So, I have noticed that people tend to fall dinstinctly into one of two camps when it comes to baby gender determination. Either they cannot fathom why anyone would not want to know as soon as possible, or they think knowing in advance spoils the greatest surpise ever.
Vik and I definitely fall into the former camp. There was [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Random Poll of the Week . . .
Posted in Just for Fun, tagged Baby gender determination, baby gender poll, gender surprise on September 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s a . . .
Posted in Second Trimester, The Dad, tagged baby gender preferences, Baby Heartbeat, heart rate and gender, pregnancy weight gain on September 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We heard the little duck’s heartbeat – a strong 160 beats a minute!
We had our scheduled 16 week Dr. visit today, and everything was A-OK. JoAnne was worried that she’d put on “a lot of weight”, but she’s only 1 lb. over where she was 4 weeks ago (totally normal; Dr. is happy with her [...]
A Kitty by Any Other Name
Posted in Just for Fun, tagged Baby Name Max, Baby Name Wizard, Baby Names, Cat Names, Naming Baby After Pet on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have been somewhat obsessed with baby names since I found out I was pregnant. I honestly feel it is one of the more important decisions you make for your child — make the wrong choice and little Delbert is getting pantsed on the playground or little Cinnamon is probably not heading to law school, [...]
So This Is How It’s Gonna Be
Posted in Second Trimester, tagged Bleeding during pregnancy, pregnancy worries, Second Trimester on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
. . . all I could do was shake my head and say, “What in the world have we gotten ourselves into?!?”
This past weekend, Vik and I travelled to Virginia to visit with my family. It was very relaxing, and a lot of fun. While there, we got to tell my Mom’s parents (Meemaw and [...]
What in the World is Going on in There?!?
Posted in Second Trimester, tagged fetal development, Pregnancy, pregnancy 13 weeks on September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Before I got pregnant and began voraciously reading no fewer than four week-by-week pregnancy books, I had absolutely no idea how amazingly fast babies develop during pregnancy.
Although I gave very little thought to baby things before becoming pregnant, I had at least formed the general idea that babies develop gradually over the course of the [...]