The Ultrasound of Little "A"

Finally, the video of our Secret baby in AnnaMaria's "Beer Belly" has arrived but unfortunately the video got cut off short. I will post the lost portion of the video on the next post in a week or so. If you can figure it out whether Little "A" is a boy or a girl but i didn't get it right on the first time til the specialist told me the true sex life of the baby. You can tell that I'm a Newbie Daddy To Be ! If you know the answer, Don't tell AnnaMaria because she doesn't want to know til baby arrival. Enjoy!

The Long Waiting Post !!

Today, we went to see the baby doctor and got the ultrasound of the baby. It was a very exciting moment to see our baby in AnnaMaria's "Beer Belly" :) The Specialist even recorded two minutes worth of video. AnnaMaria kept looking away when the specialist was trying to determine the sex of the baby. I took a peek trying to figure out what sex the baby is but guessed wrong. It was so fascinating to see all the parts of the baby like the arms , legs, head and spine. Even the heart pumping and the stomach shows. WOW ! We are very excited and cant wait to have this baby. The coolest part is you can see the baby's feet moving when the ultrasound person move around AnnaMaria's tummy with a little pressure. On one part of the ultrasound it looks like it's tapping it's feet to the rhythm of the heart and the tech said it was holding it's foot in the beginning.
The Doctor say the baby's organs and body is perfectly normal and healthy. I think the doctor said the baby is about 12 ounces right now in a growth span of 20 1/2 weeks.
I know what the baby's sex is because I want to know so i can start designing the baby's room and the room will be locked next week. AnnaMaria doesn't want to know the baby's sex and she will not allow to be in the baby's room until the birth arrives. I'm so excited to bring all my creative mind to create the baby's room.
The video of the ultrasound will be coming up on the next post because I have to give the VHS to my co-worker so he can transfer the video into the DVD and then i will download to the computer and Upload into this blogger. Give me a week or sooner. I ll give ya a mass email of video coming up.
Sorry for the long wait post because I was in the middle of peak season for garden and now it is finally over after the 4th of July. So I promise to keep this blogger updated more frequently.

Names Names Names

A lot of you has asked if we thought of any names. I would say we're past that point b/c we thought of those when we were in the final stages of dating heh at least drafts of the name. We had a little disagreement on the boy's name but we finally ended up compromising. I wanted Austin Alexander and he wanted a Bradley so we decided if it was a boy he would be Alexander Bradley. The girl's name we decided on Autumn then had a problem with her middle name couldn't decide. Chris liked Marie but that's too common (at least for me). I was taking suggestions from a lot of different people and I liked Veronica from my mom but it didn't sound right so I believe Chris' mom said Victoria and I liked that. Still a little dispute but Chris said that if we have a girl we'll ask her at birth which name she likes and that will be the decision. LOL Crazy, but I'm saying we're sticking with Victoria. Either way we having a little A.

2nd Dr. appt

Well we had our 2nd dr appt. this past mon and it went really fast. It might have lasted maybe 10 mins. I keep planning for longer but that won't come just yet. That one is at/near 20 weeks where we get another pic ultrasound. During that time we can see if the baby would be a boy or girl. I personally dont want to know until birth at least for my 1st but Chris and others want to so a little disagreement there heh. This dr. appt just checked my weight and blood pressure and heard the baby's heartbeat. My weight dropped a little b/c i lost my appetite for a couple of weeks. Don't get me wrong i was still eating but forcing food and not as much. I've gradually gotten my appetite back and eating now. The baby's heartbeat was faster than before, it went up to 181 bpm. It was freaky for a little bit b/c I didn't think it was supposed to be that high but she said that's normal. We'll see what it will be at the next appt in a month.

This is our new puppy named Toby. He is half Taco Bell dog and Yorkie.
I got him when a co-worker of mine brought to my work and was giving the puppies away and Toby is only one that is blonde color while other are black and tan like the yorkie. Welcome Toby as part of our new family as well.

How I found out and gave the news

Well of course we've been hoping for a little one to come but it seemed unreal at the time. For the last few months every time i had a little tummy ache or felt sick at all my coworkers especially would ask "What are you pregnant or something?" I wouldn't take it seriously. But the week I found out it was the same thing but more of it and you know when you hear more of something you start to believe it. I didn't realize it at the time but I was also craving bacon cheeseburgers. I had like 7 that week! heh Well it came that time where I was starting to suspect so i decided to take a test, 3 to be exact and at different times of the day over 2 days. After the 1st one I got really excited and thanked God but tried to hide it b/c Chris had friends over. I was trying to figure out how to tell him by ourselves. Well apparently my face tells all and he knew I was hiding something so I had to show him. I had put all 3 tests in a bracelet box and handed it too him. He opened it, looked up and said "so your pregnant?". He was telling me that he had known/suspected. Then he was like call my mom. I said i wanted to wait until it was official then come up with a cool way of telling. We came up with Congratulation cards and mailed them to the grandparents and future uncles. Everyone got a big kick out out of it.

Our First Ultrasound

This is our first ultrasound shot and discover our baby is about 7weeks and 2 days. The doctor told us that our baby will be due in the week of Thanksgiving. BoooYahh! I hope our baby is going to be born on Thanksgiving to carry our tradition of holiday family of the third generation. Dad's birthday is on July 4th and my birthday is on Halloween!!

We were amazed when they did the ultrasound and got very thrilled when we heard our baby's heartbeat on the speaker clearly. The heart was beating 141 per min. All you can see the white spot on top of the picture. It took me a while to figure it out until they showed the blood pumping as well. Heh, you can tell that I'm a newbie daddy to be ! PFTH ! I will keep in post for our next visit which is on May 8th.