dieciseis!

16 weeks and counting! 168 days to go. Baby Curtis is the size of an avocado, according to the produce/baby experts. Not only the baby, but my belly is growing for sure! Seems it may have just popped out an inch or two over night. I was having some cramps all day the other day, and that night Eric was holding my belly and he was sure it was much bigger than just the day before. It was very strange, and I am looking much more preggo by the day.

The big news this week is... we will find out the sex of the little nino on April 6th, just three weeks from today! We went to the doctor last week and heard the heartbeat and all seems to be going well. We made our appointment for the second semester sonogram, where they look at the baby in detail, including checking out its heart, brain, spine, etc, and whether or not it has a little something between its legs or not:) Boy or girl, we will be thrilled and we truly do not care. At first I thought I did, but now I don't at all. Seems like either would be so sweet and unique and "magical" (a word Eric and I like to use from a movie about a knocked up teenager "Juno"). Check out the clip:) we like to quote (you have to press play on the little screen once you get there). Pretty sure I'll be calling the baby "sweet angel", which I kind of do already.

I haven't felt the kicks yet, but all the info says they will be coming soon. And apparently the baby can here us now, so taming the tongue and listening to classical music are some of my next tasks:)

Oh, and the reason for the Spanish entry title: I have begun looking up Spanish immersion preschools. Yes, apparently I am one of those people, plotting pre school before the baby is even born.

snoogle and baby names galore

Sorry I did not post for week 14. I did not have much that was new to say. The baby was the size of a lemon though and has graduated over the week to an... Apple! Crazy. I've had some growing pains, but nothing too severe. We get to go to the doctor on Thursday which I am really looking forward to. Can't wait to hear the little heart beat again:) It is possible to determine the sex of the baby at around this time, but most doctors will not from what I've heard, due to not wanting to make an error and then you go out and buy a nursery and a million baby outfits for the wrong gender. So, I don't expect to find out this month, but at the April appointment we will for sure.

So to names... I am now going back and forth about Jackson and have no more clue about a girl's name. I do not think I will be sharing our ideas anymore though, because then if people say they don't like it, it makes me think maybe I don't like it, and I don't want to go off of what others' think, but off what Eric and I think is the best. So, we may decide on names, and then surprise everyone when the baby is born with what his/her name is. I probably care too much what people think, but this way I don't have to worry about it:) So if we name the little one something you don't like, just pretend you like it:), just kidding, sort of.

It is really really hard to come up with names that we both like though and that we both like for longer than a day... considering this child will have this name its whole life, we should probably agree and love the name for a consistent period of time before deciding. I'm going back and forth on Jackson because of the popularity thing. I'm thinking maybe a middle name Jackson might be best. I love the name Jacob, "Jake" but that is my brother's name and he may think it's weird and I don't know if Eric likes it, I'm just thinking out loud. Anyway... let me tell you about this body pillow I got called a SNOOGLE.


It is awesome (though I hope I don't start getting poofy hair and wearing weird pj's like the woman in the pic from using it or from being pregnant:))! I wish I had always had one and I may never give it up even after I have the baby. I slept really well last night and was less sore when I woke up. Thankful to my mom for buying it for me, plus a maternity shopping spree she took me on yesterday! I hope I will be as wonderful a mother as she is to me.

grace and peace!
Adios for now!