Seth Allen Haynes

Well, an hour into our trip we've pretty much decided on a name for our son. Always reserving the right to change our minds of course. What really clinched it was that our baby name book listed Lily (our top girl choice) as a sister of Seth AND both Eric and Amanda were listed in the same "style" (New Classics). We're finding it a little hard to top all that. So Seth it is.

22 weeks pics

Here we are, 22 weeks and 1 day.  Eric and I are leaving today for our trip to the Oregon coast, so probably not a lot of blogging until we get back.  If something really exciting happens though, I can always send a blog from my phone, don't worry ;)

1st present from Grandma Marci

Ultrasound recap

Okay, so we're all done with our appointment, and once again everything looks as it should. The ultrasound tech asked us before she started if we wanted to know the sex and of course we said "YES!" So I got all goo'd up and almost immediately she says "well there's the penis!" It was really unmistakeable, which was funny to me, I thought for sure it would be like a Picasso painting up on the screen with just a bunch of strange unrecognizeable shapes. It was actually much more clear than it appears in the picture below, so I'm excited to go back and watch the tape (we got to record the whole thing on VHS). I'm sure we will see the screen totally shaking because I was giggling a lot about "the goods." The rest of the ultrasound was pretty much a blur, but very VERY cool. That boy has some LONG legs, let me tell you. He measured 22 weeks and 6 days, so almost a week bigger than "normal." All his anatomy is normal, 4 chambers in the heart, etc. He was wiggling a LOT while she was trying to get a good picture of the heart. We also got a peek at his little face on the 4D ultrasound, which was really amazing. Not nearly as creepy as I thought it would be, even though it was pretty blurry and his little hand was in the way. But I am already in love with his little nose!

Our Stats:
Baby BOY's heart rate: 155-156
My Wt: 168ish
My B/P: 124/68

Follow up appointment was pretty quick, Dr. H said everything looks great. My due date stays the same just because they always figure + or - one week anyway. We talked about how I definitely need to get all the flu shots this year, the regular flu, the H1N1, & pretty much whatever else is available. And ASAP. Pregnant women are really pretty vulnerable for the flu, especially this year since the H1N1 is so new. Anyway, my next appointment is September 28th at 26 weeks. Then a couple weeks after that I'll get some labs drawn and after that I may or may not have to get a Rhogam shot (since I am O negative). So that's about it. If I think of anything else I'll let you know, but right now my head is in BLUE clouds! :)

Proof!

Its a boy! No doubt about it!

Here we go!!!

Eric is downstairs waiting to pick me up for our ultrasound.  I’ve drank my 20 ounces of juice in preparation and I already have to pee, which is good or bad depending on how you look at it.  I guess we can be sure my bladder will be plenty full for the exam, however, my appointment is not until 11, which is still 27 minutes away, yikes!  They better not make me wait.  Between Facebook and my blog poll, the votes are TIED 10-10.  So I guess at least half are right!  Can’t wait! 

Stranger danger

So last night I was wandering around Fred Meyer. I went in just to get two things – eggs and a jug of drinking water. However, I couldn’t RESIST heading over to the home/garden/bed/bath section. I have an OBSESSION with bedding, I swear, it is a sickness. Anyway, they were having a final clearance, 40% off the lowest marked price on a ton of sheets, duvet covers, etc. I found a sweet deal on some 600 thread count sheets and two packages of matching pillowcases. That is the trick I think, getting the pillowcases to match. Usually I find that everything on clearance is so picked over I end up having to go with a complimentary pillow case color. I just bought a new sheet set the other day, but I think I’ll take it back. After all, it is only 400 thread count J And no matching pillow cases. But I digress…

As I was making my way down to the other end of the store I noticed this woman strolling around with her dog. It was clearly not a seeing eye dog, and she was not even holding its leash. The dog was just running around dragging its leash everywhere. As I was pulling my eggs out of the case and checking them for cracks, this lady appeared next to me and her dog was checking me out as well. She commented on my top and said it was cute and asked when I was due. Then she launched into this little speech, something about how she had been learning from “the guy upstairs” that when you’re pregnant, if you forgive yourself and just allow yourself to be filled with love for your baby, then when it is born there will be no pain. I said “wow, thanks, I’ll keep that in mind.” Then I think she said she was trying to become a healer again, like she once was?? I just smiled and said that was nice and headed in the other direction. Seems like that one should have gone under the category of “weird pregnant dreams” but no, it really happened.

It’s down to hours now! 50 hours, 11 minutes! Get your votes in!