Monday, February 21, 2011

We're happy to introduce...

Evey Emaline Davis 

Our anatomy scan is on March 15, so we'll be able to update you on size and weight then, but for now, we're happy to introduce our beautiful daughter. Her heart beat at 153 bpm today, and even though she was a bit stubborn (takes after her mom) our ultrasound tech was 100% positive that she wouldn't be growing any "extra parts". 

She's absolutely perfect, and we couldn't be happier. I've attached our ultrasound photos from today. 



 This one shows her cutie patootie. The three little white lines that the arrows are pointing at show she's definitely a girl. 




In this one, you can really see her spine. She curled up into a ball and wouldn't move. We got to see her sucking her thumb and that was awesome. 

I can't wait to see how she's going over the next month, and now I'm more excited than ever to see her come August! 

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Old Wives Tales

Okay! So next Monday Jenni and I are going into the doctor for a gender scan to see if we have a little boy or girl. This being said, Monday night I will be closing the baby pool so now is everyone’s last chance to enter their guesses. Before that, Jenni and I decided to take a look at some of the old pregnancy wives tales to see if we are having a boy or girl, so here are some of the wives tales we found.

Heart Rate They say if the fetal heart rate is over 140 beats per minute, the baby is a girl, and if the heart rate is less than 140 the baby will be a boy. At our 12 week appointment, the heart rate was 168bpm, and at 16 weeks was 148bpm. One for girl.

Belly If the mother is carrying high and large you will have a girl, if you carry low and straight out in front, it’s a boy. Jenni is low and straight out. One for boy.

Ring Test If the mother holds her wedding ring on a string over her belly and it swings side to side, it’s a girl, if the ring swings in a circle, it’s a boy. Well… when we did this test the ring swung side to side for about 3 oscillations and then proceeded to swing in a circle and then back to side to side and so on and so forth. So I guess that is two for girl and two for boy. But could this mean twins?

Necklace Test The necklace test is the same as the ring test but someone else holds a necklace over the pregnant woman’s hand, with opposite results as the ring test. Three for girl.

Face If the pregnant woman’s face gets fuller you have a girl, if the face gets thinner, boy. Jenni’s losing weight in her face. Three for boy.

Key If a pregnant woman picks up a key by the top round part, boy, if she picks it up by the key part, girl, if she picks it up in the middle, twins. Without knowing the wives tale I had jenni pick up a key, four for boy.

Mayan Tale According to a Mayan tale, if you add the mothers age with the year of conception and the total is even, you will have a girl, if the total is odd, boy. Well 26+2010 is 2036, four for girl.

Drano Its said that if you mixed a tablespoon of the pregnant woman’s urine with a tablespoon of Drano and the mixture is green, you will have a girl, if its blue, it’s a boy. Well needless to say, we were a little weirded out by this one so this test was inconclusive.

Acne If the expectant mom has acne she will have a girl. All clear of pimples so that’s five for boy.

Cravings If your cravings are salty you will have a boy, and sweet if you have a girl. Sweets make jenni sick so that’s six for boy.

Cravings Also if you tend to crave more protiens you will have a boy, after weeks of beef jerkey and corndogs, I’m saying boy on this one too.

Smell of garlic If a pregnant woman eats a clove of garlic and the smell comes out of her pores you will have a boy. Jenni absolutely refused to eat a clove of garlic, so that’s another inconclusive test.

Eye test If you pull the skin under the womans left eye and you see a “v” or branches on the white of her eye you will have a girl. Jenni most definitely has a “v” so that is a girl.

Parental history Okay, this one is a bit complicated. You can predict the order of kids a woman will have by following the children of her parents starting with the next kid in line. So if the mother to be was the first born, you start with the gender of the second born and so one. If she was the last born, you start with the gender of the first born. Jenni is the first born so the gender of the next born in her family is a girl, so, girl.

Conception Whoever was more aggressive on the night of conception the gender will be the opposite. Well we know our official conception date if Halloween, but we don’t remember having sex that night and not sure which day the deed happened on so yet another inconclusive test.

Legs If the woman gains weight in her legs it will be a boy, if they stay lean it will be a girl. Once again jenni is losing weight so girl.

Attitude They say if the future mom is moody you have a girl. Jenni is most definitely moody. Girl.

Chinese chart According to an ancient Chinese chart that is said to be 90% accurate we will have a boy.

Beauty They say that because a girl needs to take beauty away from the mom to get pretty, well Ive never seen her as beautiful as she is now. So that is a boy.

