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Hello!

Yes, its been a while! I am sorry for my laziness for not getting posts up lately. I have been super busy with my photography business. But I know mostly everyone is wanting to hear about this little person growing inside of me. So here are some latest news items on that topic.

I am currently 18 weeks along- 4 months. The baby is now the size of a sweet potato. Whew! Between weeks 6 and 13 was a doozie for me. I was sick as a dog ALL-DAY-LONG. I wanted to die. Really, I did. It was like having the flu 24/7. I never wish that upon anyone. I just kept telling myself it will be worth it, and it will be. I am finally feeling great again and getting to enjoy life. I think part of the time I didn't post because I just felt to sick to write anything! Seriously! It was bad.

We had our 17 week check up last week and had an ultrasound. :) And found out IT'S A BOY! Yes! There's a pee-pee! I saw it on the screen. The Dr. confirmed and we are so excited! This ultrasound was by far the best so far we had. We saw his toes and fingers and I have pictures of them too! You can count all 10 toes in the one picture. Too precious!

Continuing on the subject that I will be living in a house of all pee-pees... we are very VERY excited to be having a little boy because Ryan is the last Nusbaum in his family. His grandfather has been super excited ever since he heard the news. I know that it means alot to him, so we sure hope he stick's around to see his little Nusbaum grandson born.

Ryan said he had a inkling that it was a boy. I thought for the first 15 weeks it was a girl for sure, but then lately I had a change in my mind and I thought that maybe it is a boy! And sure enough it was! That day we had our dr. appointment, we were sitting in the waiting room and a woman came in and sat down beside me with a new born little boy. He was georgous. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I just smiled and starred at him. I believe it was the moment that I really thought I could have one of these, one of these little precious angel son's sent down from above. And sure enough, not a half hour later, I found out I was! Amazing!

We have decided to keep the baby's name a secret. We have it narrowed down to around 5 names we like right now. The middle name will be DALE, since that is Ryan's Grandfathers, fathers and his middle name. Some names are very traditional, some are more modern. We'll see I guess.

Many people have asked me if I am going back to work or staying home with him. My answer is I will be returning to work, and for a couple of reasons. One, we prefer to live not strapped for cash. Even though we could survive with one income, we have a house (and I say house, not mortgage, because alot goes into a house than just the mortgage), a new car, and we like to have a nice balance in the checkbook for a rainy day. I want to give him all that I can. Child care is expensive, that's no doubt, but it doesn't even justify my work and benefits. Two, I tell people that I worked too dang hard through school and college to just give it all up. And that is the truth. I love my work, I love my job at Ohio State... it's too good to just give up. And three, I also believe that the time away from him will help me to refocus as a parent and return home at the end of the day appreciating even more the time I then get to spend with him.

My body.... popping out! I am getting bigger and bigger, that's for sure. I feel like I am mostly belly, although I have gained weight a little bit everywhere else. But that is expected. I continue to eat healthy and work out when I can. I don't read the scale when I go for my appointments. Unless they say something is wrong, I am not worried about my weight. I plan on breastfeeding, so that should help too.

Kicking... YES! I started to feel kicks around 17 weeks. It's amazing. I usually feel it after I eat and in the evening when I lay down to watch tv. :) He is surely active, I can tell.

I think that is about it for now. I will try to post more often and hopefully soon get a picture up here. I hope everyone has a great week!