I have a son!!

I have a son!!! Forever and for all eternity, I have a little boy!! I can't wait to meet him and to hold him. I think he is going to bring such fun and life to our family. What a perfect addition!! I can't believe that I have two children now, and that he is so close to being in my arms!! I am so excited!!! He moves a LOT - I can feel him all the time and he was moving throughout the whole ultrasound. I love feeling him move and feeling him so close. I love him so much already and can't wait to meet him!!! I can't believe I have a son!!!

The video tape we brought to the u/s didn't work and the lady only gave us two pictures. I want to go back to the other place we went to for Ellen to have another one. She didn't show us his precious little hands or feet, she only gave us one profile picture, and we didn't get a video. I'm going to talk to Betty or Jean about it at my next appointment to see if I can get a referral to the other place.

We haven't decided on a name yet - of course - but his middle name will probably be Henry. Claire suggested Pier for a middle name, which is her mother's maiden name. That's a possibility, it just depends on his first name I guess.

Things are going well with this pregnancy. I had more nausea and more headaches, but fewer stomach problems and less SI joint pain up until this past week. This past week it's gotten really bad. Hopefully it will be like last time though and will go away when I get to my third trimester.

I have a son!! I'm so excited!!

Time Flies!!

These past months have FLOWN by. Ellen is already almost 8 months old and I am almost 20 weeks pregnant!!

Ellen is such a sweet angel. She's very happy, very easy-going, and very perfect!! She was sitting up at 5 months, crawling at 7, and now she's pulling up onto anything and everything at almost 8 months. Sometimes she'll take steps along the couch, but she still gets confused sometimes about what to do with her feet.

She is also holding up her hand to people and I'm not sure if she's waving or just plain holding up her hand. It's very pointed though, she will do it while looking at you and smiling and definitely seems to expect some kind of reaction. And she plays with people so well. She will laugh if you stick a toy in your mouth, she thought it was funny when John put a kleenex in his nose, she will take her toy or paci out of her mouth and put it into mine, she LOVES peekaboo... she's just so much fun!

I'm still working two days a week for a couple more months. Ellen stays at Maria's and seems to like it over there. Last time I brought her over there, she was SO excited to see Maria and Ethan. They play together and have so much fun. She is almost as big as Ethan!! She definitely takes after John, in personality, physical appearance, and temperament. She even tweedles her right foot while she's eating exactly the same as he does when he's reading...