Aidan

We have finally decided on a name!! Aidan is an Irish name meaning fire. With a slightly different spelling, Adan, is Spanish meaning earth. Either one would be pretty good as far as Damian and I's ethnic backgrounds go. I picked the spelling of Aidan because it has the same letters as in Damian's name (minus the M), plus I like the way it looks!
I did go for a ride on the tandem this weekend. Other then looking completely ridiculous in spandex bib shorts...I thought it went pretty well. We only rode about 5 miles...to take it in to have the shifting adjusted. I am registered for the midnight bike ride, but before July 14th I will have to find some bigger shorts!
I saw the specialist today to have Aidan's heart looked at more closely. My oldest brother died of a heart problem when he was 18 months old (back in the early 60's) and my doctor wanted to take some extra precautions. The heart looked fine! I thought the appointment was a complete waste of time. The sonogram looked just like the other ones that I have already had and I don't know how they could have seen anything differently. Not to mention that they didn't even check the heart rate!! I go see my doctor tomorrow for my 22 week appointment, can't wait to see what she has to say!

Half Way There

Well, Thursday was the half way point!! So I've got about 19 and 1/2 weeks to go. It has gone by pretty fast so far...but I'm getting anxious. I think we are going to try to have a big BBQ/Baby Shower the end of August...around the 25th. So save the date! I know it's probably going to be hotter then heck by then! I haven't started working on getting his room ready yet, because we have been trying to remodel our downstairs living room. The project is coming along very slooooowly. I think once all of the TV shows go off for the summer then I will get a little more ambitious/bored and be forced to finish up down there. I'm looking forward to the three day weekend coming up!! I might try to go out and ride the tandem and see if I'm still able to get on a bike! The Lenexa Midnight Bike Ride is coming up and I need to figure out if I'm going to make it this year.

It's a....

If you don't want to know what we are having - read no further!!! Yesterday we went to the doctor for my 18 week check up. The baby is doing great. Heart beat is at 144 and it weighs 9 oz already. Which is a little a head of schedule. Yeeks!!! I hope that doesn't mean I'm going to end up with a gigantic baby. Well, the sonogram let us see the brain, kidneys, heart, arms, legs, feet, spine, face and HIS business!! He was very active...which doesn't surprise me. Any kid of mine will probably be going nonstop. He was rolling around and turning over. We even got to see him open his mouth and close it a couple of times. The one picture of him looking right at us sort of looks like Johnny Blaze, the ghost rider, so I've been calling him JB for now. I have another appointment in 4 weeks for an ECHO. My oldest brother died of a heart defect and my doctor isn't going to take any chances with my little guy.