Boy or girl??

We are finding out on THURSDAY - that's 2 days away! - if this little walmut is a girl or a boy.

All along, I was so sure it was a boy. Positive. Called it he, planned nursery colors in my head, thought about names.... And now my dreams are completely messing with me - I have no idea!

I can't wait... I can't wait to know, I can't wait to see Chris's face when we find out, I can't wait to plan a nursery, I can't wait to pick a name (well, I can wait for the disagreements...but deciding finally will be amazing!), I can't wait to dream about our little baby and all the future holds for him or her. For some reason, I think knowing girl/boy will make me feel closer to the nugget. Ok, I can't get much closer, it's inside me, but I mean have more of a connection....be able to talk to it more, sing to it, tell it stories about all the awesome things it's going to do and pretend I'm not scared shitless to become it's mom. I hope babies can't sense fear in utero, I really do.

In completely unrelated news... I have a peony bush/plant in our front yard that I didn't know about. I love peonies. I wanted them in my wedding bouquet, and ours is a deep magenta - it's gorgeous. So I picked some to bring to work...the smell is so unbelievably strong it's making me want to hurl...and it's making me not like peonies as much!

Um...

Was that a kick? I really, truly just think I felt a little kick. EEEEEEK!

So I pushed down on my ute just to check...and BabyCartz kicked back! Apparently he/she doesn't like mommy pushing them around!

Sorry kid, now that I know that, I'm going to be doing it all.the.time. That was so cool. And I can't wait until I feel them stronger and more regularly!

I called C to tell him and now we both have dumb grins on our faces. Too bad I can't see him for a day or two (house is being painted, sleeping at mom & dad's while he's home on furlough w/ the dog). EEEK!! Baby kicks!

Weekend recap

Mike (Spikey)'s wedding was this weekend - ceremony at a beautiful cathedral in Providence, reception at the Yacht Club on the water in Newport. I feel swanky just writing that! It was gorgeous - the weather was perfect, Mike looked SO happy, and Dot looked beautiful. It was a great party, and awesome to hang out with Amanda, Beth, & Mat again. I may have even convinced C that Newport is the way to go for our little babymoon, because it was so nice and the B&B we stayed at was so cute.

I wrote last week that I sort of finally looked pregnant... Well that comes with pluses and minuses.

The plus: I had a cute baby bump in my dress at the wedding :)
The minus: I came into work today and Jay, who's been out for 2 weeks with knee surgery, said I look "chunky." I could have slapped him - Who says that to ANY woman, let alone a pregnant lady? Chunky? Really?? The comments have started! I really need to come up with great comebacks for the next 6 months or so!