"Mother's Day" and Daddy's First Feel

Last Sunday was Mother's Day and I got to celebrate this year! Ben bought me purple tulips and a bead for my Pandora, we had a great brunch with my parents (who also bought me a Pandora bead) and then Ben, Wrigley and I went to Notre Dame to watch Ben's cousin play in the Lacrosse finals. We also walked campus and lit a candle in the Grotto. We finished the day visiting with family at Grandma's house.

On Thursday evening Ben and I were watching TV and the dance party began (as usual!) The nugget is normally active after dinner and once I sit down and am still. After many attempts of having his hand on my belly, Ben finally felt movement! He said "that's it! I felt it, awesome!" He still isn't feeling a lot of kicking yet, but I am always reassuring him that he will have plenty of opportunity! I am grateful he finally got to feel him move though, I think he was a bit jealous of Wrigley. :)

Here is a picture of us in front of the Dome at Notre Dame last weekend.

Ready to Register!

Last Wednesday I started and finished both of my registries! I registered online with The Land of Nod and then went to lunch and spent almost two hours in Babies R Us with my sister Jaime! Thank goodness for her company! I was extremely overwhelmed and had probably done too much research as usual, haha...I think the hardest part is that you don't know what the baby will and will not like, and so you are advised to try a little of everything. Overall I am happy with both registries and I am now trying to think of where we will put all this stuff! It does make everything more real though, and he is moving like crazy these days! Almost 23 weeks along and feeling great, yay!
Both registries are online if you want to check them out: www.babiesrus.com and www.landofnod.com. They are listed under Nicole & Ben Decio.
Thank you so much Jaime for all of your help and support-love you!

Oh Boy, Oh Boy!

On Thursday April 30th, we had our 20 week ultrasound. We decided to find out the sex of the baby...the tech said that there was no mistake that we are having a boy! I was so thrilled, I want a healthy baby and I would have been excited either way, but I was secretly hoping for a boy. Ben's reaction is what made it a truely special day...he is completely over the moon. He could not stop smiling and saying "we're having a boy" over and over. We can now start calling my belly "him." Yay!

People have asked me all along what I think I am having or if I had a feeling eihter way, which I didn't...but everyone has certainly had their guesses! My mom said from day one that we were having a boy and Ben was convinced we were having a girl...I even wore a pink shirt to the appointment!

Here are a couple of ultra sound pictures and a picture of the belly at 20 weeks. Notice Wrigley in the background...so cute!