We recently found out that our little nugget is a little man! To say ecstatic is an understatement. It might be because I was a sassy little girl that steered me away from wanting my own sassy little girl. What goes around comes around, right? It will happen eventually I'm sure. But these days I'm seeing lots of blue, planes, trains, and boats, and precious little outfits that will match his daddy.
Forrest's boss, Craig was also ecstatic that we are having a boy. Mostly because he has four boys, so he's biased, but also because he has boxes and boxes of baby boy clothes that he wants to unload on us. I say, bring it on. We'll gladly accept all that we can get! My mom was hoping for a boy for us as well, but my dad had other plans. He wanted a sweet little granddaughter... Either way, they are both so excited for us and I can't wait for them to come down when he's born! I'm sure I'll be very thankful for the help. And then we have the Kennedy's. They were totally not shocked that this babe is a boy. Probably because Krista is having a girl and that there are an even number of boys and girls, so I had to keep up with the pattern! All in all we are so excited and it's no secret that this guy of ours is going to be SO loved.
This is the bump at 20 weeks, the day we found out the gender!
This is the bump in Hawaii at 21 weeks. Oh man do I miss that place.
Being naughty at work and sneaking a peak at my little man. This may not be the clearest ultrasound, but seeing his little heart flutter makes mine do the same.
Things have been going very smoothly for me and this dude. I've gained around 10 pounds so far (half of which are definitely from Hawaii). I've gotten killer leg cramps a handful of times. I'm over that morning sickness nonsense (it wasn't even that bad to begin with thank goodness). The weirdest symptom of all, and the most annoying in my opinion is that I keep on getting nose bleeds, and If my nose isn't bleeding I'm having a hard time breathing through it because of the scabs from it healing. I think a humidifier would make a world of difference (since in humid Hawaii I had no more nose bleeds at all!), but Forrest can't stand them. I'll just have to put one in the nursery when the baby comes and shack up in there.
Just last night Forrest finally felt the baby kick! I'm convinced he felt it a couple of weeks ago, but he said that he didn't believe it because he thinks I just flexed my abs. Last night it was undeniable! He had his hand on my belly for a good couple of minutes and only little flutters were happening, but when that big kick came we both turned to each other with looks of excitement and shock.
Currently I'm about 24 weeks, and have only 16 weeks to go! Can you tell I'm excited?
