Baby's First Bib

My brother, Tyler, (who is 17, single, and good-looking) has convinced me that we "need" to buy this bib for the baby. . .

We might just give in and go back to the store and buy it!  I'm sure Uncle Travis and Uncle Stockton wouldn't mind either.

It's A . . .

BOY!!! We went in for our 16 week appointment this week and the doctor said he is 90% sure it is a boy! We know it is still a little early to be able to tell for sure, but we think 90% is pretty good odds. :) My mom flew in from Utah for the appointment and she was able to see the ultrasound of the baby and be there when we found out!

HE is now 16 weeks along! It is getting a little crowded in there now!

Last week my family sent me this picture… those wearing blue thought it would be a boy and those wearing pink thought it would be a girl. They also gave us some name suggestions (Albert?!). :) I seriously thought it was a girl for the longest time, but then a couple of days before the appointment I started to doubt myself. I guess it was just the baby trying to tell me he is a boy!

I was able to take a couple of days off from work, now that busy season is over, and spend some time with my mom! We got a ton of stuff done and it was so fun to get excited and ready for the baby! We found a crib, bedding set, and pack-n-play that we like, but haven’t bought them yet, and we also looked at pacifiers and bottles, baby carriers, and a bunch of other things… and of course we went shopping for some clothes! We did keep the receipts, just in case, but here are some of the things we found. Let me just say that you can find some awesome things at Ross for a great deal! We found a Carter’s outfit for $7, then we went to Babies R Us later and the exact same outfit was $20!I think our baby might be a little confused when he gets here because he is going to have so many nicknames. In fact, he has acquired quite a few nicknames and we haven’t even picked out his real name. I just hope none of them actually stick! :) Here are some of the nicknames:

Beans

Albert Pujols Irwin
Sherwin Irwin
Marvin Irwin
Lose Irwin (as in “lose or win”)
Winston Irwin

I guess that just means we will have to pick out a name sooner than later so he doesn’t acquire any more names!

All I know is this baby is going to have a lot of lovin’ coming from his family! We are so
excited for him to come in just 24 weeks… and hopefully those 24 weeks will go by fast!
And here’s the bump! We are slowly getting bigger!

Big News!

I realize that it has been nearly two years since I have blogged about our life... but we have been really busy lately! We graduated from BYU in April of last year and have since moved to Southern California to start our jobs with PwC. Rob is an auditor and I am a tax accountant. We enjoy the work that we do and the people that we work with, but it is a lot of working!! We just say "good-bye" to our lives during the busy season months and enjoy the time that is not busy. Typically, Rob is busy during January - March and again in August, and I am busy February - April and again from July/August - October. It has been a great experience for the both of us and we are happy to have the opportunity to work there.

Well, now we are excited to announce the next chapter of our life... adding a baby to the mix! We are expecting Baby Irwin on October 7th... which makes me 12 weeks today! I have had the "pleasure" of dealing with morning sickness and extreme exhaustion over the past few weeks, but I am happy to report that I am finally getting over it! I made dinner today, by myself, and I was so proud of myself! I can still get a little queasy over certain types of food, but I feel so much better than I did before. Bring on the second trimester!

We had our second doctor's appointment this last Thursday and we were able to see our baby on the ultrasound kicking around, touching its toes, waving its arms... it was so adorable! I am already in love with this little child of ours!! The baby is measuring a few days ahead of schedule... keep growing baby! I was amazed to see how much our baby had grown from week 7.5 to week 11.5... here are some pictures. The 7.5 week picture just looks like a little blob! And then the 11.5 week picture actually looks like a baby! With little arms, legs, fingers, toes!

Baby Irwin at 7.5 weeks!

And Baby Irwin at 11.5 weeks! Growing so fast!

I haven't started showing yet... but there was one day that I suddenly had a little belly! I got so excited about it that I took a picture... and I'm glad I did because it went away the next day. I never thought I would be so excited to gain weight and have my stomach rolling over my pants, but I am now! I'm sure that will change over the next few months, but for right now it is fun!

Here's the bump that came and went... and I'm sure it will be back soon!


As for Rob, he is doing really well! He has been working really long and hard hours lately, but he always makes sure I am doing okay and I really appreciate that. He has been dealing with some "symptoms" lately (tiredness) and while I'm pretty sure it is just because he is working a lot, I like to remind him that it is just pregnancy sympathy. :)

Well, that's our big news! I'm going to be better about updating this blog, mostly because we will have some fun and exciting things to post about in the upcoming months! I'll keep you updated.