Daddy's Corner

I would like to start my first post by expressing my thanks to all of our friends and family for their words of praise and excitement. Those "I knew you could do it"s, "Wow. I didn't think your shit could swim"s. and "I hope it gets the mothers looks" are definitely appreciated. Sorry for those of my friends that had to find out by email blast from Carrie. Either I have not been drunk enough to spill the beans prematuraly to you in the "too early to tell anyone phase" or I have have not spoken to you directly because I do not have your Mexican or Canadian phone number, I am not on MySpace or FaceBook , or I did not want to send this wonderful news by text message. As Carrie said we have been plotting and over-planning this journey for the last 4 years. I cannot deny that I was a bit worried that my sperm was not fully charged. Between the trips to Bosnia with Hillary Clinton in 94 where we came under heavy sniper fire that grazed the jewels and the many recent sales calls to radiology where they were out of lead cover-alls I thought I may not have fully functional....... Well you get the picture. Despite my worries I was always confident about my sperm when talking to Carrie. While she would read fertility books and take vitamins I would tell her that due to my Mexican heritage that if I Kissed her without any protection on she would become pregnant. I am still pretty sure that is how I was concieved. It was not quite that easy, but sure enough I am un-deniably all man and was able to get the job done. I know you all have many questions so I would like to answer some of them now so that I don't have to have the same conversations over and over again. Please be considerate when talking to us about the pregnancy or anything else for that matter and come up with something more original and interesting to ask. Do you know what the sex is yet and are you going to find out? No, about 8 more weeks until that is easily confirmed and hell yes I hate suprises. Also, we want to know the color that we should use on the nursery, and whether to purchase a baseball mitt if its a boy or a shotgun if its a girl. What are you going to name him or her? We have some ideas, but will take suggestions. Pete Alles is the chairman of the Terrones baby names commitee so please send all suggestions to him. Carrie's dad has always liked Sibonis for a boy and I am sure many of you would like Wink, Keon, or Kaspars. Which of the 2 common answers to the words "I'm pregnant" did you give? Of course I was over come with joy and excitement so the more favorable of the 2 answers "Babe I am so excited. That is wonderful." automatically came out. Though I always wanted to say the less favorable of 2 answers "Are you sure it is mine" just to mess with Carrie. I didn't even think to say it in my joyous state. I guess thats a good thing, but I will try to remember for the next pregnancy just to keep Carrie on her toes. I will end this rambling now the same way that I started by expressing thanks to the few of you that have stuck with it and read the whole thing. We are excited to share this amazing and new time with you through this blog and other expressions. Mike

Babies Are Everywhere!

All bowed up and ready for her shower!

What a BEAUTIFUL cake!!!

Why is it that once something applies to you, you suddenly see that "something" everywhere?! From advice to ooh's and aah's, somehow babies keep coming up! Not that I am complaining, I am soaking in all of the words of wisdom from moms in the know. Only problem is that I am getting WAY too anxious! Oy vay this is going to be a long pregnancy! I was already at A Pea in the Pod looking for my designer denim - is it too early to start wearing stretch jeans? They are actually kind of comfy LOL!

Monica's second shower brought out friends and family....and a FANTASTIC belly cake! Monica is all stocked up now and ready to bring little Sofia into the world...only six more weeks til we meet her!!!

What's happening this week...In one week, the baby has grown from the size of a blueberry to about the size of a grape. He only weighs the equivalent of 1/5 of a teaspoon of water! He is starting to look more and more like a human and his heart is dividing into four chambers and valves are starting to form. His teeth are also beginning to form (ouch!) and his tail is finally GONE! And even though we don't know it yet, the baby has is now either a little boy or a little girl!

It's Alive!

Baby's Heartbeat - 170 BPM!

