Lunar Eclipse

Tonight there will be a full lunar eclipse! Very exciting, I love eclipses! But my mother-in-law called and text me to make sure I wore 2 safety pins on my blouse and did not go outside to see the eclipse :(   Crazy old wives tales! BUT here I am, inside, wearing my 2 safety pins on my belly LOL I feel a little ridiculous, but at the same time it's fun to have fun being pregnant, old wives tales and all.

I've tried the ring on a string over your belly to tell the sex (too soon I guess, it didn't go anywhere LOL), chinese gender calendar (says it's a boy), and of course all the "quizzes" to see what gender it will be. But we will not have to wait long for that! Well, I will, but not Chris. He will be finding out next Thursday (hopefully, if Baby cooperates), if we will be adding a handsome little boy to the family or a precious little girl! Of course I don't care either way, I just want my Baby to be healthy. I kinda wish there were two in there, one of each, so we can be done :D

Now I haven't posted pictures of my belly because I just look fat, but here is my belly after dinner a day before 17 weeks. It looked the same the next morning so I guess I can't blame it on dinner :)

I'm very excited to start seeing some roundness and grateful to hear the Baby's heart beat on Thursday. So far everything looks good and I couldn't be happier! I can't believe we are almost half way there! AAAGGHHH!!! :D

*Hi Baby! Your crazy Gram is making sure I wear 2 safety pins during the eclipse so nothing will happen to you :) And I'm not allowed to look at it either! Which is not fair since the last full lunar eclipse was a few hundred years ago. But I guess I can watch it online just for you. Actually to be honest with you, Mommy will probably be sleeping because she's had really bad allergies and didn't get much sleep last night from so much coughing. I'm sorry if I kept you up too. I'm sure it feels like an earthquake in there when I cough or sneeze. But anyway, I'm glad you are doing great in there and I will see you on the 29th! Don't be shy! Daddy wants to know what you are! Oh and it's killing your Nina Erika to find out too! But she will have to wait LOL (Sorry Sister!) Mommy wants to wait until her baby shower to find out what you are, but I'm starting to think I want Daddy to tell me. It's more special that way. Sorry! Mommy gets lovey dovey with Daddy! You'll get used to it! I can't wait to see you, until then keep growing and keep doing what you're supposed to be doing! I love you pumpkin pie!