Baby Cannon and our Christmas

Here is the video from our ultrasound last Monday. You can see his head on the left and his creepy eyes. He has his hands in fists and his arms are covering his face (I think he was trying to sleep). You can also see him drink the amniotic fluid. The 4D pictures are not very good, it makes him look like a clay baby. Although the ultrasound tech did not point out that he is a boy until the end, it was quite clear at the beginning of the video.



We had a great Christmas with my mom! We picked her up from the airport on my birthday and she was able to stay for eight days.














Ryan even got the baby Christmas presents. Of course, all of it was UT themed: two kinds of booties, #10 jersey (Vince Young, our favorite), and bottles. My dad even got him a remote controlled Hummer. The next day my mom and I went shopping for some cute boy clothes.

It's a...

Whenever Ryan and I have had a difference of thinking, not a difference of opinion but a difference of what is fact and what is not, I have won. But today I humbly come to you and admit that I was wrong! And 80% of all of you were also wrong! Bravo to the five of you brave enough to vote boy. I commend your courage and wisdom.




When the technician said boy, I was in unbelief. The whole time I had been thinking girl! "Are you sure?" I asked, because the umbilical cord was hanging out over there as you can see.



Here, there is a clear distinction that it is not the umbilical cord. I still wasn't convinced.


The other technician came in to check my placenta, which is low lying. "Are you SURE it's a boy," I asked her. Referring to the above picture she said, "Here is a leg. Here is the other leg. And that thing in the middle, well, girls don't have that!" Okay, I get it. It's a boy! No more questions!

For any of you wondering about names, his name will be Cannon (middle name is still in discussion).

20 weeks

Today was the big appointment. Total weight gain: 17 pounds. Now for all you anxious fans, I am making you wait until Christmas before we reveal the gender. I know, we're mean! You can wait three days!

Look at my cute belly

I have finally been feeling the baby move, a lot! The other night Ryan and I pressed down on my belly and we could both feel the baby move! The baby is always very low, which is not very comfortable. I have also been experiencing a lot of sciatic nerve pain. Despite all the discomfort, I am really starting to enjoy my pregnancy now. It's exciting to feel it move and it feels nice to not be sick. I have only been taking the Zofran once or twice a week now! So I think it's safe to say that my morning sickness has passed! Hallelujah!!

My mom is coming to visit us for Christmas! She flies in on Saturday, my birthday, and will stay for eight days. She also gets to join us for the long-awaited, gender revealing ultra-sound this Monday! Then we can finally see who is right and who is wrong (I'm right, Ryan's wrong).

Here are some 19 week pics of me. Sorry, the photos aren't the best because I had to take them myself.

Algebra II Test

On Tuesday evening I decided to hang out with Ryan in his classroom. It's only 5 minutes from my office, so I left when I was finished with my work. He was busy grading their tests they took that week and he handed one for me to take. I took a look at it and so much of it looked familiar, but I couldn't remember how to do it. I did it anyway and I ended up guessing on a lot of answers. I paced the room as Ryan graded it. I told him to just grade it straight up and not to give me any slack. He said he would grade it the same way he was grading the student's tests. A few minutes later he announced, "Congratulations, you got a 90." Wow, I'm that good! He decided to save Mrs. Rees' test to show his class that even his pregnant wife, who hasn't taken a math class in years, can get an A. Half of his class failed the test, so let this be a lesson to them.

Pregnancy "fog" or am I just a dork?

I have really been losing my mind lately. I realized this two days ago when I was licking the lid from my yogurt and saw that I had let the whole cup of yogurt spill down the front of my shirt, pants, shoe, garbage can, and end up in a puddle on the floor. In the past few weeks I have successfully locked myself out of my car, left my lunch at home (more than once), left the lights on home after I left for work, left the milk out all day, forget my phone number, forget to turn down my street. The list goes on. However, I have remembered my name, to brush my teeth everyday and wear deodorant.

Check out my new stroller!

No, I don't think it's too early to buy a stroller. Especially when you find the one you want and it's a good deal. I had previously decided that I wanted the Britax Companion car seat and the the Britax Preview stroller. When it comes to car seats, Britax has always been my favorite. I was looking on craigslist the other day and saw an ad for a brand new Britax Preview stroller for only $65! The post was a couple weeks old, so I assumed that it was already sold and that the person forgot to delete the post. Well, I decided to take a chance and I was lucky! The stroller was the floor model at Baby Earth (yes, we have the actual store here) and this particular model has been discontinued. So I went and picked up the stroller today and paid $65, with no tax! It's a great stoller and has lots of features I like. The only thing it doesn't have is the reversable handles so the baby can see me when we go for a walk. And they have also discontinued the Companion car seat and the new one might not fit in the stroller. But that doesn't really bother me. I want to see what the new car seat looks like and then I will decide if I want the new model or the old model. It is supposed to come out in January, but you never know. Hopefully it will be out before May.

The color is black and charcoal. It is very lightweight and folds compactly, with one hand. It has a cool mini diaper bag that zips onto the bag and you can take it off. It also has a full recline. There are many more other features, but I'll just name my favorites. I love it! I'm so excited to buy a stroller and I can't wait to take the baby for a walk!




Thanks Carmel for posing in the pictures for me.