Brody's Nursery

Rory was a hard-working man during his Christmas break and got Brody's nursery ready to be painted. G-pa (as Belle refers to him) helped too. Our plan is to start painting this next weekend. Here's what we've picked out so far.

The bedding:

The crib:

The dresser:

Cute, huh? I'll be sure to take before and after pics of the nursery to let you know how it turns out.

Baby Brody Hoke is 23 weeks + 6 days and counting.....

Belly Shot

Alright, alright. Here's the long anticipated revealing of the belly shot. This picture was taken on 12/29/07 when I was 23 weeks and 2 days preggo with Brody. Don't mind my gross looking face in this picture. Mom got a new camera for Christmas that shows EVERYTHING, especially an oily face with no makeup. Rory and I actually just ordered the same camera, which I may learn to regret.

Needless to say, I'm feeling rather large these days. Tipping the scale at a whopping........haha, you actually thought I'd tell you?? And here's a picture of Belle and I on Christmas Eve. Not a great picture of me as my mouth is full of food but you'll rarely find me otherwise these days. : ) But look how cute Belle is!

Baby Brody Hoke is 23 weeks + 5 days and counting.....

The Official Results!

Well, the official results are in. And.....it's still a Brody. : ) The below picture is pretty self-explanatory. He was being shy at first but then, with some coaxing, decided to spread 'em.

My mom and Rory both went with me to the ultrasound. Unfortunately, we didn't have a very fun tech. She just did her measurements and didn't let us do much admiring of our very, very cute little boy. The ultrasound was on the day that I was exactly 21 weeks and Brody already weighs 449 grams, or 14.9 ounces. That's only 1.1 ounces shy of a pound! What a porker! Below is a profile picture of Brody. Isn't he so cute?? What you're seeing by his face is part of his arm. He isn't much for photographs yet as he kept his arms over his face for the whole ultrasound.

In other big news, I'm feeling him kick now. That started around 19 weeks. Rory was even able to feel Brody kick one night when he was being extra rowdy. I think this whole process is finally becoming more real to Rory now that he's seen Brody on the ultrasound and felt him moving in my belly. I just wish we could split up this weight gain somehow. : ) Everyone tells me to enjoy it, though. But they're not the ones getting asked if they're having twins!

Anyways, Brody is healthy and happy for now. We'll just keep truckin' along and hope that April doesn't take too long to arrive.

Baby Brody Hoke is 22 weeks and counting......

Pictures of the Goods

Here are some pictures from my impromtu ultrasound from last week. Not the best pictures because we were in such awkward positions but you get the point.

This first picture is just a cute profile shot. Isn't Brody super cute already??

Now let me guide you through this next picture. Brody was moving around a ton so it was hard to get a clear picture of the goods. You could see it better as she was scanning. But anyways, what you see here is his bottom with his two legs coming up in the air. Then his little pee-pee is right in the middle! Sorry the picture is so dark!

Preliminary Results are In!!

Notice that I said....PRELIMINARY. As in, not 100% for sure.

I was at work yesterday when an ultrasound tech popped around the corner with her lovely little machine to do a head ultrasound on my tiny little patient. The wheels started turning in my head and I looked at the other nurses in my pod. They were thinking the same thing. Sooo when the tech was done with my patient, we politely asked if she might be willing to assist our plan. "Just a quick little peek," we said. Boy? Girl? I had to know!!! So we pulled a couple screens around so that it wasn't completely obvious what we were doing. (I was also trying to save some dignity, having to flash my big gut!) A few other nurses and respiratory therapists (even a nearby interested parent!) heard the commotion and we soon had a nice little audience. It wasn't easy, let me tell you. I had to stand up while the tech tried to crouch down to get a good view of my baby. "Open your legs, baby! Open your legs!," the tech said as she's jiggling my belly for all to see, trying to move the 4 inch being in my body. Finally, a good view.....It's....a.....BOY!!! However, like I said, not 100%. Although, pretty much 100%. I'm only 17 weeks so its still so small to really tell. But for now....Brody Patrick Hoke, it is.


Baby BRODY Hoke is 17 weeks + 1 day and counting....

Preggo Update

I know, I'm terrible at this blog thing. I can sit at the computer for hours stalking other blogs but to update my own? Not easy for me. I think its just that I never know what to type. So maybe I'll try updating more often, just making them brief updates. I'll have to back up a few weeks to give you the exciting update....I got ANOTHER ultrasound! This time it was at 12 weeks, 4 days. How did I do this, you might ask? Well long story short, if you're ignorant enough to believe that your water broke when actually you just peed your pants, you buy yourself another look at your baby. Shut up. You try having a living being sit on your bladder and not freak out when a little bit sneaks out without warning. Now I know that its not amniotic fluid : ) Again, shut up. Here's a look at our cute little REAL looking baby... (sorry about the poor quality. i took a picture of a picture)

In other preggo news, I have only 1 pair of jeans that I can still button comfortably. I'd post a pic of the growing belly but I'm not quite ready for that yet. Here's some dialogue that occurred between me and a very sweet older RN that I work with...

Honest RN: "Wow, Sara! You're really starting to pop out there!
Me: "Yep."
Honest RN: "Are you sure you're not having twins??"
Me: "Yep."
Honest RN: "Must be a big baby!" (smiles and walks away)
Me: "Must be." (crying)

Oh the joys of pregnancy.

Baby Hoke is 15 weeks 2 days and counting....

1st Check-Up

Today was my first prenatal checkup with my doctor. Rory took the day off of work to go with me. It really was nothing exciting except that we got to hear the heartbeat! At first, my doc had trouble locating the heartbeat, which made me VERY nervous. But then he found it and it was so awesome! I wish I had my own doppler here at home so I could listen any time I wanted. He said everything looks great and I'll see him again in a month. Maybe I'll start posting some pics of my expanding waistline. Believe me, it is expanding. But so far I've only gained not quite 4 pounds, which I can deal with. I just feel like a massive cow, thats all.


Baby Hoke is 11 weeks + 5 days and counting....