A Baby Named and Other Randomness

We’ve named our baby! I know that the doctor said 80% and not 100% the baby is a boy, but we just couldn’t help ourselves. I am so excited to drop the “it”. We don’t mean to say “it” when referring to Baby Reed, but sometimes you just can’t help it. So we knew we wanted to name the baby as soon as possible. Besides I think naming the baby right away helps in the bonding process. I feel more connected to him than ever.

So here it is…drum roll please…our baby will be named Cayden! Chad thought of the name long before I even got pregnant and I love it. I loved it the moment he said it and I grow more in love with it every day. Cayden Reed. It sounds marvelous. I am so thrilled with our name choice. We are still deciding on a middle name. It is so hard to believe this is all happening. Every day is gets more and more real.

Now that we have a tentative gender and name I have added a few more items to our baby registries, and once we get gender confirmed we will finish out the registries and start decorating!

Randomness #1
We went to dinner with Linsey (Chad’s sister) this past Saturday. We went to P.F. Chang’s (best Chinese food ever!). I don’t know if I have mentioned this or not, but Linsey is also pregnant. She is exactly 3 months ahead of me. She will be welcoming baby Kale in March. Two baby boy’s are on the way and everyone is super excited.

After dinner we went back to our house to watch a movie. I was able to feel baby Kale kick! It was one of the coolest things ever. I was able to feel him about three times and Chad was able to feel him too. I was really amazed by how strong his kicks were, you couldn’t just feel them, you could feel them. Linsey and I talked and talked all about pregnancy and all the crazy changes that are happening to us. I am sure Chad was thrilled.

Speaking of movement, at dinner I thought I felt Baby Cayden kicking me. But it is obviously very early to feel such things. However, I have been paying very close attention to everything that has been happening in my mid-section. I have been trying to really pay attention to what exactly are hunger pains and gas pains so that I tell what isn’t gas and hunger pains. This is what it was like. In my lower belly on my right side I felt a little vibration, it lasted about 3 seconds, about 15 seconds after that, another little vibration lasting about 3 seconds. I haven’t felt anything since then, but it was really excited to think that maybe I felt that baby move. I can’t wait to feel him!

Randomness #2
The doctor called today and said the results from my blood work from last week have been fully evaluated. She said everything looked great; no need for follow up testing. I loved hearing that. Now we can breathe. I am so grateful everything is progressing the way it should be. I have my monthly pre-natal visit scheduled for December 30th and I am sure we will go over the test results in-depth at that appointment.

Randomness #3
I still haven’t gained any pregnancy weight. I believe it’s normal to stay the same during the first trimester. I imagine that in the next few weeks I will really start packing on the pounds. For one, I will be entering my second trimester and Cayden will also starting putting on significant weight. Also, it is the holidays and I simply can’t say no to all the goodies that are surrounding me.