It’s a BOY! June 29, 2007

Well, I’m a believer in the Drano test now! We went for the ultrasound today and we’re having a boy!

I’m thrilled- if you can’t tell Both the u/s tech and I saw him there in all of his glory and just as we said “it’s a boy!”, he moved. Figures! He moved and crossed his legs at the ankles. She kept going back to look for another view, but never got as good of one as she got the very first time. He looked good- she checked his heart, brain, kidneys, bladder, and measured him. He’s measuring right on time- Nov. 20th still as the due date. And she said he weighed around 10 oz.

It was so cool to see him- see that little baby for the first time. It put some parts of my mind at ease and brought up more questions in other parts. This has definitely made me want to get a 3D/4D ultrasound- I wasn’t really planning on it, but now I want to scrap together all of money I can to have a better ultrasound and to see him again.

Ok- that’s enough for now- I’m trying to get Jason up so we can go the Babies R Us and look at all of the cute baby things. I’ve held myself back for long enough

I Want to be a TV Dad June 23, 2007

TV dads have it all. They’re rich, smart, successful. Cliff Huxtable, Jason Seaver, Andy Taylor. Seemingly there wasn’t anything they couldn’t do, say, or teach.

Is that possible? Is it possible to be that good of a dad without the help of a team of writers, directors, and cameramen?

I certainly hope so. I guess the answer has to be yes, doesn’t it? How do you become so wise? How do you know what you’re supposed to be teaching your child, especially a boy, to become a successful person in life? I don’t even have the answer for that myself, let alone the ability to communicate that to someone else.

I am scared that I will not be able to teach the lessons that need to be taught.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
-Confucius

Lord, what have I got myself into…

The Top 5 Reasons Geeks Make Good Fathers June 22, 2007

April sent this to me today. It was very sweet and cool.

Top Five Reasons Geeks Make Good Fathers

1. LEGOS. The Geek is really more of a Man-Child than an adult. In their minds, they are still 10. They freakin’ still love to play with their Legos, and have never grown up.

2. VIDEO GAMES. Due to the whole Man-Child thing as stated in #1, the Geek loves video games. And he’s good at them too. Geeks are the hit of all the kids’ friends because not only can he talk video games, he plays them too.  If the kids get “stuck” while playing their Gameboys and bring it to me for assistance, all I can do is feebly hold it and say ” Mommy doesn’t know how to play this.” Daddy, however, can beat the game.

3. MATH. A huge plus here. No matter how old they get, geeks can still help with the math homework. My ability to be of assistance is going to last another few years before *I* end up throwing the math homework across the room in disgust.

4. SMART KIDS. Smart Geeks make smart children. Although for the most part, it’s great to have really intelligent children, when your just turned two year old is using the word PREPOSTEROUS correctly, it makes for some difficult times as they get older. I literally spend a large part of my time scheming to stay one step ahead of my oldest child.

5. UP ON TECHNOLOGY. The beautiful thing about having a Geek for a parent is that you aren’t wondering what your children are doing online. You *KNOW* what they are doing online and you can limit it if necessary.

Drano Test June 17, 2007

Oh yes, we did it. The Drano test. It showed brown for boy!! We’ll see what’s really going on in there on June 29th.

A repost from the MySpace June 17, 2007

I’m currently 17 weeks and everything is moving right along. I’m going to post some pictures in this blog for updates, but I’m warning everyone now- I’m not petite, never been petite, won’t ever be petite, so if you are shocked by a chunky girl being pregnant (or baby talk at all), go ahead and click your back button.

Plus sized girl’s pregnancy journal begins here-
What I’ve learned- pregnancy for a big girl isn’t really too much of a shock to my system. Aside from the hormonal upset stomach early on, I’m not crying over stretchmarks, and I’m not worried about gaining too much weight. I am being smart about my weight gain, and thanks to the baby, I’ve actually be craving foods that are good for me. At my last appointment, I’d officially gained no weight. I’d been up and down a pound, and it seems to not be moving anywhere yet. I’ve got some realistic expectations for myself- I’m not expecting to just have my belly pop out there like the smaller/average sized girl- and that’s ok. Things are making their way out in front, but I’m not heartbroken like some of the girls I’ve been reading about online who are just so astonished that they aren’t showing yet. Oh, and a benefit of being a plus sized girl- I’m just now needing to transition into some maternity pants. I have two pairs of regular jeans that are still decent to wear to work.
I’ve had little panicky moments like weird cramping here and there- but really everything has been pretty normal.

