Your Mom and I were watching American Idol last night (as we always do Wednesday nights) and my favorite contestant, Philip Philips (yes that was his real name!) played a Dave Matthews song. Dave Matthews, as you may or may not be aware of at this point in your life, is my favorite musician ever. You started kicking up a storm so I'm going to assume that like your Dad you're a Dave fan as well.
The app says you're the length of a papaya at this stage. Animal wise I'd say that's the size of a duck. Maybe? You are definitely making your presence seen on Meghan. She is to the point where it is pretty obvious she's pregnant. Getting larger every day she claims. All I know is that my real estate on our bed is rapidly getting taken up by her, you, and her new pregnancy body pillow!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Baby Shoppin'
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This weekend was packed full of stuff all for you! On Saturday we went to Buy Buy Baby, Baby's R Us, and Target to register for our baby shower in June. Let me tell you that was a very intimidating affair. I realized I have no idea what one actually needs to get before having a baby. Blankets, sleep sacks, burp cloths, changing pads, diaper genies, the list goes on and on. I don't know what the "correct" number of sleep sacks is but I'm pretty sure it isn't as many as we registered for (8).
After like four hours of all that registering your Mom was pretty tired so we headed home for a brief nap before heading out to Geneva to meet with Mom's friend Dani and her husband Jeremy. Geneva is a nice 40 minute drive south east of us. That is definitely one thing I miss about living in Atlanta - all our friends were no more than 10 minutes away. Everyone is so spread out here!
Sunday we headed back to Geneva (poorly planned, I know) to look at some baby furniture. We had found some stuff on Saturday but Meghan wanted to look at this little boutique shop cause her friends had gone there for their kids. We ended up leaving that place $2,500 lighter but you had a crib-to-full bed, a 6 drawer dresser, and an end table. See how much we love you already? Usually I would have analyzed a big ticket purchase like that for a couple weeks but instead pulled the trigger in 15 minutes.
All weekend long you were kicking up a storm in the womb so I guess you were excited about the though of all this stuff you'll be getting. A natural born shopper...I wonder where you get that from.
Love,
Dad
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Another Ultrasound
Here's one of the ultrasound pics we got after our appointment on Monday. We had 2 other ones: one that showed your head and torso and one that supposedly showed us you were a girl. I didn't include the head/torso one cause it showed your skull and made you look like a strange alien. I didn't include the gender one cause quite frankly it looked like a couple of grey blobs.
This one though you can easily see that you're a little person in there!
Monday, April 9, 2012
It's a Girl!
Hello Madison!
This morning your Mom and I found out that that little cantaloupe sized thing growing inside her is a girl. The ultrasound lady must have been a pro at drawing out the suspense - she took pictures of all parts of you skillfully avoiding the gender region until the last set. So finally after taking an extraordinary adventure around the womb where we saw your arms, legs, chest, beating heart, head, brain, nose, lips, eyes, hands, and feet she FINALLY was like "it's a girl".
Not that we minded getting to see all your little baby parts. You were kicking up a storm in there. I'm surprised your Mother doesn't feel that all the time but she says she just feels some flutters occasionally. For the briefest of seconds the ultrasound tech had it positioned just right on your face I could clearly see your little nose and mouth. Your mouth opened up for just a second and I'm sure you were about to say "hey dad" but then she moved the ultrasound over to your butt.
This morning your Mom and I found out that that little cantaloupe sized thing growing inside her is a girl. The ultrasound lady must have been a pro at drawing out the suspense - she took pictures of all parts of you skillfully avoiding the gender region until the last set. So finally after taking an extraordinary adventure around the womb where we saw your arms, legs, chest, beating heart, head, brain, nose, lips, eyes, hands, and feet she FINALLY was like "it's a girl".
Not that we minded getting to see all your little baby parts. You were kicking up a storm in there. I'm surprised your Mother doesn't feel that all the time but she says she just feels some flutters occasionally. For the briefest of seconds the ultrasound tech had it positioned just right on your face I could clearly see your little nose and mouth. Your mouth opened up for just a second and I'm sure you were about to say "hey dad" but then she moved the ultrasound over to your butt.
