Baby Showers

I have some great family and friends!  I had several baby showers over the last couple months, spoiling our little guy already before he's even here!  But we definitely are appreciating the help as we figure out this road to parenthood :)

First, my two friends Megan & Courtney threw me a "friend" shower Thursday May 30.  They were concerned that it wouldn't be decked out enough since I guess one of my favorite parts of parties is decorating, but they did great!  And besides the backyard party atmosphere, it was just a very nice close friend party - so fun to catch up with some great friends from my past.  My mom also came in town for the party so she was able to come with and see my old roomies/mission friends too.  There was Megan, Court, Marlena, Honivah/Raf, Emily, Beckie, mom & I.

Next, Steph threw a family BBQ also baby shower on Saturday June 8.  It was a little hot outside already, but the food was great (loving hamburgers during pregnancy) and it was great to see the family and a few extended family members as well.  Mom was still in town so she was able to see them as well.  Besides the Evans/Speirs crew, Margaret and her sister Geraldine came with a couple of their girls (driving them), and as well as Ben & Pam Tanner (from our singles ward and related to my Aunt Nancy).  It was great to see them and Evans cousins as well.  We did a non girl shower, so David came as well as spouses and Jeff, Andy, Tony and Sean could be there too.  I asked David for some pictures during the event, but when I got my phone back, it had a bunch of just me opening presents!  Not at all what I wanted, seeing me prego over and over haha, but he tried :)

My mother-in-law threw me a party on Saturday June 29.  While it was a girl party, David still came since he would know the group, as well as my Dad & Diane came in town too!  So it was mostly the Clark family, ladies from our ward, and some cousins on my Dad's side.  It was an open house so a half hour passed by but no one had come yet, uh oh.  But there was a big group soon after and then a second wave near the end of the party - so it went an extra hour over.  I opened presents with David a few times with each group - always fun to see the tiny clothes or other good ideas that we'll be able to use.  Before the shower I went with Dad & Diane to get the present they got for our boy, a swing.  Dad said that was what he had got me and he wanted to get that for mine too.  Swings are SO different now, but that's another story - but now we have a swing, all high tech too, and hopefully he likes it :)  The shower was really nice and we were spoiled by a lot of good family and ward friends.

So a couple weeks ago we were home on a Friday night (July 12) and I went downstairs to check on David and he showed me his computer and BAM... there were 5 familiar faces staring back at me on a Google+ video chat!!!  I was being thrown a surprise friend shower!!!  It was seriously so sweet.  My sis-in-law had always said she would throw me a shower, but she moved to Texas, and besides being sad to not have her so close all the time, to be honest, I was sad she wouldn't be able to do a baby shower someday.  But she had the coolest idea to do a digital shower with some of my friends that aren't so close by.  Seriously, this was the nicest thing and just so awesome.  Near the beginning of the pregnancy when I had to figure out baby showers and who to invite to which, since a few people wanted to throw one... I just kept thinking, it's too bad some of my good friends live so far away!  Well Annie rocked, and so did her hubby and David for figuring out how to do it.  And then Lexie got some high school/AZ friends together and either gathered advise or invited them to the digital shower!  So we were all sitting at home, but in front of the camera chatting for a couple hours - catching up and hearing all about their lives and then advise for me as a new mom - all of them have 2+ kids so I have some catching up to do...  It was SUCH a surprise, I really was confused for several minutes when David first showed me the video, I wasn't sure how Annie and then HS friends could all be showing up on my screen - was it for real?  Haha, now I laugh, but if you were here you would have been shocked too, okay?  And they even sent presents (which David sneakily picked up from where they were sent) and I loved hearing all of their advise and such too.  Thanks everyone who planned and took the time to come "digitally" - seriously the coolest thing!  Below is a view of the screened event. :)

And lastly, my work threw me a shower a week before the due date!  At one point, I didn't think I'd make it, but did :).  They did a potluck lunch and presents, very nice of them.  A couple prior HR employees were going to come but couldn't so they dropped off presents before or after - so nice too.  I didn't get pics, but it was a nice thing for work to do.  I got a bathtub finally, target cards, and more cute clothes and rushed out afterwards to hit one of our last dr. appointments hopefully!

