What is In There?!?!

With the joys of pregnancy come many small miracles...hearing the heartbeat for the first time, seeing the ultrasound, feeling the first flutters of a kick...those are all great. But last night...last night while we were sitting on the couch...we could actually SEE her kick. Something pushing against Stephanie's belly FROM THE INSIDE!!! OH MY GOD!!! AHHHH!!!!! WHAT IS THAT!?!? IS IT TRYING TO GET OUT?!?! Er...It was a wonderful moment.

But after Stephanie went to sleep, I went back and took a closer look at our ultrasound images and discovered this among the stack...

Well that explains it. We're going to raise an alien. 

Is Our Jelly Bean a Who from Whoville?

This morning Steve and I had our 22 week anatomy scan. No, a 22-week anatomy scan is not normal. Yes, we were two weeks late in making this appointment. (and yes, the hospital yelled at us. Oops.)

Nonetheless, our Jelly Bean earned a perfect score -- the doctor said everything looks good. She's one pound, 2 ounces and growing at the correct speed for her age.

The technician said she's "a mover" -- which is why I can now feel kicks constantly! But she's still stubborn, and everyone at the hospital knows it! We were tended to by a different technician who walked in and said, "How's the little troublemaker?" We are very concerned that we broke the previous technician, who we imagine just couldn't face Jelly Bean one more time. 

And wouldn't you know it, it took a loooong time to get all her pictures taken, because she doesn't like to be told what to do! (AH!)

Below are pics of Our Jelly Bean and...is that a pointy nose??

We're trying to decide which of us is a descendant of a Dr. Seuss Character...

Any resemblance?

Snuggled up.

Her big foot kicking Mommy!

 Sayin' hi!

For the record, our technician said, "What a cuuute baby!", to which Steve replied, "Does that translate to real life?" Will we be raising a resident of Whoville??

Here's How to Overcomplicate a Baby Gender Reveal!

This week was vacation in Virginia Beach with the Guerrieri Fam!

Somehow we managed to keep the baby gender a secret for about a month and spent that time racking our brains on the most fun, original gender reveal for Steve's side of the family. After several suggestions ranging from delicious cupcakes to cake pops to...injecting hot dogs with a dye so when family members bite into it, the dye flies all over the place (guess who's idea that was?)...we chose...the violent act of throwing darts.

We blew up 15 black balloons and filled ONE of them with colored confetti that corresponds with the sex of the baby (well, okay, Steve sat on the floor and meticulously filled the balloon with confetti. Turns out it's as difficult as you'd imagine.). We created a baby-themed trivia game so if you answered a question correctly (example: which is an actual lyric of Justin Bieber's classic hit "Baby"?), you got to throw a dart.

Hit the wrong balloon and nothing happens. But hit the right balloon and you get confetti, the answer to "Boy or Girl?", and are deemed the WINNER!!!

For the family history books, while being a winner is great, we also wanted to throw in an extra prize. So, of course, we re-gifted our white elephant present from Christmas at the Guerrieri household -- a 25-pound, crafted in the Dominican Republic tastefully (??) depicting a naked man holding a naked woman. You can just imagine the TSA agent's surprise when they saw a sexy statue going through the X-Ray machine.

What we learned about this baby reveal:

• The Guerrieris are not great dart throwers
• This baby gender reveal took longer a heck of a lot longer expected
• You shouldn't stand too close to the dart wall

In the end, Brother Scott was the victor of the reveal and the statue, which he tried to "forget" at the vacation home. Don't worry, we made sure it ended up in his car.

And since you, loyal reader, cannot play our convoluted balloon game, we'll just reveal to you now that the confetti was...


PINK!!!!!

It's Happening.

Me. Virginia Beach. 21.5 weeks along.

Happiness = An Edible Donut Wall

Usually at a TV wrap party there's one thing on my mind... open bar! Due to recent circumstances, this year's wrap party was a little different.

But it was okay! Because there was an edible donut wall!! Just merely looking at the photos again fill my body with warm, happy thoughts and memories.

Who needs a free mojito when you can have a glazed donut with ice cream on top????

Clearly I was very pleased with this party favor that I took several photos about it...

#NoShame

#PregnantCaloriesDontCount...riiiight?

Best Advice of the Day

Best advice of the day: watch repeats of MTV's "Teen Mom." If they can do it, you can too.