The most popular question I am asked when people see I am expecting is, "are you having a boy or girl?". My answer is always the same, "we don't know yet, we will find out November 28th (hopefully!!)" People respond 2 ways- A- they say "oh my goodness I could never do that!" or B- "oh how fun, more people should do that!"
We are really excited to learn the gender of our baby and I must admit as time passes, I am more and more curious everyday! Good thing we won't have any more ultrasounds to tempt me! However, in a weak moment the other day, I decided I was going to find out the gender, can't be that difficult, right?! I decided to search the Internet for all the different wives tales, average up the results and come to a decision about what our baby is! Well folks, the jury is still out, the results were literally 50/50! In case you are curious, I stole this from a friend's blog (thanks Jessica), I will put my symptoms in italics, you can decide for yourself what Baby Tinch will be!
It's a boy if:
You didn't experience morning sickness in early pregnancy
Your baby's heart rate is less than 140 beats per minute
You are craving salty or sour foods
Your feet are colder than they were before pregnancy
The hair on your legs has grown faster during pregnancy
Your hands are very dry
Your pillow faces north when you sleep
Dad-to-be is gaining weight, right along with you- he claims this is true, I am a little skeptical...
Pregnancy has you looking better than ever
Your urine is bright yellow in color
Your nose is spreading
You are having headaches
You add your age at the time of conception and the number for the month you conceived and the sum is an even number...Mine is 27+3=30
You crave beef
3 of the 6 Chinese gender predictor calendars say boy.
It's a girl if:
You had morning sickness early in pregnancyYou are carrying the weight in your hips and rear
Your baby's heart rate is at least 140 beats per minute
Your left breast is larger than your right breast
Your hair develops red highlights
You are craving sweets
You are craving fruit-does applesauce count?
You crave orange juice
You are moodier than usual during pregnancy
Your face breaks out more than usual
You refuse to eat the heel of a loaf of bread...not new since pregnancy
Your breasts have really blossomed!
Your pillow faces south when you sleep
Your urine is a dull yellow color
You add your age at the time of conception and the number for the month you conceived and the sum is an odd number
You crave chicken
The other 3 of the 6 Chinese calendar sites say girl...
I guess we will have to wait and see....
Friday, September 23, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Happy Birthday Caelum!
After baby class on Saturday, we had big plans to celebrate a certain nephew on Sunday! I can not believe he is already 1!! It seems like he was born yesterday! Happy Birthday Caelum!!!
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| Birthday Boy with his Momma |
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| Adorable Curious George Cake |
30 weeks!
This week I am 30 weeks!!! Sometimes it seems like I have been pregnant forever and sometimes it seems like we have so much still to do that 10 more weeks will never be enough time for us to get ready for Baby Tinch!
Last Saturday, we had our first baby class. The class focused on all the different aspects of labor, including options for pain control, vaginal births vs. c-sections, and other interventions we may come in contact with during hospitalization. The class was great for Eric and I because it gave us the information we needed to make informed decisions about what we want and why (although I already had some ideas...). And we also got to watch videos on different ways to labor. In some ways I think we are prepared for the labor part but in other ways, I'm terrified.... the most pain I have ever experienced was a sprained ankle, what do I know about pain?! I am trying to focus on having an ideal plan for delivery knowing that my plans may change quickly depending on changes that arise before or during labor. This will be difficult for me, knowing I am a planner to my core and do not like "going with the flow", Eric on the other hand is my perfect counterpart, he knows my need for control yet is patient enough to let things happen the way they should. I am certain (have been since high school...) we were made for one another.
Most of all the class was another reminder that our sweet baby will be here very soon! Less than 10 weeks and counting!!!
Vol fans you may be questioning the Saturday choice for the baby class as our team's biggest game of the year was also this past Saturday-well you read right, we were in class until 4pm Saturday (yes, Eric agreed to this class well in advance) and missed most of the first half of the game. As soon as we turned on the radio in the car we scored to end the half! We were sure all the Vols needed was the Tinch Trio to listen/watch the game and we could turn the game around the second half....no such luck this time. But I still have high hopes for the rest of the season, we made tons of mistakes and still scored lots more points than we have in recent years! We are going to surprise some people!
Last Saturday, we had our first baby class. The class focused on all the different aspects of labor, including options for pain control, vaginal births vs. c-sections, and other interventions we may come in contact with during hospitalization. The class was great for Eric and I because it gave us the information we needed to make informed decisions about what we want and why (although I already had some ideas...). And we also got to watch videos on different ways to labor. In some ways I think we are prepared for the labor part but in other ways, I'm terrified.... the most pain I have ever experienced was a sprained ankle, what do I know about pain?! I am trying to focus on having an ideal plan for delivery knowing that my plans may change quickly depending on changes that arise before or during labor. This will be difficult for me, knowing I am a planner to my core and do not like "going with the flow", Eric on the other hand is my perfect counterpart, he knows my need for control yet is patient enough to let things happen the way they should. I am certain (have been since high school...) we were made for one another.
Most of all the class was another reminder that our sweet baby will be here very soon! Less than 10 weeks and counting!!!
Vol fans you may be questioning the Saturday choice for the baby class as our team's biggest game of the year was also this past Saturday-well you read right, we were in class until 4pm Saturday (yes, Eric agreed to this class well in advance) and missed most of the first half of the game. As soon as we turned on the radio in the car we scored to end the half! We were sure all the Vols needed was the Tinch Trio to listen/watch the game and we could turn the game around the second half....no such luck this time. But I still have high hopes for the rest of the season, we made tons of mistakes and still scored lots more points than we have in recent years! We are going to surprise some people!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
A post in pictures....
