Another Dose of Reality

At 23 weeks, it's gotten to the very exciting point in my pregnancy that our little man's punches and kicks can be felt from the outside. Do to some anatomy positioning, I've had to wait a little longer than most women to feel his kicks at all. It's only been a week or so that I've been able to tell its actually the baby moving and not just gas or something.

I was curious if it was strong enough for people to feel so I was checking the outside of my stomach after drinking orange juice. Sure enough, I felt the jab from the inside and the outside. Pretty exciting for us, but he won't be on a "regular" activity schedule for another 3-4 weeks, so its been hard for Paul to catch it. Never the less, its pretty darn exciting, and just more proof that this kid is happy and healthy. I'll take as much of that as possible!

Baby Reality

So I've been really cautious to make my pregnancy "real" to the world. We posted it on facebook, and of course here, but I have been really wishy-washy about a shower, and even more so with a baby registry. Paul and I just want to have our little man in our hands before we start celebrating. Now that he's moving almost constantly, and his presence is much more noticible to the outside world (thanks to my steadily growing baby bump) I am settling down a little bit more.

In the last week or so, I've started rethinking the shower and the registry. So much so, that last night Paul and I went to Babies R' Us and started our baby registry. I must say, that while having the scanner and the store at our ready was fun, it was an exhausting and overwhelming process. I ended up coming home and going online to figure out exactly what ended up on there. We didn't do to bad, and only missed a few things, that I was easily able to add online.

I'm still not sure if I am comfortable having a party in honor of the little man before he is actually safely in our lives, but I think the registry was a good first step. I do love to open presents, which is one incentive to have a shower, but I'm just not sure if its a big enough one to outweigh my superstitions. We'll have to see how I'm feeling when the 3rd trimester rolls around next month.

It's a...

BOY!! Our doctor thought he saw a little boy part at our 15 week ultrasound, but today at our 20 week ultrasound, there was no doubt about it. Baby Kleinstein is an absolutely perfect little boy! We are SO super excited for our summer arrival, and can't weet to meet the little guy.

His beautiful little profile

A front shot of his face. You can see they eyes and nose pretty clearly.

Proof of his manhood :)

Adorable little foot

Big News!!

Although I'm pretty sure that everyone who reads this already knows, I still feel its a blog-worthy announcement. After a much anticipated journey, Paul and I are expected our first child in late July! We couldn't be more excited to welcome the little sweet pea into the Kleinstein family.

Predictions of the baby's gender are in full force. The overwhelming majority (Aaron, Jenny, Laura, Molly, Ella and Jackie, Sr) feels the sweet pea is a girl, however Paul and I are leaning towards boy. We honestly don't have a preference either way, and are just thrilled to welcome the little one this Summer... ever if it means no Jersey Shore for us this year. We are hoping to find out the sex at our 15 week appointment on Wednesday, but it may be too early to tell, still.

Below are the pictures of the little one from our 11 week appointment. I'll have some better - less alienlike - ones on Wednesday.

Profile picture... it looks like we got the baby's good side :)

The classic "alien" shot from the front. You can see the face pretty well.

Lazy Day with Family

Paul is back in New Jersey visiting his family for the weekend, and I had all these grandiose plans to clean and organize the house. That didn't end up happening. I ended up feeling under the weather, and laying in bed/on the couch all day. For the most part, It was fabulous. But around 4 or 5 I ended up getting pretty bored and lonely. Thankfully, Jenny seemed to be in the same boat as me, and she brought some dinner over. My mom came over too - I lured her with cookies. We watched the football game and had a good old time... doing nothing. At least we were all doing nothing together :)

Seahawks

Yesterday Jenny and I went to the last Seahawks game of the year. Jenny's friend Mike gave her the tickets, at around 10:00 on Saturday night, the text came through from Jenny saying that she didn't have anyone to go to the game with - which I took as an invitation. I was thrilled to have even made it on her list, as my entire family thinks I don't like sports*. So, Sunday morning, I dug throug the closet to find my Seahawks shirt and sweatshirt, grabber my raincoat and headed to Jenny's. We left her house around 11:30 for the 1:00 game, and made it there in time to see Ken Griffey Jr. raise the 12th man flag! That was an awesome start to the game, and the place went nuts when they saw him.

Jenny and I went into the game with a very honest inventory of our beloved Hawks - they kinda stink. We didn't expect too much from them, but we were determined to have a good time. This was only further ensured by the free hot dog and bottle of water they gave away for fan appreciation. The game wasn't terrible, but we, of course, lost. We got a couple cute pictures at the game. We definitely looked like we had never been to a sporting event - but it was my first Seahawks game (there is a slight chance my dad took me to a game a really long time ago when they played in the Kingdome, but I don't remember it at all).

The view from our seats

We met the Seahawks mascot - Blitz

All in all, it stayed mostly dry, and we had some hilarious neighbors. Thanks for inviting me Jenny. It was tons of fun!

*I don't much care for golf - live or TV, and baseball on TV. I am a huge fan of all other live sports. I go to all the Husky football games, love hockey and think basketball is a hoot.

Chinese Food?

Everyone knows the classic Jewish (not-so untrue) stereotype of Chinese food on Christmas. The reality is, its a tradition in many families and while its certainly not a religious observation, I'm all in favor of family traditions. Well, the Rosenthals have never really upheld this tradition, but lets be honest - when is Chinese food not delicious? I've been sitting on my couch literally all day. And at about 1:00 pm I started craving Chinese food. Its like my Jewish roots are beckoning me to a nearby wok. In any case, I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to motivate to get dressed and head to Jenny's to pick up some take-out. I think I'm almost there - but I just think its funny that I can't fight the Chinese food on Christmas :)

UPDATE: Mission accomplished and Chinese food has been purchased. Hot and Sour soup consumed and was delish! Totally worth getting up off the couch!