The image on the screen when the new doc asked if we wanted to know the sex. Glad we did, not much guessing here!

Well we got to have another look at Biscuit yesterday.  We had a new doc that was one of the weirdest doctors I’ve run into in a long time.  He did give us some new photos though, here’s the proof that Biscuit is still in fact a sir.

It looks that we’ve hit the point where they don’t need to monitor him for a hand full of weeks, so this may of been the last look at our little man before he’s in our arms.  I can finally say that we are ready for him to arrive!

Here’s the latest video:

I know we, mainly I, have been promising photos over and over again.  This weekend they will finally be put together.  If all goes well this weekend we’ll be able to say that the guest-room/study is 100%, the nursery is 100%, the bedroom is 100% and the kitchen pantry door is finally 100%. I have lots of odds and ends to finish in them all.  I can’t wait to be talking about different rooms, like bathrooms or granite counter-tops!  If I’m feeling lucky I’ll even try to get a photo of Mandy up here.

May your weekend be as productive as ours. Cheers!

Yesterday we got to take another peek into Biscuit’s little world.  We’ve had an adventurous few days with him, but we’re very happy he’s still in there.  He needs about another 12 weeks of cooking time!

As I’ve explained it to a few others, Mandy’s placenta has decided that it’s in a bitchy mood and is trying to share it with the rest of our world.  Right now everything has calmed down and Mandy is just on general rest.  Biscuit was never affected by any of it, so that was very good news.  She does now run the risk of preterm labor, but hopefully that’s nothing we’ll have to deal with.

Enjoy the movie, we certainly have!

Cheers

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They aren’t listed, but if you have the absolute need to *grin*, we love all Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics wear and all Yankees smear wear.

Below are a couple photos of the crib and bed set we’ve gotten.  We can’t wait to get everything set up!

Nursery Bedding

Biscuit's crib!

Here is the latest video of the little biscuit.  He seems to be doing fantastic!  My first personality prediction for him is that he is going to be a big time cuddler.  He seems to really like to shove his head into tiny areas and just stays there. Cuddly little boys are the best, so I’m hoping!

Enjoy the look into his secret little world.  Next viewing is in 3 weeks.

Cheers

To me, it still seems surreal/fake/unbelievable. The only thing that feels very real right now is all the work being done on the house. I’m totally not complaining, we’re having a blast over here. Yes, there ARE photos coming very soon! I think I expected to feel like life was totally different immediately, but really, it’s not.  Most days go like this:

If you couldn’t already guess, I’m the one in green.

Where are we right now?  The nursery is no longer in staging, but it’s still floorless.  The bedroom no longer has mirrors on the wall and the hole that was revealed with that job has been covered.  Over the next couple of weeks the nursery will get it’s floors and closet doors back, the kitchen pantry will have a door again and the bedroom will be repainted.

Seriously, I’ll have pictures up soon!

Cheers.

Well it’s official, Fetus Lovering is in fact a boy. So much so, we caught him playing with his first toy in uteruo. You got it, the little dude already found his penis.

It’s amazing to be able to see the difference after four early weeks. This time he looks much bigger and very human (hey, we all looked like little freaks when we were 10/12 weeks into growth). All of our testing seemed to go well. He has a good nose, non-cleft lip, good bones and a full belly. So he earned his gold star for the day.

I love these appointments. It really allows me to get that closer connection to everything going on. Mandy is starting to feel him move around. I’ve just started trying to feel him myself, but I think he’s a little too small for us to feel it from the outside right now. Soon, I can’t wait!

I’m hoping that feeling movement will help ease the nerves. Yesterday and last night I was wound up tight. Even when you know everything is okay, it’s that little bit of fear that you are about to find out something wrong. I’m not sure what it is, maybe it’s innocence lost from the last pregnancy not working out. Maybe this is parenthood and I need to learn to ignore the nerves and start drinking more. Either way, I’m already excited to see him again in five weeks.

Oh, names. We have two picked out and we’re waiting to see which one fits his personality. Don’t bother asking. No one is going to know his name until he’s breathing the same air as the rest of us.

Cheers!

Coming Soon: Registry and online baby pool. That’s right, we’re Lovering’s, we’ll put money down on anything!

So here we are in our 2 1/2 story house, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living rooms, you know, enough room for 3 to 5 people, easy.  We went to a Divine Consign sale this past weekend. Our first baby shop-fest!   I was so stoked that we found a baby jogging stroller for half price.  It’ll be perfect for walking around the neighborhood and to use camping and what not.  We found a few other cool things, a bunch of onesies, wiper warmer, the tiniest Crocs I’ve ever seen, and some maternity clothes.  A successful shop!

We went to leave and out in the parking lot we were staring at the stroller, in all it’s massiveness, then looking at the new mommy mobile.  It was dark, we were clueless and suddenly totally embarrassed.  Mandy jumped in the front, I jumped in the back.  We threw down the seats and stuffed the sucker in the back as fast as possible, unfolded, still in one piece.  I know there were seasoned parents in that parking lot completely entertained by our ignorance.  We silently (and quickly) drove out of the lot.  A minute or two later we both laughed and realized we were just initiated into a world that is totally foreign to us.

When we got home that night I ignored the beast in the back.  We are surrounded by parents in the neighborhood, I really wanted to wait until 3 in the morning to take that thing out, trying to avoid the ribbing.  The next morning I got the bags out, put all the clothes in the laundry, feeling great about everything.  Look at the size of a onesie, you could fit 100 of them in a drawer.  This is gonna be a piece of cake!  I finally gave in and went to get the stroller out.  In broad day light I still couldn’t figure the stupid thing out, so I threw it over my head and just carried it over the car into the house.  Whatever, it worked.  Nothing felt that wrong until I brought it up stairs into the guest room, put the stroller in the corner and looked around.  If it was a scene in a movie you’d hear a sucking sound and watch the house collapse into a tiny room.  H-o-l-y c-r-a-p, this house is about to go from half empty to full.  Reality smacked me in the forehead at 9:30 am this past Sunday.

Shit.

With this news here are a couple of the first things we are looking at getting. Which one do you think should be first?

A	B	C

We are making sure that this kid is raised right from day one!

Cheers!

After an hour of pulling out our hair, we finally got the video from the VCR to the laptop. VHS should be outlawed at this point. Half the time spent was looking for the freaking VCR. I’m very happy they told us today they are upgrading the burner to DVD before our filming next month. I really can’t complain though, we got to watch the little one over and over again.

Last baby pics/video for a bit. Cheers.