Baby update

Things are going pretty well so far this pregnancy. I'm surprised that I'm coping with the stairs fairly well! If I have to go up and down them too many times in a row then I have a hard time but so far so good. I'm so close to starting with my 3rd trimester! It's really flying. I'm 27 weeks along and just had another ultrasound done today. The baby looks really good. She's beefing up really well! Online they tell me that she's almost 2 pounds but by her measurements today she's a little over 2. Maybe this'll be a baby more Bennett's size (8lbs6oz) instead of Jordan's (7lbs1oz). As long as she's healthy =). Her spine looks great- no signs of any problems at all. She's been very active and really likes to hang out on my right side. Well, I guess maybe it's my uterus that's shifted over there but I'm totally lopsided! Maybe it's because my body knew I had to carry Jordan around on my left side so it makes the baby stay on my right =). Since the only other ultrasound I've had done so far (before today) was at 14 weeks, we weren't 100% sure that we were having a girl. So we told Bennett that there was a chance the baby was a boy. When he heard today that its' FOR SURE a girl, he totally broke down! Poor guy. He really wants to share his bedroom with his new sibling and knows that if it's a girl that the baby will be in with Jordan. We tried our hardest to help console him but he was just sobbing. Hopefully next time we'll have a boy for him =).

We still haven't decided on a name. And I DON'T want to wait until she's born but maybe that's going to happen. With Bennett and Jordan we knew in advance and it all fit perfectly but this one has been more difficult. We really use to like Shelby but as time goes on, the less and less it seems to fit- especially after today's ultrasound. It just doesn't seem right. We really like Reese (thanks for the suggestion Janell!) but it hasn't grown on me as much as it has with Rhett. So we've been looking all over the web for ideas but nothing screams YES to me yet. Frustrating! I want to call her something. Well, we actually do call her something but it's Bennett's name for her and we are NOT going to name her this =). He calls her "Zip". Lovely =). He came up with it all on his own. So it's "baby Zip" this and "baby Zip" that. It's cute. He gets pretty bummed when we remind him that we are not naming the baby Zip. It must be rough being a 4 year old who can't decide what to name his new sister! Any more suggestions would be awesome! Bring em on! Oh, one of my friends, Christie (Jordan's old OT) suggested we name her Ryan. I really like that name and probably would have used it. Christie just lost her brother (about 3 months ago) in Afghanistan. So that would have been really neat to use but it happens to be the name of my brother and sister-in-law's youngest daughter. They named her after Monica's best friend when she was younger who has passed away. SUPER cute name but I can't bring myself to having 2 girls named Ryan in the same family, and they'd only be about a year apart!