Had a beautiful weekend with my girlfriends in Michigan! Got some sun and did some relaxing! Meanwhile, Rudy and his family were painting at my house. It's still a work in progress, but it's going to be beautiful by the time baby gets here. Rudy and I thought of a couple of more names lately. It's WAY harder than I thought. Can't wait until the baby's room is painted and ready to go so I can start hanging the little outfits in the closet and doing my nesting thing. Still not feeling any moving...but books say it's ok.

I'm off to Michigan today to get together with my high school girlfriends for the weekend (14 of us are going out there!). Hopefully the weather will hold out. Should be interesting to not be drinking with a drinking crowd! Been looking forward to this FOREVER and even got a maternity bathing suit for the occassion! Meanwhile, at the homefront, Rudy and his parents are having a painting party while I'm gone. They are definetly painting the baby's room then they are going to go on and paint as much of the rest of the house that time allows. Very excited to come home and see the transformation on Sunday (or maybe Monday if they are still working - because I'm not supposed to be around all the fumes.) Check out our completed baby registry at Babies R Us, please don't think we are greedy! It's pretty big. My favorite is the adorable bedding and room theme we registered for called Hug Me.

Talking to my friend Rachael today made me feel better about my apparent lack of maternal instinct. As you know if you have been reading along, I was SURE the baby was a girl. Since I knew I was pregnant! Then Saturday at the ultrasound I found out otherwise. Today at work, I expressed my concern to Rachael (mother of twin boys -2 years old). She said the same thing happened to her. She didn't believe the ultrasound because she was SURE that at least one of the twins, and probably both were girls. And she is a great mom. So that has made me feel a lot better. This weekend is Michigan with my girlfriends. Really looking forward to it! I'm going to try and get some of the ultrasound pics posted on the blog...have to get out my scanner first. Look for them in the near future.

Ninja IS A BOY! After ultrasound, somewhat iffy results...doctor says "if he had to guess, I see something dangling there." (????WHAT IS THAT?????) We will most likely be getting majority neutral baby stuff j.i.c. Ultrasound was a really cool experience! Baby was very active, doing somersaults and a handstand. He was covering his head with his arms and making it difficult to get measurements. He also wouldn't stay still to get a great shot of his privates, which is also why I hesistate to wholeheartedly believe its a boy. And I was SO SURE all along it was a girl. How could I be so wrong about it? I mean, I would've bet a million dollars (granted I don't actually have the money to lose) that is was a girl. So I guess we will not know for sure until the birth but for now, I will be referring to the baby "him/he." Rudy is ecstatic! And I am excited too. Grandma J already got a Chicago Bears outfit for him! SO CUTE. I am just worried to commit to blue everything if we are not 100%.

Tonight Rudy and I went to begin registering at Babies R Us. It was fun! They let us loose in the store with the scanner. Rudy went a little crazy just scanning everything! And of course he had to register for his insanely expensive LCD TV baby monitor! But pretty much everything else he let me pick out so I guess I will compromise. I was totally wore out after 2 1/2 hours and we had to call it quits. When we know what we are having I will go back for the gender specific stuff. Rudy gave me an early birthday present...a prenatal heart listener. Its a microphone with headphones that you put on your stomach and can hear the baby's heartbeat! Very cool.

Doctor's appointment was last night. The heartbeat came in loud and clear as soon as Dr. put the microphone on my stomach! 150 bpm. She said its a good strong heartbeat. It is 10 bpm slower than last month and she said that's because the baby is larger. She measured my belly at 20. (inches? i think?) I gained 4 lbs. in the past month, which she says isn't too bad, but to try and slow down so that I'm not miserable. So I will try to eat out less, because I know it's the fast food and junk!!! My blood pressure was also a little high, so we have to watch that too. 3 Days until the ultrasound!

Yesterday I participated in a training at work to prevent getting stabbed or attacked. Fun stuff for a pregnant person. It wasn't that bad, they had me sit out during the really strenuous parts of rolling around on a mat. I tried a couple of moves on Rudy when I got home and it seems to work! Today I woke up so sore! I couldn't even get out of bed. So I am at home today. Trying to get some stuff around the house organized but my back is hurting hurting hurting!
Not much to report on the pregnancy front. I got some maternity clothes from a neighbor and a co-worker. So that is a bonus. I need to buy myself a maternity bathing suit for a girls weekend in Michigan with my high school friends. Anyone going that is reading this....Are we going to be swimming/laying out? Do I need a bathing suit? Let me know!
Also, Rudy and I finally agreed on a boys name. We've had a girls name picked out all along. Although we are not really disclosing the names we have picked out. We are keeping them a secret. The whole world gets to know if we are having a boy or a girl, so we can keep the name quiet! haha

Doctor Update:
11 days until next OB/GYN visit (Aug 12)
15 days until Ultrasound (to find out if it's a boy or girl!)

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