Taco!

My boxer, Tatum is the funniest dog I've ever seen. She is obsessed with squeaky toys, the pooper scooper (don't ask..haha), chasing the vacuum, Harvey (our other dog), and of course Brian. Among her many funny ways, the best part about Tatum are her ears! When I was picking out Tatum 4 years ago, I chose her because of her ears. I love my cute little hound! Here's an example of what Tatum's ears do... they have a mind of their own. Haha.

I'm so thankful to have her! She makes me smile on a daily basis and brings such joy to my life! By the way, the only way we got her to hold still and look at the camera is by holding her favorite squeaky toy... typical pup!

A Nice Surprise

This last week I've been able to feel our little boy kick, which was so fun. On Saturday and Sunday he really went to town on my belly. Apparently he was in a good mood. It's been so fun to feel him move around in there!

We had another sono today! Our ultrasound tech was in a great mood, so she showed us the little guy in 3D. It was so awesome, it even made me tear up a little. We weren't expecting to see him in 3D until June, so it was a nice surprise to get a quick look. I'm so glad Bri was there with me to see him in 3D. His hands always seem to be by this face whenever we see him on a sono. So of course, Bri chimes in and says " Hey, maybe he'll be a MMA fighter!" And well, you can guess what my response was.. haha!

Sleeping has become a chore these days and I'm only assuming it's going to get worse. Between growing pains, back pains, hip pain, peeing every hour, and the dogs snooring.. I'm not getting much sleep at night. haha. However, I'm still enjoying every minute of this experience.

Finally...

After a couple of sono's later, our boy finally decided to cooperate and we got a profile picture of him. Hopefully his stubborn ways will resolve before he gets into our arms. But I have a feeling with Brian being his dad, we've got a good chance of him being ornery. Haha! To our surprise, he's not sporting the Abbott nose yet. That gene is strong like bull!!

Here's another picture of his cute little feet! They are crossed, so you can see the other heel in the picture too! He looks like he's gonna have Abbott toes..

Bump Check

I've slacked off from putting up weekly pregnancy pics of myself, but here is one of me at 19 weeks. He's growing which means I'm also growing outward. Haha.

Little Rabbit Foo Foo

I was going through our storage and found 2 baby albums and my all time favorite book as a child, Little Rabbit Foo Foo. On the inside of the book, it says the Stultz family gave it to me for Christmas in 1990. I didn't even need to open to book to remember how my favorite parts go:

"Little Rabbit Foo Foo, riding through the forest
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head..."

"Hare today, goon tomorrow!"

It's a great children's book and I can't wait to read it to our little guy. I hope he loves it as much as I did.

New Kicks

Jenny and her daughter, Julia got us these awesome Chuck Taylor shoes! They are the cutest little things. I can't wait for our little boy to sport them! They look a lot bigger in the picture, but actually they are pretty tiny. They don't even have real soles on the bottom. Haha! I love 'em! Thanks Jenn and Little Miss!

The verdict is in....

It's a BOY!!

Its official .... the Abbott name will carry on. We are so excited to be having a boy. We had a sono at 12 weeks at the tech could pretty much tell it was a boy and it was clear to us. But before we decided to paint the nursery blue and announce it, we wanted to be a 100% sure. And judging by this picture... It's a boy, no question. haha.

After the sonogram, Brian finally confessed he was pulling for a boy. haha. I honestly didn't have an opinion, I was going to be excited either way. But now that's its for sure a boy, I'm VERY excited.

We received some sono pics, which was fun! Our little one was lying on his side facing my belly button, so he looks like an alien baby. However, he's the cutest alien baby I've ever seen :)

I couldn't believe how big he's gotten since we saw him at 12 weeks. It's amazing how fast babies grow in your belly. One minute he's a size of raisin and before you know it, he's the size of a banana! We are loving this experience so far. I'm excited to finally start decorating the nursery and enjoying that lovely stage called nesting!