It's A GIRL!!!!
We officially have a little girl growing in my belly! :-D We both decided on the name Ana Leigh (pronounced "AH-na LEE"; not Aaaanna) - think "Puff the magic dragon." ;-D This post will likely have many smiley faces and excited gibber-jabber.
I know I've been bad about adding into my blog, but I'm going to chalk up my lack-of-presence to my state of mind for the past month; and my resurgence into the baby-blogdom as the breaking of my tired/sick/anti-social period. I finally broke the morning sickness at 19wks, and have a renewed sense of energy and happiness. I finally feel (mostly) comfortable with this whole being-pregnant thing...minus the prickly heat. OMG, I want to strangle small squirrels when it comes to that. I haven't itched this bad since chicken pox when I was eight....and nothing fixes it other than being naked and bags of ice cubes. I've taken to wearing maxi-dresses and sun dresses regularly. I'm done with jeans & pants! HOORAY! NO PANTS!!
Aside from stress of life-events, having to move this week, and getting through morning-sickness and prickly-heat, things are starting to look very happy and up. I'm pretty sure that's all due to finding out this past Friday that we have a little girl and can stop calling Sprog an "it". It's kinda amazing how it doesn't feel quite real until you can pin a specific detail to it...like girl/boy. Plus, I'm sure sitting there for an hour+ while she bounced around in my stomach for the sono-tech helped make it more realistic. She dances like crazy ALL the time! lol! I love it! My little Bump-App on my phone has a kick counter and I can't even begin to count the kicks, because she's simply in constant movement.
T & I went baby-registry-creating after the sono & although he reeeeeally wanted a boy, it was adorable to see how excited he was with picking out little girl things. I was so tired and beat by the end of it that I just let him pick most of the necessity things. He got into my everything-PURPLE! mood on his own and helped to pick out some really pretty & cute things that are very much influenced by the both of us. :-) Flowers & Butterflies....and BUNNIES!! :-D The rest of the weekend, he's pampered me with yummy foods, relaxation, and we managed to pack a little. (stress) * I'm trying to not let the move thing stress me out too bad - it'll get done one way or another - and we have all week to finish packing...so I'm breathing - Ohhhhhhhhmmmm....
NOW I get to make sure initial baby shower-fun-planning is in place...I was thinking bunnies - but I decided Friday that I really want a luau party. :-D The shower is going to have to be last weekend of July (29th/Sunday) or the following weekend Aug 4th (Saturday) - so outside might be out-of-the-question with the heat....as hot as I've been already without it even being 1 week into May. But I have an amazing friend & planner (plus some amazing deputies to help plan)....so I just have to come up with the theme & the list and let it all happen! :-D So luau baby shower with a hawaiian bunny cake! :-D Sounds perfect to me!
And little Ana Leigh is dancing around in my belly - which means I'm hungry, thirsty, or just need to stretch my legs. Hopefully I will be posting a lot more frequently now that I get to have fun with being preggo! :D
Toodles!!
~The-Mommy~
PS. Check out the updated registries!!! :D
