Introducing...

Baby O gets his middle J name from his grandfather and great grandfather and his A name from another great grandfather. I really wanted his names to be connected to family. I was updating my online family tree earlier tonight and discovered that O also shares his first name with a 5 greats back grandfather.

I put his name on an image to try and keep us unsearchable. I'm still trying to decide on his blog name so for now I'll stick with O.

2 weeks in and I'm still all blissed out just looking at him... even last night when he woke up every 45 - 90 minutes!

Tomorrow brings another wave of visiting family. My dad and sister will be staying for 10 days getting to know the little guy. I'm half way through the birth story and hope to have that up soon.

One week...

One week without needing a single Tu.ms.
One week without vomiting.

One week with my sweet baby boy!

Baby arrived last Wednesday morning and is just a (sweet) dream come true. It could be the major hormones crashing around in my body but everytime I look at him I get all teary eyed goofy because he is just so perfect and wonderful. I apologize that this is a drive-by update but I wanted to get at least this out there to all of you while I have 5 minutes to myself. My mom is here helping out for a few weeks while I recover from the c-section and it's been tough to sneak away and update the secret blog. I really do have a longer one with details and a photo in the works.... and Mom just wandered by wondering who I'm emailing.

One month from now

C-section is scheduled and exactly one month from now I will have met my son on the outside. Baby prep is moving along but I still have quite a bit left to do. Car seat and co-sleeper have been purchased and are just waiting to be put together or installed. My baby shower was last weekend and it was a very nice afternoon. I got lots and lots of clothes and most likely won't have to purchase any for quite some time! My only regret is that it all went by so fast and I didn't get any photos with my mom or other special folks.

I've been a mostly absent blogger during this journey and I wish that I had updated more often. I'm going to try and do a better job in the next few weeks - especially now that I've been feeling mostly ok.

Making room for baby

Hospital tour was the other night and it really made things click in the "OMG, this is really happening" way. I wasn't planning on the tour but I'm glad I went because it helped to get a feel for the place and I really like how their policies encourage baby staying with mom as much as possible. I was worried that they would be taking him to the nursery while I was recovering from the surgery but they said that as long as everything is ok he can stay with me.

Oh yeah.... did I mention that baby is a BOY! Even though I had been hoping for a girl in the beginning when they told me that he was a he I was thrilled. I'm still trying to decide on a name because I don't really have any that I just LOVE. It's so much easier to name pets.

I'm feeling pretty good overall even though my guts are starting to feel pretty smooshed and the heartburn is killer.

27 down and 13 to go

27 weeks today and I can't believe how quickly time is flying!
I've finally had some relief from the nausea and throwing up- Woo HOO! I've been taking an acid reducer for the last 3 weeks and it has made all the difference. I even gained a few lbs for the first time at my dr appt. last week.

Baby prep is going a lot slower then I would like but I'm still so undecided on things like car seats, swings, bouncers and diapers. I want to use cloth but I have no idea how to start. I'll be sharing my room with the little one so I have to get my butt moving on clearing out some space. The crib will be here soon and I have some furniture to move around and cleaning to do. Fun stuff!

This and that and just starting somewhere

Gosh, it's been awhile.

I've thought about posting more but would then get overwhelmed with how much catching up there was to do. I've been spending lots of time laying down and hoping that my lunch/dinner/snack was going to stay put.

* Just about 23 1/2 weeks and the nausea and throwing up has just started to get better in the last week or so. I'm finally having more good days than bad days.
The only upside is that because of all the weight I lost my pants still fit.

* I've been feeling lots of movement on the inside and to be honest it's kind of cool and more than a little freaky. I'm looking forward to being able to feel those kicks on the outside.

* If you know that I'm pregnant then you can tell that I'm showing. If you don't know than I don't think you can tell.

* I started the baby registry last week and good golly is it overwhelming! I still have to do some research on the bigger purchases like car seat, stroller, play yard, swing.

* My shower is turning in to a huge drama fest and honestly I don't even want one now. (the drama is worthy of it's own post that I'll be writing later).

Short today but longer tomorrow

I love November because so many bloggers participate in NaBloPoMo and that means lots and lots of updates! I'm not sure if I can keep up with posting every day this month but I'll give it a go.

I'm going to keep it short tonight because I'm getting sleepy but I promise to have more to say tomorrow.