Gender dreams If the mom has dreams about a boy, you will have a girl, and vise versa, well if you recall one of my earlier posts, Jenni dreamed about adopting girls, so another boy.

Clumsiness If the mother gets more graceful, you will have a girl…

Boy.

Toddlers If a toddle boy shows intrest in a pregnant woman, she will have a girl, if not you she will have a boy. Well no toddler boys have shown any interest so that’s another boy.

Side you lay on If a woman lays on her left side, they say she’ll have a boy. If she prefers her right side, it will be a girl. Most nights, Jenni sleeps on her right side, so again… girl.

Hands When asked to show her hands, if the mother shows palm up, it’s a girl. If she shows palm down, it will be a boy. Once again, without knowing what I was doing, I asked Jenni to show me her hands and she held them palm down. Score one for a boy.

Dad’s Weight If the expectant father gains weight during the pregnancy, you’re expecting a girl. If he doesn’t, you’re having a boy. Despite the fact that my wife swears I’ve got a baby bump of my own – I haven’t gained any weight. Boy.

Breast Size If her left breast is larger than the right, expect a girl. Expect a boy if the right breast is larger. Maybe this is a little bit too much information, but Jenni’s left is larger, so we’re having a girl.

Morning sickness If she’s having “morning” sickness ALL THE TIME, she’s got a little girl on the way. If she’s not quite that bad, she’s got a boy. Jenni hasn’t had a lot of actual “sickness” – just nausea, so we’re calling this one a boy.

Feet If mom has a hard time keeping her feet warm, you may be having a boy. If her feet stay nice and toasty, it may be a girl. Jenni’s feet are always freezing… take it from my ice-cold legs after she uses my body heat to warm her feet up every night. Boy.

Leg hair Jenni can’t keep her legs cleanly shaven, so I guess we’ve got another boy. If her hair was growing slowly, it would be a girl.

Hands If she’s always begging for lotion to keep her hands most, you’ve probably got a boy. Jenni most definitely has dry hands… No girl this time.

Headaches Little boys cause their moms to have more headaches, and little girls are a little easier on their moms. Even though Jenni’s doctor gave several other reasons for the headaches she’s been getting, we’re calling this one a boy.

So the tally based on the wives tales listed above as well as some Jenni wasn’t comfortable listing are as stands. 23 boys, and 10 girls. So my guess is standing as a boy but you all can make your own guess. I you have forgotten the address here it is again. www.bebepool.com/thedavis baby

Saturday, February 12, 2011

The Miracle of Life

I was up for almost 24 hours straight yesterday, and it was one of the most amazing nights of my life. I got to be at the hospital – eavesdropping at the door – when my god-daughter, Lucy Belle Colliver was born. It was truly incredible. I’ve never had the opportunity to hear someone’s first cry, but it was the single most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard.

Lucy arrived in this world on February 12, 2011 at 1:12am. She weighed 6lbs 11oz and was 20 inches long. Seeing Lucy’s perfect fingers and long toes and her perfectly precious flat ears was like looking directly at a miracle. Her eyes were so alert, and that head of hair! I’ve never seen so much hair on a baby so young!

Even though our friend was in so much pain, being there last night actually eased any fears I had of labor and birth. Seeing her after, Naomi has never been more beautiful and Lucy was absolutely perfect. I am so much more excited about seeing our own child than I was before, and that’s saying something.

We got home around 4:30 this morning and then woke up at 8:30ish to meet my parents… The rest of our baby furniture came in and they were going to help us pick it up to bring it home. Now – once we have a rocker – our nursery will be complete and undecorated.

We were standing in the baby’s room after we got everything put together and I realized how much I’ve grown. When I found out I was pregnant, I got on the scale to see how much I weighed. Since that day, I’ve lost 21lbs and I feel amazing. It may seem like a lot to lose during pregnancy, but my only explanation is that I’m eating right and exercising (sometimes) in order to have the healthiest baby possible.






I can see a noticeable difference in my baby bump every day. Last weekend I was wearing a pair of “pre-pregnancy” jeans that I had rubber banded together to keep them from falling down. I wore them comfortably that way Saturday and Sunday. By Monday, when I went to work, I started panting and realized I couldn’t breathe because my pants were too tight!

A lot of friends and colleagues are convinced we’re having twins because I’ve grown so quickly. Me? I’m not so convinced… I think we’ll be okay with one!
J