I have been wanting to write a little blog about this for a few months but I wasn't ready to "come out". No, it isn't that sort of coming out. This is to officially announce that our family trio will be a family quartet around August 20, 2009.
Since we never found out if Abigail was a boy or a girl, we called her Bean. (If you want to know the etymology of that name, please click here. Or here. I like to give you choices.) We had always joked that the next baby was going to be Cletus the Fetus. I saw it somewhere on the Internet and it was just too funny to pass up. Not to mention, it is the hillbilly character in from one of our favorite TV shows, the Simpsons. Here is a picture of Cletus:
Now, of course our baby is NOT going to ever look like this (you hear that little fetus?!??!?!?!) but it is funny to us. Go ahead. Laugh. No one is looking.
Josh and I had always known that Abby was not going to be an only child. We had debated back and forth on when we were going to start trying for number two. Last time I had a few requests on timing of having a baby. I didn't want to be 9 months pregnant in the Florida summer and I didn't want to give birth during football season (Can you imagine me trying to get Josh to the hospital with the Dolphins game on?) This time around, we decided to not be as picky on timing though I would have liked to have the same parameters. But, after hearing stories about how it sometimes takes awhile for a woman's body to get back in gear, we figured that we may as well start trying and see what happens...and what happened...I am going to be extremely pregnant during, what is normally, the hottest month of the year. Not to mention, I am not going to be able to go to any UCF football games this year. (And for any of you who know us very well, you know this is a fall staple in our schedules.) But, I really can't complain.
Sorry, loyal blogging fans that I don't have a picture of Cletus. Well, I have one from my 8 week appointment and all you can see is a glowworm like blob. Yes, I am going to be giving birth to a glowworm. With Abby, I got an ultrasound at my 12 week appointment because they couldn't externally find the heartbeat (which gave me a small internal heart attack but we got a second ultrasound). With Cletus, they found the heartbeat right away. Which was good because I didn't have any heart attack but bad because I didn't get another ultrasound...stupid HMO. I should get an ultrasound every time, regardless! So, I will not have another ultrasound until my 20 week appointment (or around there depending on if I have to go to the hospital to use their machine or if my OB can do it in her office). I will gladly post pictures then. Especially because we are finding out if Cletus is a boy or a girl. If girl, then we are going to have to find another nickname. I can't see calling a girl Cletus.
Needless to say, my blogs will be sort of taking a different angle. Whew. I am glad the news is officially out.
1 comment:
Cletus! I love it! And the resemblance is so far off, it's perfect! I am so happy for you and now I get to out you on my site!
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