I See Some Blue in Our Future

We had our second ultrasound today and the doctor revealed (very confidently) that we are having a BOY! I am so excited!!! Of course, I would have been excited either way, but it will be neat to have one of each and get to experience the similarities and differences between the two genders. Ally will be a great sister to a younger brother.
I know for some people, they like the surprise of waiting to find out the gender of their baby, but for me it is a nice treat between a horrible first trimester and what potentially could become a pretty lousy third trimester. It is a nice "reward" and takes my mind off of watching my sugar, non-stress tests and trying to find clothes to fit into. :-)
I can't wait to see what our little man looks like as I snuggle him in my arms. For now, though, here is a peak at what he looks like hanging out in his mama's belly. Isn't he gorgeous?!?

I'm baaaaaaaack...with some news!

Well, no, I didn't fall off the face of the earth (though some days I have felt like I would like too), but I do have a pretty good excuse for not blogging in months. The Truitts are expecting a little package come September...a tiny baby package! We found out we are pregnant with our second little bundle of joy! Ally is going to be a big sister!

We are very excited, though we were a little bit surprised by the news at first (we didn't exactly plan this one, but we were planning to try for one later in the year, so what's a few months, right?).

I have been SUPER sick with this pregnancy, worse than I was with Ally and for those of you who remember that pregnancy, I was pretty sick then too. I will be 12 weeks tomorrow and I am starting to feel a little better, so I am hopeful that my second trimester will be a good one. And, I am hopeful that I will be able to find energy and time to blog again. I have lots of things to catch up on. I have been super tired, but I hear that is the case with your second one, especially since I am chasing a very active almost two year old around the house all the time.

Our due date is set at September 28, though the computer when we had our ultra sound seems to think it is more like the 23rd, so we'll see.

Below is a picture from our first ultrasound from last week. Our baby is floating upside down in the picture, but he/she was waving to us and moving like crazy the whole time the doctor was doing her thing. It was so neat to see and it brought back tons of memories from seeing Ally for the first time. Ultrasounds are so awesome!

Well, I hope to be back soon and will try to keep everyone updated on our progress.

Here we go again!!! Let the madness begin!

Can you believe it has been 9 months?!?

Ally had her 9 month (she is 9 months today!) check-up with Dr. Dan today and everything went really well. Dr. Dan must have said about 10 times how cute she is (duh!) and he said her growth is fantastic! She weighed in at 19.8 lbs (50 percentile), she is 28 1/4 in. long (77th percentile) and her head measurement is 17 1/2 (75th percentile...lots of brains!). As usual, Ally put on quite a cute show for everyone at the doctor's office, smiling and jabbering the whole time. She even gave Dr. Dan her new head tilt and wave combo. She is quite the ham...not sure where she got that from (typing in my most sarcastic tone). :-)

Below are pictures of Ally being weighed (she looks much happier to be being weighed than mommy ever is) and messing up the sheet on the examining table (check out the belly!).

Mommy Checks Out OK

Today was my 6 week follow up appointment with Dr. Goist and everything went really well. I took Ally with me and she almost slept through the entire appointment! Dr. Goist said I looked good and she didn't have any concerns for me, so that was good news. She was very impressed with Ally too! Dr. Goist had not seen Ally since the morning we checked out of the hospital and it was very early and very dark in our room, so she really didn't get a chance to see her that well.
We love Dr. Goist and were so happy with the care she gave me during my pregnancy and delivery. She was the on call doctor the night that Ally was born, so she was actually at the hospital for most of my labor, which was a nice feeling. Given there are no insurance changes by the time we have our next child, I hope to have Dr. Goist as my doctor again.

After my doctor appointment, Ally and I headed over to my office on Ackerman road to pick up "Aunts" Kim and Christy so we could meet "Aunt" Heidi for lunch at Champps. It was so nice to see my girls! Although I don't miss work, I do miss seeing my good friends every day. We had a nice lunch and caught up on some of the work gossip I was missing (don't miss the drama at all!!!). Ally slept through the entire lunch, so of course no one believes me when I say she is not a great sleeper! She's always making a liar out of me! :-) Lunch was a lot of fun and hopefully we can meet for lunch at least once more before my maternity leave is over.

Ally's New Love Affair??

So we broke down and gave Ally a pacifier. We both said we weren't going to, but when good ole Dr. Dan said it might be the best thing, we decided to give it a shot. She seems to be a child who needs something to suck on for comfort and rather than that be me (sorry to all who are offended by breast feeding references, but honestly, and in my nicest tone...get over it!), we opted for the paci. We didn't want to see her overeat and gain too much weight and well, we could use some sleep around here, so we're going with it. She doesn't seem to be all that interested in it, to be honest with you, so we will try it for awhile, but we won't be sad if it doesn't become her new best friend. At any rate, she does look super cute with it! :-)

Let us introduce you to Dr. Dan!

Today we made a visit to see Dr. Dan Heinmiller, Ally's pediatrician, and as you can see from the picture above, Ally was unimpressed. David and I, however, were very impressed! It was our first official visit with him and we were very happy with everything we experienced. Dr. Dan was a recommendation of Mindy, mommy to Ally's friends, Ella and Claire. (Mindy also teaches with Grandma Clark). He was very friendly and laid back and he was so sweet to Ally. He and David spent a few minutes chatting about baseball (turns out David played ball at GLHS around the same time as one of Dr. Dan's sons and he remembered David from those days) and real estate, before we all remembered why we were there in the first place. :-) The staff at Dr. Dan's office was equally friendly and very organized.

Dr. Dan said Ally looked wonderful and he was pleased with her weight (she was back to her birth weight after 9 days). He said she was a beautiful baby (duh!).

He did mention that the skin that connects her tongue to the bottom of her mouth was very tight and most likely would need to be clipped...a procedure he would do in his office at her next appointment. She would feel a very minimal amount of pain and there would be little bleeding. It is important that we have this done to prevent speech problems in the future. We feel confident that what Dr. Dan says is necessary...my cousin and my uncles had this procedure done when they were young, so I was at least familiar with the procedure beforehand. David is a little concerned that Ally will end up looking like she should be jamming with KISS, but I think Dr. Dan will take care not to clip anything too much. :-) So, we will schedule this procedure for next time...

All in all, it was a good first visit and we left Dr. Dan's office feeling confident in our choice in pediatricians and even more proud of our little bundle of joy...