Our Peanut is a Boy!

We were lucky to find out this week that our little peanut is a baby boy! It seemed like we had to wait forever to find out. We are so excited to finally know what to expect and are definitely ready to break out all of the blue! Baby looks very healthy and everything seems to be going great. Thank goodness! At 21 weeks baby seems to be getting bigger and bigger by the day.

Now we are ready to finally begin picking things out for the nursery, choosing paint colors and preparing for our little boy to come. Luckily, we had names for a boy and a girl picked out even before we found out we were expecting. So when we found out we were having a boy, there was no doubt in our mind that our little one would become Mason James. Although this name is making its way up the popularity list, it was about what name sounded best for us. Thus far, I don't know of many Masons but it could be that once he is in school, there may be 4 other boys with the same name. For now (and I'm sure when he arrives), the name is absolutely perfect for him.

Now that the tough part is out of the way (that is deciding a name), we have all of the other small decisions that seem so huge at this point. Preparing the nursery and registering are just a few of the things that are on my mind daily. I hope that everything will come together, in a timely manner, and my stress will be at ease. From this point forward, we pray that everything continues to go smoothly and baby Mason stays healthy and grows just as he should. Everything else that will come with having him in our life, is just icing on the cake.

Halfway Done!

I cannot believe that we are already halfway through the pregnancy! It seems like it has gone so incredibly fast! I'm sure that the next 20 weeks may not feel as fast, August feels like so far away. After the first few visits with our doctor, she told us that as of week 20, we could rest assure that the baby was here to stay. It's certainly a relief to know that we have finally reached this point in time and that hopefully the rest is not so stressful.

Although I have enjoyed the feeling of being pregnant and knowing that I am going to be a parent, I definitely miss the times of being young. I do have friends that are in the same position that I am: married with children (or 1 on the way at least). But I still have friends that are still enjoying going out occasionally and having fun. I always wanted to be a mom, first and foremost before anything else. I just don't think I realized how much your life changes when you become responsible for another. I cannot help but laugh when looking at this because it certainly describes the changes between partying and pregnancy.

Although I miss the times that I am able to go out and be a part of the party scene, I have a great husband, family and really supportive friends. They know that even though I am lame and unable to party with them, they still invite me and make sure that I am a part of things. (Usually though it's to be the designated driver). Soon enough I will be able to join in the festivities again but I guess until then I will take in the joys of being a soon-to-be mama. I have heard that once the baby is hear, you miss being pregnant. I will have to see for myself soon enough I suppose.