We're having a boy!

So we're having a boy - Jack Ryan Tonsing and we're very excited!!  We hosted a big party at our house over the weekend so our family members could see the new house and find out the sex of the baby.  I baked cupcakes and filled each of them with blue icing therefore when everyone bit into them they found out at the same time...well that was the plan but you'd have to watch the video because one member started screaming before most people even unwrapped their cupcakes...to much anticipation I guess.  It was so nice of everyone to come in town, especially my family that drove all the way from Kirksville (parents, brothers & grandparents) along with my Aunt Cynthia that drove in from Kansas City!  Terry and I truly appreciate the love and support from both of our families.  Everyone is super excited over this baby especially my grandparents because they are thrilled to have a great-grand baby!

Terry and I spent yesterday afternoon at Babies R Us registering because people keep asking what we need...my answer to that is "everything" and to top it off I feel as though we need a million dollars just to bring this child home.  I can't believe how much stuff one person needs!  Therefore if you look at the registry and think we're being greedy please remember this is our first baby and neither of us has a clue :)

We felt the baby move today!

Okay so I wasn't going to post anything until next week but I want to use this blog as my journal and we experienced the coolest thing this morning.  When I woke up, my stomach was making weird movements - almost like thumps.  When I realized what it was I told Terry to put his hand on my stomach and it was so funny because he was like "whoa!! weird!".  Therefore I'm documenting today as the first day we felt our baby move.  Next Tuesday we'll find out the sex...it's getting so exciting!

Less than 4 weeks to go!

We had our 16 week check-up on Monday with our new doctor - Dr. Streiff.  Terry and I both enjoyed sitting down with her and asking all of our questions including those around the H1N1 vaccine.  The vaccine will be available in October and pregnant women are at the top of the priority list.  Terry was also strongly encouraged to receive the vaccine too.  Dr. Streiff checked/found the baby's heartbeat with no problems - everything sounded good!  Our next appointment is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13th and that is the big ultrasound when we'll find out the baby's gender.  Instead of just calling all of our family members, we're actually going to make everyone wait until that Saturday at our housewarming party.  It's going to be a fall themed party with food, alcohol and family - oh and a BIG suprise at the end! 

Well I finally did it...

I finally admitted to myself that my pre-pregnancy pants no longer fit me and I went shopping for preggo clothes last night.  My mom gave me a gift card for Motherhood Maternity for my birthday a few weeks ago therefore I decided to start there thinking I could get a few things and not spend a dime.  I should have known better.  Before I left for the mall, I ate a small salad for dinner thinking "even though I'm trying on preggo clothes I'm not going to go feeling fat"...boy was I in for a surprise.  I made Terry go with me so I wouldn't end of buying anything that would make me look like a tent.  As soon as we walked into the store, the saleswoman immediately came up to me and said "you don't look like you want to be shopping here".  For those of you who have been listening to me whine about this terrible in-between stage where nothing fits me but I don't actually look pregnant than you know what my face probably looked like when I walked into the store.  The saleswoman had obviously dealt with women like me because she asked me what my pre-pregnancy size was and off she went to start a dressing room for me.  I pulled maybe 3 things to try on with Terry's advice and when I opened the curtain to the dressing room, we were both like "wow"!  The lady had pulled gobs of clothes - at least 10 pairs of pants both casual and work, sweaters, shirts, bras, etc.  You name it!  At first I was kind of excited, you know the feeling when you're about to buy something new... but then my eyes made contact with a very scary pillow with velcro arms.  The saleswoman told me that I could try on the clothes with the pillow to show me what I would like 3 months from now.  In my mind I was thinking 3 months will be right around the holidays - Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I started trying on the pants and then Terry was insistent that I try them on with the pillow.  I'm not going to lie - I had a meltdown and I cried.  In my mind, I knew this was just a pillow and not my body but it was awful.  Even Terry tried to make me feel better by saying "I don't think anyone's stomach looks like that..."  The pillow had obviously seen better days and was extremely lumpy and out of shape.  I looked as though I had an alien protruding from my stomach.  Needless to say, from there on I didn't try on any clothes with the pillow.  I just tried to stick my stomach out as far as it could go and those of you who know me well, know that I've been able to look as though I'm pregnant since I was in grade school...this body trick finally came in handy!


I actually ended up finding some really cute clothes and I left there with corduroys, jeans, shirts and sweaters. I spent way more than my gift card but at least I'm set for awhile in the clothes department.

1st Ultrasound picture at 11weeks and 3 days

Welcome to our family blog

I never thought I would create a blog but since the majority of our friends and family don't live in STL, I thought this would keep everyone updated on Baby Tonsing.  As of today, I am 13 weeks and 2 days along in my pregnancy.  Everyone keeps asking what the baby's sex is however we won't find out until October around the 20 week mark.  We did have an ultrasound recently and the baby looks great.  It was jumping all around and looked as though it was sucking its thumb :)  It's still pretty surreal that something is living and growing inside of me.  I've only gained 2 pounds but my clothes feel like they're suffocating me - how does that even make sense? Terry and I keep referring to the baby as a "he" because we're just sure it will be a boy - that's what the Chinese gender predictor says (I know everyone is rolling their eyes at me right now)!  For those of you living in a cave, we also recently moved into a new house 2 weeks ago therefore life has been a bit crazy.  In October, we're going to have a big house warming party and this is also when we'll announce the gender of the baby to our friends and family at the same time - therefore take this as your "save-the-date" announcement...

If I can figure out how to post pictures I'll try to post our ultrasound pic soon.  Until next time...