Dana Lynn

Well I’m 20 weeks pregnant and just last week we found out we’re having a…. BOY!! We are beyond excited! My husband really wanted a boy so I was so pleased he is getting a little buddy. I could see myself with either, infact I’m hoping for a couple of each. Well the one thing thats tough about being pregnant is the weight gain. I’m trying not to get myself too upset about it because I know after the baby is here, I’ll be right back to working out and getting in shape before baby #2. I’ve been trying to do cardio in the mornings, lift a bit and stretch a lot. I’ve never been a skinny girl so I didn’t think I was going to be one of those women’s who only gains in her belly and then loses it all before walking out of the hospital. I also don’t want to blow up like a blimp and have 40lbs to lose after he’s here. i admit, my diet could be better but sometimes its tough to find things that really appeal to me now.
I’ve been feeling the baby kick a lot lately. My husband can’t wait until he can feel him too from the outside. I think we have at least 2 more weeks before that happens. Its such a reassuring feeling to know he’s kicking around in there. When he was much smaller, sometimes I would think, am I REALLY pregnant because everything seems too still in there!? When we went for the ultrasound, I could see him in there flipping and kicking on the screen while I felt him flipping and kicking. It was sooo cute!!
Now its name time since we now know its a boy but we’re going to keep that a secret until he’s here. I have a bunch of ideas that I like so we’ll see what my husband thinks. I’d like to give our children unique and special names so we’ll see what we come up with! I just don’t want them to have other friends or kids in their classes with the same name.
Well, here are a few pictures…
One is my belly at 18 weeks and 3 days… its a bit bigger now but not much… another is our ITS A BOY shot and the last is our “baby yoga” shot. He has his thumb in his mouth and his foot by his head. How funny!

DL

Does anyone even check my blog anymore? Geez… I’ve been gone for so long!! Its been over 4 months since my amazing wedding and I haven’t written since 2 days before it! Anyway, the wedding was a TOTAL blast!!! It was my dream wedding times a million! All the hard work and efforts that went into planning it really paid off because it was truly a spectacular event. Infact, I wish I could do it all over again. There are so many things I feel like I missed because the day and night passed by so quickly. We’re still waiting for the full length video to come back and for our album to be made. There were over 4,000 pictures taken and the photographer whittled them down to 1200 for us to choose from! Our video guy did make us an incredible trailer though which I can post.
Anyway, its so hard to believe its 2009!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Some exciting news for us is that we found out we’re having a honeymoon baby!! Our baby is due in June and its so exciting! We don’t know the sex yet but we’ll be finding out in a few weeks. I’m on the edge of my seat. I’ll be THRILLED either way but I’m just dying to know!! The baby’s name will be a secret though.
So since this is my “fit” site I guess I should talk about my fitness.. or lack there of…. I’ve already gained about 10lbs. I’m 4 months pregnant. The first trimester was brutal. I was exhausted all the time and had a MASSIVE appetite which didn’t help. All I wanted was CARBS… “the devil” for me. Pizza, pasta, breads, cheese and orange juice were among my favorites. They helped plump me up nicely. UGH!! All those cravings have slowed down quite a bit now and I’ve actually been in Florida for the holidays. Getting out from the cold, dark weather of NJ has helped my mood too. I leave in two days and then we’re off to Vegas for CES (consumer electronics show.) Then its back to work and the daily grind. One thing that I WILL be doing is getting back to my morning cardio and lifting. I did slack quite a bit in the beginning but now its time to take advantage of some new energy and workout a bit. Although I’m still very tired most of the time.
Well, I’ll post some pictures…

The pictures of the baby are from 12 weeks.. we are now 17 weeks along!! yeah!!
What do you think? Girl or Boy??

Happy New Years!
DL