Round and round we go

St. Patty’s day weekend was very eventful for this pregnant lady. Surprising, right? Well, friends were visiting in Orlando and I was so excited to spend some time with them and share the news that we were expecting. We spent a relaxing day at the pool, followed by a fun amusement park day at Universal’s Islands of adventure. Considering that I had my first trip to Disney at the age of 24, this little baby inside of me is already way ahead of me. (By the way, I know it must seem weird that I am referring to my unborn child as “baby” already but I have no idea how to keep an appropriate pregnancy blog so this is what we are all stuck with-it’s weird for me too!) Anyway, baby’s first amusement park ride was appropriately on the Dr. Seuss land merry go round otherwise known as the “Caro-Seuss-el”. This was pretty much the only pregnancy approved ride so I was happy when Moncho, Jackie, Lindsey, and Mike hopped on with me. We decided on the merry-go-round only after realizing that our first pick; the “High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride!” was marked unsafe for pregnant women. Bummer. Considering that this slow moving children’s train ride was not safe, I probably should have put some more thought into my decision to fling myself down the hotel pool’s waterslide the day before. Pregnancy is full of teachable moments. Surprisingly, I was not the only sober person among our group during our St. Patty day trip to the amusement park. I was however the only person not hung-over from the night before. Pregnancy does have its perks!

baby's first amusement park ride.

This upcoming weekend is also baby’s first wedding a.k.a mommy’s first dry wedding. I love weddings, but let’s see how fun they are when you can’t take advantage of champagne toasts and open bar. I’ll let you know. To be honest though, the only beverage I’ve missed is my morning coffee but even that has been a pretty easy habit to kick.

And finally, the next big event is finding out the sex of the baby. This is going to happen on Monday, April 2nd. I’m not sure I’m ready for it, to tell you the truth. I can’t wait to know, but that means that we will finally have no more reason to hold off on starting to plan things. Moncho, on the other hand is feeling nothing but pure excitement! I just asked him and that’s what he told me. Any official guesses? I think girl and Moncho thinks boy!