Feeling Movement!

At around 19 weeks I started to feel something, but was not sure if it was the baby or not. As the days past I kept feeling the same movement. During our 20 week ultrasound I asked our Dr about the movement and she agreed that I was feeling John move. Since that day I had been trying to help Jason feel John's movements as well. 

The only problem is that John's kicks were not that powerful to be felt on the outside although I was feeling them on the inside. A few days ago I was able to feel a kick on my hand from the outside. Jason still was not able to feel the movement. Last night we laid down in bed and I placed Jason's hands over the spot were the baby kicks. It took a little while before John kicked big enough for Jason to feel him, but he did. Jason had a smile that stretched from ear to ear. I was so happy that Jason was finally able to feel his son move.

19 Week Appointment/ Big Ultrasound Day!!

It's A Boy!!!

On Thursday October 9th Jason and I went to our 19th week appointment to find out how baby Robin was doing and hopefully find out if we would be having a son or daughter. 

A side note for the date of October 9th. Eight years ago on October 9th 2000 Jason and I started our relationship. Who would know that eight years from that date we would be married and expecting our first child. It was a great day to find out we would be having a boy!!!

Before the big day Jason and I had spent a few days guessing at what we would have. We talked about the pro's and con's of having a boy first vs a girl. For the life of me I could not get Jason to tell me he would prefer one over the other. He said that we would most likely have a boy given the Robin family history of having boys, however he was happy with either as long as the baby was healthy.

The same could not be said for me. At the beginning I was hoping for a girl since both sides of our families were lacking the joys of buying tutu's and having tea parties. About three weeks before we would find out the sex something changed inside me. I was craving the joys of having a little baby boy. The visions of tea parties changed to days of watching the UT game with his dad in his little UT collared shirt. The thought of watching our little boy look up to his big uncles Sam, Nick, Jeremy, Tim, Greg, Blaine, Blair, Thomas, and Nik was exciting. 

So as the day became closer I was praying the ultrasound technician would utter the words, "Your having a boy!!". Instead she first said we would be having a girl. Needless to say I was a little shocked and so was Jason. I looked at the technician and said, "what ?" followed by, " What is the percentage that you are wrong". As I looked at Jason the technician said something, but of course my mind was trying to change gears from having a boy to having a girl. Then I heard Jason say, "Did you hear her she was wrong its a boy". My head swung hard right to look at the monitor. How in the world she missed the clear sign that this baby was a boy is beyond me, but she did. Needless to say I was so excited about the new outcome of having a boy.

After the visit and great news of having a boy Jason and I headed to breakfast and began calling family to share the exciting news. Our baby now had a name, John Howard Robin. His first name, John, was picked for its classic/strong sound. His middle name came from my dad who is a great man and someone we should all look up too.