Wow!  Seems we've both been slacking on the blog lately.  It's been a month and a half since we posted anything!  Trust me, it's an indication of how busy and exhausted we are...

Since our last entry, I've seen our regular doctor and her associate (2 appointments) and we've also been to the high-risk doctor one last time for what will probably be our final medically necessary ultrasound.  We're still definitely having a boy (he made sure to show us again!), and everything looks wonderful and healthy and perfect.  We've slacked and not scanned the pics to post yet (which is another reason the blog is behind... kept waiting for that!), but as soon as we do, I'll put them on here.  He's such a cutie, we can tell already.

I'm feeling him move more and more... in fact, I think he moved almost constantly one day this week.  He cracks me up... it's almost like our little secret.  Those moments are so sweet and precious, and I think I'll miss that when I'm not pregnant anymore.  But, of course, then I get to kiss his face and hold him, so I guess it's a pretty good trade-off, huh?  Haha!  I just adore this little man already, and even though I don't want him to be premature, I really just can't wait to meet him!!  Sometimes, I get overwhelmed by this feeling...

We've officially chosen and announced his name, so he doesn't have to be referred to as "the boy" anymore... He will be named Caleb Ryan.  In picking the name, I've researched Caleb from the Bible, and love the story and therefore connotation that goes along with his name.  The very short synopsis is that Caleb had great faith in God, and was one of two allowed into the Promised Land (his story is part of the story of Moses).  And, of course, his middle name is after my brother, Ryan.

I think that's most of the excitement for now... I'll leave you with the "What's Happening" update for 25 weeks (which is what I'll be tomorrow)...

Your pregnancy: 25 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. His weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but he's beginning to exchange his long, lean look for some baby fat. As he does, his wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and he'll start to look more and more like a newborn. His hair is probably recognizable now (in color and texture), although both may change after he's born.

Yes it's a boy!  It's kind of a shock just because everyone thought it was going to be a girl.  We really didn't care which it turned out to be but I guess in the back of our minds we had both really expected a girl.  We both had to re-adjust our thinking real quick.  I should get the latest sonagram pics up later today. 

 So we stopped by Babies-R-Us to start looking more seriously now that we know what we are having.  We have started a registry there but there's hardly anything on it right now.  I'll be putting a link up for our registries once we get more on them.  We did pick out a stroller, car seat travel system thingy and a matching play pen and swing too.  While we were there, we looked at some of the clothes and stuff and I found this little surfer shorts outfit that I had to get.  We started getting overwhelmed and decided to stop and do some research online for some products before we made decisions about putting them on the registry.  Plus, I want to do some price comparisons too.

Anyway, I need to get to bed.  Sonagrams to follow. 

YAY!!!   We are suppose to find out what we are having today!  I know, I know, we are having a baby but we find out what the sex is going to be.  That means we can start shopping and buying outfits and start our registries and and and........

I can't wait to find out.  This has been the hardiest part about the whole pregnancy to me.  It's really hard to find cute gender neutral outfits for babies.

 More to come once we find out!