My pregnancy is going great so far. I had some morning (evening) sickness in the beginning and was tired but it wasn't anything horrendous. We had our first ultrasound on Halloween and although Ken had originally taken the day off to come with me, he ended up getting the flu, which meant not attending the ultrasound or participating in Halloween activities. The ultrasound went great, everything looks good. The baby is measuring 2 days younger than originally thought so my due date has been moved from May 6th to May 8th. The woman I work for is due May 10th! We are going to have our hands full.
We also recently scheduled the appointment to find out the sex on December 12th. We have tried to come up with a lot of cute ideas on how to announce the gender. Something we thought of doing was not finding out and scheduling a 3D ultrasound when we go home for Christmas, that we our family can attend and find out with us. However, we weren't able to find any inexpensive ultrasound places that cater to our budget. So now it's back to the drawing board.
One thing that has really been a pet peeve of mine during this pregnancy is when people make remarks like, "Hopefully it's a girl this time." This comment was made by someone who was an old acquaintance of mine and is a facebook friend. Although there have been other similar comments made by other family and friends. One reason it bugs me is because I really have no preference as to the sex of the baby. It would be nice to have a little girl but by insinuating that "hopefully it is one", makes it seem like it will be a disappointment if it's not. I love the relationship I have with my little man and although the relationship with this baby will be different because, well, it's a different person I think there is something special about a Mommy and Son relationship. I know Ken would love to have a girl, and don't get me wrong I would to, but I won't be disappointed if it's another boy. A) we have a ton of clothes left over from Kevin. B) they will eventually share a room so it will be nice to not worry about having to incorporate both sexes into the decorating and not making it seem to girly or boyish. C) having already had a boy it will be familiar territory.
Another thing people say is well if it's a girl you can be done. Again, kind of another ignorant statement. This is again said by acquaintances or strangers. You don't know my husband and I enough to be forming your judgement on how many kids we will or should have. Sorry for the venting but I needed to get that out.
Now on to the picture of our little one.
Finger pointing to baby #2's head.
*If you have any suggestions on how to announce the gender please feel free to leave it in a comment!!
