#mama2be

Isn’t Tabitha just one of the cutest pregnant sims ever? Never skipped a beat, that one. I couldn’t even get her to take Family Leave! (Seriously. Every single time I loaded it in the queue, she suddenly had to take care of her plants, cook a meal, read a book, visit with a passerby, etc.)

We found out this week that little baby is a boy! And we are over the moon! Tuesday morning the lad and I took our fancy new truck to the ultrasound clinic for 9am. We had our technician write the gender down, and headed to the old Kettlemans for a bagel on the way to my physicians office. G was convinced it was a girl, and was shocked when we opened the note. We hugged, both teared up, and began messaging everyone. The young wolf is moving like crazy, and it’s exciting to see my belly growing. We have our name chosen (we think!), and are now dodging everyone asking and suggesting names. It’s a fun secret to have together. In other news, we bought our first home! A lovely townhouse end unit about a minute away from our two bedroom basement condo. We’re thrilled! The move in date is the end of June, and are now in the process of selling ours. Dad has our first open house set for tomorrow, so it’s nothing but cleaning and organizing until then! So much excitement all at once. We head to NYC in 4 weeks (if I can get my passport changed-s.t.r.e.s.s.)! It will be a wonderful babymoon and romantic getaway.

A few days ago the lad and I met our delivery doctor and had our first appointment with him. Wuff. I had met him briefly from delivering Ems first, but up close and chatting. Mother may I. The appointment went well. We chatted about the practice and my history a bit, and finally got to hear baby’s heartbeat! Doctor put the doppler to hear mine first (I got super excited until he told me it wasn’t the baby’s....), and then on to the young wolf. It was super fast, to which the lad made a comment about it being a hyper little one. I started giggling, which was picked up the doppler, and then of course couldn’t stop after that point. 4 weeks until we see my GP again, and 5 weeks until our next ultrasound and to find out if the baby has a peepee! All very exciting!

14 weeks, holding the boob

Yesterday was a great St. Paddy’s day....to say it was the first sober one in about 14 years. And my belly made its debut which made it that more exciting! The lad and I stopped at the DMV for new plates (after I was pulled over the day before - woops!), and then made our way to St. Elizabeth’s. We had a great visit, and had time for ourselves which was a treat. He and Tyler played a few tunes before we loaded into the truck, with shine in hand, and headed to D’Arcys to see Jordan and Sam play. It was a tiny spot with all of venosta jammed in. After the lad couldn’t get in for about 15 minutes, all was well! We bellied up to a tall table at the back, and had a great afternoon of music and visiting. Mighty Dwighty was in FINE form, the lad had a few pints (taking this one opportunity of a DD), and I sipped club soda. The black tank top under my venosta jersey showed baby off, and it was fun to finally see it! While it was the most sober st paddy’s for me, it was one for the books!

Our young wolf is the talk of the town tonight!

Today was the 10-week dating ultrasound! The lad couldn’t come, so mom took me. I had to pee sooooo badly the whole time, but was thrilled that baby had a strong heartbeat, and was a squirmy wormy the whole time. Makes it even more real!

Our first Valentines as a married couple. So hormonal and emotional tonight reading the card and having our time. So much love!