No Longer an "It"

She's been being poked, prodded, and stuck so many times during this pregnancy, it was nice to see this visit to the doctor stay on the surface of my wife. It's funny how I suspect everything is going smoothly between the visits to the doctor, but there's an intense moment of anxiety just before we hear the heartbeat again. The heartbeat reminds me that I've got a real little baby just cooking away in there, aside from Nikki's growing belly, hunger, bathroom breaks, and frequent nap times.

We got much more (or less) than we bargained for at this doctor's visit. Already a shining example of propriety, the second the ultrasound transducer was pressed into Nikki's belly we had a perfect view of our little baby's hiney and, ahem, nethers. Lo and behold, I've got a little daughter on the way.

If you are familiar with my family tree, you likely would have been bringing sports equipment and car magazines to the deliver room to greet the next Premo boy. Since we found out that Nikki was pregnant I had been overcome by that sappy, yet true, sentiment that "I don't care if it's a boy or a girl, I just want the baby to be healthy." (By the way, all signs point to a very healthy, on schedule little girl) In spite of that, it was exciting to know that I've got a daughter on the way.

I dropped Nikki off at work after the appointment and headed to the office, allowing me a little time to reflect on the news. I realized that any sort of machismo, carefree, and of course money that I have is pretty much out the window. I've got two beautiful ladies in my life now to get territorial over, spoil, over-protect, and pore over.

If you thought I was sappy before, you ain't seen nothing yet. I love my girls with all my heart.

A long awaited update

Mommy Premo here....Its been so long since our last blog that I'm not sure where to start. Travis and I are so happy to be parents that were busy trying to prepare.

So since I have the rest of the afternoon off, I thought Id share with you all whats been going on in our lives.

Let me start off by saying I couldn't do it with out the help of Travis and the rest of our family and friends. As my tummy gets more and more round the less I am able to do, and the more I become a "rolly pollie" as Travis puts it. Since our last blog my morning sickness has faded away and my energy level has become normal, for the most part. I still like my early bed times, but that isn't anything new for me. =) We've also have heard our baby's heart beat and found out the sex yesterday. To much surprise on the Premo side of the family we're having a baby girl. That's right, we have broken the tradition and we're the first, in several years, to have a baby girl. Granted theres a couple of girls in the family back on the East coast but for everyone here on the West side of things we're all very excited! We haven't picked out any names yet, but we have gotten/received a few pink and girly clothes. I cant wait to pick out more outfits.

Travis is going to be such a wonderful daddy, I just know he's going to go gaga over this little one.

We have pictures and a video of the heart beat, which Travis has access to, so in his next blog I'll have him post them for you all to enjoy.

In the meantime, we have another 4 months to go!

Love,
Mommy

Dad here...

To say that this will "change your life" is only half the truth.

When I say I'm a skeptic, you will agree. Along with that skepticism, add equal parts sarcasm, scientist and a general inability to shut one's mouth and you'll get me. School taught me that a complicated series of chemical reactions, simply molecules doing what they do, is what forms a human being and by extension, everything walking, crawling, flying, swimming and growing on this earth.

As I looked at the monitor and saw this little, quiet, out-of-focus visitor, nestled comfortably inside my wife, the doctor said something, but I wasn't really listening. My heartbeat was quickly increasing to the speed of the miniature heart on the screen. I thought to myself, he or she has a little heart that's gonna love Mommy and Daddy one day, a brain that will put up with Dad's stories about the good old days, and little beginnings of arms that will one day hold onto the love of his or her life. "It's about the size of a lima bean," I heard, catching the end of his standard issue, textbook explanation of what we were looking at.

I'm not one to wax philosophical, nor religious, but no amount of schooling can explain the feelings, thoughts, and shear amazement that I experienced while I looked at that little person. I used to ask people why we don't witness miracles, like in the times described by the Bible.

I think that monitor was a little reminder that the miracles never ceased.



I love you hunny, and you too Baby Premo.

On the Father Side of Life....

How 'bout those flowers? That's courtesy of the paternal Grandma to be and Dave. Nikki appreciates the beauty of the flowers, while I admire the engineering of the package in which it arrived. Believe it or not, those flowers came to our front door boxed up and flown in from some exotic locale, packaged in a form fitting cardboard box and just enough water to survive the trip.

Anyway, this blog isn't about air-mailed flowers, it's about a blueberry-sized human that's currently baking inside Nikki's tummy. This being my first blog, I need to catch everyone up on this adventure from the father side of things.

While the miracle at hand had been in the works for at least a couple weeks, the lucky dad-to-be was let in on the secret about three weeks ago. The feeling I had was similar to that experienced the night I asked Nikki to be my wife. All at once were feelings of excitement, nerves, and happiness as she shared the news from the doctor.

I immediately entered paranoid and over-protective husband mode and have spent the past three weeks examining food labels, playing it safe, and generally making sure that Preggo is well taken care of, as she deserves.

Apologies in advance for the sappiness to come over these nine months, but it's an exciting time, and I'm loving every minute. The baby isn't here yet, but just like that, I had a new love in my life. A new little person will be with us soon inheriting all of Nikki's personality, humor, looks, generosity and all-around cuteness and of course inheriting my last name...at least that's the way I'd have it.

Unfortunately for all of us, he or she will be a complete smart ass, courtesy of me.

Here's to baby Premo and the beautiful woman who has to put up with carrying him or her around until next year.

-Daddy

The Beginning...

May 27, 2010: One of the most exciting days of our lives. It was like any other Thursday morning; woke up, had breakfast with Travis and then we went off our separate ways. He went to work, as I went to my last critical thinking class before finals. After class had ended I had time before work and decided to go to the doctor's office. After waiting what seemed like an eternity the doctor confirmed what Travis and I had been hoping for-I'm pregnant! I went the entire day, anxious to talk to Travis and share the exciting news. Of course, I wasn't going to tell him over the phone, so when we were settled in after work, and were debating what to do for dinner-I shared the good news, in shock and excited Travis couldn't have been happier. He took me to Cheesecake factory where we celebrated and decided how we'd tell all of our family and friends.
Which brings the purpose of this blog, to share with all of our family and friends the adventure we're going to be going through for the next nine months and the years to follow. We have so many family member's that aren't in a 5 mile radius that we want them to get all the details our local family members get. Since this is what we say "a team effort" Travis and I will be taking turns writing blogs, so look for who wrote it at the end of each entry.
Here are the two first photos we've taken in the past couple of days to celebrate:
The first one is of the flowers Travis brought home for me the next day after I told him I was pregnant along with "Kole" the stuffed animal the florist shop gave him as a congrats present =) The one below that is a picture of the baby's first pair of jammies-courtesy of Grammy & Grampy Wilson. It's green, so it'll work for boy or girl and as far as Nemo is concerned that's fitting for us because it was the first movie we watched together when we met in 2004. "Finding Nemo".








With that more pictures will soon come. We'll be taking monthly photos of the tummy along with progress of decorating our soon to be nursery.

I love you Travy...

-Mommy to be