Heartbeats, Rings, and Pee…..Oh Boy!...or Girl?

I have noticed several interesting things about pregnancy and other people. One is there are two very important questions that everyone will ask when they find out your pregnant (or every time they see you). 1. When are you due? 2. What is the sex? My answer to the 2nd question is always, I’ll find out sometime in July.

Well, we scheduled our gender ultrasound for July 9th. We are so excited and can hardly wait. There are so many different old wives tales to “tell” if the baby is a boy or a girl. For fun Chris and I have tried most of them out.


We started with the heartbeat! When my Grandmother heard the heartbeat was 116bpm she said, “oh?...so it’s a boy”. However, the next two visits the heartbeat was 172bpm, then 155bpm, which really threw her for a loop. So I’m pretty sure she doesn’t know what to think now…..lol. Supposedly if the heartbeat is slow it’s a boy, if fast it’s a girl. Hear it for yourself below...



Next we tried the ring test. This was another popular one that people were telling us to try. For this test we had to hang Chris’ ring from a strand of my hair (lol….as I’m typing this I’m laughing at how silly it is!!) and dangle it above my belly. If the ring spins it’s a girl, if it swings it’s a boy. And according to the reliable ring test it’s a boy!


Then a very excited Nanny (Tina) bought us an intelli-gender test. This is a kit that you can get at any convenient store. There are several confusing steps which include hopping backward five times, then jumping on one foot while singing the ABC’s (the usual pee test :o) and we had to check the website to match the color in order to tell if it was a boy or girl. This super accurate kit said…..Girl.

Another fan favorite is the Chinese Calendar Test. Some people swear by this one. This chart is said by the website to have been buried in a tomb near Beijing for 700 years (which obviously proves it’s accuracy) and is said to be, “incredibly accurate”. So in this chart you look up the age of the mother and the month of conception and match it up for M or F. This “incredibly accurate” predictor says it’s a Boy.

So there you have it………..we still don’t know what it is but we will on July 9th. I thought it would be fun to do a little poll based on the very intensive studies shown above and your gut feelings. What do you think this baby will be boy? Or girl? Be sure to use the Gender Poll, to the right of the blog, to place your vote!

13 weeks and 5 days

Hey all! Last year I was so bombarded with people asking me where my wedding blog was. All I kept thinking was, why would people want to know all the little details that go into the wedding, to me the fun part for everyone else is the big party at the end a.k.a. the wedding not that we spent several hours making C.D.’s, fan’s, and filling little bags with M&M’s. However, now I feel like this new journey should be shared. In this case the little details are so precious (and sometimes not so precious…lol).



Well, as most of you guys know Chris and I are expecting our 1st baby sometime in December (EDD December 15th). Chris and I found out that I was pregnant the Friday before Easter. I didn’t believe it! I made Chris go out and buy some test that were digital and spelled it out for me. And low and behold all 6 of them said Pregnant, YES, or some variation of the two. We decided not to tell anyone until I was further along around 12 weeks but we couldn’t take it anymore. We shared our great news on Mothers Day weekend with all of our friends and family.


So far this pregnancy has been great! I have not had any Morning Sickness at all. I have however been very, very hungry….all the time! In the first trimester I was also exhausted. I mean, I have been very tired before but this was something I have never in my life felt. During this time Chris was the best. I would come home from work exhausted and sit down (having been on my feet all day) and within minutes I was asleep. When I would wake up dinner would be cooking, clothes washing, etc… He really is the best! He and Tina were also supper excited because I actually sat and watched (well slept through) movies at home with them.




I have had three pre-natal visits. The first one they did an ultrasound but that was at 6 weeks and it didn’t look like anything but a squishy blob, hence the name squishy. We also heard the heart beat which was totally amazing. That is when I realized that it was real. There really was life growing inside of me and I was going to be a mom!


I am not showing yet however I have been taking pictures every week since I was 10 weeks pregnant and the only thing(s) that seem to be growing are my boobs….Ahhhh! So I’m hoping they stop growing and my belly starts. I can’t wait to have a baby bump.


I promise my blog will not be this long all the time but I had to fit 3 and a half months of my journey into this first one! I will try to post every week and update as things arise. I’ll also be posting pictures as we get them. Hope you enjoy our journey, we certainly are having the time of our lives.