Thanks everyone who threw, came or participated in one of our showers, we feel very blessed and I'm sure our little guy will feel it soon too when he gets here!

My bad habit came back

Okay rather than make you read through the LONGISH story to find out what habit has come back, I'll give the summary.  In case you didn't know, I've had vasovagal syncope since I was 12 but since I've been married, David has really helped it - he makes me laugh and gets the blood back to my head before I pass out.  Way to go!  So it has been awhile... until now.... :(

We took a birthing class for 4 weeks from mid May to mid June.  There were 8 other couples in class with us.  I was excited yet a little nervous for these classes as I wasn't sure what to expect and know that I have a squeamish side.  Week one, the agenda was to learn more about pregnancy side effects, relieving pain and pre-term labor signs.  I was concerned, but no need - even when we watched 3 real births on video (and yes they were VHS tapes from the 80's!) I did great!  And while the birth process is a miracle and such, I didn't really like seeing another woman fully and a kid pop out!  Especially since they didn't warn us ahead of time.  So to say the least, I went home a little shocked and concerned that I'd be doing that myself soon enough - pressure!  But not on video :)

Well, week 2 went well too.  Our teacher sped through everything so I'm not sure how much was retained, but it was a good basic overview and some techniques to use during labor.  I've decided to have an epidural so some of the class didn't mean as much to me since I won't be in a bathtub or walking around after I get the drugs.  I did think about natural birth for a good while at the beginning but decided not to for now.  Knowing me, and David does too, I don't handle pain well, so it's not going to work w/out.  I mean, feet cramps bring me to tears, so that's a sign.  One of my midwives said that if I was not sure, but not really planning and preparing to go natural, that I might as well not try to stick through the pain, but find relief much earlier and get the epidural when I'm uncomfortable.  It sounded right to me, so we'll try it.  And then I hope I will enjoy this process a little more.

Class week 3 we learned about epidurals.  And we had a different teacher - who was much more long winded...  After the first hour she popped in a VHS for us to watch comparing natural to an epidural birth.  Well, I was at least a pro at watching births, but now the epidural would apply to me so I was not sure but did want to see the epidural process...  BUT, apparently I didn't want to watch or learn about the epidural.  I was sitting there watching (and it was a lot of detail) and started not to feel very well - hot and nauseous.  After a few minutes I couldn't shake it with water or anything so I told David - I was sweating a ton too.  I was afraid I may throw up and there we were sitting in the middle of the room with couples behind and all around us basically.  We were sitting in our own 2 seat section, but all in the same general area.  I didn't catch the signs till the very end when I grabbed David and told him "I'm going to pass out!" and seconds later I crashed towards his shoulder and he just held me there as I laid limp on him next to me.  From behind, maybe it just looked like I fell asleep?  I came to soon after - hearing the ringing in my ears and feeling like I've napped for hours... The movie was still going, no one had noticed, and David just got me more water and fruit snacks to eat and rubbed my arm.  (As a side note - passing out is embarrassing to me so I didn't want anyone to know why I was dripping with sweat or laying limp on D's shoulder - which is funny looking back, I should have not cared, but I did)  Well we sat through the rest of the video but David gave me my phone to distract me since the epidural part was still going and I just wasn't handling that very well.  We made it through the movie and had a break, walked around, and stayed for the next half of the class.  About 30 min after the incident, our teacher was talking (about who knows what at this point for me!) and I got the sick feeling again.  Dang it!  But I was so nauseous that I was starting to hope it was a fainting thing again.  Yep!  I pulled David back towards me just in time to pass out again, similar fashion except this time with the lights on during the lecture.  When I was up again, no one had noticed, or said anything - even the teacher!  And silly us, we just proceeded to sit there through the rest of the class.  And then we even took the tour of the hospital (we're not even delivering there) after because we got off on the wrong floor even though we tried to escape and not do that part.

