Baby Names

I think choosing a baby name is one of those really fun things to do until you realize the responsibility that goes with it. The fact that the little one doesn't get a choice in his or her name and it is something that sticks with them forever is quite a big deal! I have had my little girl's name picked out for a very long time...Lucy has been it forever. When I think of a Lucy I think of a super sweet person with a great heart and it isn't a name that you hear very often. Then we have the boy name...this has posed to be a more difficult task. There are a lot of great boy names out there but none of them have really jumped out of us or really stuck like Lucy. So, we have a few choices and we are hoping that if it is a boy we will know when we get to meet him. We are also hoping that if it is a girl, she is a Lucy because we don't have a backup :) So the new poll only has boy names and Eli is one of the new front runners thank to Joe looking online at baby names while I packed diligently. He was going with "E" names and Eli popped into my head and Joe loved it so we will see what happens. Have fun voting and we will see what happens!

Skeletor....

For as much as I have been through so far it still seems so surreal to think that I have a person growing in my belly! Yes, all the symptoms are there and yes we saw the first ultrasound but nothing can make it as real as watching the baby yawn and stretch inside of me on the last ultrasound. Also, none of my clothes will fit, but the yawn was adorable! We were able to see the heart, brain, kidneys, legs, arms, eyes, nose, ears, elbow...every thing except what would tell us if baby is a boy or a girl. There were a couple of times where it would have been so easy; both Joe and I said that it was really hard to restrain ourselves from finding out. However, we did agree that the baby needs to get a lot cuter! The face that you see in the ultrasound is not cute! It isn't even a little cute, it is flat out creepy! I am convinced that I have Skeletor growing inside my belly! It kept playing peek-a-boo and it was the creepiest thing to see it bobbing up with the Skeletor face. I really wasn't anticipating that. Also, we found out that the baby is very flexible, its foot was all the way up by its ear. My mom and my friend Jen were there to see it when all the medical stuff was taken care of. It was a very cool thing to share with them. Diane had to work so we brought her the pictures when we were done with the appointment. Overall it was an amazing experience and one I will never forget...


Baby Foot!


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Full Profile with hand and foot near face



Skeletor yawning


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Halloween Costumes: Lego my Preggo and the Lego Man


My belly at 19 Weeks

A little time for my husband

I've been thinking about how much attention the husband gets when having a baby...it isn't a lot.  He doesn't look any different and it doesn't change how he feels physically so most, if not all, the attention goes to the wife.  Well, that is just not very fair to me because my husband has changed a lot.  He surprises me every day with how attentive he is to me and how responsible he has become.  Not that he wasn't these things before but they have magnified because of the situation.  Joe takes better care of me than I ever thought.  He takes his role as husband and father very seriously and I am the luckiest woman in the world to have married him.  Up until about a week ago I really didn't even go into the kitchen, I couldn't stand the smells.  The dishwasher stunk, what ever was cooking didn't smell good and Hamilton's food is in the kitchen and that was the worst of all.  So Joey has been so great at taking care of the cooking and dishes, he also is the Hamilton feeder.  He does all the little things that help make this process a little easier.  Now that I am feeling better and have gone 13 days without being sick I have been helping a little more but nothing compared to what Joe has had to do for the last 14 weeks.  He was been so amazing and I just think the husband needs a little credit for all he does during a pregnancy as well.