Our wedding was fantastic! Everything came out just as we hoped it would. Thanks so much to all of you that helped out. We couldn't have done it without you. It was definitely a day that made me realize what wonderful families Nicole and I have. I've never been to a wedding with better food or decorations! Oh and the bride was absolutely beautiful!
We started looking for a house before we got married. Everyone is saying that it's a good time to buy a house and we were definitely ready to stop renting and establish some roots. Plus, we heard that interest rates were about to go up so we wanted to get a house while the rates were still down. The housing market is good for buyers but not quite as good as it was. Our realtor told us that you'll get good value for your money in today's market but you won't find the steals of 6 months to a year ago. This was definitely our experience. We looked at a lot of houses and finally found one that we love. We've been living in our new house for the past month and a half and we still have quite a bit of unpacking to do.
Finally, we'll get to the pregnancy. Nicole is pregnant! We are pregnant! Sometimes it still doesn't seem quite real, although it's be coming more real every day. We haven't decided on a name for the baby yet so we call him Jelly Bean. Oh, we found out we're having a boy so it is proper for me to refer to the baby as him. We're both very excited.
I felt the baby kick for the first time last week. It was absolutely amazing! (I don't normally like to use exclamation points but life is exciting these days.) It's still very hard for me to feel the baby's movements. Nicole feels them regularly. I've felt him twice for sure but it feels like a muscle twitch and I have difficulty distinguishing between my pulse, Nicole's pulse, her breathing, and the baby. I'm sure I'll be able to feel him much more soon. I talk to Jelly Bean daily, usually right before we go to sleep. So far it's been a fairly one-sided conversation but occasionally I can get a kick out of him. In fact, that's how I felt him for the first time. I was talking quite loudly (so he could hear me through Nicole's tummy) and he kicked me in the ear as I turned to listen for some kind of response. It's an odd thing to talk to someone's belly. Luckily Jelly Bean's outside-of-the-womb stimulation is not reserved to my rambles. We also play music for him. Sometimes this makes him kick too. I think he prefers Mozart to Jack Johnson. Hopefully his taste will improve as he gets older.
Well, that's all for now. Stay tuned for a post with all the baby names I've suggested that Nicole has turned down. I promise it isn't as boring as it sounds, I can be pretty creative with names.