We had a good laugh on the way home and it just surprised us a bunch since I hadn't done that for awhile.  But pregnancy brings back the fun, not fun! things.  The next day as I had told a few people, everyone said I needed to report to the midwives, so I called them.  Even with my past of fainting, they wanted me to come in that day and get checked out just as a precaution.  Well that worried me, but it was really just to make sure baby boy was okay.  He had been moving still, but I hadn't thought about that, so glad I called them.  My blood pressure was LOW low when I was at the office and that's really what they think made me pass out 2x - I just couldn't get it high enough.  So they've suggested iron, but other than that, just more water and sit down if dizzy.  Luckily, I did have a few dizzy spells, but no fainting!  But I can't listen to gruesome stories again and try to tune out anything so that I don't accidentally pass out again during this pregnancy.

Now the task is just to make it through delivery without going down.  The midwives know and joked saying maybe I'll need to lie down the whole labor, but sadly, they could be right!  Although, I honestly think that in real live situations with myself in pain and such, I won't have an issue - I'll be freaking out - but not passing out.  The stupid video was just a hot dark room and sitting for awhile and then just watching over and over that crappy needle and side effects - got to me.  Why watch an epidural video? Even when I get it, I won't have to or be able to watch my own!?

We graduated from our birth class, me, without learning much there the second half :).  I wasn't too concerned until I had my first contraction pains, which put me in a little panic, and so I read the whole birth booklet they had given us, which I did just fine and hopefully have enough knowledge to get me through this labor when it does come.  Ah, scary!  But excited to meet our little guy.

Thoughts as of recent

Wanted to capture some thoughts as they don't stick in my brain for too long these days.  Plus lately I've been doing more events and belly shots, but I need to be better at writing thoughts down too.  They're all random, but are important to me, feel free to skip if you want more pictures.

• Living in the present and loving it - I get a lot of comments about how hard it is to be pregnant and how uncomfortable or exhausting or taxing...  And sometimes people ask how I am and mostly I say I'm good, maybe sore in my ribs - but I haven't really been able to relate to those who are so unhappy in pregnancy.  Everyone has it differently, but I am really enjoying this time and I'm afraid it's going to just pass me by too quickly.  I LOVE feeling our little boy move around inside me - even when he kicks my sides or rolls to the other side making it uncomfortable, it's an assurance that he's doing well in there.  And I LOVE having him with me always and having someone to talk to, or I guess just listen to me.  And I LOVE having a belly and being a little "special" when I am out and about.  There are definitely hard times and days - when I can't sleep, or I can't bend down and lift something, or my rib/side aches where he sits, or I have heartburn... or I can barely make it up the stairs...  But, those things are just TINY compared to what is actually happening inside of me - it's so cool, definitely a miracle!  I spent a lot of time wishing for this time, and I think it has made it easy to not take it for granted.  And I'm not saying it's bad to have a hard pregnancy or hate it or be a grouch, I'm just so happy that I'm happy with it.  David and I have some good laughs these days as we crack jokes and life just seems to be going so well for us right now.  I know hard times will come and I just want to enjoy the happy moment while I can.  And I LOVE our little guy with me and I am excited for him to come out so we can meet him, but there's no rush (okay maybe there will be a rush if I'm a week late....) and I am treasuring this time while I can.

(May 19, around 30 weeks?)

• The future is quite unknown - with regards to when this little guy is going to come, what's happening with work, daily schedule, and even just when to get my hair cut next!  I got my hair cut recently and as I tried to book my next appointment, about 8 weeks out, it was right around jellybean's due date!  And I didn't really know how to make the decision - cut it before? cut it after? but what if he's early or late?  And then as I booked it for 2-3 weeks after his due date I also thought - now what will happen with our little guy - bring him, leave him with dad, ??  It's going to be quite an adventure trying to figure out what the future holds.  And obviously there is a lot more to think about besides hair appointments :)

• Work - Lately work is different and hard and with my hormones, it's much easier to want to just come home and cry sometimes.  But I'm excited to take a leave here soon, and just trying to figure out how to be a stay at home mom while still trying to keep our health benefits as long as we can and get an income as long as we can.  Dental school for 4 years will be a big financial undertaking and apparently government loans have changed a ton so we are just working on how to make ends meet.  I'm confident we'll be able to do it, just unsure exactly how we will get to the end.  And I hope if I need to work later, I can find something that will allow me still to be home and with our kids.

