Reaction....

We've been away on vacation over the last few days (more on that later - too tired now). I need to catch up on reading and commenting!!
Thank you to everyone for your congratulations.... we're so excited to be having a little girl!! It's taken a few days to register after waiting so long and I'm still in a bit of a daze wondering "what's next"? We've made it through some significant pregnancy milestones but this seems like the biggest one. That said, I had a big OMG moment on Tuesday! It feels like all that's left is having the baby!!
We've decided we're going to book the 3D/4D ultrasound package that comes with 2 sessions. I'm aiming to book the first at 24 weeks and the second at 28 weeks. We're hoping this gives us smaller goals to work towards since our 20 week ultrasound may have been our last with our OB (I hope that is the case and everything is smooth sailing).
As for the reaction from our parents and family....
My mom sounded disappointed which surprised me! She said she was hoping for a boy because we only have girls in our family (which is true, I guess). Oh well, tough luck. My dad and my step-mom were both thrilled but it did take my brother a groan and a long pause before saying "cooooool". I guess he was hoping for a nephew! Overall I think my step-mom is the most excited. I bet she wanted a girl when they had my brother lol.... she's been with my dad since I was 3 years old but it's been a long time since she's been able to spoil a little one other than my brother!
D's mom is also very excited but I can honestly say that she's the most accepting person I've ever met. Boy/Girl she wouldn't care. Although this does balance out the grandchildren to 2 girls and 3 boys!
It's been an exciting week and to top it off we're finally enjoying what could be described as "summer". So far August has been very good to us!!

Drum roll Please....

Intelligender was right!! It's a Girl!! Or at least they are 80% positive (we'll get it re-confirmed at our 3D/4D).
Everything looked great and surprisingly we did not go shopping on the way home!

Time to call my parents to tell them!

anxious

The fun of finding out the sex has run its course. Yes, I want to and NEED to know now (I'm going crazy) but I'm now focusing on seeing a healthy baby. Our 12 week ultrasound was stress inducing because the baby wasn't moving and I didn't know this was normal (sleeping) until I came home and sought the advice of Dr. Google. This will also be the first time our OB will see our baby since our 12 week results went MIA.
So, I have my fingers crossed...
I'm excited...
I'm nervous...
Hopefully I'll be able to get some sleep tonight!

Yes, I like to plan things...

My parents are taking my 10 year old brother to Disney World for the first time in September and I offered to help them because we’ve been several times and know how things work with reservations, etc. Taking into consideration my brother’s age and interests I spent 2 hours yesterday making a schedule for them. Since they’ve booked during the free dining plan promotion I also suggested restaurants…. and that is where I’m done helping… I’ve told them numerous times in the past 2 months that during the Free Dining promotion restaurants are hard to book (obviously because it’s FREE) and that reservations are taken 90 days in advance. They refuse to listen because they do not want to be tied down to a specific park or time in case my brother wants to be somewhere else. Sorry, but our kids are not going to have that much control!!!! In my opinion the best things about Disney are the dining experiences, the parades, fireworks and shows. Those are all scheduled at certain times and days and if you do not plan ahead you will not be in the right place at the right time.
Oh well, it’s their loss because they are going to have 7 table service meals where they are going to have little to no choice (time or restaurant) and may not be able to use. They’re not going to be happy when they are stuck with counter service because (sorry Disney) it sucks! What’s so hard with understanding that the food is FREE therefore people are ravenous to book the BEST timeslots at the BEST restaurants?
Sigh. I don’t need to get my blood pressure up about this so I’m not helping anymore. If anyone needs a detailed “first timers” itinerary for an adult only vacation or adult with older child/teen let me know because I have a great one!! Disney vacation planning is a passionate hobby of mine!

Halo Sale

I got this link from BBC. Great prices! I know that in Canada the Halo Sleep Sacks sell for around $37 each. I just bought 4 for that price (which is probably more than we need)!! Plus it was FREE shipping.

https://www.halosleep.com/products/results/?product_category_id=16
Here's what I bought:

Anatomy Scan on August 11th!!

In less than a week we should know the sex of our baby and I can hardly wait. It’s all I can think about!!! I can’t wait to see “her” again so that I know everything is going to be ok…. because yes, I’m still nervous! I’m also nervous about finding out that “she” is actually a “he” which at this point I bet will happen! Ironically (I love irony), I went into this wanting a boy and when people kept saying “girl” and intelligender said “girl”, I started to buy into it. Clearly I’ve ignored the warning on the Intelligender box that said not to invest “emotionally or financially” in the results. Seriously, that’s a lot harder to do than you’d think! So this is a warning to those TTC and earlier in pregnancy: I think it is a big mistake to do what we’ve done. About a month ago we started referring to the baby by name. A non-gender neutral “girl” name. Therefore I have become extremely attached to a little girl that may not be in there!! Oh crap! Our little boy is going to have a girl’s name (just kidding)!
The good news is that we haven’t bought anything pink and all of the clothing we’ve bought has been gender neutral or for a boy. Even the bedding we’ve bought (I’ll post pictures once we have the room set-up) is very neutral.
The end of this ramble is that I can’t wait. I need to know right now! I hope the baby isn’t shy on the 11th because I’ll be frantic. We’ll be booking a 3D/4D ultrasound at the earliest available appointment to find out otherwise!!

10 year anniversary!!

We officially count our anniversary from the day we moved to Toronto together (we met 2 years earlier) which was August 1st, 1999. 10 years ago!! Holy cow!!
Next up will be our 2nd wedding anniversary in about a weeks time!
Time goes by too quickly!!!