Happy Thanksgiving!!

We hope everybody had a Happy Thanksgiving!! This year was a little bit different since we didn't have Thanksgiving with one of our families. We had Thanksgiving with one of our ward families. We had a good time. I ate way too much, though.

Since, everything is pushed up into my rib cage, there wasn't enough room for all that great food. The main thing that I have been suffering from is heart burn. Well, on Thanksgiving it really got bad after my three deserets. I ended up making myself sick.

I feel like my belly has doubled in size in the last couple of days. I finally have realized that I am really pregnant. I mean I know that I have been pregnant for the past seven months, but it really sunk in yesterday. I have started to feel a little uncomfortable and my belly gets in the way. Previous to this I pretty much went about things as I normally do. Pregnancy has hit home.

Too Practical

So I told Becky that we would go and buy an outfit for our baby if we found out what it was yesterday. So after the ultrasound, and posting some pictures, we headed to the stores. I don't think Becky wants me to pick out any baby clothes for Ami. I see small little pink clothes and imagine my daughter in them, and everything looks awesome. So I'm picking out stuff that Becky is just rolling her eyes about.



My wife being the very practical individual that she is wanted to buy something that we could use. She was looking at onesies (sp?) and little sweat pant type things. I kept giving her a hard time for being to practical. She said that it was good to be practical, and while I agree with that statement, the entire activity of purchasing clothes for a baby that is still more than 3 months from getting here is impractical! So therefore I argued, get something that is cute!



Becky was worried about buying too many clothes that are newborn size. The doctor said that Ami is a good size, not too big, not too small, but we know they grow like weeds. So we were wondering from those of you who have kids (or if you just have an opinion on the subject), what types of clothes were most useful to you in the first weeks and months? Becky is worried that we will buy a bunch of cute, frilly outfits and stuff, and then the kid will just be in a onesie and/or pajamas for the first 2 months. What worked for you?

It's a Girl!!

We just got done with our second ultrasound. We were very excited to find out that we are having a little baby girl. I am now officially in trouble. Becky has me jumping whenever she says, a little girl is going to be even worse. The technician was very confident in her declaration that it was a girl. We put a couple of new pictures of the ultrasound in the photo album, including one that shows we are having a girl! I am very excited about having a daughter to spoil. Michelle has already told me that she is going to get me a little 49ers cheerleader outfit. I have a feeling we are going to spend a ton of money on clothes before America even gets here.

Early Christmas

Becky and I are like little kids. We can never wait until Christmas to get or give each other our gifts. It seems like we, usually me, always know what we want and see no reason to wait to get it! Each year about this time, I start frothing at the mouth for whatever gadget or gizmo is hot that year. This year it is a digital camera. I have convinced Becky that it is "for the baby". I keep telling her, "Just think of the memories that we can capture, no money spent on film, and we can post the pictures to the website immediately!" I think she is excited about having one too. After a bunch of research and a handful of worthless salespeople, we ordered it online last night and hopefully it will be here early next week. After that, there will be tons of pictures in the photo album! I know it annoys my Mom when I put pictures up that aren't of Becky, so until I get my camera to take a picture of Becky, here's a picture of my camera!

Changes

As we anticipate the arrival of the little one more anxiety creeps into my mind. I can't help but think about how different my life will be. I won't get up every morning and go to work. Scott & I won't be able to go on date on the spur the moment. (We seem to plan everything else but those.) I'll have to think about somebody else's needs before mine. I think I already do that with Scott, but I can be selfish when I really want to be. Right now I don't have to do anything if I don't want to at a particular time. The baby is not going to wait until next week for its needs to be met.

I probably sound like a crazy woman, but it is all true. We'll be fine, but our lives will never be the same. It will be good in a different way.