It’s a…….BOY!!!

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Adrianne

Had our 21 weeks ultrasound appointment yesterday and finally found out the gender! In the words of the technician and our doctor….100 % sure it will be a little dude when it pops out. I had a moment of panic during the beginning of the ultrasound when I thought I heard the tech mumble under her breath something along the lines of, “I’ll just get HER (something) measurements….” I figured she had already spied signs of the gender, and it was then that I realized how much I wanted a boy, hahahaha. BUT, a few minutes later she prodded the little spazz to get a glimpse of his underside and I spied the goods! She quickly verified, yep, indeed boy, while Jorge said something like, “Where? What?” and I got to announce, “I saw it, I saw it!”

After the ultrasound, the doctor said that baby Velasco had been surprisingly very cooperative and they had gotten all the measurements they wanted. Not only that, but everything looked great and was “ideal.” He said “we could cross 950 things to worry about off our list” haha. So, all in all, great news for the day! Doc asked me if I had begun to feel him kicking around yet and I replied, “Oh, yeah.” He said that it was surprising that I was feeling it so strongly this soon for a first pregnancy; Jorge said he wondered what the last few months would be like if he were already kung-fu-ing now. While I’ve been feeling him for the last few weeks, his jabs have gotten much stronger over the last week or two (he’s punching me as I type). Maybe the Korean food gave him a boost. He was dancing throughout the ultrasound, enough to make the tech comment on his spastic movements.

As requested, here are the new pictures–no more alien, he actually looks like a little human! (Hard to take the pics because of the super glossy finish)

He was sitting on one leg in this shot

Freakish 3-D pic. The tech said they don't work well until they're older, but we enjoy the what appears to be a popping eye and full-toothed grin

Freakish 3-D pic. The tech said they don’t work well until they’re older, but we enjoy what appears to be a popping eye and full-toothed grin

Guess dad was right yet again (Think of looking up from underneath…the long part on the right is a thigh..staring at butt cheeks)

20 weeks!

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Adrianne

Just a quick update with some pics from our vacation. Had a great time in Hawaii and Korea and I must say, Korea is a very pregnant-lady-friendly country! Bathrooms and free filtered water galore. On the metro men would point to my belly protrusion and then stand up smiling and give me their seats.

Here is a side shot (there were many during the trip, thanks to my belly-paparazzi husband) to make up for my missing 18-20 week pictures.

19 weeks

And here is my 20 weeks bump shot (back in Hawaii again for return flight).

And here are the adorable baby socks I couldn’t stop buying in Korea (one pair was a gift from my Korean friend Suji).

17 Weeks!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Adrianne

Belly bump…belly bump….

I’m uber excited because 1) my semester is done as soon as I finish my last paper and 2) we’re leaving for Hawaii and Korea on Friday!!

Here are some pics to keep everyone satisfied until I get back.

17 weeks

Baby is the size of an onion

Here is a version featuring my sisters-in-law (coochy, coochy, coochy….)

Yes, that’s the start of a scarf wrapped around an onion…

And here I am supporting my cousin in the Outback Adventurer contest

And sporting my Mother’s Day gift from the Child….it’s perfect! I will definitely be wearing this in public when I’m huge–hopefully it will keep strangers from getting their arms broken.

Frontal shot doesn’t do the bump justice…

…so here is a side shot of me looking completely drugged

AND the awesome flowers everyone got me for an early mother’s day! (As Matt explained, mine is the smaller bunch on the left, and next year I will be upgraded to true-mother status!)