Nesting, Nesting, Nesting

I have to say the 2nd trimester is the best becuase you have soooo much energy! I am like a machine in my house every weekend and get into this crazy nesting mode and want to organize and clean out everything to make room for baby. I have gutted the front room and moved everything that I want to keep into the guest room. Not only is the guest room filled with new stuff but it is completely organized as well. I have even convinced Brian to get built in closets for the baby's room and our room becuase I want everything perfectly organized in it's place. You know you are getting bad when you open the towel closet and your brain starts spinning with how you want to organize it.

My new favorite name

Well for the last 24 hours the name that I want to go with is John "Johnny" Vincent Vivaldi for our son. That has always been the name I thought I would name my first born son but somehow I lost interest along the way. But now it is back in full affect and loving it. We could call him Johnny V, JV, John John, or J. It is a strong name and has a little bit of the italian twist in it that Brian has been wanting. Lately Brian has been throwing out names like Pauly and Tommy or anything that sounds like would be apart of Tony Sopranos crew so Johnny is in there.

The other reason why I have always loved it is it is my two grandfather's names. John Crow was my mother's father and Vincent is my father's father. My brother's name is Adam John Vincent Ruble so in a way I would be honoring 3 family members with the name. I also have had a major crush on John F. Kennedy Jr. my whole life and have always wanted to call my son John John. Man was he the sexiest man alive!

So for now Christian is on the back burner and John is on the front simmering with Brian. Hopefully it catches on!

24 Weeks

Well I have officially been pregnant now for 6 months. Seems long but short at the same time. At this point I feel like my stomach gets bigger and bigger every week. I thought it would be like every month but guess not. Today I am heading into Seattle to get some more maternity clothes because my normal clothes are just too small now. I took more pics as friends tell me I HAVE to each month but not a big fan of the bare belly shots (I guess I have some modesty in me) so I took the ones below. I also wanted to show the colors of the baby room and Sonny felt the need to be in every shot so just ignore him and check out the background.

I am in major nesting mode and getting the house in order. Thanks to Susy I picked out some paint colors for different rooms in the house that we are very excited to finally get painted after 5 years. Then we are having cabinets, a mantle, closets, more crown molding done in the middle of converting a bedroom to the nursery. It is very exciting because we have wanted this since we moved in 5 years ago and now we are finally getting it done. Guess now we have to stay for awhile longer.

Getting excited more for the baby shower which is June 12th as well and I have started to register. Super overwhelming but I guess I will take one weekend at a time to shop in the stores for the bigger ticket items like stroller, pack and play, bassinet, etc. Too many choices.

23 Weeks

Can't believe I am almost 6 months prego. It has been pretty good so far and I am not at the point where I would say I am done which is probably good since I have a lot longer to go. Some changes are that I can now eat steak which I was completely averted to and I can now feel the little man kicking. It is still pretty light kicks and twitches but it is definetely him. The other night I was laying on my back and I felt some little jabs and I told Brian and he jumped over and threw his hand on my stomach and said he could feel something. It is too early for you to be able to feel anything external so who knows what he felt but he was excited.

I am really excited as well that I could the crib, chest, bedding and chair this last week at Go To Your Room in Bellevue. It is such a relief that that task is completed and now I can just register for the fun stuff. The furniture is the Lexington Collection by Munire Furniture and the color is Espresso. The bedding is Boy Confetti by Banana Fish and the colors are green and blue. Can't wait for my new recliner/rocker. I can totally sleep in that chair with the baby. Can't wait to post pictures when I get everything in a couple of months!

20 weeks

Well I am half way there and I finally look pregnant. I did take a picture finally however I look pissed off or like I am going to cry which I wasn't at all. Oh well the rest will be much more happy. I still can't feel the baby or at least I don't think I can since the "bubbles" I feel I swear are from digestion. I am waiting to feel a knock on my stomach or something. I feel really good for the most part and the only real change is I can stand more foods like chicken and I get a wave of sleepiness at random times. I finally bought maternity jeans which are super comfortable but need to work on some cute tops. Baby boy is apparently very healthy and growing perfectly so I couldn't be happier.

Top boy names right now that I like:

• Christian
• Levi
• John Vincent
• Gavin
• Lance
• Finley

We're having a boy!

What a shocker...the little baby is a boy! We were planning and picturing a girl the whole time and lo and behold there is a little penis. :) Why were we thinking it was a girl? Well the ultrasound tech told us at 12 weeks that what she saw looked to be a girl but not to go out and buy pink yet. When she realized he was a boy she felt super bad so note to anyone who think their tech knows what they are talking about at 12 weeks...don't believe them.

The tech decided to reveal the gender last and so when she went down to the kidneys I saw the penis or at least that is what I thought it was. She saw it too but none of us said anything. She went to the 12 week snapshots to see why she thought girl and then came back to the live monitor and said "well I hope you didn't buy anything yet because you will want to buy purple or blue because as you can see it is a boy". Brian and I looked at each other and were like what? Wow were we wrong.

After a couple of hours of this news sinking in and telling friends and family who thought pretty much girl as well we realized it was perfect that we were having a boy. He will be the protector of his little brother or sister and will probably less maintenance than a girl. Still hoping though that #2 is a girl. :) Now we are back to square 1 with names and decorating the room. So far I haven't even looked at boy clothes so this is a new adventure for me. I can't wait to meet our little boy in August and give him lots of kisses. For now I am smothering Sonny as much as I can as I know he will get less when the little guy comes.

Everyone and their mom is pregnant

I swear I know so many people who are pregnant right now that I will be spending my whole maternity in play groups. Not that I am complaining because it will be so much fun to hang out with lots of moms. It is quite funny because most of my friends who are having a baby will be on their second child except for one. I had to write out a list just to see if I had everyone. I only listed first names for people's privacy.

Maria-March
Nancy-March
Linsday-May
Jessica-May
Anna Lisa-May?
Ruby-July
Emily-August
Lauren- August
KC-September
Heidi-September