It's a Boy!!!

Well, everyone thought we were going to the doctor next week to find out the sex of the baby, but with my mom coming into town I changed the appointment to surprise her and everyone else.  So we're at the house getting ready this morning trying to get to our appointment on time but my mom is really in no hurry to go anywhere.  So, Chad had to come up with a lie to get her out of the house.

Chad: "Guys, I just got this call from someone at the church that is giving away a crib and baby furniture and they want us to have it.  But the problem is there's someone else who wants to buy it, so we have to go right now to look at it and see if it's something we want."

Me: "Cool, let's go.  Get ready mom!"

Mom: "Oh, you guys go ahead and I'll stay and get ready."

Me: "No mom, I want you to see it too!"

So we convinced my mom to come and the whole way there she is so excited about this furniture that we're getting and she's asking Chad all kinds of questions: "How do you know this lady?  What kind of shop does she have?  Why do we have to go look at it right now?  What does the furniture look like?"  And the whole time Chad is answering her questions and I'm trying so hard to focus on something else so I don't bust out laughing.  

So we're turning down a street and my mom notices a Kaiser building on the right and points it out.  I said, "Oh yeah!  That's where I'll go for my sonogram, which coincidentally is today!"  Well, it did take my mom about a second and a half to figure out what was going on, and then she started crying.  She was so excited!  

We didn't have to wait long in the waiting room (thankfully because they make you drink lots of water before you go in and I thought I might pee my pants).  Chad and I went in and we told my mom we would come get her in a bit to see the baby boy/girl.  The doctor did all kinds of measurements on the baby and looked at every little inch of him.  He did turn and wave once which was pretty cool.  But he was facing the right way and it was making it hard to see in-between the legs.  All of a sudden it's like the little guy figured out what we were wanting to see, and those legs went flying open.  With his legs open, it was very clear to see that we were having a little boy.  The doctor didn't have to say much because it was so obvious.  Chad just about hit the ceiling.  And then he gave me a high-five and a hug.  

We were starring at little baby Brooks Bryan Hoffman.  What a sight!  

Hint to Husbands

Chad was getting really frustrated that he wasn't able to feel the baby kicking.  The movement felt so strong from the inside, and then I'd take Chad's hand and put it on my belly and say, "Did you feel that?"  His frustrated only grew because he still couldn't feel it, and he was getting anxious for when that would be possible.  Well, someone told him to lay his head on my belly instead of his hand.  Now, you can't exactly do this in public, but it is fun to try at home.  So, the other night I could feel the baby moving and Chad put his head on my belly.  I felt baby and Chad said, "I felt that!"  He was so excited...and so was baby because he kept going.  So, for any husbands out there that are anxious to feel the baby - just put your head to your wife's tummy and I can almost guarantee that you will feel the baby, too.

Kicking, Moving, or Punching...

I have finally felt the baby moving.  I have been looking forward to this from the beginning.  They say that with your first baby it's hard to distinguish gas from the baby's movement.  But I remember the exact moment that I felt this little one move.  I was in a morning meeting at school and I felt this little movement in my lower stomach...and then again.  I dismissed it as gas because it didn't feel like "butterflies" like all the books had told me.  It felt more like when you get a muscle spasm.  Well, the next day I felt it again.  And on Sunday I felt it more.  Each day I felt baby move more and more.  I don't know what he's doing in there, but it seems fun.  It's hard for me to concentrate when baby starts moving because I just want to stop and enjoy the moment.  Chad still can't feel it, but I assure him that something is going on down there.  What a wonderful feeling!!! 

Pneumonia

It started off like a cold, and then seemed like the flu.  Chad was achy, stuffy, coughing, and running up to a 103 degree fever.  Well,  after a couple of days of this Chad was not sleeping and just seemed to be getting worse.  I looked at his tongue, and with all that white crap on there, I diagnosed him with strep throat.  It was a weekend (of course) so we took him to emergency care to get hooked up with some meds right away.  The doctor looked him over and did a flu swab and a strep swab and they both came back negative.  She took a chest X-ray, and low and behold...Chad had pneumonia.  So, I waited on him all weekend because he was so weak to do anything.  We wanted to be super careful that I didn't get sick, so we slept in different beds and didn't hang out too much.  But, I missed my husband and wanted to watch a movie with him.  He made me wear a medical mask to avoid germs, and Kansas even joined us for a while.  

Bottom line is - Pneumonia is no fun for anyone!