• Preparing for single life - So maybe that's not the best title, but I am trying to get in the mindset that I'm going to be missing my better half a lot for the next few years.  I'll see him on Sundays and some evenings for an hour or two, but he'll be in a daze with a bunch of facts rolling around in his brain (this is how our first 2 years of marriage was like).  I'm well aware, but know it will be even more demanding than during undergraduate years.  And while all these nice but unknowing advise givers like to tell me to hand baby over to Dad when he gets home, I know its not going to be totally possible.  I want to support him in his education and he's going to need all the time he can to study and become a dentist.  And I know I'll need to rely on him sometimes, but I don't want to already plan on it.  Sometimes I've found if I change my attitude towards something and expect something else, I can come to be okay with it and even agree sometimes.  Rather than taking the stereotypical plan of whatever topic/idea/etc., I can instead decide on my own and don't have to follow the crowd or do as others do.  So maybe I'm crazy on this one, but here's something I've started to train myself on before our cute baby gets here: not wanting to "jump ship" as soon as dad gets home.  I'm going to have to test this out later, but for now, I'm just training myself to 1) remember that I just love little tiny babies and am not going to want to leave him very often at all, and 2) also realize I'm going to need a break or adult conversation or just rest, but that it will come, and it may be really short, but it may be all I need.  So, again I may be crazy, but I'm feeling good about it so far.

• Preparing for being a mom to a future grown up- I'm not sure how to tackle this one yet, but I've at least tried to think about this one as well and to be honest, a little scared!  I like babies and toddlers but the fact that someday our little baby will be an adult, married and have his own life is a little scary.  I think I may be jumping WAY ahead here, but again, I'm a planner and I just want to realize that the baby I'm caring for will need enough parental time to get him to adulthood and then he'll be off on his own.  As David knows, I have a hard time letting someone go after loving them (he knows he can't ever leave me and even as we get old, we just have to somehow go together...) so knowing that we'll have this child to care for, on loan from God anyway, for a time, is another realization and attitude I'm trying to develop.  And the thing that gets me excited is that - there's always grandkids, right?  Since I just love those little babies.  I know it will be hard because I will be sad as each month and then year passes by, but it's inevitable and the plan, so if I change my attitude it'll be easier to handle when it actually comes.

• Ward - our ward recently has been hard, so I'm excited for a change, and just hoping I can dive in to this new ward with a little more energy and make some friends my age.  Currently I have a lot of 70-90 year old friends from our old ward, but I hope our new ward is somewhat okay and we reach out and they reach out to us too!

• Future Dad - thinking about David being a dad just gets me excited.  I already know he's going to be the fun one and playing right along with them.  Means I may end up being the bad cop or stricter one or just the worrier, but maybe I'll outgrow that and we all can just play?  But David has some great qualities and thoughts and I'm excited for him to share those with our boy and future kids.  They'll get all they need from him if they pay attention.  It's going to be fun watching him interact with them when he can, I know it will be at the top of his list, even above school and work.  And I hope he can train me to be fun, silly and still teach and motivate at the same time.  David, you're going to be the best Dad, I can already tell and can't wait to watch it happen and be parents together.

• Worrying and trying not to - I think a lot about our Jellybean and hope he's growing well and healthy inside of me.  When he squirms a lot, its uncomfortable, but I'm happy to know that he's wiggling around.  I don't have to count kicks ever because he's been moving every day since week 28, and with my midwife I thought it was better for me not to get so paranoid but just make sure he moves everyday and if I ever don't feel movement for awhile, just eat or drink something sugary and poke around and get him to move.  But I really haven't had to do that, maybe once or so just because I had pulled a muscle or had moved our house and wore him out - he's very active so I am trying to be positive that all is going well inside of me.  And most of the time I am not too concerned, but I think every pregnant mom has these fears and you just have to put them aside and trust that all is going to be okay.  He's a fighter and strong, we already know that :)

