26 Weeks - Starting the room!

We have been working on our little one's room, which will include a full sized bed for those of you wishing to pay a visit! The room will be decorated in a travel related theme. There will be trains that Derek has collected over the years, a globe, TINTIN posters of the French genre and some photos of our travels together.

For those of you who don't know, Derek has collected model trains over the years. As a youngster he traveled by train to various destinations in the US with his family. Since that time he has loved trains. We decided that it would be fun to set up the models in Blake's room. Our hope is that little Blake will develop the same love that Derek has.

Next week I will be going into month 7! The home stretch. I am feeling pretty good accept for the occasional back ache and the necessity of daily naps. ;) We are busily preparing for the birth and arrival of our little boy!

24 Weeks

We are over half way there and very excited! My belly is getting bigger every day, as you can see from the pictures. Blake is moving around quite a bit. He is most active during the evening, typically when I am sitting or laying. I have heard that when you are more stationary/still, they wake up and move around. I love feeling him kick and turn!

At last I am feeling great! As they say, the second trimester is much better. I am feeling more energetic and able to eat pretty much all the things I couldn't eat before. The afternoon naps are no longer necessary. Let's hope that this continues for as long as possible. The third trimester is supposed to have its fair share of discomforts, etc. For now, Blake and I are enjoying yoga and long walks.

So, how did Blake get his name!? Derek really liked the name Blake. I liked it as well, but wasn't 100% convinced, until Derek came up with Ethan for the middle name. I absolutely loved the two names put together. It seemed that we really liked Scottish names. Almost all the names that were at the top of the list were Scottish. We both have Scottish ancestry and of course, Scotland holds a special place in my heart.

How baby B came to be!

We thought it would be fun to share in the story of the making of baby b! Derek and I planned a trip to Europe with my grandparents from mid Sept to mid Oct 2008. We decided that it would be fun to see if we might get lucky in Europe. We loved the idea and romance of being able to tell our baby that they were conceived in Europe. So, anyway, fast forward to the very end of the trip - Venice, Italy. We had no intention of taking a pregnancy test in Europe! But, something happened to me that made me think we should take one. I had a feeling that I was pregnant and I just had to know. What better then to get pregnant in Europe and find out there as well. So, I convinced Derek that we should take a test. The next morning while he was still asleep. I got up around 7am, went to the bathroom and opened my Italian pregnancy test! Of course, the writing was in Italian. Two options:
Non Incinta
Incinta!!!!!!
And, yes, in true Italian fashion, there were exclamation marks after the YES! I waited for what seemed like an eternity and then right before my eyes were two pink lines in the window with all the exclamations!
I went and excitedly jumped on Derek and woke him up to the good news. He smiled and said "really"!
Needless to say, we were on cloud nine and the next two days in Venice were pure bliss!