Chris & Maria's Blog

While not technically his first photo, it is the first one where he doesn’t look like a tadpole.  He’s facing the camera and laying on his right side.  This was the first picture the ultrasound technician took today.  Not even born yet and already a show off.  I’ve NO idea who he gets that from.

So many people we’ve talked to say they knew that their baby was a boy or a girl before this stage.  Honestly, we had no clue.  I have occasionally slipped and said “he” instead of “it”, but I wouldn’t have bet one way or the other.

The good news is that everything looks fine.  He has all of the appendages he should have and nothing more or less.  They did say he was a little chubby, and in the 90% percentile as far as size goes.  Maria and I were both fat little babies, so I don’t see any reason he won’t be too (sorry, Maria).

We don’t have a name yet.  We’ve bounced around several of them and not settled on anything.  You think I’m joking when I say I want “Danger” to be his middle name.  When push comes to shove (labor pun intended), I’m not sure Maria will let that one pass.  Still, I can lobby for it!

Maria has been able to feel the baby moving for several weeks now.  But last night was the first that I have been able to feel it.  I’ve put my hand on her belly several times when she said it was moving around, but I could never feel anything.  It seems like every time she eats something or whenever she first comes to bed that the baby starts to move around.  Last night, she came to bed and, like clockwork, the baby started to move.  I put my hand on her belly and, to my great surprise and delight, I could actually feel it moving!

I find it fascinating and odd all at the same time.  I can only imagine how Maria must feel.  It was the smallest of thumps under my hand, but it was definitely moving about.  I hear stories of people seeing distinct hand or foot shaped prints pressing outwards on the belly, but we’re months away from that.  While mind blowing-ly amazing, this would freak me right out!  It doesn’t help that today I awoke with a headache and came downstairs bright and early to find Alien playing on television.

If you are reading this, then you are either friend or family since I have made the blog private. I know blogs are SO old school (everybody Tweets or is on Facebook), but with the baby on the way I wanted a place to log what is going on with that. Thus the security changes.

Since it’s a hassle to have to register and log in to read our ramblings, doing so tells me that you care.  That, or you’re a voyeur.  In either case, thanks for being so interested.  I’m hopeful that one day, assuming there isn’t a server crash, that our child will be able to read these words and understand what life was like prior to his/her birth.  It will also serve to remind me, as I’m sure to be senile in my old age (i.e. a year or two from today).