I finally found my camera/computer cord thing! Here are some pics to catch up with previous posts, complete with captions! Obviously I did not take enough pics to do the beach trip justice, here are a few of my favorites! Somehow I didn't get any of Jason and Keeley :(, sorry guys, I am waiting for my picture-taking gene to kick in!! There are also some of Austin's graduation.
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| I loved the kitchen at the beach house! |
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| GiGi and Pres making a castle |
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| Adorable Quaid in his whites and khaki |
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| Jack and Pres frolicking on the beach |
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| Baby bump pic with Baby Daddy, I am much larger now.... |
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| Eric and Nic |
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| Austin and Jill |
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| Q and P.P./Peeps |
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| Quaid and Presley, so cute |
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| The Graduate |
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| The Graduate with the 'Rents |
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| Again with Daddy and Gail |
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| And again with Grandma and Grandpa |
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| All the TN family/Sunday brunch crew, See Baby T could be tall look at my tall brothers! |
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| Kane and Kennedy also came to graduation! |
Quick pregnancy update! I have been feeling really good lately, I started eating more iron (grape nuts!!!) and I can already tell a difference, not that I was ever feeling bad but I definitely have more energy than ever! I am also growing larger by the day, it is no longer a question for strangers as to weather I am pregnant or not, I should make a recording! People ask me freely when I am due (November 28th), what I am having (a baby, duh!, and no we don't know the gender yet...). One sweet environmental services lady at work asked if I was having 2 babies! I said "no ma'am" very politely and felt ever larger the rest of the day...Overall though, third trimester is treating me well!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
GO VOLS!!
So... I still haven't found my camera cord thing, I agree, the blog is getting more and more boring without any pretty pics, I apologize and hope to find it this weekend!!
I couldn't look for it this past weekend because we were very busy! On Saturday Eric and I went to the first UT game of the year! We wanted to see a game for sure this season, just not when I was ubber preggo, so we chose game #1. I was a trooper of a pregnant lady, if I do say so myself! It was super hot alllll day! I sweated it out and walked all over creation (campus) with my growing belly and shrinking bladder, then once we got to our awesome seats (I was sooo excited to sit down), the rains came! A huge storm system from out of nowhere caused a rain delay, so we waited it out, got wet again (first time from sweat, this time from the downpour, lucky for me my sweet hubby made me a pancho out of a stadium trash bag), all of this was worth it to see my Vols win and win BIG! We also got to hang out with some friends from Knoxville and their new, precious baby girl as well as R and K! It was also good to see the campus again too, things are changing and growing but the campus is as pretty as ever! I think it will always feel like a second home...
On Sunday we drove home and on the way, stopped in Cookeville to eat lunch with M and K and two of their sweet boys (they have 3 boys all together)! It was so good to see them! When Baby T arrives, I know restaurant scenes will change for us, but I can already see that having more than one is an even bigger challenge, M and K just go with the flow and make it look easy. We have much to learn from them!
Then Labor Day my mom and I went shopping and she bought us a BOB!!!!! Baby T and I were sooooo excited! For those of you who don't know, a BOB is a stroller, but not just any old stroller, it's a jogging stroller that can convert to regular stroller duties, and I can put it up and down and pack it away all by myself (no muscles required). Baby T's Grandma (my momma) is excited to start training for the half marathon again once Baby T makes his/her arrival, now he or she can train with us too! We love it Mom/Grandma, thanks again!!!! As if this wasn't enough excitement for Monday, we also went to see The Help, it was a great movie. I recommend reading the book first but the movie is very true to the story.
We had a wonderful, long weekend full of friends and family! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend too!
I couldn't look for it this past weekend because we were very busy! On Saturday Eric and I went to the first UT game of the year! We wanted to see a game for sure this season, just not when I was ubber preggo, so we chose game #1. I was a trooper of a pregnant lady, if I do say so myself! It was super hot alllll day! I sweated it out and walked all over creation (campus) with my growing belly and shrinking bladder, then once we got to our awesome seats (I was sooo excited to sit down), the rains came! A huge storm system from out of nowhere caused a rain delay, so we waited it out, got wet again (first time from sweat, this time from the downpour, lucky for me my sweet hubby made me a pancho out of a stadium trash bag), all of this was worth it to see my Vols win and win BIG! We also got to hang out with some friends from Knoxville and their new, precious baby girl as well as R and K! It was also good to see the campus again too, things are changing and growing but the campus is as pretty as ever! I think it will always feel like a second home...
On Sunday we drove home and on the way, stopped in Cookeville to eat lunch with M and K and two of their sweet boys (they have 3 boys all together)! It was so good to see them! When Baby T arrives, I know restaurant scenes will change for us, but I can already see that having more than one is an even bigger challenge, M and K just go with the flow and make it look easy. We have much to learn from them!
Then Labor Day my mom and I went shopping and she bought us a BOB!!!!! Baby T and I were sooooo excited! For those of you who don't know, a BOB is a stroller, but not just any old stroller, it's a jogging stroller that can convert to regular stroller duties, and I can put it up and down and pack it away all by myself (no muscles required). Baby T's Grandma (my momma) is excited to start training for the half marathon again once Baby T makes his/her arrival, now he or she can train with us too! We love it Mom/Grandma, thanks again!!!! As if this wasn't enough excitement for Monday, we also went to see The Help, it was a great movie. I recommend reading the book first but the movie is very true to the story.
We had a wonderful, long weekend full of friends and family! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend too!
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