Baby measures at 7 wks 5 days

Our first appointment post pregnancy with Dr. Spoon was a SUCCESS!!!! Not only did we get to see the baby (it may look like a blob to you on screen, but to us, it is a fully functioning healthy baby :) but we got to hear the heartbeat!!!! I thought that I was over eight weeks but Dr. Spoon put us at seven weeks, five days. It was hard for me to stop cracking up once he put the ten inch condom on top of the sonogram probe and then it was hard for me to stop crying once we heard that woosh woosh that was the baby's heart beat - 170 beats per minute...looks like we have a future marathon runner in the works!!! Dr. Spoon was really proud of the heartbeat and said that such a strong one so early on is a great sign!!!

So...what's going on with the baby this week? Well, the big news is that hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs (although right now those arms and legs look more like stumps!) and the baby is technically still an embryo...tail and all! Although I try to make Mike believe the baby may be born with the tail, in reality, it will become the baby's tailbone. The baby is growing so fast that if he kept growing at this rate outside of the womb, he would be 15 feet tall by the time he is one month old!!! But for now, he is content growing inside and is about the size of a blueberry.

One Last Hurrah!

Brunch at the Four Seasons

Yes, we did Chippendales!

Up to Voodoo so the girls could see the Strip

Partying it up at Tao

Maria's bachelorette came to Las Vegas to show the town what we are made of....and lucky for the rest of the girls, they had a designated driver on hand! Too bad for me I was out until 4:30 in the morning and got food poisoning to boot....No more partying for me!

WE DID IT!!!!

Preface: I promise that this will be the longest post that you ever have to read!

Wow - an amazing blessing is the only way to describe the feeling that we have right now. When we finally decided to start trying, we thought we thought for sure we would have to learn a good lesson in patience - getting pregnant on your first go around is not always an easy task. Mike, of course, was especially excited for the "trying" stage and I already had a separate budget for at home pregnancy tests. However, as fate would have it, February is our "month" and on Thursday, February 28th a little plus sign told me that my patience in waiting five years to start trying was patience enough - our little science project gets an A++!!!

So...how did it happen? Well, when I first thought there was a chance, the girls at work (the group formerly known as Team 21) drove me on over to the Long's drug store in Summerlin with the promise that it was probably too early to tell but it wouldn't hurt to try. Straight to the pharmacy we all went to buy four tests (who needs just one of anything!) and then we all piled into the bathroom like a bunch of high school teenagers stealing lip gloss. Nervously I figured out how to pee on the little stick and ran out of the stall to lay it on a "flat" surface. Sure enough, in less that three LOOOONNNNGGG minutes, a little plus sign appeared - SCORE for the Terron-I!!!!!!!!!

Needless to say, work was not easy for the rest of the day...how would I tell Mike, how would I tell my family, do I really have to wait THREE months to tell everyone?????? Well, what would if hurt if a few people knew...right? Team 21 knew, Mike should probably know ;) and of course I can't keep my family out of the loop - and if they all know, shouldn't I tell my best friends???

First things first....I had to tell Mike. Off to Target I went to find "I Love Daddy" gear. Well, let's just say Target's collection of I Love Daddy clothing could use a little help in the fashion department. I settled on a blue onesy with a baseball bat and the words "Daddy's Little Rookie" slapped on the chest. Not cute, but it would do the trick. Next I wrote him a little card telling him what a wonderful father he would be and how excited I was for the next 18 years of our lives. When I got home, he asked what the gift was. I said "oh, just a gift from Samantha that she forgot to give us from Christmas...go ahead and open it." Out came the onesy and a confused look on his face..."why a onesy?" he asked. "Not sure" I said - "open the card." DUH - like Sam would really buy us a onesy for CHRISTMAS and give it to us in FEBRUARY! Even after opening the card I think it took a minute for him to figure it out - I think the time went by even slower than me waiting for the plus sign! Finally, he GOT IT and was jumping up and down with excitement (and pride for having such strong sperm, of course). Both of us were so ecstatic we didn't even know where to start...we ended up telling my parents, his parents and sister and a few people that we just can't hold back from - I know, I know, not a good idea but I want to shout it from a mountain top!!!!!!

So, here is to a long journey (even longer because we found out so early) and a wonderful time in our lives....hopefully I can keep future posts a little less wordy - ha!