• Projects - so besides all these deeper thoughts, I also have LISTS going all over in my head these days.  I want to make a baby blanket for our little guy, I want to put together some memory books from the last few years, I also want to write down this pregnancy before it leaves me, and then I want to make or buy a baby book to document all of his firsts and such as well.  Besides getting a house and room ready and buying all the necessities - it can totally get overwhelming!  So I spend a bunch of time thinking and planning on this, but then in the end, I haven't had time for much of any of it yet.  So another reason to hope the time still goes slow, then I can get some of these projects started and hopefully done by our due date.  And don't even get me thinking about projects beyond baby and house stuff - I've got so many other things like pictures, videos, music organization, memory books, ahhh...  Just need to table these thoughts for awhile.  I'd say, I'm going to get these done when I'm staying at home someday, but I already know raising a child is going to be 98% of my time - we'll be playing, learning, and reading together.  Hopefully I can fill our days full with stimulating activities at least...

So I guess that's it for now.  Sorry for the word dump, but good to get it out :)  All in all, just excited for our future addition and can and can't wait to meet him.

Other Happenings

So here are some other happenings from our not so busy life as of now.  (I'm reading over this post again since I started it like a month ago and I just thought - not busy? Who am I kidding?  More posts to come on other events soon, but obviously we will be more busy soon enough.)  Gotta get in all the date nights we can before the big events come - dental school will rule David's life and our life, and our soon to be little boy will be top priority....  Will be fun, but definitely trying to treasure the moments we have left of just us.

Cooking/Dehydrating
We've been purchasing a lot of Bountiful Baskets (mix of fruit and veggies in season each Saturday) to keep me healthy and let our little boy taste all sorts of good things - so instead of wasting some of our food - we've made sure to dehydrate or freeze for smoothies even.  We've tried bananas (David liked more than me) and apples (both liked) and then of course we've done beef jerky a few times to keep my protein higher (the best!).

Mummies of the World
So we went to the Leonardo Museum in May to catch the Mummies Exhibit from around the world one Monday that I took off of work.  David was most excited for this, I'd have to say, since I guess I felt like, you've seen one, you've seen them all, ya know?  But he's a science guy and actually we learned a few things together as we walked around - even about a book that mummies would bury with them to have the instructions needed to get to heaven - seemed similar to how the temple prepares us for that - fun spiritual comparisons.  Many mummies were in caskets and such but there were some that were created naturally and were frozen in like a sitting space with their hair and such.  And seeing the little kids, or especially the embryos (couldn't look) was a little sad.  After an hour, my body was tired and luckily we were about through the whole thing.  Being pregnant and having to 1) walk to the museum from several blocks and also wait for the trax train a few times, took about 1 hour, and then 2) walking around the museum slowly and 3) walking back to the car - - - I was tired and ready to just sit.  My stomach had a few shakes in them while we walked, I wasn't sure if maybe they were like fake contractions from all the walking, but it was a little odd but I was fine.  Sadly we didn't just rest when we got home but we did groceries and then went to have dinner with Sarah and Megan my old roomies since Sarah's last day in town was that day.

Bountiful Baskets & Fruit!!
Okay I already mentioned the Bountiful Baskets thing, but here was a picture of one of our recent baskets - we got some crazy stuff!  Like these things called fava beans - tasted like peas in a pod kind of, but they are huge and I wasn't a big fan.  We also got corn to make corn soup - finally as I've been craving that all year!  And sweet potatoes, while we've had, we hadn't cooked before so we tried French fries and they were okay until they cooled down and got mushy again, so probably not a favorite of ours.  Artichokes were really good though, we'll hope for more of those since we ate them so fast!  But the smoothies and fruit salads and the extra fruit and veggies has been fun :)

Nails
I painted my nails for the last time during pregnancy in May.  But back in March/April I used the blue that David gave me (see pic below).  And then in June I got my nails done with Mom and Steph and think I may need to get that done once more, or David will get to learn :)

(June bright ones, thanks mom!)

