Baby Name!

We are officially announcing our baby's name!  After talking over many names, we thought we were completely decided-until this past weekend.  I saw a name that I thought was cute and mentioned it to Matt Sunday morning.  I honestly did not think he was going to like it, but WOW-he LOVED it!  As soon as I told him the name he said, "THAT'S IT!  THAT'S HIS NAME!"  I was shocked, but thrilled at the same time!
I am so excited to tell everyone that we will be welcoming baby
Madden
in late May/early June!
It feels so good to finally call him by his name!!!

This week brought on some firsts for me!  I can now say that I will no longer be wearing my regular pants anymore (unless I use a rubberband!).  It is sort of depressing, but I knew it would eventually happen.  I guess this gives me an excuse to go shopping this weekend.  I mean, how many days in a week can your wear leggings/jeggings?
As many people in my life know, I have had a HUGE food aversion when it comes to sweets.  Well, I finally turned a corner.  Wednesday at school, I had a big plate (yes, I said plate) of vanilla icecream.  I am thinking it was just a one time thing, but who knows?!  I am still walking, so I won't feel TOO guilty when the craving comes around again!

We also did more registering this weekend!  We have successfully registered at Buy Buy Baby and Babies R Us.  It sort of reminded us of registering for our wedding (mostly getting to use the scanner!), but this time we had someone else in mind!  It was a LOT of fun picking out all of the things we are going to be using with our little "Mad-Dog" as Matt has nicknamed him :)  Hopefully next week I will be able to say that we have ordered the crib bedding.  I am insistant that we start that soon!!! 

Buy Buy Baby

Babies R Us

Well, tomorrow is FRIDAY!  I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

The Injury Report

For those of you who do not know, my husband Matt broke his knuckle on his right hand about 2 weeks ago while playing indoor soccer.  He has been walking around, working, cooking, and yes, even playing another soccer game without having it looked at.  Finally, this Sunday we went up to the local American Family Care to have it x-rayed. 
I probably should not have gone to that germ infested place while being pregnant, but someone had to fill out his paperwork.  He couldn't even write clearly!  While he was in the back, along with a young man with walking pneumonia, I sat in the lobby hiding my face in my sweatshirt while another girl coughed up both of her lungs.  I almost got up to move, but didn't want to be rude.  Needless to say, I made it out alive!  I went straight home, took my prenatal vitamin and scrubbed myself in a bubble bath. 
Well, it was official, a broken knuckle!  We had an appointment at an orthopedic on Monday and even got to bring home the x-rays on a CD.  They were REALLY cool to look at!
After the orthopedic appointment on Monday, Matt had a surgery scheduled for today at 11:30.  He had 2 pins inserted into his hand to reset his finger.  As I sit here and write this, his fingers are still numb and it is driving him CRAZY!!!  I just hope that when the numbness wears off, he won't be in too much pain.  I am trying my best to play "doctor", but Matt is a stubborn man and wants to continue on with everything as if nothing has happened.  What a trooper! 

As far as the baby goes, he has now turned into the Next Karate Kid!  He has begun to kick like crazy and every time I wake up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night (average 3 times-UGH!) he likes to wake up too and start kicking away!  Then, we have to stay up for about 10 minutes until he calms back down.  He is still resting very low, basically right on my bladder, and my bladder seems to be the target for many of his kicks these days.  I have heard that it won't get any better, so I am settling in for the long haul. 

I am hoping for a peaceful and pain-free night, but only time will tell.  Keep us in your thoughts and prayers! 

20 weeks and counting!

Today was the BIG day!  We had our anatomy ultrasound today to see how our little guy was measuring and to see if all of his organs were there and functioning.  Well...he passed with flying colors!  I think I even got to see all 10 fingers and 10 toes.  We are SO blessed that he is physically healthy right now. 
We got to see feet, hands, the heart (and all 4 chambers), the kidneys and bladder, measured his head and even got some up close on his nose and mouth.  Ultrasounds are truly amazing!  I am very thankful for technology.  It can help to relieve some stress.
Our ultrasound technician was fabulous.  She spoiled us and let us look at some 4D images of him!!  IT WAS SO COOL!  (we even got 3 print outs!)  We are definitely going to be going back at 28 weeks for a full 4D session (DVD included).  I can't believe we are half way to meeting the little one, it seems like yesterday we were telling everyone that we were having a baby.
I will be going back in 4 weeks for the dreaded sugar test.  This means that I won't be able to eat or drink after midnight until my appointment at 8:30 am.  Now, some people might think that it is super easy, but don't ever tell a pregnant woman that she has to go 8 or 9 hours without food.  Talk about torture!  Plus, I have to drink that nasty orange drink-YUCK!  I'm sure it will be here before I know it.
On to more exciting things.  We hope to start working on the nursery this week or next.  I am ordering everything from Pottery Barn Kids and we are going to be doing a sports theme using primary colors of red, yellow, navy, and light green.  A sports theme-imagine that!  With both parents who are HUGE into sports, there is no way that this boy won't be exposed.  Now his only is decision is Alabama or....well that other school down south.  (I am hoping this mama's boy is smart and pulls for the Crimson Tide).

Here he is!! BABY BOY STERLEY! (Still working on his name!) Isn't he precious!!!!

Back to school....AGAIN!

We have made it to 19 weeks!  I can not believe that in 1 week, I will be half way to meeting my baby boy!
Well, school started back today and I am TIRED, but I had missed my daily routine and my sweet students a lot.  All of the girls wanted to see if I had a "baby bump" today, but I think they were slightly disappointed.  One girl even told me that all she thought about over the break was what I was going to look like when I got back.  I have some students who are completely obsessed with my pregnancy (it is actually kind of cute).  They want to know if I have cravings, what the baby's name is going to be, and if I am going to bring him up to school next year so that they can meet him.  There is one boy who checks on my "hormones" on a daily basis-haha.  Overall, it was a great day back!
On another note, I have made it my mission to start walking 5 or 6 days a week for 45 minutes.  I have heard that it helps with labor, so I will do ANYTHING!  Daisy and I are hitting the trail everyday after I get home from school.  Wish us luck!
Finally, I have to brag on my wonderful husband.  Last night he made homemade beef jerky!  YUM!  It was fantastic!  He is quite the chef!  It will probably be gone in a couple of days, maybe hours.
Next week is our 20 week appointment at the doctor's office.  We are getting our big ultrasound session, so I will get to see my little man again.  Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures of him next week. 
Have a fabulous week everyone!!!!

New Year's Resolution

I have decided to start a blog!  It is my New Year's Resolution to document events more, so what is a better way to begin? 
Here is a little bit about myself:
My name is Jordan and a little over a year ago I married my amazing husband, Matt, on December 19, 2009.  We bought our first home together and have had a FANTASTIC first year as a married couple.
On September 26, 2010, we found out that we were expecting our first baby.  We told our parents and close family a week and a half later and eventually made our big announcement to all our friends and family on Thanksgiving.  Currently, I am 18 weeks, 5 days along and due May 31, 2011.  We were lucky enough to find out the gender of our baby on December 15, 2010-just in time for all the great Christmas shopping!
WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!!  I am beyond excited and can not wait to hold him. 
Santa and our family got the baby a TON for Christmas!  I really need to stop buying things for him, but there are SO many cute things out there!  Santa also brought me a little present and Christmas morning I finally started to show a little bit of a belly (although I am still wearing all my normal clothes).  We will see how long that lasts!
Well, here's to an exciting year and fulfilling my resolution!  Happy New Year everyone!