Happy 2 Month Birthday, Peanut Man!

My (no-so) little peanut is 2 months today! Time has certainly flown by. He weighed in at 9lbs 4oz last Friday...more than double his birth weight. I can't wait to see how much he weighs at his 2 month well visit on Thursday! My guess is 9lbs 13oz. (I'll be sure to update after the appointment.)

Overheard from the Living Room

Mr Jones:
Parker do you want tacos for dinner? Hmmm...do you? I bet in three years you will want tacos for dinner. You bet your buttons you will. You don't have buttons right now, but you will some day. Right now, you just have snaps. But those are almost buttons.

Parker:
*blows raspberries* and pushes again Mr Jones with his legs

Mr Jones:
Where are you going? Trying to walk away? Well, look...you made it over there, but now there's nowhere else to go. Way to exercise those little baby legs.

I love my boys. And I love how much Mr Jones enjoys being a daddy.

He's definitely his father's son

Baby Jones is being a little stinker today. He's decided my bladder is a nice, comfy spot to hang out.

Ok, I have to pee a lot...I can deal with that. But now he's taken to kicking my bladder which forces me to run to the bathroom for fear of having an accident. I don't want to imagine what it'll be like when he's bigger. Oy.

In other news, I had my 20 week OB appointment yesterday. Baby is measuring exactly on track and all of the diagnostic blood work came back negative for Down's Syndrome, Trisomy 13 and 18, and neural tube defects.

Woo hoo! I have a healthy (albeit slight pain-in-the-bladder) son.

Gender Reveal - Baby Jones is a...

As I stated in an earlier post, we decided to reveal Baby Jones' gender to our parents at Christmas.

How did we pull off the big surprise?
We decided to have cakes made with colored frosting inside - blue for boy and pink for girl.

The cakes were a big hit and we had a blast surprising our families. Mr Jones' mom wanted to flip over the baby on top. My mom wanted to peek under the diaper. It was funny listening to all of the ways they thought they were going to find out.

As for the gender? Well, I'll let the pictures tell you...

The cake...how cute is it???

My mom's reaction was hilarious!

And in case you can't see the cake really well in the previous picture...

The newest member of our family is all boy. We can't wait to meet him!!

Anatomy Scan

My appointment today went fabulously! Mr Jones was able to take some time off work to go with me and we absolutely, without a doubt know what Baby Jones is. S/he was quite cooperative and allowed the tech to get a nice view of the "nether region".

All of the measurements looked great. The tech got clear pictures of the baby's spine, the baby's face, and all four chambers of the heart. We even got to see baby waving at us...so sweet. We truly couldn't have asked for better results!

The heart rate was perfect (154 bpm) and baby weighs approx. 8 oz.

Wow...this is so real now. Unbelievable.

Is Baby Jones a boy or a girl?

Since I find out Monday morning if I'm growing a little boy or a little girl, I figured I'd ask all my Blogland buddies what their guesses are...

So, what do you think? Boy? Girl? Cast your vote!

Oh, and sorry to disappoint, but I won't be doing a big reveal post on Monday. Why? Well, because we are waiting until Christmas to reveal to the families...and I know for a fact my mom reads this blog (hi, Mom!). However, if you email me and ask nicely, I might share the results with you. :)

Sorry I've been a complete slacker when it comes updating y'all and taking bump pics. With my longer drive to and from work (1 hour each way), I am usually exhausted by the time I get home. The only thing I want to do is eat dinner and crash.

I *finally* remembered to take a picture today so here you go - 17 weeks and 2 days - I'm definitely growing a baby bump!

(Please excuse my pjs...I change as soon as I get home. Work clothes are no where near as comfy as pjs!)

One year ago...

One year ago I married my best friend,
the one I want to grow old with,
the one I love more with every breath I take.

One year ago we promised to love each other
as long as we both shall live.

Little did I know that one year later...
We'd have our first home.
And, in 6 months, there would be a new little Jones joining us in that home.

Yes, you read that right. I am expecting - due May 16th. We are both thrilled (obviously).

I'm sorry I took a hiatus from the blog. I missed you all, but it was WAY too hard to keep this secret inside for as long as I did. Stepping away from blogging was the only way I knew how. I hope y'all will forgive me. :)

We make cute kids...in a virtual world

Mr Jones and I were playing around on Morph Thing the other day. I must say, we make some pretty darn cute kids together!

Now, we just need to make these cute kids a reality... :)

We have a Secret...and it's a BIG one!

****Post written on Saturday, June 5, at 6:30 am****

I woke up early this morning, around 5:45. I couldn't sleep...and for good reason. I was going to find out if my dreams had come true. Was I going to be a mommy or would we need to try again next month?

After yesterday's "Are there 2 lines or not?" test (which is, ironically, very clear in the picture), I decided to pull out the big guns, the digital test! An agonizing 3 minutes of staring at the screen later, "Pregnant" appeared. Let me tell you, I was in shock. Heck, I wasn't even sure if I was seeing things...it was 5:50 in the morning after all!

After the initial "OMG!" moment (and staring at the screen to make sure I was reading it right), I went back out in the bedroom, leaned over Mr Jones, and whispered, "Baby, we're going to be parents!"

Best feeling in the world.

If you didn't know better, you'd think we're knocked up!

Disclaimer: I am not pregnant. I am not hiding anything from you. I promise.

One of my favorite weekend pastimes is being lazy and chillin' in bed with Mr Jones. We talk about whatever comes to mind...the serious stuff and the not-so-serious stuff. Past conversations have included everything from favorite childhood memory and biggest fear in life to most embarrassing moment and bodily functions. Yes, we've talked about farting. Don't judge.

Yesterday's conversation started out innocent enough. I was telling Mr Jones about my friend's baby girl who had been born earlier in the week...when the conversation turned to what we would name our future child(ren). Little did I know, some of the names I loved, Mr Jones hated. Uh oh...

After about 20 minutes of (lively) debate, I went out to the living room to get my laptop so we could browse lists of baby names. (Again, I swear I am not pregnant!)

Browsing a list of baby boy names made the conversation down right hilarious!! We were presented with such doozies as: Banjo (ummm...maybe if I lived in the boondocks?), Ferrari (because you want to name your kid after a car?), Megatron (Mr Jones' #1 pick for awesomeness), and Moon-Unit (I'm not kidding!). Through all of that though, we were able to agree on a handful of boy names. Maybe someday, I'll have a reason to share them with you... :)

Thankfully, we already have a girl name picked out. I'm sure that conversation would have been fun though...

Can we say Baby Fever?!

I know I can!

So many of my real life and bloggie friends are expecting. It's certainly a baby boom around here!! And it's given me major baby fever.

My "snow day" has consisted of watching A Baby Story, Bringing Home Baby, Make Room for Baby, Birth Day...the list goes on and on.

I think the TV is trying to tell me something. *grin*