Now I’m really glad that I’ve been on Andy’s case to finish up the house projects because we learned at my doctor’s appointment yesterday that our son may make an early appearance. I really didn’t want to have a March baby, but now it is a real possibility. The following are the main things we have …
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Our Son’s First Name
I won’t tell you WHAT his name is. But, I will tell you HOW WE CHOSE his name. Andy and I printed a list of the 1,000 most popular names from the social security website. We didn’t want to give him a popular name, it’s just that there really aren’t too many names to choose …
Countdown Begins – 11-1/2 Weeks and Counting
We are now only about 11-1/2 weeks away from the birth of our son (assuming he doesn’t decide to come early). The time is going so fast and there are still many things to get done before he arrives. His room is painted (thanks to Andy, my dad, Andy’s mom, my mom and my aunt …
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What We’ve Been Up To
 The week or two before Christmas, I had to go into what I call “self-preservation mode.” Self-preservation mode is always triggered by being so busy at work that I have to work several weekends in a row. Self-preservation mode involves me being really selfish with my time (essentially all work and no play). Andy …
Our Squirt’s First Outfits
Andy picked out the first two outfits for our little darling. They are white onesies (in newborn and 6-month sizes, I think) that have the logo for his website, www.echozoe.com, on them. Crazy to think that in 3-1/2 months our baby will be filling out the newborn outfit.Â
It’s a boy!
At the end of an ultrasound that lasted over 30 minutes, the technician was finally comfortable telling us that I am carrying a boy. The little darling had chosen his favorite spot and was not going to move without a fight. I had to switch positions about a dozen times and the technician had to …
Early Pregnancy Reflections 3: All Day Sickness
I’ve always prided myself on being a tough girl. I have always just felt that if I ever happened to get run over by a bus, I would just brush myself off and walk away from it. I never imagined that I would suffer from morning sickless, let alone all day sickness. I remember that at about 7-8 …
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Early Pregnancy Reflections 2: The Day We Found Out the Big News
We had bought a package of 3 pregnancy tests. I think it was the First Response brand. I chose it because it is supposed to predict pregnancy before the other tests. It said it was only about 60-some percent accurate at testing pregnancy as early as I took the first test. I took the first …
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Early Pregnancy Reflections 1: Fertile Forbes
Getting pregnant for me was as easy as counting to 14. Really. You see, this pregnancy was planned out and I managed to get pregnant the very first month that we tried. My parents had warned me growing up that the Forbes’ were fertile (in other words, no sex before marriage). I had believed them. …
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Baby Olson
Andy and I are thrilled to report that I’m pregnant. I’m considered 16 weeks pregnant as of October 23rd. The picture of our baby below was taken three weeks ago. Now our little darling is already quite a bit bigger. Probably about 5 inches long. The baby is due on April 7, 2007, but will …