The silliest gender predictor yet!

Ok...so I belong to an online community of other moms to be and one of them sent out this website for gender predicting. The site asks you a bunch os silly, non-relevent questions, then tells you about your birth. Here is what mine said:

"The day you deliver, outside will be sunny. Your baby will arrive in the early morning. After a labor lasting approximately 16 hours, your child, a boy, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 4 pounds, 10 ounces, and will be 20-1/2 inches long. This child will have medium amber eyes and a lot of black hair. "

Um...I think my baby weighs 4 pounds already! Ha ha! Anyway, I thought this was funny enough to share.

We will be letting everyone know the TRUE gender on April 16th. I go in for my next sonogram then and Kevin will be there so we're going to finally find out the sex! Any wagers out there??

Another concert for baby and first celebrity meetings!

 Well last week was a true test of my endurance!  I found out quickly that being pregnant makes celebrity chasing a little difficult!  But it was my birthday and my favorite guys, New Kids on the Block were nearby, so I had to go!

Wednesday I flew down to Ft Meyers and met up with my friend Rhonda.  We went to high school together and she flew in from Washington.  The first 2 nights we were staying at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, courtesy of my job.  As we pulled into the hotel, there was a tour bus in front of us unloading.  We didn't see anyone who looked familiar, and the valet just said it "was a guest checking in" so we didn't think too much about it.  We thought we were too far from the venue for it to be the New Kids.  That night we just had a quick bite to eat then came back to the hotel to get at least one night of good rest.  We did a quick walk through of the lobby and bar but didn't see anyone again, so it was off to bed.  The next day we went to the beach in the morning so Rhonda could get some shells for her kids.  As soon as we got there we saw a few dolphins swimming right off shore, so that was nice.  We stayed there about an hour, then headed back to the hotel so we could go run some errands before the show.  As we were leaving our hotel a little while later we spotted 3 buses in the parking lot.  I recognized one right away from the last tour....the guys were at our hotel!!  So we turned right back around and parked our butts so we could hopefully catch the guys when they left.  We waited for a couple hours with 3 other girls, and were first rewarded with Donnie coming out with his 7 year old son, Elijah.  He is too cute!  As we asked for pictures he asked "why does everyone like my Daddy?"  Donnie was nice and took pics with all of us.  Next came Danny, muscles and all.  He graciously took pics with all of us too.  Jon came a while later...he was being rushed but still took pics.  While he was outside smoking, Rhonda went out and got more pics with him and had a nice conversation.  Jordan was last (Joe wasn't there)...he was soo cute!  Love that boy's dimples!  

Once all the guys left we had to rush to get ready to get to the show, where we were going to meet them again!  That night I was wearing a shirt that said "What happens when you get some Grown Man" with an arrow to the baby.  They have a song about getting some grown man, so when they saw it they all laughed.  Jon especially liked it!  Joey was next to me in the group pic that night and was worried people might think he was the grown man from my shirt.  :)  For the concert that night, we were in the front row!!  Can't beat that!  We had a great time.  After the show Rhonda wanted to go out by the buses, but my exhaustion had kicked in so I just waited in the car.  Then it was off to Waffle House...yum!  Unfortunately we went to the wrong one, Donnie ended up at one in Sarasota, about an hour north!  Oh well.

Friday morning (my birthday!) we got up early to head to Orlando, a little over 3 hours away.  We met up with Nicole, Natsu and Lisa who had all come in from Tampa.  We got pretty and headed to the venue.  Tonight's shirt was "It's my birthday, where's my present?"  We were one of the last groups this time.  When we walked in, Joe wished me happy b-day and I asked where my present was.  He said "in your belly!"  Next, Donnie grabs me and pulls me next to him and keeps me there.  He wishes me happy b-day as well and then it's picture time.  After the first one, I said "can I get a kiss on the cheek for the second one?  For my birthday?"  So...as you can see from the pic, he obliged!  I wish the picture wasn't so blurry because I LOVE IT!  I got birthday love from Jordan and Jon too, then it was over.  I was starting to not feel well at this point...too much excitement, too little sleep and too little food.  But we still had a show to see!  We were in the 4th row this time, not bad!  I sat a lot more this time around, and Nicole made me eat so I would feel a little better.  By the time the show was over, I thought I was going to die.  I have never been so tired!  Luckily security took pity on me and let us take an elevator back upstairs to leave!  

