It's a....

I'm not really sure if anyone besides family (and Katie and Annaleise) read this and they all know BUT for anyone that hasn't heard...IT'S A BOY! Some funny reactions I've had so far:

1. From Grandpa (my dad's dad): "Well that is most, most, most unusual for our family." (You're telling me! On my dad's side there's one boy grandchild and six girls, on mom's side there are four boy grandchildren and nine girls, and out of great grandchildren on both sides there are two boys and six girls. Nathan's side is about evenly split.)

2. From my cousin, Kathleen: "What? That's statistically impossible! I demand a recount!" (See #1 for why she doesn't believe it.)

3. From the A-team (my sister and her family): Name suggestions. My brother-in-law suggested we name the baby after him, Ainsley likes 'Eric' (I assume like Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid) and "Abbey is pulling for 'Jesus'."

I think those are the best ones. I've included some pictures below (but no pics of his little boy parts). The u/s tech said his feet each measure about 1 inch long right now and he weighs around 10 oz. Crazy! We're halfway there now...and I'm finally about to the point that I will no longer be able to wear my regular pants, even using a rubber band to keep them buttoned. This is bad news for someone who has a hard time finding REGULAR pants that are long enough! Anyway, pics are below, most are labeled I think but I'll also label them just in case.

Here's a profile - feet up at the top left, rear at the bottom left, head (and a little hand) towards the middle right.

Same pic as above, but different tint so it might be easier (or harder) to see.

Once he decided to cooperate and let us see what he was, he gave us a thumbs up!

Here's a leg - foot on the left, hip on the right. And his legs look like they are LOOOONG.

Here's a little foot...

He likes to lay face down - so she got a pic because that was the only way we could see him for a while. Look at his spine - crazy! (In order to get him to cooperate she ended up tilting the table to where my head was below my feet and eventually turning me over on my side!)

One more of the feet - he kept crossing them so she had a hard time getting a pic of both of them at the same time.

Other things that people ask about:

I'm still sick, but not every day. I usually have one or two "OK" days (meaning I take meds but not until later in the day), one GREAT day (meaning I don't take any meds at all but still spend the whole day wondering if I'm going to puke on someone's desk) and then back to a couple of yuck days where I have to take meds right out of bed (or before). Today is a yuck day but I've been medicated now and am feeling much better.

Names. Yes, we have a list, sort of short list, but we haven't decided on one for sure and even if we do before he's born (which doesn't seem likely at this point given how indecisive I am these days) we have decided we're not going to share. We want to have one thing that's just ours until he's born. :) Plus, I would be UP SET if I had a name I really liked and we told and someone said something that made me not be able to use it! That being said, if you've got a suggestion, we're certainly not turning them down. You never know when someone saying one name may make you think of another that you really like!

Baby bump. I'm getting there. As I mentioned above, I'm getting to where I can't wear my regular pants very well but a lot of days I still feel like I look like I ate too much for dinner the day before. I guess the biggest difference these days is, the roll around my middle that I could pretty successfully hide before, I now can't hide even a little bit.

Colors for the nursery. Here's where I'm really stuck. There are a few colors that I really like - lime green, orange, aqua blue, brown. All together. There's this one bedding set that has those four colors in it that I really like. I'm not sure why I can't commit to that set - could be the price. Another thing I like about that set is that it's different. It's not animals or a lot of the other "standard" nursery decor. But there are some really super cute sets out there w/animals on them too. I think my two biggest requirements are that I want it to be different, and I don't want a lot of pastels. I love what Katie did with Olivia's nursery (you can see that here or here). It's SUPER cute AND it's not the same old thing! I'm sure some inspiration will strike me somewhere...I guess I should get out and start looking at fabric to see if I can find something I like but with my taste it'll be $50/yard fabric. Add to that the fact that I can't sew and we're back to just buying the bedding. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Whew. Sorry. If anyone reading this is up for a trip to the fabric store (or stores) with me, let me know because something tells me that is NOT at the top of Nathan's list of "things to do to get ready for the baby".

Let's see. I can't really think of anything else. I guess I should probably get to the office (since I've had some kind of appointment or other EVERY day this week). If anyone has suggestions for cute nursery stuff, I'm open to pretty much anything at this point!

One other thing. I have to register at some point. If there are any items that you used that you absolutely could not have lived without, or items you got and have never used once, I would love to hear about it. We don't have room for a lot of things we won't use so I'm trying to be really careful about what we register for or purchase.