It's a Girl!

The pencil test was right (as if I should have ever doubted it!) The kids went with me and Suess to my ultra sound and confirmed it was a girl. They thought it was pretty neat althoug I think Makenzie expected it to be in color and Francesco lost interest when the doc said it was a girl! I still love seeing the heart beat the best. It's so amazing! Although I ate a piece of candy before I went she was only moving her hands a bit. She has her days and nights mixed up. i feel her moving at about 9-11pm when I'm doing my homework. The only picture the doc gave me was a butt shot -confirming it was a girl!

Baby Names

Girl names are proving harder to pick than boy names. For a boy we have decided on Giuseppe (I think), we just have to pick a middle name. For a girl we have the middle name, Marie, but we can't agree on a first name. I like 1. Kayleigh 2. Giana 3. Julia 4. Guiliana 5. Michaela And Marcello likes 1. Chella 2. Baily. 3. Bianca 4. Isabella (in no particular order). Since I don't like the names on his list and he can't stand half the names on my list we are looking for suggestions. I am waiting for all my pregnant friends to divulge the names on their girls list so I can snag one. I have had bad dreams that I am one of those mothers who can't leave the hospital till they name their baby. I always wondered how they went nine months and still had no name picked out, now I fear I will be one of them. If we could get a couple of names then atleast I could go into the hospital and do Enie-Meanie-Minie-Moe. My girlfriend Debbie bought me a book of 100,000+ baby names so there may be hope. In the mean time I need all the suggestions I can get!
......by the way I have been feeling the baby move for the past four or five nights! It's so cool, I love being pregnant! I am through the sickness phase and I'm now at the cute pregnant stage where people kind of give a double take before asking if I'm expecting... this is the stage right before the ENOURMOUS phase where I look like I'm going to have triplets. I gained 60lbs with Kenzie and 56lbs with Chech, so yes I do mean ...enourmous!!

Heart Beat!

The kids went with me to my dr's appiontment last week. Makenzie held my hand while the nurse took my blood pressure (she hates that thing). And she held my hand while the nurse put the cold gel and microphone on my belly so we could hear the heart beat. Makenzie says it sounded like a steam locamotive. Francesco was less interested; he wanted to know what was in the biohazard trash can, what the long q-tips and other unmentionables on the table were used for, and although grossed out that mommy had to tinkle in a cup he still wanted to see it. My children will never look at a dixie cup the same way again! I go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound-the kids are coming along but Marcello will have to miss this one because he'll be working. Hopefully, we'll find out if it's a girl or a boy this time.

Call Me Crazy!

I am in the middle of my mid-term exams for the fall and I just signed up for 4 more classes in the spring! The baby will be due a week before finals! And one of my courses next semester is my first 50 hours of field experience which I hope to complete before the baby comes. I am feeling overwelmed with everything going on between work, the kids, school, and being the director of Sparks (k-2nd grade) at our church. I will not be taking any classes over the summer as I think I'll be in desperate need of a break. Wish me luck...I know I'm crazy... but that's what happens when I'm surrounded by other empowering women... if they can do it, I can do it (x3)!!

Trick-or-Treat!

The Kids had a blast Trick-or-Treating! Makenzie broke away from her "job" of passing out candy to the over 1,500 kids that came by, long enough to go around two blocks herself. Francesco was Alvin, Makenzie was Simon, and mommy's belly was Theodore. Makenzie's glasses were cool they lit up blue but she turned them off for the pictures. Marcello of course was Sponge Bob. The kids go crazy every year and they all want their picture taken with Sponge Bob!