P.S.

We've both wanted a girl for the longest time. But somehow in the last three weeks that completely changed. Now we both want a boy!

Jemar got so excited when the ultrasound tech used the pronoun "he" ("she" didn't get the same kind of reaction). As for me, anytime I look at baby clothes I'm always looking for boys clothes now. I found the cutest seer sucker suit at Target on Tuesday. Can't you image our little southern boy wearing it to church on Sunday?!? Now if only I could convince his father that he can have a seersucker jacket or pants but not both.....

Brief Update

We had our "official" 2D ultrasound today, where they look at the anatomy and take measurements. All in all, it was amazingly cool to see monkey.

Did you know the unborn can show out? Here are some quotes from the ultrasound tech:
"Um, will you be still please?"
"The baby got so rambunctious at the end!"
Both of these comments lead me to believe we have a live wire on our hands! I'll post more on this (including pictures) later.

Babymoon!

As of this morning, our "babymoon" is booked, confirmed and officially something we can look forward to. What is a babymoon? It's a vacation taken by an expecting couple. Our babymoon will be our last hurrah before Monkey comes. One last week to enjoy being a twosome amid the beautiful scenery of Cancun.

Jealous? Here's where we going......

Five Months & Counting.......

We are officially five months in and halfway through, and here is the commemorative picture! See, I told you I wasn't that big.

Spring in the Delta!

Imagine waking up one morning, and seeing this. It looks HUGE doesn't it? Monkey is actually pretty small (the size of a melon), and from the side, my baby bump is still pretty small. But not from my point of view! Every morning I wake up and freak out a little. Wouldn't you?

Anyhow, it's springtime in the Delta! For a full week we've traded our coats and jackets for shorts and skirts. The weather is warm and beautiful and daffodils are blooming in our backyard. It's the perfect weather for a picnic. My parents bought Jemar a picnic set for his birthday last year and we've only been able to use it for "fake picnics" inside. I may have to wheedle him into a real spring picnic this week.

In spite of the weather, we had two doctors appointments this week. One was a surprise (infections during pregnancy = immediate antibiotics) and the other was a routine visit. Monkey's heart was beating away and everything looked great. In two weeks we're having a 3D ultrasound to see all of monkey's organs and get some detailed pictures. We're both excited as it's been 10 weeks since we last saw him/her.

We're also excited because we have five days left until Spring Break! Come on Friday!

Nursery Choices

Hello again friends, I have a task for you.

Jemar and I want to create a modern, gender neutral nursery. We've decided on a few contenders for our crib bedding. Leave a comment and let me know which you like the best. (Rest assured, whatever we choose, monkeys will be featured!)


Sage & Chocolate


Modern Monkey

Week in Review

Over the last few months I have been convinced that I did not want to find out the gender of our baby. A few things pushed me over the edge:

1) If you create a gender specific nursery and plan to have more children someday, you'll have to find out the gender of the 2nd and most likely will have to completely redecorate.
2) Even if you register for something different, people will buy pink for girls and blue for boys. I like pink as much as the next person, but my daughter will be a style maven, no bubblegum pink! (Although I do have a super cute pink credit card......the balance is $0 by the way).
3) One website said not finding out the gender will drive family and friends crazy. This reason sparked the little devil in me. What do you think? Is not knowing driving you crazy?

In addition to not finding out the gender, Jemar would like to keep our baby names secret. Mainly so no one passes judgment, but also to prevent people from offering suggestions. In answer to questions however, our son's name will be Aloysius and our daughter's name will be Aoleon.

SO, since you don't know the gender and you don't know the name - you still need something to call the unborn right?? Well, dear friends, introducing........MONKEY!

Why Monkey? I'll let you guess.

A confession, dear reader........

Well friends in my blogger innocence, I accidentally deleted our first two blog posts :( Jemar and I are so sad! I'm attempting to rewrite the posts but I can't get back the comments.

Sad, pitiful and pathetic.

Welcome!

Hello friends!

I hope this finds you well. Jemar and I are new to blogging, but we hope it keeps our faraway friends and family updated on Delta lives. I can't promise how often we'll post, but we generally respond well to peer pressure (hint, hint).

As you can see, we have some exciting news in our life. Introducing......monkey! This picture was taken at 11 weeks and (I think) resembles a gummy bear. Can you see it?

We are very happy, very excited and praying constantly for our new little baby. We ask for your prayers because, as many of you don’t know, we actually had a miscarriage in September of 2009. Our baby had been growing for 8 weeks when the tiny one passed away. We were shocked in August to learn he was on the way and devastated to know we would never be able to hold him. The experience was very hard for us both physically and emotionally which is why we were flabbergasted to learn we were expecting again in November. You know what they say, you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans!

Everyday we are growing more excited about this new addition and are already mourning the end of our world-traveling, wine drinking (for me) and fabulous care-free lives. However, if nothing else, we have learned an intense appreciation of life. Even if this baby is colic-y, awake all night, or the opposite of the gender we thought we wanted - we are already in love.

"Unending love, Amazing grace."