Let the double digit countdown begin!

That's right people, less than 100 days left in this pregnancy (assuming I don't have the baby late...I don't even want to consider that a possibility). All is going well with me and Rob (and James of course). I have blood tests in two weeks and while I'm there I'll be getting my Rhogam shot.

In other news we have picked a family practice to bring James to. Rob checked it out the other day and had a very positive experience so thankfully we can cross that off the list. We can also cross putting together/cleaning the crib, dresser/changing table, and the glider! It was a very productive weekend with nursery furniture! Speaking of being productive Kelly Jo (with some supporting help from Julie) hand made all of my shower invites for my first shower and they are out in the mail! I will have to get a picture from Kelly so I can post it on the blog, they looked amazing in the picture she showed me, I have no idea what I would do without Kelly =)

Still on the to do list...
Put clothes away in the dresser
Pick a Cord Blood company (any suggestions would be greatly appreciated)
Paint the nursery
Hang nursery decorations

That's all for now folks!

26th birthday and 6 months pregnant!

So my birthday was pretty awesome (and there is still more awesome to come tonight at NKOTB thanks to Rob and his mom!). We had birthday cake at grandma's and then dinner with the family at Adam's Mill. All in all it was a great day until Rob and I got home and read the "Mother of all Pregnancy Books" to find out decreased fetal activity is something you should call your doctor about ASAP, and considering it had been over 24 hours since I felt the baby move we called right away. The doctor set me up with an appointment for first thing this morning. Rob and I went in for my Fetal Non-Stress Test. Turns out it is actually too early in my pregnancy to be doing this test but they did it anyway. The baby's heart rate isn't increasing and decreasing when it moves as much as it should be. They'll keep an eye on this at my next appointment and when I don't feel the baby move again I need to go in for an appointment. So this sounds like it could add a whole new level of interesting to the next several months (4 to be exact, stupid 10 month pregnancy).

But on a happier note here are pictures (stolen from the internet) of a few of my many wonderful gifts! I got the changing table/dresser that we wanted for the nursery, a Vera Bradley diaper bag (the 2nd time I've gotten this bag but this time I'm actually pregnant!) and a fancy new Canon digital camera because Rob and I did a number to the old one at the beach!

22 Weeks!

Today marks a really important date in my pregnancy, the magic 22 weeks. At this point if something were to go wrong James would be viable outside of the womb (did I mention we are naming the baby James Martin?). It would be far from ideal if our little guy decided to make an appearance this early but it is somewhat comforting to know that if he did there is at least a possibility with some serious medical intervention he'd be okay. So needless to say we've been waiting for this magic date for, I don't know, say the 18 weeks I've known I was pregnant!

In other news we got a TON OF STUFF from some wonderful friends of ours (thanks Jim and Inge-Marie). We have a great crib to setup, a huge amount of clothing, a jumperoo and some other miscellaneous items. We are so excited to be well on our way to being ready (as ready as one can be I guess) for this little guy!

I promise to post pictures soon...

WE'RE HAVING A BOY!!

I'm sorry it's taken me many days to post this exciting news but we've been so insanely busy. My ultrasound was changed from 9/5 to 8/29 which was soooo exciting. Rob, mom and I packed into the little ultrasound room at the OB's office and it was AMAZING to see. We got to see cute little fingers, the brain, arm and leg bones, kidneys and a really awesome view of the baby's spine (I know it sounds so bizarre but the spine really was so cool to see). All of those things were very easy to see and it only took about 5 minutes to get nice pictures of them all, and then the big question...is it a boy or a girl? Sadly our little man was butt out and not moving much. The poor woman doing the ultrasound patiently tried to get some movement, shifted where she was looking and took lots of pictures to occupy our time. Then my question came "when is the next ultrasound if you can't tell the gender today" and she replied "there isn't one." To which I nearly lost it, this baby is as stubborn as me already! Anyway, she asked if I could do some Yoga-like move and poof perfect view that we are having a little boy! Mom and I headed right out to Baby Gap where she got the cutest outfits for her first grandchild and off to Mimi Maternity where she got me some wonderful pregnancy clothes. I will post pictures of Baby Boncoddo's first present soon!

18 week appointment...check!

So Rob and I headed off to the OB this morning and were happy to find out all is well. The baby's heart-rate was 162 and the baby is now sitting in a much more normal and more comfortable place than near my intestines which I am very thankful for. We scheduled our next ultrasound appointment for Friday September 5th so hopefully in just over 2 weeks we will know if we are having a boy or a girl...woohoo!

Still sleepy!

What a weekend (I know it's wednesday already, good lord). Rob and I headed up to the Cape on Friday for my cousin Patrice's wedding Saturday morning. We met up with Big Mike and my mother for some great seafood right on the beach Friday night but called it an early night so we could get up early to head to the wedding. Saturday morning we got stuck in crazy traffic trying to get to the wedding but luckily the ceremony started late so we made it. They got married right on the beach at this very cute little inn, it was a great day. Sadly Rob and I had to leave less than an hour after the ceremony to start the drive to North Providence, RI for our college friend Laura's wedding. We made it in time for that wedding, had a few hours between the wedding and the reception to relax and then it was off to a 5 hour reception! She planned her reception so well, there was a dance off, gags during the garter toss and lots of other little details you know she put tons of hours of work into! It was nice seeing the old UCONN gang and it was the first time everyone had a chance to see my now growing belly. Sunday we got up, went out for breakfast, headed to a PawSox game, and then finally got home a little after 5pm! I passed out for 2 hours as soon as we got home, Rob made me some pasta for dinner, and then back to sleep I went. I had to get up early Monday morning to head to New Haven for a stats workshop (with J.). It has been an insane last few days and we are really looking forward to Rob taking a few days off next week so we can start on the nursery!

Thanks about all for now!

No news is good news =)

Not too much to report on lately. I had to change my OB appointment because it was scheduled for Friday but Rob and I will be on our way to Cape Cod for wedding #1 and then quickly heading down to RI for wedding #2 the same day! The appointment is now scheduled for August 18th and hopefully then we'll schedule the anatomy scan (which is when we should be able to find out if we are having a boy or a girl!). I am officially into the 2nd trimester which comes with it the allowance for *some* caffeine which is nice. Hopefully we'll have some pictures of my growing belly and us from this weekend to post next week.