Princess Portia's Crystal Ball -- Week 8

This week Portia once again predicts GIRL! She's on a roll, I guess. Aaron told her that the piece of food in his left hand was for a girl and right hand for a boy, then he sat them down and she sniffed the boy one, then snarfed up the girl one. Just to make sure that the test was unbiased, he switched hands and did everything opposite and she still ate the "girl" piece first. I guess we know what she wants!

Maternity Clothes

Ok, so I've already broken down and bought some maternity clothes. No, I don't need them yet! Old Navy and Target both had some good clearance items, so I bought 3 pants and 2 dresses. I'm not a big dress type of girl, but I tried one on and it looked like it is going to be so cute that I had to get it!

Maybe I'll be regretting saying this in another 6 months, but holy cow that stuff is comfortable!!! I love the elastic waistbands. I want to start wearing them now! The pants I bought I actually think I could wear now because if the band is covered they look like normal pants. I tried on a pair of maternity jeans and they looked very weird...poofy is the word that comes to mind. I'm sure they look a lot better when there is a belly to pull them out, but I know I couldn't get away with wearing them right now.

Meet Baby Cain!

Today we had our first ultrasound to determine the due date. The OB clinic had pushed out our due date to November 27th (I originally thought November 20th), but when the ultrasound tech took a measurement she said she predicted November 20th, so I was right on!

Words are hard to explain the feelings we had when we first saw our baby. At first I couldn't tell what I was supposed to look at, but once she pointed it out we could see it, even the little heart beating. The heartrate was 153 bpm. It was such an amazing moment.

So without further ado, here is little Baby Cain!

7 Weeks

I have to admit, I've kinda been putting this off (who likes taking pics of themself?), but I swear my jeans are feeling a bit tighter in the lower abdomen and although I don't actually think I'll start showing for a while yet, it is probably best to just get the initial one over with so we definitely have a "before" picture to compare to!

Our First Toy!

Special thanks to Great Uncle Bryon and Great Aunt Dianna and cousins Lydia, Garrett, and Kirk. We got a fantastic surprise in the mail yesterday from them. A very nice card with a special note from each of them and then a toy for the baby!

Another big thanks to all of the other well wishes that we've received so far! We're so thrilled and anxious to get through the next few weeks so that we can tell the world!

Princess Portia's Crystal Ball -- Week 7

This week we incorporated Portia's crystal ball gazing with her birthday gift. I held the same treat in each hand and said if she went for the left one her guess is girl, right - boy. Of course she went right to the left one. She sniffed it, then sniffed the right one, then ate the left one. So once again it is GIRL!

Further backing Portia's clairvoyant skills is our chiropractor Dr. DeCanio. For those of you that don't know, I suffer from a pain disorder called Fibromyalgia. I visit Dr. D on a regular basis for adjustments and acupressure. He's different from your average chiropractor because he does holistic treatment and energy healing. Since starting to use him as my doctor, I have had an amazing difference in my pain. Well as part of his treatment he told me that he can also predict the baby's gender. Always the skeptic, I asked what his correctness percentage is. He said 100%! As you have probably guessed, his prediction is also GIRL! I'm not going out yet and buying everything pink, but for now I think that I'm going to go along with Portia and the Dr. :) He did a test to see if it was twins, too, but said he couldn't tell yet...

On a side note, Dr. DeCanio also did some treatments for my morning sickness. I felt so much better when I left the office! Granted now that it has been a few hours, I'm starting to feel nauseous again, but it was nice while it lasted. He also suggested that I buy sea bands. If you don't know what they are, they are these bands that you wear to combat nausea, a lot of times people use them for seasickness. I guess they're a big hit for morning sickness, too. They remind me of my grandpa, who I can remember telling me about using them when he went deep sea fishing! I bought a pair on my way home and am excited to give them a try.

Princess Portia Turns the Big 0-5!

Yep, today's Portia's 5th birthday. She decided to make sure that I knew, really early in the day (2 am!) by asking me to take her outside. Luckily for her, I had to go to the bathroom, too!

Here's Portia starting the day in bed acting like the princess she is!

Here's a pic of her birthday gifts. Notice the toy says "Battle Tested"...

Portia was happy and I have to say that the "Battle Testing" has held up well so far. Usually she destroys a toy in about 5 minutes and she really chewed on that thing for a good hour and it is still in tact!