I'm still here!

Sorry everyone, it's been a bit since I posted. Things have been so busy around here that I just haven't been able to get my act together (maybe I was just too wrapped up in the Red Sox sweeping the Yankees), but I'm happy to be finding some time now. Since you last heard from me, I have officially hit my half way mark in this pregnancy. I'm currently 20 weeks and 6 days. I've started feeling our little girl moving all the time. I keep being told I'm in the "honeymoon phase" of my pregnancy. I'm over the morning sickness and have yet to get too big as to be constantly uncomfortable or swollen. I think maybe they have a point. I do feel great. I have my share of back pains and I have definitely "popped" and am really showing now. Some girls at work have even started tracing my growing belly every 2 weeks. It's absolutely horrifying, but they've promised that "I will love it" after I have the baby (I sure hope so or else it's really not worth it).

So, back to my very active daughter. Feeling your baby move is one of the craziest feelings anyone can ever experience as far as I'm concerned. Part of it is absolutely wonderful knowing that your baby is in there (I mean, obviously I know she's in there, but this is a very tangible reminder). And despite how wonderful it is, sometimes it makes me feel like there's an alien in my stomach trying to break out. Either way, I can't say that I don't smile everytime I feel her so I certainly have nothing to complain about. Now I can't wait until she starts kicking hard enough for Timmy to feel her too. I'm already predicting she's got a great running future ahead of her with her daddy as a coach!

I actually predicted we had a little gymnast in there since I saw her do flips at our first ultrasound around 13 weeks (despite Timmy's insistance that we really didn't have the genes for that with his amazon like height and my complete lack of coordination), but I guess we'll just have to see! It was also nice to have the doctors all reconfirm this week that it is indeed a girl...it even made me feel better being able to see "the money shot" for myself on the ultrasound screen. It just nice to be able to see her thriving in there

So that's all the exciting news for now. I'm already working on my next post now about my feelings on The Nest and other mommy bloggers. Keep checking back in for baby Parcell updates!

I do have intuition!

I hate to brag about myself (ok, not really :-) ) , but I have to say I was pretty darn proud of my motherly instinct when the doctor confirmed to us this morning at our 18.5 week utrasound that we are, in fact, having OUR OWN LITTLE GIRL! Over the last couple of days, I was preparing myself to learn that we were expecting a little boy just because the possibility has been so far off my radar, it almost shocked me when the doc told us it was a girl.

Now, I can't say that it's 100% certain as our little girl wasn't being entirely cooperative for the ultrasound techs. Like a good little girl, she was keeping her legs closed (Lord, please let that habit continue for the next 25 years!) I'm not worried though, to us it was just an extra confirmation of what I've known for almost 5 months now...IT'S A GIRL!

It's incredibly surreal to actually know what our little baby is going to be, but I just couldn't be more excited. I know my husband is just going to make the best dad and that our daughter is going to have him wrapped around her little finger from the moment she makes her entrance into this world (I'm even pretty comfortable saying that she already has him completely wrapped up even where she is right now!). Let me just say, watch out future boyfriends because he already has plans to scare you away...For my husband's perspective, check out his blog!

I just pray God keeps his eye on our little girl...she deserves it.

IT'S A GIRL...OR A BOY!

Five days from now we are finally going to find out if our little baby Tazby is a girl or a boy! I have to tell you, I'm a little nervous to know....and it's not because I really have a preference toward one gender or another, but I know I'm going to feel a whole lot of guilt if the ultrasound technician sees some "family jewels". I'll be honest, I'd love to have a boy, but I have been so sure this entire pregnancy that this little bundle in my belly is my own little girl. I've insisted on calling her (or "it" I guess I should say) a she. It just has seemed so unnatural to even imagine Tazby as a boy. So, if "it" does turn out to be a bouncing baby boy, I really hope I haven't already scarred him for life!

I'll be completely honest though, I will be totally shocked if they don't tell us it's a little girl in there. I've taken all of the gender predicting tests (including the Chinese Gender Calculator and innumerable Old Wives' Tales). Some say boy, some say girl. The way I figure it, there's a 50/50 chance they'll be right! Either way, I know we'll be thrilled.