20 weeks update

Hello! I have a few things to update everyone on. First, I am definitely feeling the baby. He has started kicking, and was really active for the first time during the vice-presidential debate. It is an awesome feeling. I am feeling pretty good. Brandon and I have been working on a name, now that the baby is definitely a boy. Brandon has become really excited. I think that when he saw our son moving during the ultrasound, everything clicked for him. He has shown the ultrasound picture to the entire world, he is so proud. I am so glad that he is enjoying the process as well.

I had the weirdest reaction to the ultrasound. As soon as I heard the sex of the baby, it hit me that this was real, and I got really overwhelmed and emotional. Now, a couple of days later, I am thrilled and calm again and happy, but it was a very weird response for me. Brandon took me to Babies’R’Us to help me get excited, and to look specifically at boys clothes. When I saw the Superman pajamas, my heart melted.

The bris is going to be interesting. Now that Brandon is Principal of our Religious School, and we have gotten to know people at two schools, synagogue, and still have our family and Cooper City family, this may be a very large bris. What a blessing, that we and this baby are so loved, that this is an exciting time for so many people.

In regards to the ultrasound, everything is completely healthy. In regards to how I am feeling, I am completely textbook. So, we are moving right along. I am getting really excited. We are going to work on the nursery around Thanksgiving. We have a couple of friends (Lauren, Steve, Chad, and Kat) that are going to drive up and help us paint and assemble (well, Steve will assemble, and we will just all be in awe at him making a crib). I am looking forward to the rest of the process, because I think the next few months are the exciting ones for a pregnancy. That is, until February, when we actually have our end result and have a baby!