We're having a boy!

Ok, it’s been a while…I’ll give the usual obligatory excuses right now, work has been busy, life has been busy, blah, blah, blah. Well truth be told I’ve just been lazy and uninspired. Work has been busy, but that is not an excuse considering I was out of work for a week due to two back-to-back snowstorms that dumped a total of 34 inches on the region. By the end of the week, I was ODing on free time. I had a routine going, yoga, practice hypno-birthing breathing, practice Spanish, watch television, clean around the apartment. But it did get boring, not doing anything all day and just sitting around the apartment. I did love sleeping in and waking up next to DH every morning and cuddling with him until we felt like getting out of bed. Then leisurely reading the paper and eating breakfast. It was awesome.

But on to baby news! Lots of cool things have happened recently. We found out we’re having a boy!! I’m really very excited about this. It just feels so awesome to know that I’m growing a little boy in my belly. The ultrasound was an amazing experience and the technician was very nice and helpful. Once we found out we were having a boy, I was just so happy. I was thinking about how I hope he grows up to be just as nice and sweet as DH and how DH will make such a great father. He’s more calm and soft-spoken than me and a really hard guy not to like. I can’t think of one person that doesn’t like him. The pictures we got were good for the most part. I just wish we had more. He even yawned during the u/s which was so cute. I really can’t imagine not finding out the sex. It just makes him feel more real and like a little person, an individual.

Other baby news, I’ve been feeling him kick and move around some. I’m starting to tell the difference between movement and gas. Maybe TMI, I’ve been eating Fiber One bars on a daily basis to keep me regular. So I’ve been getting a lot of gas. But I think I can tell the difference. DH hasn’t been able to feel the baby move yet, but I’m sure he will soon.

So next week is our cruise to the Bahamas! We fly out Thursday early morning to Orlando where BIL/SIL will pick us up to drive to the port. We had booked back in September for DH’s 30th birthday. BIL/SIL, one of DH’s friends and his wife, and another of DH’s friends are going. Yay! The weather is looking pretty decent (not as warm as I would like only highs in the low 70s). But it is not supposed to rain for the one day we will be in Nassau. Another plus is the weather is looking good here for flying out. Ever since the flying debacle at Christmas we have been terrified that we would get another storm and be stuck in DC.

I’m a little sad I won’t be enjoying any fruity alcoholic drinks, but c’est la vie. SIL will be my non-drinking buddy on the cruise. I just hope it isn’t too annoying watching everyone get drunk without us. It is DH’s birthday, so I’m sure he wants to enjoy it. I just hope he doesn’t go too crazy. I suppose he’ll get pretty drunk one night and then probably regret his terrible hangover and not drink as much the rest of the trip.

The weekend is upon us and we have a few things planned. Saturday night we’re going to a dinner party at a friends place and then to a friends’ birthday party at a bar. It’s a bummer we’re double booked for one night considering we haven’t had much to do in the last few weeks. I need to take another trip to Target for a maternity bathing suit. I tried on one I used to wear that’s a little bigger than my current one and my boobs were just popping out of it and it looked really faded and old. I wanted to wait until it got closer to summer so I could judge how big I will get, but I need one now so I hope it will fit a few months from now!