are leaving to go to Savannah for our first anniversary!!! Whoo Hoo I am so excited! We are going to be gone until Monday! We are planning on eating a lot of good food. Walking around and maybe going to Tybee! Oh and eating some year old wedding cake! I hope it tastes good.

Alright, that is all for now! I will let everyone know on Friday if it is a boy or a girl!

Oh and I forgot the Genetic Birth defects testing came back negative! Whew! Now I guess Andrew can rest easy. :)

Genetic Birth DefectsTesting

My husband the worry wart wanted us to go in and have some type of birth defects testing to look for such things as down syndrome and spinal abifida, which normally me being the person who always like to prepare herself for the worst would have been up for that, but after Andrew suggested that we do it I found myself being optomistic. We have no signs of any of those birth defects in our families and even if our baby had turned out to have one of thoe things we would not have changed our mind about having it anyway. But in order to make him feel better I decided to do it and to make myself feel even better I told myself that ment one more time that I was able see our baby!

So I went in for the testing today. They weighed me and took my blood pressure and then sent me back to the ultrasound room. Turns out they needed to do an ultrasound on my tummy and the other way much to my surprise! We started out doing the test on my tummy and I was so amazed when I first saw our little peanut how much it had grown. It was crazy. As she maneuvered the sonogram thingy around I could see the baby's arms and legs kicking. It's hear beating once again and I saw it flip around and move! It was sooo amazing! At one point she was knocking on my tummy to get peanut to move around and I could see it bouncing up and down. You could also tell that peanut was tired of getting it's picture taken because eventually it stopped cooperating and the ultrasound tech said she thought she may have made peanut mad! Then she went in to do the ultrasound the other way and I saw peanuts skull and some other stuff. She even sent me away with a few pictures!! Much better than the last ones.



For this particular test they were looking for the amount of fluid in peanut's spinal cord behind its neck. They say if there is a large build up of fluid the child is more likely to wind up having a birth defect. The ultrasound tech said that everything looked normal on the ultrasound but they still needed to send the pictures in with some of my blood to make sure. So we are suppose to hear back from them sometime next week to find out for sure. Of course this posting would not be complete without a recent belly picture. Andrew actually asked me if I was poking my belly out in this picture and when I told him no he said, "you swear?!"
You can probably see why he might ask!

Sometimes you just have to put your feet in the sand!

Andrew and I decided to take off for memorial day weekend and go visit my parents' new house in Apalachicola, FL. We had a really great time! We ate a lot (which I enjoyed) and I took a lot of naps (curse of the first trimester). The first thing I told my dad I wanted to do when we got down there was to go to the beach. I wanted to walk on the beach and put my feet in the sand. I also wanted to take Toby to the beach because he had never been before.

Maggie enjoying the water


Toby running away from the water

Andrew and Toby

While we were there I also had to take a picture of my belly so that I could mark this as peanut's first trip to the beach! All in all it was a really great time!

12 week doctors visit

We had our 12 week visit today. It was very fast compared to the last time I went in. I think I was all done in just over thirty minutes! I went back and they checked my weight ( gained 4 pounds....but I am ok with that) and took my blood pressure. Then they took me back to the room to see the doctor. The doctor came in and we talked a little about genetic testing and then he laid me down on the table to get the hearbeat. I had expected for him to find the heartbeat right away. About a minute went by and he hadn't found the heartbeat yet. So of course I start freaking out. He kept hearing a heartbeat but it wasn't the babies it was mine. He said my heart was racing so loudly he couldn't hear the babies. So I tried to calm down. At one point we heard the babies heart beat and mine beating at the same time. It was crazy sounding. He felt a round a little on my belly and tried to get the babies heart beat separated from mine and finally we heard it! He said it was around 160 bpm, which is completely normal. After about five minutes of waiting it was so great to hear that sound of galloping horses I had been to hear. Andrew and I are going to talk about the genetic testing tonight and decide what we are going to do. The doctor wants me to go in sometime next week if I am going to do it. I will let you know what we decide.

The big 2-5!

Well it happened I am now a quarter of a century old. Andrew and I had a cookout at our house to celebrate the occassion. It was interesting to say the least. Considering a week ago Andrew and I did not even have a grill I think it went pretty well. We had about 15 people come over and we made hamburgers and hot dogs. Annie brought pasta salad and 7 layer dip which was wonderful. And Becca made a cake! It was a chocolate cake with cookie and cream icing (mmmmmmmm). I was a little disappointed that it rained yesterday because that ment everyone had a be inside which is difficult when you have all of Andrew's crazy friends over. The rain eventually let up and they were able to go outside and play corn hole. While the rest of us stayed inside and played Rock Band. A few of us took a break to take a crack at playing corn hole. Becca and I won cause we are awesome :)! I was worried that we were going to have too much food but after the boys second trip to the kitchen they cleaned us out!

I finally bought some maternity clothes! Considering none of my pants fit it thought it was definitely time. Angela and I went to the Motherhood store last week and tried a few things on. I bought a couple pairs of pants, a skirt, and some shorts. I also got a couple of shirts but I figured that since most of mine still fit I shouldn't buy too many right now. They also have a fake belly that is suppose to make you look three months further along than you are then to see how your clothes will fit later on. Angela took a few pictures for me so I thought I would share them.

I am going to the doctor on Thursday for my 12 week appointment! I will let all of you know how it goes!