Rhonda and I had one more day in Orlando on Saturday, so after the other girls left we decided to play tourist and go to Sea World (because I hadn't been on my feet enough yet!).  We had a great time.  That night we capped it off with a trip to Medieval Times.  

The trip was great, but now I know I need to be sure to take time to eat and sleep!!  

Baby's first concert!

I know I mentioned in an earlier post that baby's first concert was supposed to be NKOTB this weekend.  Well.....I caved and went to see Britney Spears last Thursday.  Luckily they had a cute t-shirt I could by to show off my belly!  Plus I bought the baby it's first concert T...a onesie that says "Oops I did it again"  :)  Had to do it!  The concert was good...Britney looked great, I sure hope I can get my body back like hers after kids!!  Of course I don't dance all day like she does!  I thought I felt the baby "dancing" during the show, but it may have been just the bass in the arena!

I go back to the doctor on the 17th so more then, plus I will have met the New Kids by then and had my 35th birthday so more stories for sure!

A little bruised after seeing "Dr No Bedside Manner"

Hi everyone!  Here is another shot of our growing baby!  One plus side to be considered "high risk" is that I get more ultrasounds done then the average mother-to-be.  To me, that part is a great thing...I want to see the little one every time I go in...and so far it's worked out that way!  I don't know what I am going to do if further along they pull back on the photos!  

This picture is from the specialist I had to go see last Friday.  Due to the fact I will be 35 when the baby is born, I had to go get the fluid that is at the base of the baby's neck measured.  This test, along with some more blood work, can determine with 90-95% accuracy the chances the child will have Down's Syndrome or a few other genetic defects.  The appointment started smoothly enough with a nice nurse coming in and dimming the lights so we could see the monitor up on the wall more clearly.  She gave me a towel so the gel they use wouldn't get on my clothes...nice touch.  The gel she used was heated....another nice touch!  The last times it has been a little cold, not so fun!  She takes various shots for about 15 minutes, trying to get the baby to move into the position they need it in to get the measurements.  My mom came with me this time and she really enjoyed seeing everything.  When the picture first came up it looked like baby was sucking it's thumb.  We saw both arms and legs and some profile shots.  It was so weird to see it moving around, but not feeling anything yet.  She jiggled my belly a few times to try and get him/her to cooperate, but no luck.  She went to get the doctor, hoping he/she would be in the right place when he came in.  When he arrived, he started off ok...asking how old I was.  I said I would be 35 in 2 weeks, to which he asked "doing anything special?"  So I said, "Yes!  Going to a New Kids on the Block concert."  He just said, "oh."  Guess he wasn't as excited as I was!  He then got the ultrasound going again and also commented the baby wasn't where he wanted it.  He applied A LOT of pressure trying to get it to turn with no luck.  At one point he said "cough."  So I said "I thought only guys had to do that!"  I thought that warranted at least a chuckle, but I got nothing.  Nice.  Then after some heavy sighs on his part, her tells me to turn on my side and he'll be back.  Okey dokey.  He has yet to crack a smile the whole time and speaks in short, abrupt sentences.  Love him so far!  He comes back a few minutes later, looks to see no change, so he tells me to "empty my bladder and undress below the waist" so they can do a vaginal ultrasound.  Thank goodness...after all his poking and prodding I had to PEE!  So I take care of that and assume the position.  The nurse comes back and says what I thought was "I am going to stick my hand beneath the sheet."  But she actually said for ME to put my hand under the sheet!  She had ME insert the ultrasound thing.  I have never had to do it myself!  I took care of it and the doctor came back to look some more.  More heavy sighs.....then "lay down, let's go back to the other way."  Ok Mr Happy!  He then says the baby is a "lazy bugger" (he was British) and finally gets a shot good enough to get the measurement he needs.  YEA!  To get that though, he pressed quite hard on my uterus.  I feel bruised there still.  Nice.  He said the measurement was good and they would have the results for me in a week.  Then he went to take blood.  As you know from previous posts, I sometimes have issues with getting blood drawn.  I mentioned this to him.  He looked at my arm for about 2 seconds before choosing to use the veins on my hand.  Most nurses apologize for doing this because it hurts more, but not my new friend!  He just turned my hand over and said "you'll feel a prick" and went straight for it.  Thanks dude.  

Now I wait to hear from them in the next week to see what they found, but the impression I got was that things look good.  I go back to my normal doctor on the 17th of March for some more blood work, then back to this specialist on April 10th.  I should find out the sex at that visit...YEA!  I can deal with the rough doctor to get that good news!  Hopefully the baby will cooperate that day!