Some Recent Pics

Just a few pictures to tide y'all over.

Drake Updates

Drake had a follow up doctor's appointment yesterday to make sure he has gained some weight. He is now 17 lbs. 10 oz. and gained 1 lb. 4 oz. since his last doc appointment 6 weeks ago. So all the hard work of forcing formula on him has worked and the doctor was very happy to see that he gained the weight. :)

Other Drake milestones:
Today he waved at me for the first time :) He has been putting his arm up in the air the last few days, but this morning was the first time he actually waved his arm around :)
In the last week he has been taking a few steps. I wouldn't call it "walking" yet, but he has been trying to step between objects.

Back On Track

So this weekend I admitted to myself that my weight is getting outta control again and that I HAD to do something about it. (Of course reading Valerie Bertinelli's Autobiography that talks about her Jenny Craig experience did help spur me on.) So I have gone back on the Weight Watcher's plan and I have started exercising again. I am bringing this up in the blog to help me be accountable to more than just myself.

In other news poor Roland was sick all weekend with food poisoning. After getting to work today he discovered that several other people he works with were also sick, so it was from a company lunch on Thursday. If you want his side of the story, check his blog.

Now to the baby cuteness :)

This picture amuses me because I had been trying to take a picture of Drake but he wasn't cooperating, so I decided to take a pic of Khayman instead. When I clicked to take the picture Drake was not in the frame, but look who showed up just in time, lol...

It's Weekend Time

Here is what Drake looks like when he wakes up from a nap :)

Drake under my desk trying to get my attention.

Reading his books that are all over his floor, lol.

On Sunday Roland decided to meet up with some guys to hit each other with weapons and Drake n I decided to come along. It was only a practice session and the meet up was in a really nice park. It was so nice that it had actual bathrooms.


Here is baby Drake in his play-yard.

Peek-a-boo!!!

Roland is the guy on the left.

Drake got really tired and cranky and finally fell asleep. He was so tired and sleepy that he actually let me put him down into the play-yard and just kept on sleeping, woot!!! (I sooo didn't want to hold him the whole time he slept.)

Drake's Baby Shower

Since so many of our family and friends live soooo far away I have decided to set the baby shower date now, so if people would like to come they can make plans in advance. The shower will be Saturday August 11th, in the late afternoon/evening. Of course we would love to have as many people to come out and celebrate baby Drake's upcoming arrival, but we understand if you can't make it cuz its sooooo far away. We are also planning on trying to figure out a way so people can watch the shower on the internet if they cannot make it here, more details on that once we figure it out :)

Sonogram Day!!!!

Roland and I have been looking forward to this day for weeks now!!!! The baby is healthy and seems to be average on weight, size and heartbeat, which is FANTASTIC!!!

Check out the pictures:

Here is it's face.The head.


The profile.

Heartbeat

Hand

Cute little foot.

And for the biggest news of all, IT'S A BOY!!!!

We are sooo super excited about this. He kept moving around during the sonogram, but he did the one thing I asked earlier in the day, to not be shy and let us find out if it was a she or a he :) His first name will be Drake, we still have to figure out the middle name :)

Half Way There

I am now 20 weeks pregnant, which means we are half way there :) I am starting to feel the baby moving around a bit more, which is really cool. I can't wait until the ultrasound on Monday, hopefully the baby won't be shy and we can find out what the sex is. I really want to think of it as she or he not just an it. It now measures 5.6 to 6.4 inches long and weighs about 9 ounces.

Doctor's Appointment

Went to the baby doctor today. This time I actually meet one of the doctors of the practice and I was happily pleased that she was really nice. She checked my uterus size and she said it was normal for the age of the baby. We also got to hear the heartbeat again. Roland was actually there this time and was able to hear it in person instead of over the phone :) The next appointment is on May 7th and is an ultrasound, I'm soooo excited, I really hope we can find out the sex of the baby.

I Am Now OBSESSED with...

the baby block on TLC. Every weekday I now watch A Baby Story and my favorite is Bringing Home Baby. These shows are great because they are not full of the really scary baby stories, but show what actually happens during labor and the first few days home with the newborn. I think I have learned a lot, mostly to just go with the flow by watching other people struggle through it. Don't get me wrong I am still nervous and bit scared about taking care of newborn, me with a newborn, how scary, I could barely babysit when I was a teenager, lol. But I am sooo excited and blessed to be getting the opportunity.

There IS a Baby in There

Went to the doctor's this afternoon and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat!!! :) It was soo awesome to actually hear the heartbeat. The only downside was that Roland was not able to be there to hear it because he is down in Virginia looking for a place for us to live. Sorry baby, I didn't realize that they would be checking for the heartbeat during this appointment.
:)

Hello

Sorry I haven't posted lately, but I have been waiting to tell you where we were moving. Unfortunately I still cannot do that. Hopefully early next week I will have some news :) The only big thing lately was the Nor'Easter that hit the area yesterday. Wow, did it snow :) I'm glad to have experienced a Nor'Easter once before we moved out of the New England area. Roland has started packing and I have been working. The pregnancy is still going well.
Have a great weekend!

Due Date

Roland and I just got back from the doctors office and everything seems fine. The due date is September 19th, so the baby will be a virgo, unless it is 4 days or more overdue :) I was hoping it would be a virgo, hehe, but I feel sorry for Roland for having to live with 2 virgos, lol. They stole 8, yes EIGHT, vials of blood for all the initial tests. But thankfully Roland drove us to Dunkin Donuts afterwards to make up for the theft, lol.
Hope you have a great weekend.

Life

Sorry I haven't posted much lately, but there really isn't much to say except that Roland is on the job hunt and I'm still pregnant (thank goodness). I will warn you now, this blog may get really bogged down in pregnancy issues, so if you are not interested just skip those posts :)
Roland has 2 on-site interviews in the next week, so hopefully a job opportunity will come out of them.
I have my first doctor's appointment on Friday, and hopefully will have a somewhat official due date at that time. I can guess now, since I have figured out when conception should have occurred, but there are soooo many ways to figure it out, so I will see what the nurse says on Friday. Oh yeah, my first appointment is with my doctors nurse, not my doctor, but I'm fine with that, since it will mostly be questions on what my body is going through, urine tests and blood tests. I'm making Roland come with me, just in case they take more than 1 vial of blood, and being pregnant I'm not sure how woozy that will make feel, so I don't want to risk driving myself home. After the nurse gives me a due date I'll replace the weight loss ticker at the top of this blog with a baby ticker.
I haven't had any morning sickness yet. I have had days of some nausea and gas, but it has only made me uncomfortable, not outright sick. I don't think I have been to moody, but you would probably have to ask Roland that, he would know better. I have been STARVING!! Yet half the time I don't feel like eating, I know that eating would make it better, but it's hard to get the eating done, its soo weird, lol. It's so nice to not be dieting for once, and I can accept that my body will get fat and stay that way for like 18 more months. Once that has passed I will go back to the exercise, healthy diet thing again :)
L8R T8R's!!!!