Yackety Schmackety

The poll I posted last week ended with 23 votes, 14 for girl, 9 for boy. 

61% of you were…

WRONG!  

We had the ultrasound today, and there was no doubt whatsoever that this child is a boy.  A very ACTIVE boy.  Good gracious.  He was quite the active little peanut, flipping around and going nuts.   At my doctor’s appointment afterwards, he kicked while the doctor had the doppler on my stomach- I think it scared my doctor a little bit.

Anyway, all of his parts are in order, he looks healthy (maybe a few days bigger than what we originally thought).  My due date was initially June 2, I just figure it will be sometime around Memorial Day.   

Yes, names have been discussed, but nothing definite yet.  We might tell, we might not.  (what the hell am I talking about, I can’t keep a secret to save my life).

So that’s the news on the streets.  We are excited that he’s healthy, now I just have to swap Stew out for a female cat so I’m not totally outnumbered… 

I have my ultrasound (THE ultrasound) this Wednesday at 3.  So, provided the child is cooperative, I will be able to post some news then.  I can’t wait!

Some of you know I was going to have a 4-D ultrasound as well.  As it turns out, that equipment is located at another facility and I won’t have time to do both on Wednesday.  But, I’d rather wait on the 4-D ultrasound anyway, so I will be able to schedule it independently and will probably do so in another 8-10 weeks.  Maybe then I won’t fear that my child will look like an alien.

As of today I am officially 20 weeks.  I can’t believe I’m here already- halfway there.  I feel pretty good, the baby is starting to kick me often and the heartburn that I had so badly with Simon is starting too.  It’s not too bad yet, and Tums help.  And are very tasty.  I have only gained 2 lbs as of my last appointment, which is great news.  I gained 50 lbs (YIKES!) with Simon so this is a nice change.  Granted, I was a lot thinner when I got pregnant with him.

Some people have asked me what I think I’m having.  Really, I have no idea.  There are some vast differences between this pregnancy and my first, but I can easily blame those on the fact that it’s my second, I now have a 3.5 year old to tend to in addition to taking care of myself, and I weigh more now than I did with my first pregnancy.  But I have some tendency to say it’s a girl.  Hey, my Aunt Patti says girl (she does the whole astrology thing to figure it out) and Simon says girl (and he’s a smart kid!).  But, then again, I swore I was having a girl last time, and there’s no question that Simon is a boy.  So I have no idea. 

For fun, I’ve created a poll here - we’ll see how good you are at predicting.  Wait for the answer on Wednesday!

We are the proud new owners of this beauty:

Isn’t it the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen!?!  I’m scared to death of it.

It’s a 37 inch Sharp Aquos.  I don’t think we’ll ever get off the couch again.