For those of you who are wondering why I’d talk about this whole “plus sized” thing- it’s because most of you aren’t. And I don’t really feel like many of you understand a chunky girl- so I’m telling my story the way I want to.

And now for the show

First pic is 13 weeks, second is 16 weeks. I think everything that was in my lower abdomen is pushing up and out of my upper abdomen. Observe.

Before he tells me to again… June 13, 2007

I thought I’d better write something on our lovely little blog here before Jason has to tell me to again- he’s so excited about the baby and I am too! I have so many thoughts that run through my head every minute of the day- I need to make a habit of listing them out here.

For now, I’ll just tell you all about a dream I had the other night that is haunting me. I dreamt that I had the baby (a girl) and we came home from the hospital. I was able to BF the baby, but then I realized that I had a ton of stuff to finish at work, so I left home and went to work. Everyone was saying, “What are you doing here?” and I just kept saying, “I have some things to finish before I can start maternity leave”. For those of you that know me- this is too close to the truth. After I’d finished my work, I came home and Jason was there with all of these trampy girls and was feeding the baby green beans and mac n cheese. I told him how he wasn’t supposed to do that- how the baby is only supposed to BF, so I tried to feed her and she wouldn’t! She only wanted green beans and mac n cheese. I was heartbroken.

So, as you can see from above, I’m having those crazy dreams. Other than that, I’m feeling pretty good. I had some cavaties filled yesterday- Jason had fun making fun of me for the evening. I haven’t felt the baby moving yet, that I know of, but I know it won’t be too long before I’m feeling him or her everyday. I can’t wait for it! And even better will be when Jason can experience that too.

I can’t tell you all how great he’s been. He’s even reading this book called “Be Prepared”- it’s very funny, but it seems to help him understand what’s coming our way. He’s learning new things with each page. Including how ugly our baby will actually be when he/she arrives Smashed face, cone head, smashed in nose….but then there are those tiny toes, tiny fingers, and cute little baby butt.

Everything Looks Good! June 8, 2007

So we went to the Doc’s on Wednesday and everything seems to be fine. The baby’s heart sounds really good. I’m so happy! I’m so worried that something bad will happen. I suppose that’s normal, though, right?

So we were able to move our ultrasound up a few days. Our doctor is on vacation when April hits her 20th week. Bogus! So we were able to move it to the Friday of Week 19. That’s awesome. That will be an awesome week. Vacation the first half and get to see our baby the second. Nothing wrong with that.

Do I want a boy or a girl? I want both, for different reasons.

A boy I want for all the regular reasons. He’s like me. He’s what I know. He can pass on the Thompson name, etc, etc, etc. *makes Man-noise, a la Tim Taylor*

A girl would be difficult for me, but easier for April, and since everyone knows she’s the brains behind this operation, it would be easier for both of us. Plus girls seem a bit easier to handle.

Either way, though, I’ll be excited, and I know April will be too (even though I know she’s secretly pulling for a girl ).

Back to the Doc’s June 5, 2007

So tomorrow is another doctor’s appointment.  I know that I’m pretty excited, and I’m sure April is too.  Tomorrow will be the second time that I get to hear our baby’s heartbeat (April snuck in an extra appointment to hear it last week, so it will be her third).  I think that I could/should take in a camera or audio-recording-device just so I can have the sound on demand whenever I wanted to listen to it.

It sounds crazy, but I’m really geeked about having a baby, something I never in a million and a half years would have thought I would say, but there it is.  I just want him or her to be nice and healthy, so I’m trying to do everything I can to make that happen, though there really isn’t much that I can do about it other than bug April to make sure she took her vitamin. 

Things are gliding along smoothly, and while it some times it feels like it’s taking forever to get here, I can’t believe that the baby is four months along already, and that we’re almost half-way to having a baby.  Crazy.

It looks like I’m going to be taking on another job (at WNDE), which makes 3, which is good because it gives us more money, but bad because it takes me out of the house more.  But I think things will be ok.  Probably just my same ol’ worries coming out.

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Ticker June 3, 2007

What’s in a Name? June 2, 2007

So April and I have been discussing baby names, and what we’d like to go with. We have been talking about naming our kids Kyle and Katie since before we were married, and now that the time is almost upon us, we are wavering on them. So, our baby list looks kind of like this:

Boys

• Austin
• Kyle
• Luke

Girls

• Deidre
• Lainey
• Kennedy….Kennedy

So there you go. I’m sure we probably won’t pick any of the names on this list. Feel free to respond with your own suggestions.