Kung Fu

Not much is new with us. Jared works a lot. I'm prepping for baby and also going to school. I just thought I would post about my big news. I can really feel little man move! I know it's not much, but for me it's the best feeling in the world! I could feel him move a little bit for about 3 weeks, but the last week he has been doing Kung Fu in my belly! Last night it was strong enough that I told Jared to put his hand on my belly and see if he could feel it. I'll never forget that look of excitement on his face when he felt a movement. It's so much fun to feel him move from time to time. He moves a lot when I'm in noisy places, but is relatively calm with just small movements when I'm home alone. It's still a funny feeling, but it makes me so happy. I know it will quickly turn into him kicking me and causing physical harm, but I'll take it! I'm finally letting it sink in that it's happening. I'm finally going to welcome a sweet spirit into our lives. I avoided looking at baby stuff for so many years because it was so painful, but now I'm planning a nursery and looking at cute clothes and wondering what he'll be like. My mom is almost as excited as I am. He already has multiple quilts made or almost made, she's started his blessing blanket, and is now working on quiet books. With me being an only child, this will be her first grandchild and she can hardly stand the wait. Jared's family is also very excited. If my counting is correct he will be the 20th grandchild, or thereabout, in his family. Either way he is already a very loved and blessed child. Now we are given the job to not screw him up too bad ;)

Also, I'm looking into parenting books about babies and the first year. Any suggestions on great books?

It's a...

If you haven't already heard from facebook, we are having a baby boy! It was what I thought and a majority of people thought it would be. I would have been just as excited with either. It's just exciting to know and it made it more real. The best part of the ultrasound today was seeing the baby. He's big and strong. He woke up during the ultrasound, I would guess because they were pushing him around trying to get measurements. It was crazy seeing him move on his own. I'll admit, I teared up a little bit. When she went to find out the gender she didn't have to look long, seriously in 5 seconds she was like, "oh, well it's a boy!" We have a great picture that is unmistakably a boy. He's not shy! It's still hard to believe this is happening, but today made it feel more real than before. It's such a relief to see the baby growing and hear the heart and know they are doing so well. Jared was especially excited. He's emailed or texted every person he's ever known it seems. He's such a proud daddy. We had some gift cards to the Gap so we decided to get some outfits for him. Man kid clothes are pricy! We really wanted to get him a bow tie for the outfit to announce what we were having. Jared has been wearing bow ties since he was a teenager. It's kinda his trademark. So of course his mini me needs one too. But man those things are hard to find! We went to five stores and this is the only one we came across. Luckily it's pretty cute. Jared picked out the outfit on the left (basically what Jared wears every day) and I picked the one on the right.

And here is a belly shot from a few days ago. Nothing much, but it's finally looking like a pregnant belly and not just a fat belly.