Oh BOY, what an EXCITING week we have had! We have made some great purchases for our home: sofa, recliner, and a kitchen table that I fell in love with. We also traded in my winter-death trap, light weight Saturn ION for a safe family SUV with 4 wheel drive (Thank God). We are now HALFWAY through the pregnancy and HALFWAY to meeting out precious baby! AND MOST EXCITING OF ALL THIS WEEK, WE FOUND OUT THE GENDER OF BABY FOTI!
Gender? I HAVE TO START WITH THIS
ONE! We get settled in the room with the tech woman, and the first
question she asks is “Are we finding out the sex today?” I say, “YES,
ASAP, please!” She moves the instrument around asking, “Well, you
know what this is?” and points to this area (two round circles) – I am
just about to jump out of my skin WAITING for her to answer her own damn
question, and then she says, “It’s a BOY” Haha! I was non-stop
giggles! After like 35/40 minutes of her taking pictures and measuring
everything from toes to fingers to bones to the heart and skull, I ask,
“So, are you, like, 100% sure it’s a boy?” (thinking to myself, I have
heard this being wrong before) So she moves the instrument around
again to show us a new view of a little "part" sticking straight
out of the body, she takes a picture for us of his "you know what"
and says. “Oh, I am sure it is a boy!” Tyler was BEAMING from EAR
TO EAR. He was such a proud Papa. It was one of my favorite
moments EVER!!! Ahhh! It is absolutely FOR REAL after that
ultrasound – there is a REAL LIVE BABY in my tummy and it is a BOY!
Exercising? Yup… I ended my volleyball season this past week. We played well but “choked” a little, leaving our final record at 43-5, but we had a great time and I will always love this team! I am very much looking forward to watching them play this summer. It will be VERY hard to not be on the court with them, but they are too much fun to stay away from just because I am not playing right now. On top of that my girlfriend, Danielle, from the team, just announced she is due this December!! Our team is growing by the second! She will also be sitting on the sidelines with me during the summer season! We will be two preggos on the sideline yelling at our teammates to make a play! Hopefully she will be attending prenatal yoga with me as well!
Maternity clothes? Oh ya… I would not even try to put on normal pants at this point… that might be pretty depressing. As a fashionista I am quite disappointed that I have really failed with fashion during pregnancy. I always feel frumpy and "not put together". And oddly enough, I don't always have the confidence to put this new body into fashionista mode.... so I am try to cope but I will be grateful the day I get to slip on an old pair of jeans, high heals, and hot top. There is a "unsexy" feel about pregnancy for me... I mean I feel AWESOME and BLESSED to be able to carry a baby and give life (please don't get me wrong).... but wearing this bump with some sexy top and high heals just doesn't seem right to me.
Sleeping? Got a little better sleep this week – went to bed at a more appropriate time (sometimes)… but I am really starting to feel annoyed by ONLY sleeping on my left side right now. (Continues in next paragraph….)
Missing Anything? Ummmm ya, I was so wishing I could sleep on my tummy this past week. My hips are sore from sleeping on my sides, my left arm falls asleep too much, my left EAR hurts sometimes (this is really weird to me) and sometimes I wake up just from “accidentally” rolling on my back and I see Tyler all cozy on his tummy and I get jealous that I cannot sleep on my tummy!! Haha.
Food cravings? STILL NOTHING! Obviously anything I am already eating is going well for Sal and there is nothing out of the blue that I feel urges to eat! Does this indicate that MAYBE Salvatore will NOT be a picky eater!? Lets cross our fingers!
Acid Reflux? Heartburn has been a little better this past week! I think the tums and smaller portions are key to solving this problem. I am sure the bigger the babe grows the less room I get for food, so this will probably change soon.
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope… still gagging once in a while when I brush my teeth in the morning, but I think that is because I am on an empty stomach at that point (I usually eat breakfast at work while I charge up the computer and print out reports). I notice if I have a chance to eat breakfast before I leave for work and then brush my teeth, it is not so painful.
This Weeks Symptoms? Minimal back pain this past week and I would say that is about it… feeling pretty blessed to have this go so easy for me right now. Oh, I would point out that I have had SUPER itchy skin for a while now and I just recently discovered that this could be a symptom of pregnancy. No stretch marks yet and using my Bio Oil every day in hopes to avoid them, but the itchy skin is on my face, legs, and arms so I am trying to lotion more than usual.
Any Movement? After I posted on Monday I told Tyler that I wasn’t feeling strong movements like I did on that one Sunday night, but right after I said that, Salvatore was right back to his antics and moving like crazy…. I think he wanted to reassure Mom that he was alive and well! Tuesday at work I was feeling movement ALL day long. I don’t know if he was having a dance party in there or what… but Tuesday was a big workout day for him, I guess. Even during the ultrasound we were watching him move, from flipping, to kicking, and even watching his little fingers open and close! It was so awesome to SEE!
Labor Signs? nope
Belly Button: in or out? Not completely out yet…
Wedding rings on or off? on
Overall Mood this week? All the anxiety has turned into Absolute Joy and Excitement...I feel a sense of calmness... I just think this past week was one to put down in the books… It is amazing to have the technology to find out the gender before the baby is born and it is so satisfying to get a little reassurance by all the ultrasound’s pictures and measurements that Salvatore is safe and sound in there. That is such an amazing feeling to actually see that things look well form the inside and I think every parent knows exactly what I mean when you get to this point in the pregnancy. And to top it off, it makes all the sacrifices for the last 20 weeks SO worth it.... and the sacrifices I must make for the next 20 weeks become much easier to deal with!
Looking forward to? Getting the house in order… Tyler’s dad is hosting one more of his big parties in honor of Lindsay’s birthday this coming Saturday the 5th (Stop by to say hi and have a margarita but make sure to wear your favorite Kentucky Derby Hat!), and then…. we are going to be VERY BUSY… moving his stuff out, moving our stuff in, and making the house our home. All we have unpacked since we have been therein February is clothes and toiletries so we have lots to do this summer… and we finally get to BUST OUT SOME AWESOME wedding gifts that we have still boxed up! SO pumped to re-live all that as well!
Pit of the week? WAITING….Friday felt like it was NEVER going to come... I could not handle the wait and anxiety to find out the sex. I am sure this will be a reoccurring theme when it gets close to the end as well... when we are dying to meet our Salvatore!! Also, we have not finished the registry like I was expecting us to do, so I am in HIGH hopes that will be completed in the next few days!
Peak of the week? The obvious! FINDING OUT THAT WE ARE HAVING A SON and for Tyler's benefit the Foti name will live on!! Also, had a wonderful dinner Saturday night with my two GRADE SCHOOL friends, Erin and Maria, who have sons. We have been great friends since we were young, we were like three peas in a pod growing up, they both stood up in my wedding, and now that I am joining the motherhood club with them I foresee many more nights of laughter and great advice like this past Saturday night.
Thanks again for stopping by!
Make it a great week, everyone!
Much Love,
Jax
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