As the girls at my bachelorette party can attest, I LOVE Beyonce's Single Ladies song and dance. When I found this I came to the realization that those bachelorette days may be far, far away.
The story of one little family, three little boys, and our many adventures in DC and beyond.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
18 weeks!
I'd hesitated to do one of these pregnancy posts because, well, there wasn't much to report. But, as you'll see, there have been some fun milestones this week. I'll take a picture and add it to this post soon.
Pregnancy: 18 weeks! http://www.baby2see.com/development/week18.html . The baby is about the size of a sweet potato and is now able to hear sounds like my voice, my blood flow and heartbeat, and loud noises outside the womb.
Sleep: No problems (knock on wood)
Gender: To be determined on May 11! I'm 50/50...Stephen thinks it's a girl...my Mom thinks it's a girl...Debbie thinks it's a boy. So, we have no idea.
Names: We've got a list going. We're trying to use family names, so that's limited our list a bit. More on this later...
Feeling: Great except two exhaustion spells last week.
Health/Exercise: The cold is finally gone. I'm still running--45mins to an hour almost every day. I've definitely slowed down and take walk breaks a lot and almost constantly need to pee, but I'm still doing it. Mueller runs with me almost every day now. We'll see how I do with the dark, cold winter mornings.
Movement/Kicks: Besides a few random pings and twinges, I hadn't felt anything. But Saturday night we were sitting on the sofa and I felt a good 10-15 kicks. It was sooo cool! I haven't felt anything consistent since then, but I'm hoping for more movement soon
Maternity Clothes: Yesterday was my first day in maternity pants and it was wonderful! Granted I had to roll them up or they would have fallen down. It was like wearing pajama pants to work. I think everyone should get a pair.
Belly Button: Still in.
Next Appointment: Since we're not finding out the gender and we are changing insurance the 1st of the year, we're not going back until January 4 (just before 22 weeks). That's the "BIG" ultrasound, where they spend a long time looking at and measuring the baby. He/she was pretty quiet at the last U/S so we're looking forward to seeing more of the baby and hopefully more movement at that appointment.
Upcoming Milestones: December 22 is 20 weeks-- Half way there!
Pregnancy: 18 weeks! http://www.baby2see.com/development/week18.html . The baby is about the size of a sweet potato and is now able to hear sounds like my voice, my blood flow and heartbeat, and loud noises outside the womb.
Sleep: No problems (knock on wood)
Gender: To be determined on May 11! I'm 50/50...Stephen thinks it's a girl...my Mom thinks it's a girl...Debbie thinks it's a boy. So, we have no idea.
Names: We've got a list going. We're trying to use family names, so that's limited our list a bit. More on this later...
Feeling: Great except two exhaustion spells last week.
Health/Exercise: The cold is finally gone. I'm still running--45mins to an hour almost every day. I've definitely slowed down and take walk breaks a lot and almost constantly need to pee, but I'm still doing it. Mueller runs with me almost every day now. We'll see how I do with the dark, cold winter mornings.
Movement/Kicks: Besides a few random pings and twinges, I hadn't felt anything. But Saturday night we were sitting on the sofa and I felt a good 10-15 kicks. It was sooo cool! I haven't felt anything consistent since then, but I'm hoping for more movement soon
Maternity Clothes: Yesterday was my first day in maternity pants and it was wonderful! Granted I had to roll them up or they would have fallen down. It was like wearing pajama pants to work. I think everyone should get a pair.
Belly Button: Still in.
Next Appointment: Since we're not finding out the gender and we are changing insurance the 1st of the year, we're not going back until January 4 (just before 22 weeks). That's the "BIG" ultrasound, where they spend a long time looking at and measuring the baby. He/she was pretty quiet at the last U/S so we're looking forward to seeing more of the baby and hopefully more movement at that appointment.
Upcoming Milestones: December 22 is 20 weeks-- Half way there!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Halloween
This is a little delayed, but we were lucky enough to have Holland and Ian visit us for Halloween. In addition to getting to announce Baby Lamont to them in person, we also announced it to the world (well, everyone in the world who was at the DC bars). Everyone looked supercute: Holland was a 70's flight attendant, Ian was Kenny Powers from HBO's Eastbound & Down, and Stephen and Helen were a Bun Maker and a Bun in the Oven.
Helen had to "stuff her bun" because the bump is still (at almost 18 weeks) not that big.
Jon and Emily (dressed as Seely Booth and Bones from Bones) joined us for a yummy dinner at Zaytinya (but without spotting Mike Isabella from Top Chef)followed by 3 unsuccessful attempts to battle crowds of pub crawlers only to wind up back on the Hill.
Of course Helen made sure that everyone drink a LOT to make up for her:
Stephen got lots of nasty looks from the parents of trick-or-treaters, thinking he was a dirty old man (in the absence of his bun in the oven) and Ian was a hit with everyone who had ever seen the show. Overall it was a great night and a superfun weekend. We're looking forward to seeing the Fergs again in January.
Helen had to "stuff her bun" because the bump is still (at almost 18 weeks) not that big.
Jon and Emily (dressed as Seely Booth and Bones from Bones) joined us for a yummy dinner at Zaytinya (but without spotting Mike Isabella from Top Chef)followed by 3 unsuccessful attempts to battle crowds of pub crawlers only to wind up back on the Hill.
Of course Helen made sure that everyone drink a LOT to make up for her:
Stephen got lots of nasty looks from the parents of trick-or-treaters, thinking he was a dirty old man (in the absence of his bun in the oven) and Ian was a hit with everyone who had ever seen the show. Overall it was a great night and a superfun weekend. We're looking forward to seeing the Fergs again in January.
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