It's a BOY!!!

Jose and I went to the OB/GYN/Perinatologist's office on Thursday. I had a level II ultrasound and an office visit. I had to drink 32 ounces of water 45 minutes before. Well, considering I LOVE water, have to pee every 10-20 minutes, and I know how doctors work (you have to wait forever) I didnt start drinking until about 30 before. Well....at 235 (5 minutes past my appointment) I had to pee so bad. I almost started crying....but my lovely Jose said....just go you have to pee every few minutes anyways...plus I will go get you some water....SO...I discreetly left the office and went to potty.....man it felt so good. Anyhow I get back and he leaves to go get me another liter of water. He came back and I drank another 1/2 liter...lo and behold...I had to pee 5 minutes after that and that is the time they called me back. WHEW!!! At least we didnt get caught!

Anyhow...we saw all of the organs of the baby...his legs, arms, his big head, his fingers, umbilical cord, and his heart! Everything looks great so far! I am measuring a little of ahead of schedule. The baby is measuring almost 19 weeks instead of barely 18 weeks. That put my due date at Nov. 21 instead of Nov. 26. He was moving so much and finally he got still. His bottom was right in front of us and his legs in front of him...I was just thinking, "Oh my God it is a boy!! The doctor told us look at your son! We both looked at each other with big smiles and I said, "I knew it!" Looks like Jose's mom and sister were right. The doctor also said you can tell he is a boy b/c he keeps playing with himself. His little hand kept going down there! I am almost positive I have not seen Jose that excited in a while. After we got done with that part we went to the waiting room and the texting and calling began! My parents were so excited as well as his family.

On Jose's side of the family there are seven grandchildren and six of the are GIRLS! They have been waiting for another boy for 8 years. On my side of the family, the last six out of seven grandchildren have been BOYS. Plus I have two great nephews. We can start a team of soccer players soon.

As for the name of this little boy it will be Ipolito Ismael Flores. He will go by his middle name, which is also Jose's middle name and how he is known amongst his family. Of course Jose picked out the first name. It is after his grandfather. I changed the spelling a little so the child wouldnt be called hippo all of his life. We are so excited!

Tomorrow we leave for Cardiac Camp. It is a week long camp for children with congenital heart defects. I am so excited to go and super excited I get to share this experience with my Jose.

I am 18 weeks 2 days.

Week 16

Well, I have been so busy these last couple of weeks with school and family. I had a lovely, stressful weekend last week. My two adorable nephews Marcus and Cezar came and spent the weekend with me. When they left on Monday I immediately laid down and took a nap! My vacation was wonderful and I hated going back to work. I tried to get Jose to let me be a stay at home wife, but he vetoed that idea since I dont like to clean and would get bored. He has a point.

As far as baby goes...I am getting bigger. I still have not gained more than 5-6 pounds but my tummy looks so different. It is more hard and getting rounder. I am/was very concerned with how my scar was going to play into this whole round tummy thing. I was/am worried how it will look since my chest tube scars are deep. So far the only lump that I have is the dip where my belly button is. I guess when and if that ever pops out my tummy will be round. I have also been experiencing some mad crazy gas and heart burn. Yesterday I ate so much I could hardly pee from all of the pressure on my tummy/organs.

Today is Father's Day and I got Jose a Daddy to Be card. He loved it! He had never heard anything like that before! We do not go to the doctor until July 10 again so I am just hanging out doing school work, working, and spending time with the family.

I guess this is all for now!

I am 16 weeks 5 days!

Week 14

Well, it has been quite some time since I have updated this thing. I think I am into long entries...anyhow. Jose and I went on a trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico. It was fabulous! We had such a great time. We just lounged around in the pool, by the pool, on the beach, and drank. Actually he drank the good stuff, I mainly had water....and an occasional coke. It was not that bad not being able to drink. Since I am not a big drinker anyway, I didnt miss a thing. I ate nachos with guacamole and pico de gallo EVERYDAY for lunch! Jose kept laughing at me! I felt good the whole trip. I only had occasional gas which was fixed with some good 'ol GasX. We have got back on Sunday and I have been sleeping 12 hours every day since. I put a picture of me at about 14 weeks and 3 days before we went out to eat Italian. This is one of my favorite pictures of Jose...he is smoking a cigar on the beach before we left!! Isnt he so cute?!! I absolutely love him!

I went to my new OB/GYN/Perinatologist today. She is fabulous! I absolutely love her! She even gave me a hug on the way out! We mainly just talked about our "game plan", introduced ourselves, and asked/answered questions. She did mention I may have the baby a week before I am due, just so we have a "controlled" environment. I go back in about 4.5 weeks for the BIG ultrasound and a fetal echo with them. Then the next week I have a fetal echo at Children's with Dr. Ikemba. I guess by then we will know if I am having a boy or girl! I told Jose the other day when I woke up that I think I am having a boy. It just came to me all of a sudden. Let's see if I am right. We also talked about my round ligament pain that I have been having. She said when the baby moves really fast one way my muscles have a hard time keeping up so they try to stretch really fast. I was like....okay it makes sense. The only other thing of note when I went in today, I lost about 6 pounds! I dont even know where it went b/c let me tell you I cannot fit into my pants at all! Not even my fat girl shorts! They all fit me around the hips/legs, but I cannot button them at all! I guess I am back at my prepregnancy weight! I told Jose this bit of information and he was like for real?! I mean we can tell my body is definitely different. Oh well, I am not complaining.

Tonight I went to watch my little Marcus play a double header. He did really good and runs really, really, fast! He is so cute!! He kept looking to make sure my mom and I were still there. Halfway through he asked me if I was staying and I said yes...then he asked where's your new car at?! I was like boy, play some ball.

Well, I guess this is all for now! I am currently 14 weeks, 6 days!