Friday, April 16, 2010
21 Weeks...
19 to go... not that I'm counting or anything. :P
The painters are coming in a week or two to paint the nursery. I think we're just going to do a fresh coat of the existing yellow. I considered the bluish purple or the green that are both in the bedding set, but Ben's room and the adjacent bathroom are already blue and the whole first floor and upstairs hallway are a green... so yeah, yellow it probably is -- hopefully with the addition of some wainscoting if I can convince my father-in-law to do that when he's finished helping Tom with our laundry room. LOL.
After that, I'll put the crib together and the bumpers back in and at some point, whenever we get around to choosing a name (sigh) we'll put a new name on the wall. Other than clearing off some books from the big bookshelf in there, that should pretty much be it. Then I can focus on my favorite part of an impending new baby, getting the clothes ready. :)
I had a sudden panicked thought last week and off and on all this week that I should really get the gender of the baby double checked before I do/buy too much more. I don't know what it is... except maybe that the sonographer never really showed me the typical "it's a boy" shot I'm used to seeing (seriously, it never really came up on the screen) and never really seemed 100% on it herself. I didn't really think about that until a few days ago and yeah, it sent me into a bit of a panic spiral. The weird thing is that I mentioned this to my mom figuring she'd laugh it off and she had had the very same thought. I'm sure the ultrasound is most likely right, especially since I do know she actually put "male" on the official report... but for some reason, I can't shake the "what if it's wrong?!" thoughts.
Let's just say I am NOT someone who would take kindly to a "Hey lookie here! Oops! We made a mistake and it's a girl!" surprise on the day of delivery. As much as I would have loved either gender, I have to say at this point, I'm already pretty smitten with this baby boy and to find out it was a girl at this point (or later) would just take a lot of getting used to and my world would be pretty well rocked for awhile.
So yeah... reassure me until the medical community can. It IS a boy, right?
The painters are coming in a week or two to paint the nursery. I think we're just going to do a fresh coat of the existing yellow. I considered the bluish purple or the green that are both in the bedding set, but Ben's room and the adjacent bathroom are already blue and the whole first floor and upstairs hallway are a green... so yeah, yellow it probably is -- hopefully with the addition of some wainscoting if I can convince my father-in-law to do that when he's finished helping Tom with our laundry room. LOL.
After that, I'll put the crib together and the bumpers back in and at some point, whenever we get around to choosing a name (sigh) we'll put a new name on the wall. Other than clearing off some books from the big bookshelf in there, that should pretty much be it. Then I can focus on my favorite part of an impending new baby, getting the clothes ready. :)
I had a sudden panicked thought last week and off and on all this week that I should really get the gender of the baby double checked before I do/buy too much more. I don't know what it is... except maybe that the sonographer never really showed me the typical "it's a boy" shot I'm used to seeing (seriously, it never really came up on the screen) and never really seemed 100% on it herself. I didn't really think about that until a few days ago and yeah, it sent me into a bit of a panic spiral. The weird thing is that I mentioned this to my mom figuring she'd laugh it off and she had had the very same thought. I'm sure the ultrasound is most likely right, especially since I do know she actually put "male" on the official report... but for some reason, I can't shake the "what if it's wrong?!" thoughts.
Let's just say I am NOT someone who would take kindly to a "Hey lookie here! Oops! We made a mistake and it's a girl!" surprise on the day of delivery. As much as I would have loved either gender, I have to say at this point, I'm already pretty smitten with this baby boy and to find out it was a girl at this point (or later) would just take a lot of getting used to and my world would be pretty well rocked for awhile.
So yeah... reassure me until the medical community can. It IS a boy, right?
// posted by Erin @ 12:28 PM 
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OMG, Erin! I was having the same second thoughts about gender yesterday!!! Too funny! I kept staring at the u/s shot and rotating it and examining it and wondering if it really showed what it showed. (That stupid early u/s is still messing with my mind!!!)
I think you should just go on planning for a boy and if it happens to be wrong, then what a crazy surprise & you will deal (and maybe repaint?) LOL.
I think you should just go on planning for a boy and if it happens to be wrong, then what a crazy surprise & you will deal (and maybe repaint?) LOL.
But did it show the tell-tale "3 lines?" If not, then probably boy. Can you even get another ultrasound?
I'm sure it's a boy... mostly. I just have this nagging "what if" thought in the back of my mind. The problem at the u/s was that we just never got a totally clear shot, or at least, the clear shot I have gotten used to seeing. The baby had his legs flipping all over the place and pulled his knees up every time she would zero in... it was just enough to create doubt. And then she would say it was a boy but then qualify it with "but I'll double check later." (this happened both times she was looking) and then I just never got the final "yep, there is it is and here's your picture to take home" I'm sure if she wrote "male" on the report that she had to have been confident. Just wish she had exuded a little more of that confidence when I was there LOL!
As for another u/s... I always get a 3D one at some point, so yeah, I'll get another one in the next two months or so....
As for another u/s... I always get a 3D one at some point, so yeah, I'll get another one in the next two months or so....
I was doubtful with both of my kids because I was so convinced it was the opposite gender of what they revealed each time.
Congrats on 3 boys!! I am just assuming I will end up with 3 boys too :).
I don't know if you read my blog while I was pregnant with Gavin. They told us girl first, and then a month later we found out it was a boy. I think if you are feeling doubtful you should go get it double checked. Especially if you didn't get a little pee-pee shot.
I don't know if you read my blog while I was pregnant with Gavin. They told us girl first, and then a month later we found out it was a boy. I think if you are feeling doubtful you should go get it double checked. Especially if you didn't get a little pee-pee shot.
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