Cooking at Sur la Table
We were lucky to get spoiled and go to a cooking class again this year at Sur la Table.  The food was good, but I have to say, last year's was better.  But we did learn how to do crème brulee and that was a treat for sure.  I got tired of standing after 3 hours and we cooked with an odd couple at our station, but other than that, it was great.  Good to learn new techniques even if we don't remember them for too long... haha.  The only other down side is that I put WAY too much food in my body during that short amount of time and because of it, it came all right back up later that night and I stayed sick the rest of the night.  (I know TMI but had to document since this was actually the first time I did this while prego and need to remember not to pack it in too much for the rest of this pregnancy)... Look at David, how cute, he was grilling the meat during the below pic :)

Movie Theaters
We've been to the movies recently to see Iron Man 3 and Superman, both that David was pretty excited about.  And actually me too :).  No pictures of these events, but just a description.  a) the movies were good or great, but, b) being 6 or 7 1/2 months pregnant sitting in a theatre is a killer!  This little guy inside of me squirms and squirms when I'm sitting and my whole rib/back aches a ton.  And it didn't help that in both movies, the seats we sat in didn't recline!?  Seriously in a $8-$10 movie theatre we happened to get the ones that didn't rock at all :(...  Well, I survived, but barely, and have learned not to sit through these anymore till after August, guess we'll need a babysitter.  But David loved them, and I'm sure our little guy will like to go to movies with him someday, but for now they are too long and too loud for him, so I hear him loud and clear now, no more theatre movies, long drives or anything till he's here :)

I'm sure there has been a lot else going on over the last 2-3 months... and for now, they have slipped my mind.  So here's to at least getting these ones down!  Ciao.

2nd Trimester Update

Well it's time to give another update on the pregnancy!  I'm almost done with the 2nd trimester!  Here are a few highlights and then a TON of pictures.

• A couple times during week 12, week 14 and then from week 18 and beyond I've been able to feel our little jellybean.
• On March 18 (week 20 or 1/2 way!) we found out jellybean's gender!  It's a BOY!  We had a lot of fun at the appointment - first timers doing an ultrasound like that and seeing him move all around.
• Starting Tuesday March 26, or start of week 21, David felt jellybean for the first time!  He was putting his contacts in while I was still trying to wake up, and was on my back, when I felt like I could feel jellybean with my hand on my belly!?!  So I quickly got up, and told David to come try and feel and after a bit, he felt him!  It was very low and I'm sure just barely, but it was another one of those great pregnancy days!  I couldn't stop telling people all day that day!
• Finally at week 24 - 26 my belly really started popping out.  Now I don't have a fat pooch, but there's really a baby in there.  People at work outside my department finally see it too, yay!
• April 17 was week 24 dr. apt for us.  Jellybean was doing well and it was finally the first time they measured my belly since it hadn't been there before that.  He's measuring a couple weeks small, but they said for my size, that it is very normal and there's a 4 week on each side window.  They also gave me a warning about the diabetes test set for week 28 and how I showed signs of it, thanks for making me worry! (more on that later).
• Somewhere between week 25-26 we can now see my bump moving!  He's kicking up a storm some days, and we've had a few family members been able to feel as well.  And so far mostly just me, can feel the rolls and he's getting big enough to see the shifts from side to side.
• Along with the kicks, already before week 24, I'm getting the rib pain.  They said it starts usually mid of the last trimester, but I don't have a big torso, so the uterus is already up in my ribs and it's VERY uncomfortable.  I'll be okay with the pain, but it's just constant unless I stand or lay down, which standing at work happens a lot, and then lying down at home is where I am most nights.
• During this trimester also, I celebrated my first official Mother's Day.  It was just fun knowing that he was in there and changing my life so much already and soon more.  I had breakfast made for me by D and then also a 1 hour massage - seriously the best thing a sore pregnant person could want.  Really.
• We're still not sure on a name for him, and won't till the end probably.
• We've had some fun during this trimester, sickness is all gone, so we've done: cooking nights at Sur La Table, visiting the mummies and just lots of walks and gym time while I'm feeling good.
• Cravings this trimester: Kix cereal, cinnamon rolls (but grandmas only, sad), churros, boston cream donuts, corn (if only it would come into season!), cottage cheese/rice cakes, desserts (but trying to stay away from them too much!)...

