I really wish I would have written a blog the night we found out Baby Hanson's gender, but life has been *crazy!*
Well, here's the story anyways! We debated on whether or not to have a gender reveal party for everyone (including ourselves), go to the doc and find out then reveal it to our families, or to invite our families and find out all together. Wellllll, we thought about it and decided that we really wanted to share that special moment with each of our families. So, we invited my mom, sisters, Ry's parents, his sister, and our nephews/niece, along with my friend, Kayla. We went on December 10th to Baby's First Images in Lawrenceville and we absolutely *loved* their office/staff! In the waiting room we took votes on what everyone thought Baby Hanson was. Everyone but me, my mom, and sister in law thought it was a girl! (I was CONVINCED that "Mama knows best" and that my guess of a boy was right on.) When we went back, there were rows of chairs for our family and a special "Dad seat" for Ry right beside me. The ultrasound tech went right to trying to find out what baby's gender was, but s(he) was *not* making it easy at first! Everyone was videoing, taking pictures, and still guessing what they thought the gender was. I finally told the UT that I just KNEW it was a boy...her reply? "Nope! I don't think this is a boy! It's a GIRL!" I immediately started crying tears of happiness and our family started cheering. It was the sweetest moment of my life!
Afterwards, our baby girl, Ryleigh Jordyn, was being super stubborn and kept putting her hands over her face and hiding from us. (Which lasted the rest of the session!) So, they invited us back for a small fee for a "re-do" since we didn't get many pictures of her. We went to dinner at California Dreaming after the session to celebrate finding out the gender. Overall it was a GREAT night!
(Btw, a little background on her name...RYan and ansLEIGH=Ryleigh ;) Her middle name is after my brother. who passed away. Jordan. We decided to change the "a" to a "y" to make it more feminine. I can't think of a more perfect name for her! :) hehe)
When we went back for our re-do, just Ry and I went. I knew that spicy food gets her moving, (which I crave, regardless of the crazy heartburn it gives me!) so we stopped at Chick Fil A before the session to get a spicy chicken sandwich. Whadda-ya-know? It worked!! She was all over the place this time! We got tons of pictures of her face..we could even see her eyes open and close! Girl LOVES her feet and kept putting them in her mouth! She likes to be balled up, feet over head and knees in chest! (We'r e thinkin' that she'll enjoy being cuddled up!) She has long legs like her mommy and her nose looks JUST like her daddy's! I can't express how amazing it feels to see this perfect little miracle that we created on that screen. She's just perfect!
Introducing Ryleigh Jordyn Hanson!
I have an appointment tomorrow and it includes an ultrasound. (Had we not gone to Baby's First Images, we would just now be finding out that Ryleigh is a girl! I couldn't imagine waiting 3 more weeks longer than we had!) They will do some measurements and just make sure everything is going okay, so I'm excited to see our little princess again! I'll definitely try to write more tomorrow after the appointment!
Other than that, life has been FULL speed ahead! Ry and I are looking at buying our first home, (YAY!) which we are so thrilled about! I've been at my new store with Cracker Barrel, in Suwanee, for about 3 weeks now and I'm really loving it. Being a restaurant manager is extremely stressful and a LOT of physical activity, but it's definitely keeping me in shape for my pregnancy! haha. Anyways, I really do love it and I'm really getting attached to my staff lol
Ry goes back to school in a few weeks..so proud of him! He is looking at getting a degree in psychology. With his deployments and whatnot, it's been hard for him to be able to just go straight through school like I did. Anyways, like I said, so proud of him for following through with it!
Okay, more tomorrow! Here's my little questions for now: ;)
How far along: 21 weeks!
Total weight gain: As of my last appointment, I was still down 1 lb, but I'm positive that's changed since my bump is really starting to show now! (Strangers even recognize that I'm expecting!)
Maternity clothes: Pants for sure! I don't really find too many maternity tops that I think are cute, so I just wear regular ones, sometimes just a little bigger. For the most part I'm still wearing all of my old tops for now.
Stretch marks: One TINY one on my side. I was devastated. Cried my eyes out! lol I still rub my cocoa butter on my tummy everyday because I don't want 'em!
Sleep: Well, I still wake up with a backache every morning, but the memory foam pillow hubs got me for Christmas is *AMAZING!*
Best moment of this week: Christmas!! Ryleigh Jordyn got so spoiled! hehe
Miss anything: My sisters had wine on Christmas Eve, would have enjoyed having a glass, but no biggie!
Movement: LOTS! Baby girl has been super active lately!
Food Cravings: Spicy food! (Had Zaxby's chicken fingers rolled in hot sauce for dinner! Mmmm...)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Today I could smell turnip greens at work and it was gaggggg.
Have you started to show yet: Yep! The bump is totally there!
Gender: GIRL!!
Labor signs: Nothin'..thank God! Way too early for any of that!
Belly button in or out: Totally in.
Wedding rings on or off: On.
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy I would say! I enjoy being pregnant!
Looking forward to: Seeing our daughter tomorrow on ultrasound! :)
Oh! Here's the bump today :)
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