Greetings to all from "Ike-land". For those of you anxiously awaiting this blog post, sorry for the delay. We originally had our ultrasound scheduled for Monday, Sept 15th. As many of you probably know, Hurricane Ike came blowing through our small town of Houston in the wee morning hours of Saturday, Sept 13th. Although we faired fine through the storm, we did lose power at our house for 5 days. At this point, our swim school is still without power and my brother and sister as still without power as well. My mom did get power back the same day, but I certainly wouldn't have traded her situation for the world. The hurricane did some roof damage that started as a minor leak and turned into the loss of the ceiling in her entire living room. Sheetrock came falling down a little over a day after the storm after another (totally unrelated) monsoon rain storm came in on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Thanks for the thoughts, prayers, emails, and attempted phone calls from all of you. We are doing fine and I actually became fond of days without power and the simplicity of it all believe it or not. That could be because God blessed us with some 70 degree days and low 60's nights for our days without power.
....Ok, OK So I know no one came onto the blog to read about the hurricane adventures. So back to Baby Tutor (the real star of the show). On Monday, Jamey and I ventured out of the house and gawked at the somewhat massive destruction in the area and braved our way to the doctor to see if they were open since we couldn't get through by phone....of course, they were not. So Tuesday morning, we tried again. I decided that I would go as a walk-in vs. calling in. I didn't want to have to leave a message, wait to be scheduled again, etc. I figured if I could walk in and show them my pathetic make-up-less face and unwashed hair they might take pity on me and give me something to glow about...I was right. To our delight, Jamey and I only had to wait 15 minutes before they called us back.
I immediately informed the ultrasound tech that we did want to know the sex. And she said she would do her best...(response in my head to follow: ) "What? You better find a way to find this baby's stuff and tell me what it is. I am a hurricane survivor after all." After what seemed like the longest scan ever looking to make sure Baby Tutor was developing properly, etc, we made it down to the nether regions. And the conversation went as follows:
Ultrasound Tech: "So what does your gut instinct tell you? Boy or Girl".
Me: "Well all along I have thought it was a girl. But over the past few weeks everyone has been telling me it is a boy and now I am just not so sure."
Ultrasound Tech: "Mothers gut instinct is normally right 90% of the time and well....yours was right. It's a GIRL!!!"
Jamey squeezed my hands and tears followed (from me for sure...not sure about Jamey because I was too busy staring at our baby girl on the screen). Everything else looked good and she weighs about 10 ozs right now. We do have to go in for another ultrasound on the next visit because she was movin & a shakin & a kickin away in there and they couldn't get a good look at her spine.
As far as a name...well that seems to be the question of the hour. We are just not sure yet. It thought I knew for a long time, but just not positive now. At this point, we have a list of 9 names hanging on a dry erase board in the kitchen that we walk by and stare at to try and narrow down the list. And for her room I have 2 different ideas so my sister and I went to the fabric store yesterday and got samples of both ideas (my grandmother is making everything) so I am going to look them over with mom today and figure out which one I want more.
And because we have been without power so long and my scanner is at the office which makes it tough to get new Whitney "bump" pictures and baby Girl Tutor pictures to you. I will update this blog with pics as soon as we get power back to the swim school. Now for the fun facts:
Weight gain to date: 14 lbs (OK so I am still within the range of the recommended weight gain for 19 weeks, but I am at the top of the range...ugh)
Cravings: None to speak of, I just love food!
Food Aversions: None
Smell Aversions: Still heavy perfume, cologne, & candles...not to mention everything smells dirty and in need of a good cleaning (could that be nesting already?)
....Ok, OK So I know no one came onto the blog to read about the hurricane adventures. So back to Baby Tutor (the real star of the show). On Monday, Jamey and I ventured out of the house and gawked at the somewhat massive destruction in the area and braved our way to the doctor to see if they were open since we couldn't get through by phone....of course, they were not. So Tuesday morning, we tried again. I decided that I would go as a walk-in vs. calling in. I didn't want to have to leave a message, wait to be scheduled again, etc. I figured if I could walk in and show them my pathetic make-up-less face and unwashed hair they might take pity on me and give me something to glow about...I was right. To our delight, Jamey and I only had to wait 15 minutes before they called us back.
I immediately informed the ultrasound tech that we did want to know the sex. And she said she would do her best...(response in my head to follow: ) "What? You better find a way to find this baby's stuff and tell me what it is. I am a hurricane survivor after all." After what seemed like the longest scan ever looking to make sure Baby Tutor was developing properly, etc, we made it down to the nether regions. And the conversation went as follows:
Ultrasound Tech: "So what does your gut instinct tell you? Boy or Girl".
Me: "Well all along I have thought it was a girl. But over the past few weeks everyone has been telling me it is a boy and now I am just not so sure."
Ultrasound Tech: "Mothers gut instinct is normally right 90% of the time and well....yours was right. It's a GIRL!!!"
Jamey squeezed my hands and tears followed (from me for sure...not sure about Jamey because I was too busy staring at our baby girl on the screen). Everything else looked good and she weighs about 10 ozs right now. We do have to go in for another ultrasound on the next visit because she was movin & a shakin & a kickin away in there and they couldn't get a good look at her spine.
As far as a name...well that seems to be the question of the hour. We are just not sure yet. It thought I knew for a long time, but just not positive now. At this point, we have a list of 9 names hanging on a dry erase board in the kitchen that we walk by and stare at to try and narrow down the list. And for her room I have 2 different ideas so my sister and I went to the fabric store yesterday and got samples of both ideas (my grandmother is making everything) so I am going to look them over with mom today and figure out which one I want more.
And because we have been without power so long and my scanner is at the office which makes it tough to get new Whitney "bump" pictures and baby Girl Tutor pictures to you. I will update this blog with pics as soon as we get power back to the swim school. Now for the fun facts:
Weight gain to date: 14 lbs (OK so I am still within the range of the recommended weight gain for 19 weeks, but I am at the top of the range...ugh)
Cravings: None to speak of, I just love food!
Food Aversions: None
Smell Aversions: Still heavy perfume, cologne, & candles...not to mention everything smells dirty and in need of a good cleaning (could that be nesting already?)
