Baby Pig??????

I received the funniest call the other day from my sister-in-law Jamie. As she was getting ready for the day, my niece Ayla was watching Nickelodeon. Jamie came back into the room where Ayla was watching TV and had this conversation:

Ayla – “Bean Bean Tommy Baby?”
Jamie – “Yes Bean Bean and Tommy are having a baby in the summer”
Ayla – “Baby Alivia?”
Jamie – “Yep Baby Alivia.”
Ayla – “Baby Pig?”
Jamie – “NO, Baby Baby!”
Ayla – “Oh???”

So where in the world did this idea come from? Olivia the Pig – the show on Nickelodeon that Ayla was watching. Good thing the show was still on or we may not have figured out the mystery!! Now all we have to do is convince Ayla that Baby Alivia will make baby sounds not piggy sounds.

Let us introduce.......

This week has been so much fun finding out that we are having a healthy girl!! It was so amazing the change in reality knowing the sex. I love that we no longer have an "it" but now have a she or her. So now that we know we are having a girl we would like to introduce her as Alivia Miyoko Ahern. Alivia (aka Livi) means Peace and Miyoko (pronounced Me-Yo- Ko) means Beautiful Child. It is some what of a tradition in my mom's side of the family to have Japanese middle names so we decided to continue this idea so that Alivia will know that part of her heritage. We had gone back and forth with the idea of keeping her name a secret but ultimately decided that we wanted our friends and family to know.

Tom's sister and I made a trip to Babies-R-Us on Tuesday night to update our registry with some girly additions. One of my finds while updating our registry was the lamp to the bedding I had been considering for the nursery. Well - it was a win! It works well with the color scheme that the room is painted so I ordered the rest of the bedding through Target and it should be arriving in the beginning of April. This weekend I finished up our Target registry, found curtains that match the bedding and then had one of my creative ideas that I am super excited to share. I follow a blog of this woman that paints personalized canvases and thought "I can do that". After thinking through it a little further I thought I would design them on the computer and then print them on canvas rather than paint them in the interest in time. So last night while the boys watched the UFC fight I designed a couple canvases for the nursery. I printed them and stretched them today so that Tom and I could hang them tonight!

the lamp that matches the bedding

the canvas above the cribthe canvas on the opposite wallthe poem reads -
You are the poem we dreamed of writing. The masterpiece we longed to paint. You are the shining start we reached for in our ever hopeful quest for life fulfilled. You are our child. Now with all things we are blessed.

Some notes from Week 19...........

Cravings.........Orange Juice, beets (very odd), salad

Aversions............not too much but everything seems to give me heartburn

How I feel...........so excited that we are having a girl and can't wait to meet her

Interesting fact.............The baby is moving non-stop and Tom and I have both been able to feel

Next Appointment.........March 31, 2009

Drumroll Please................

IT'S A GIRL!!!!


Our appointment went really well. All of her measurements are right on track. She currently weighs about 11 oz. and is in the 85 percentile. Because of her positioning she didn’t give us a very good profile view but we did get a straight on view of her face. We got to see her arms, legs, hands, and feet. Jimmy had to nudge her a little to get her to un-cross her legs which she did!! She is really active and constantly moving. It was great to see that what I was feeling was actually her moving. Last night Tom was able to feel a small movement as she kicked the heart Doppler. Such an amazing thing!! We are extremely thrilled that we are going to have a healthy baby Girl!! We are truly blessed. Now……to decide on her name!!

Happy Birthday Tom!!