Showered With Love!

This past Sunday, my beautiful sister gave me a wonderful baby shower to welcome Holden into this world. It was an amazing day to say the least. I am not one to particularly enjoy being the center of attention, but I had an amazing time catching up with old friends and celebrating our soon to be baby boy! Thanks Alessandra! Here are some pictures from the day!

Active Little Booger!

I know, it has been a really long time since I have blogged, and since I have been off of work I have absolutely no excuse! The good news is that we are doing exceptionally well. Since being off of work we have had time to nest. Both boys rooms are done and now all we have to do is have our shower so we can start filling those drawers with cute little boy clothes.

I am getting so excited about meeting our little Holden that I can barely stand it. He is constantly moving around inside my belly, which is a nice relief from the feelings that I had from 16-20 weeks where there wasn't much movement and I had to wait for a whole month to hear his heartbeat. We are now going to the doctors every two weeks as I almost 29 weeks along. Although it seems as though this is taking forever, especially since I have been off of work, I am actually starting to enjoy being alone with my baby. I find myself talking to him and staring at my belly waiting for his next move. Dave and Jared have also been able to feel him move however Jared is a little less excited about our new arrival than Dave is. Jared says that the new baby is going to have a lot of germs! Oh and he does NOT want to change diapers!

We are scheduled for our next 4-D ultrasound at 30 weeks. So on April 17th we are going to be able to see our sweet little boy, if he cooperates! Those pictures are coming soon!

26 Weeks!!!

22 Weeks!

Bean has a name!

HOLDEN ANTHONY DANIELS

It is DEFINITELY a BOY!!!!!!

Last Friday, I had the joy of listening to our little Bean twice in one day!!! My first doctors appointment took place in the morning and since my specialist was doing an US later that day, my regular OB chose to just listen to the heartbeat. The heartbeat was in the 150s and strong! We have been having some trouble getting a hold of my regular OB so my mom had to come to that appointment to express her concerns and find a solution to the problem. That solution being the Doctor's cell phone number! GO MOM!!!! After we cleared that up, we then asked the Doctor to take a guess at the gender of our baby. He said, "I think you're having a little boy!".

Next, my mom and I had a wonderful lunch with our old friends Emily and Jane at my sister's restaurant. It was raining outside but we still managed to enjoy our lunch under a really hot outside heater!!! It was nice to catch up with them.

Then, it was time for bra shopping since my chest is getting a little out of control. Sorry for that information but I had to share it, it's a new experience for me!!!

Now had come the time we had all been waiting for 20 long weeks!!! We arrived at my doctor's office and he was running a little behind schedule, so we had to wait alongside our anticipation. I felt like a five year old! The doctor started the US to check out Bean's anatomy and he told us that we are DEFINITELY having a little boy! Everything looks great as well!!!! His hands, feet, heart, head and spine look amazing and he is right on schedule with our determined due date which mean he is growing perfectly. Needless to say, we are super excited!!!

After the long day, I headed home to take nap. Sleeping has been hard to do lately since Bean has decided he wants to take up soccer in my belly. Looks like he'll be taking after his mommy!

It MIGHT be a boy!

So after a few rough weeks, I am finally feeling great! It seems as though I am growing by the minute but I get to go back to work tomorrow and get off my butt! Although I have a nice two weeks off of work, I am a little bit excited to get back to the grind. The lack of activity the past few weeks has been quite boring. However, my mom came over and helped me organize and clean out my entire house! Gotta love nesting and gotta love my mom!

This past Saturday we had a 4D ultrasound to determine the gender of our little Bean. Those things are super cool and he is already soooooooooooo cute! The ultrasound technician said that she thought it was boy, but we are not convinced just yet. So it looks like we are going to have to wait another four weeks for our 20 week visit. Until then, here are some pictures of our little Bean! Maybe next post you'll get to see my belly!