Hey Jack

Its official: our little booger will be Jackson Walter Monteon.

I typed in "Jack" on Pinterest to see if cute stuff popped up for like personalized stuff. Instead I got a bunch of really awesome dudes.



I secretly think Jack White is super hot- but besides that nonsense-



Is there a Jack that isnt awesome?





or adorable?

While we were dating, we talked about the names Jack and Lilly.
While we were married, we talked about the names Desmond and Evangeline. (Zero correlation to Evangeline Lilly. I actually just noticed that when it was typed out.)

Then we went back to Jack. Well, Jackson. Jeff thought of the name, but as soon as I said that I liked it, he said "NO X!"
I actually shot him a dirty look. "Jaxon! No! Give me some credit!"

Walter is for Jeff's late grandfather, Walter Boyman.

We get another JWM! (Jeff's middle name is also Walter)

Getting more real by the second!

Since I dont have the crib set up at all yet, I put all the stuff in the bassinet. I love it! Its hard to see but the blanket has stars in the minky part.



Thank you for the cat in the hat Emmy! Miss you guys very much!

Pregnancy dreams are cracked.

So Ive been watching alot of RuPaul while Im "taking it easy." So its weird enough to dream that a gay man knocked you up... but in my defense, he is super super cute!



But it gets even weirder when your -dream man- prefers to look like this for a day job



It gets even weirder when your pregnant ass ends up in RuPaul dream land... dressing up in your 9 year old sister clothes that are inexplicably too big for your giant pregnant belly housing a gay man's baby! Ju Ju Bee was there too and I was really having a hard time. Raven/David was being very sweet and protective, but we were trying to hide the fact that it was him who got me pregnant because that would affect his street cred. Oh my brain...

Maybe Im having a little bit of a body crisis?

This still doesnt top my dream of having sex with Satan. That was interesting. I never saw his face so I cant tell you what he looked like. But he was very tall dark and handsome!

The big update!

So our first try at the big anatomy scan was Jan 10th. That didnt go so well. He was facing down and wouldnt turn over- little stinker.

So we went in yesterday for round 2. We saw his little face which was fun. We got to see his chin, lips and nose (I think he has mama's lips because- holy cow :) ) We did get some not so great news. My water is low. Apparently they like it to be no less than 10 cm and mine was 9. They worry at 7-8 and freak if its under 5. So they want me to take it easy and drink as much water as I physically can. Its most likely from me not drinking enough water.

Another problem with the ultrasounds is the fact that he lays so low and also the placenta is covering him so they have to look through it to get to his organs so its hard to see. They got a good look at everything but his heart.

So I am now scheduled to go back to MFM (the high risk people with fancier u/s machines) in 2 weeks and get another scan. I had to go to them at 10 weeks to make sure everything was ok.

Im also battling a head cold. Boo!

Im very excited that everything looks great so far. However, I guess I feel guilty about some stuff too. Before I got pregnant, I was very no meds. no dopplers. fewest ultrasounds as possible. Well- I used my doppler all the time. Ive had 5 ultrasounds already (albeit only 2 were longer than 10-15 minutes). And Im on aspirin and heparin. I was so freaked out about everything happening, I lost a little faith in my body.

And now my water is low, and I know its from me not drinking enough. I was doing a couple 16 oz water bottles a day. Well thats about 1/2- 1/3 of what I should. I knew that I wasnt getting enough but I thought since I wasnt thirsty I was ok.

So I guess I just feel kind of bad about not trusting my body and not giving it what it needs. Im not beating myself up for it. Things dont always go as planned and they found out about my water before it got bad.

But all my drama aside, the baby looks great! And for that Im very greatful and happy

Pregnancy is not for wusses.