Reid Daniel Ayers

Well for all of you that do not have a Facebook, we have decided on the name Reid Daniel Ayers. I have loved Reid from the beginning but it took a little convincing on Jeremy's part.
From the start I chose 4 names I really liked and Jeremy started calling the baby Daniel. I told him I wanted to see all of my options and when I feel like I know the right name I will let him know and he can see if he likes it too.
Jeremy surprised me with a baby name book one day and we sat down together. Much to our dismay this particular book favored Hindu, and Middle Eastern names. I swear I couldn't find one name I liked.
Jeremy found a couple and with the ones I liked we created a poll. Landon won by a landslide and that was one I really liked before I got pregnant but that name has become popular all of a sudden and I didn't feel like baby was a Landon.
I kept calling baby Reid and Jeremy kept calling him Daniel. I finally told Jeremy that Daniel Reid, or Reid Daniel are our final choices but we need to choose quickly before he gets confused!
While I was just about to fall asleep one night Jeremy came into the room and said while he was fixing the Jeep one of his parts was made by a Reid and they sent him a sticker. He was sure it was a sign....there it was..our name :)

On June 1st I get another anatomy scan to look at baby Reid's parts. The Dr. said that he was a bit active and they could only see certain organs and would like to make sure the rest are developing great. What they could see was great and baby was measuring around 5 days ahead of schedule. Mommy does not like this news and hopes he evens out because I will get out of Summer quarter only 2 WEEKS before due date. I have been praying for a healthy pregnancy without any complications, bed rest, ect.... I need every day of this pregnancy to prepare!!

It's a boy!!

Monday April 26th was the big appt to find out the baby's sex. I made the appt for 5pm so that Jeremy wouldn't have to leave work too early. I had a huge hard test that morning and thought that would consume my thoughts but waiting until 5pm was very hard! I haven't been that nervous in a long time and I was shaky all day.

The time finally came for us to be in the waiting room and I was soo antsy. Jeremy arrived calm as always as we waited for a while. As I sat there imagining what the outcome of our appt would be Jeremy seemed a little more concerned about dinner. He was hungry and kept asking me what I wanted!! I had no clue what I wanted and was barely even hungry because I was nervous. I told him I was going to blog about how concerned he was about dinner that night right before we would find out the sex of our baby..

So the tech examined all the measurements as I searched for any sign of a boy part or girl part. She finally reached the measurements for the legs and I thought I saw a little penis. I looked at her and said, "That is a penis isn't it?" She said, "I didn't get that good of a view but if I were to make a guess I would say boy..."
Nice... I wasn't about to take that as a final answer so I went to the bathroom and did a little dance and jumped up and down so baby would cooperate. When I went back in the tech tried again and even though baby was very active she said that girls dont have anything extra in between the legs and she is pretty sure she saw the twig and berries.

I prepared for that moment since I became pregnant. I just always had a feeling that it would be a boy and I wouldn't care either way. Of course if i was being honest I wanted a girl VERY bad. I always imagined a girl whenever I thought of kids and the fact that I was ACTUALLY having a boy was starting to hit me.
We went out to eat after our appt and I was trying to be upbeat. We had called immediate family and text everyone else and I was having fun with all of the positive responses. I excused myself to the bathroom and when I was flushing the toilet my phone fell out of my pocket and landed in the toilet!! I was not very happy...
I washed off my phone and went back to dinner. Jeremy asked me why I was being so quiet and I lost it...I started to cry so hard and couldn't stop. The waiter came to ask us for our order but quickly excused himself as I was making an ass of myself. I just couldn't believe I was having a boy.. I wanted Jeremy to have a little girl so badly because he just loves them and I really wanted a girl too.
Jeremy said that having a boy is very very good news and crying about it makes him sad. I told him it was the disappointment of not having a girl, not the fact that I am having a boy. I wanted to have another girl in the house so I wouldn't be outnumbered all of the time and feel left out. Jeremy was very encouraging and reassured me that having a son of my own will be completely different.

Needless to say I am more than thrilled now and cannot wait for the arrival of our little guy. We do not have a name picked out yet but Jeremy calls him Daniel. I have a feeling it might stick..

I have felt the baby many times but not any big movements on the outside of my belly yet. I love being able to feel baby move around inside of me. It is one of the best feelings I have ever experienced...

More to come when we officially pick a name!