Monday, April 2, 2012
1 More Week Till GenderSlam!
Hey Kid,
A week from today I'll know if I'm referencing a girl or a boy in this blog. Through informal polling it seems that most people think you're going to be a girl (me, your mom, the psychic at Motherhood & Maternity...) but both your grandmothers seem to think you'll be a boy. I know my mom wants you to be a boy because she's thinking long term and wants us to have an older boy to look after our second kid. Most likely this is due to the outstanding precedence I set being the first born of our family. Just ask either of your aunts or your uncle to tell you how wonderful of an older brother I was to them :)
Speaking of your aunts - today is your aunt Erin's birthday. She turns 31. I don't know what to get her for her birthday so I guess I'll take her out to lunch. Of course she took me out to lunch for my birthday and I ended up paying for both of us so I guess maybe I have already taken her out to lunch?
Today the pregnancy app says that you are the size of a mango. I don't know why all these pregnancy things describe the baby's size as a fruit. I would prefer to hear it in terms of animal size. I think you would be the size of a squirrel using my method. Doesn't that sound more impressive? Apparently you're going to be hitting a growth spurt here soon so we'll see what animal I describe you as next time.
Your mom thinks she can feel you moving around in there but I am doubtful. I think its still gas at this point!
A week from today I'll know if I'm referencing a girl or a boy in this blog. Through informal polling it seems that most people think you're going to be a girl (me, your mom, the psychic at Motherhood & Maternity...) but both your grandmothers seem to think you'll be a boy. I know my mom wants you to be a boy because she's thinking long term and wants us to have an older boy to look after our second kid. Most likely this is due to the outstanding precedence I set being the first born of our family. Just ask either of your aunts or your uncle to tell you how wonderful of an older brother I was to them :)
Speaking of your aunts - today is your aunt Erin's birthday. She turns 31. I don't know what to get her for her birthday so I guess I'll take her out to lunch. Of course she took me out to lunch for my birthday and I ended up paying for both of us so I guess maybe I have already taken her out to lunch?
Today the pregnancy app says that you are the size of a mango. I don't know why all these pregnancy things describe the baby's size as a fruit. I would prefer to hear it in terms of animal size. I think you would be the size of a squirrel using my method. Doesn't that sound more impressive? Apparently you're going to be hitting a growth spurt here soon so we'll see what animal I describe you as next time.
Your mom thinks she can feel you moving around in there but I am doubtful. I think its still gas at this point!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
2 Weeks Till We Find Out If You're A Boy or Girl
Hello Kid!
Next time I write a post I'll be able to say hello to you in whatever gender appropriate name your mom and I have come up with.
Time is really passing quickly. It seems just yesterday I was buying an economy size package of pregnancy kits for your mom to double, triple, and quadruple confirm that she was in fact pregnant. Now here we are at almost 5 months. I can only hope the last half of this pregnancy has been as easy as the first half. Of course I'm not the pregnant one so I don't know if Meghan would consider this half "easy".
My iPhone app now tells me that you're the size of a sweet potato. We're both kind of amazed that your mom can't feel you in there yet. A sweet potato seems like a pretty big thing. You've got all your arms and legs and little fingers and whatnot. Looking more and more humanlike every day. Pretty soon I think you'll be kicking around in there and we'll be able to honestly say that was a kick instead of gas.
Looking forward to seeing you again on the sonogram!
Love,
Dad
Next time I write a post I'll be able to say hello to you in whatever gender appropriate name your mom and I have come up with.
Time is really passing quickly. It seems just yesterday I was buying an economy size package of pregnancy kits for your mom to double, triple, and quadruple confirm that she was in fact pregnant. Now here we are at almost 5 months. I can only hope the last half of this pregnancy has been as easy as the first half. Of course I'm not the pregnant one so I don't know if Meghan would consider this half "easy".
My iPhone app now tells me that you're the size of a sweet potato. We're both kind of amazed that your mom can't feel you in there yet. A sweet potato seems like a pretty big thing. You've got all your arms and legs and little fingers and whatnot. Looking more and more humanlike every day. Pretty soon I think you'll be kicking around in there and we'll be able to honestly say that was a kick instead of gas.
Looking forward to seeing you again on the sonogram!
Love,
Dad
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