AGAINST ALL ODDS....BETS....HINTS....AND MOTHERLY INSTINCTS

"HALLELUJAH!!"

MINDY AND I ARE HAVING A BOY!!!!!

UNFORTUNATELY BLOGGER IS NOT LETTING US POST PHOTOS CURRENTLY, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HIS "OUTY". WE HAVE ALREADY PICKED A NAME FOR OUR "LITTLE MISTER", BUT IT IS A SECRET TO ONLY A CLOSE FEW. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW ONCE HE IS BORN.

(and if you want to know, I am only accepting Oregon Ducks, Houston Astros, Houston Rockets, Houston Texans, and CAMO gear as gifts........ I'm pretty sure Mindy is accepting everything else........)

17.5 week pic

OK, so here is the proof that Mindy is growing. Some of her favorite snacks have been yogurt, peanut butter on tortillas, cheese and crackers, oranges, cantalope, and fudge bars. Mindy is kind of concerned that she is showing too early. She has only gained 7 pounds so far. I say that there's a Queen-size suite with a heart-shaped hot tub in her tummy......... that just proves there's a high-maintainence little girl in there loving every minute. Now, here are some photos: (I put the old 11-week photo here for comparison)

Now, MY favorite foods during this time have been: pizza, Kettle Chips, any red meat (smothered, covered, or between bread), a healthy dose of ranch dressing on everything, and also a little bit of Diet Cherry Pepsi.......(can't stand the regular pepsi, ruins my figure)

Oh, and Taco Bell's grilled stuffed burrito, steak, extra baja sauce......double decker supreme, nacho supreme.

I would like to thank my mom and dad who gave me this figure. I have my mom's face and my dad's love of food. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear I was Italian.

Now, on a more serious note, Mindy and I will hopefully find out the sex of the baby in less than two weeks. Stay tuned....

A little bit of good news: Wendy Mathias is now completely cancer-free. They wanted me to thank you all for the prayers. Please visit there blog again, they have some great photos of the family.

Love you all! (You're welcome G-G and Grammy for the post!!!! Sorry it took so long)

Have you ever played the blinking game? Well, trying to find out the sex of the baby from an ultrasound is very difficult and can be very similar to this game....you have to keep your eyes open forever to try to see what you're looking (or not looking) for. I don't recommend trying to see an "inny" or an "outy" by yourself. This should be left to trained professionals, who rigorously train night and day for this type of work. I wish our doctor would have told Gary and I this before Mindy's U/S last friday. I've checked with Gary and he is still having trouble getting to work on time. (He can only turn lefts...) I have trouble hitting my mouth when I eat now...which could be a good thing. Hopefully my condition will pass by Friday, it's Papa John's /Movie night at the Seebers.