Must run in the family

Last night's post made me think of this picture of Michael when he was Sam's age.

Stunter

Sometimes in Atlanta you'll see these crazy Ducati motorcyclists doing stunts on the freeway. They drive like crazy people and it really freaks me out. I'm beginning to think Sam has been paying too much attention to all this!


He started doing this last week on his own! I think it's kind of funny!

21 weeks

For some reason, I'm not a fan of the belly pics OF ME...wasn't with Sam either. My Mom would make me do it at her house everytime I saw her. It's crazy to think the baby is the size of a cantaloupe this week, though! He's been kicking and moving a lot. I'm feeling pretty good. I did gag this morning when I had to wipe Sam's nose. You never know what will set me off!

Child Scientist

Sam and I went to Emory University this morning to volunteer for some research they are doing on babies his age and how they learn language. It was kind of funny to me. He got this award for sitting there for 30 minutes while they made him pick between 2 objects. They had about 20 or more objects and they did some signs with them. I'm not sure exactly what they learned from him, but he didn't want to give the toy car back. He ran out of the room with it when we were finished. Ha!

IT'S A...

BOY!!!!We were so surprised to see that it was indeed a boy! We're very excited, though! All we need is a double stroller and a car seat, then we're good to go!...and diapers, and wipes, and.... :)
It's truly amazing to see a baby on the ultrasound screen...all it's fingers and toes, how long his femur is, his little profile...just amazing. Everything looks great! We'll go back to the ultrasound tech in 2 months to check the baby's thyroid since I'm on thyroid meds. We're hoping I won't have another 9 1/2 pounder! I think my medicine will help with that a lot. YAY!

Mommy Brain

It's real.
Today I woke up a little early, fed Sam, made a list of things to do, made a menu for dinners for the week...things were lookin up!
I went to the store with Sam to get all my groceries with my coupons, etc. I put all my groceries up on the belt and realized I had forgotten my wallet at home! I had to drive back home and get it and then go back to pay for my buggy of groceries. How embarrassing! I just took them all to Melissa's house a little early for playgroup and put them in her fridge so I wouldn't have to drive back and forth again.
At playgroup we talked about how we would meet back up at 4:30 to go through some stuff in the church nursery that needed to be cleaned out. It was no big deal since I wasn't cooking tonight...thanks to the staff girls! I went home for Sam's nap and hung out until dinner. Jenna called to see if I was coming to the church. LOSER!!! I had totally forgotten about it even though I wrote it down and talked with them about it this morning.
If I only had a brain!!!

Tuesday

We find out on Tuesday morning if we're having a boy or a girl! I'm beyond excited! We both initially thought it was a girl, then I got all excited about that idea. Then, I thought maybe it could be a boy and now I'm back to girl. Who knows!?! I'll post something when we find out!