The Next Book of the Chronicles

OK, OK, I know you are all waiting desperately by the phone, ipad or monitor to find out the answer. Well, I am proud to announce that the next book of the Chronicles of Violetta Margarita will officially be called...

The New Adventures of Luigi Limoncello

That's right folks, we saw boy parts yesterday. I hope Luigi won't be too upset to learn that the first for 18.5 weeks of his existence, he was referred to as a girl! Our anatomy scan went fairly well, in that everything looked good. Luigi, however, was being uncooperative, and remained face up the entire time, which meant that they didn't get the picture the wanted of his spine. So, I have to go back at the end of next week. Oh darn! (Thanks little buddy!)

He was moving his little arms and legs all around, and at one point, he had just about enough of being poked and prodded and literally started boxing with the probe, and his little legs were kicking up a storm. He was like "Enough is enough, just let me take a nap already, will you?" It was truly adorable, but yet, it did make Hubby a little nervous as he was hoping for a nice calm Violetta. 

So, I have to be honest, because that is what I do here, I am a little bit disappointed that Violetta has not yet chosen to make her appearance. I think many of us have a vision, and it's a little sad when we learn that that vision isn't going to be what we thought or hoped for, and I think that's ok. But that doesn't meant that the reality won't be just as awesome as what we though we wanted. Sometimes a new vision just takes some time to get used to. The one thing that does truly frighten me is that we will ultimately end up with 3 boys if we try for a second through IVF and end up with twins. Now, that would be a nightmare! But, it's a long way off, and in the meantime, I have just about 5 months to get excited and prepared for my little Luigi. And it will be a lot of fun to see him grow up with his new boy cousin who will arrive in about 6 weeks. 

My mom is coming to visit tomorrow and I think I'm going to do the balloon in the box for her to open to make it fun. Then, we'll be doing some shopping on Saturday. She cannot wait to buy the right color clothes. (sigh, girl clothes really are so much more fun...) I spent last night looking at baby boy rooms on Houzz. Not ready to pin any ideas on Pinterest until I've told my mom about Luigi. But I am getting excited for the nursery. And you know what, I always like to play with blocks and matchbox cars more than my barbie dolls when I was a kid anyway. So, maybe I really will be able to figure out what to do with a boy. 

Lastly, before I run off to lunch, my mood improved significantly after seeing Luigi yesterday. I still need to keep an eye on my mood, but I think a lot of it was based on the classic fear that something would be wrong, or he would have died and I wouldn't know it. I get so stressed out before these appointments, being more focused on preparing for bad news rather than getting excited for good. Ah, the long term effects of IF. So, seeing him kicking and punching up a storm might make me worry a bit about future tantrums, yes, but it did a world of good for my state of mind. Also, I was told I could take benadryl on occasion to help with sleeplessness, and got a referral to a sports medicine doctor to evaluate my shoulder and knee pain. So, hopefully I will get a handle on some of those other issues soon. Thanks, as always for all the support!