And here are the pics....  I know, way too many of one person!  At least the belly grew this trimester unlike the last group of belly pics.  Next time, we're only doing monthly pics, but this was my first time.  Also, for me, those signs are the worst part and what gets us behind!  Next time, no signs, or minimal - tips for anyone else out there that wants them :)

It's a ....

There have been many fun experiences during this pregnancy, but I have to say, one of the best was finding out if our baby was a boy or a girl!  We had an appt scheduled for March 18th and getting to the 1/2 way mark seemed to take forever, but we definitely got there :).  Before knowing the gender we felt a bit on pause because it was too hard for us to make any decisions, like nursery, names, clothes, etc.  And now that we know, some things have been easier, some still not.  But we still have a few months so we'll figure it out.

I was really excited for March 18th to come.  So was D.  He has been saying since the beginning that he'd love a girl because he wanted to have a mini Andrea.  So cute of him to say nice things like that.  I had a harder time saying what I though we'd have.  But since David said girl, I'd say boy to 1) even it out and 2) since he and others said girl, I thought for sure it'd be a boy because that's how it works :).  Well, the day or two before the appt I was pretty nervous because I realize that this first baby would be our first born and help lead our family and future siblings.  Lots of pressure for him/her, but we'd be happy either way really.  I was a girl first, and David had a brother first so we had both.  The day or two before also David was starting to think boy so he wore blue to the appt.  We got there for our ultrasound at 3pm and waited a bit and then soon enough we, or I, was shirt up and gel on and the tech was watching our little jellybean on the screen!  The tech took several minutes checking the basics - two legs, two arms, hands, feet, and all bones accounted for.  She talked us through and showed us what we were looking at, even such as the heart, umbilical cord, lungs, and kidneys and such.  

Then she asked if we wanted to know the gender...  YES!!!  So after a bit she took us and said, you ready?  Umm, here we go - I thought!  And she showed us the legs, bum and on the screen she put up... It's A Boy!!  As soon as I saw that, I felt immediately, yes, of course, he's a boy in there!  Like I had always known and that it felt right.  Even though we may have said we wanted a girl at one point, or boy, or just either as long as they were healthy - both David and I were very excited once we found out.  I looked at David and he just couldn't stop smiling.  We got to watch jellybean a bit more as the tech had to check for more heart stuff (which by the way, wasn't the most pleasant for me because jellybean was moving a lot so she had to keep going over my belly harder and harder, but I survived).  The Doc came and and said he looked good and everything was there and no issues.  He said with measurements from their tech, they'd guess he'd show up between Aug 5 - 9.  Yay!  We walked out and were just so happy.  On our way home we pulled up the name list and immediately realized, we didn't have boy names as much as girl names - and this is one thing we are still working on - we just haven't found the one yet I guess.

We went home and called friends and family that were not here in Utah and gave them the news after getting their guess written down for our memory book.  Everyone seemed excited.  Most of my family seemed to guess a girl, total opposite of David's family, which they guessed boy.  Here in Utah we planned a quick "gender reveal" party for our local crew on Saturday at 3pm.  We got lots of pink and blue for decorating and I had fun just putting it all together.  I actually was pretty bad and only took pictures of the place before everyone got there - too busy chatting while they were there I guess.  We had the Clark group and then Jan, Steph, Tony and the Williams, Shayla and Reynosas.  After having some snacks we decided to show everyone a bit of the ultrasound dvd and then reveal the news on the screen like we saw - it was fun and neat to see or hear reactions from everyone.

So, we are just VERY excited for our little man.  He's very wiggly already and he's sure to bring lots of excitement when he gets here, since we are already so happy to have him in my belly right now.  Jellybean, sorry that may be your nickname, hopefully not your name if we can figure one out by August - but we're just so happy to have you coming here to be part of our family soon enough!