18 week APPOINTMENT

So, yesterday morning M and I were at the DR.'s at 830AM. Got to go straight back to the sonogram room!!

I informed the sono lady that we wanted to see our baby but we didn't want to know the sex. Well, that we did want to know but not until Thursday, so she needed to write it down or something.

She was very excited and eager to do this! She took baby's measurements and mine (I have a low lying placenta - but hopefully it will resolve itself). Baby was perfect, measuring 17.3weeks and not 18 weeks like my Dr. said.
The sono lady said, "Ok guys, close your eyes and no peaking!" M and I closed our eyes kinda looking at each other and then she says, "Alright, all done!" M smiled sooooo big and said, "You mean, you know what we are having?!" Her reply, "Yes, I do!" He couldn't believe it was that fast. We were so excited. It was so weird to be in a room where she knew what we were having and we didn't.

We closed our eyes one last time as she labeled the sono picture Boy or Girl and tore it off and cut it from the photo sono strip and placed it in an envelope. =)

Tonight at 630 family will come over and they will be wearing either PINK or BLUE and we will eat pizza and socialize. Then after we eat we will pass out CUPCAKES> On a count of 3 everyone will bite into there cupcake and will find either a PINK or BLUE gumball!!

I'll be on tonight to post what baby is?! I'm thinking GIRL ... M keeps changing his mind?!

I got a BABY BuMp! BuMp! BuMp! =)

So, I woke up this morning and my Baby BuMp appeared out of nowhere. I am exactly 17 weeks and 1 day today. I decided I'd take my first real sign of a baby inside of me. =) Here they are:

Frontal View

Side View

Relaxed view:

Sucking in as much as I can view:

I can look bigger view:

My first PURCHASE!

Marcos and I made our first big purchase for baby! I'm a pretty active person (shopper that is) and I know this baby will be going on a lot of outings with me. I needed the "perfect" stroller that could do everything and I found it!

It is the Mutsy 4Rider! In Rebel red of course. =)
http://www.mutsy.com/products/4rider/option

This is when I need to use the car for my stroller:

This is when baby might need a nap later on, I've got the carrycot:

This is the seat part of it with the sunshade attached

Here is what it looks like without the sunshade:

The first picture shows the different reclining stages and the second one shows how the seat can be reversed:

When baby gets bigger we have a fun seat to keep baby entertained:

I am just REALLY happy about this stroller. A lot of great reviews. There is so many things you can do with it. It can even be a high chair at restaurants. There are a lot of  "adapter" pieces I will be registering for! =)

16 / 17 weeks and I feel skinnier?!

Skinnier?! Yes, I think I feel skinnier but my husband informs me it is all in my head. LoL. =) Maybe so. We went to our 16 week appointment w/ the Dr. and we heard baby shiloh's heart beat again. Marcos told the dr. he thought it sounded slower (the volume wasn't really turned up and I thnk that confused him, to me it sounded the same) and the dr. informed nope it was "perfect". Yes, my dr. uses this word alot. Everything to her just looks perfect, is perfect and I am going to have the most perfect baby in the world. Gotta love a dr. like that. =) She goes on to say, "it's just perfect, not slow at all... beating in the 160s".

People have been guessing what we are going to have. My parents and his parents think boy but me and marcos think girl along with our friends. A girl would be great, "daddy's girl" is what she most definitely be and I will no longer be the center of M's world but baby Natalie would be. How fun is it to just think about how in love M will be his little girl. Also, all of my friends have GIRLS so what would I do if I had a boy and birthday parties, a majority of girls would be attending. I guess that wouldn't be too bad?! They are all pretty baby girls. Now, they say boys are "momma's boy" and I think I could like that, having a boy listen to anything and everything his momma says. LoL. He'd be the 3rd grandbaby boy in the family. My parents have 5 grandbaby girls right now and I think they just want the boys to start catching up. Well, you all will know what we are having VERY SOON! =) Like 9 days soon.

"A baby picture of Marcos. This picture was used for his

birthday cake. It was soo cute. "

I'm 16wks and 5days today (Monday) and Wednesday I will be 17 weeks. Next Wednesday, January 20 at 8:30am we have a dr. appointment that will change our world forever. We will find out whether we will be having a "daddy's girl" or "momma's boy". How exciting! Either way, I am just happy to have our first addition to the family. I'm sure the gender will matter more the second time around but right now we could care less, as long as baby is healthy and beautiful!! =)